Medical Terms pg. 1-139 Flashcards
1
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
2
Q
Aden/o
A
Gland
3
Q
Bi/o
A
Life
4
Q
Cerebr/o
A
Brain/cerebrum
5
Q
Cephal/o
A
Brain/head
6
Q
Arthr/o
A
joint
7
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
8
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
9
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
10
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder or cyst
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
12
Q
derm/o
A
skin
13
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
14
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
15
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
16
Q
erythr/o
A
red
17
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
18
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
19
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
20
Q
gynec/o
A
women, female
21
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
22
Q
hem/o
A
blood
23
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
24
Q
iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
25
leuk/o
white
26
log/o
study of
27
nephr/o
kidney
28
neur/o
nerve
29
onc/o
tumor
30
ophthalm/o
eye
31
oste/o
bone
32
path/o
disease
33
ped/o
child
34
psych/o
mind
35
radi/o
xrays
36
ren/o
kidney
37
rhin/o
nose
38
sarc/o
flesh
39
sect/o
to cut
40
thromb/o
clot. clotting
41
ur/o
urinary tract
42
-ac
pertaining to
43
-al
pertaining to
44
-algia
pain
45
-cyte
cell
46
-ectomy
excision, removal
47
-emia
blood condition
48
-genic
pertaining to
49
-globin
protein
50
-gram
record
51
-ic
pertaining to
52
-ion
process
53
-ist
specialist
54
-itis
inflammation
55
-logy
process of study
56
-oma
tumor
57
-opsy
process of viewing
58
-osis
condition
59
-pathy
disease condition
60
-scope
instrument to visually examine
61
-scopy
process of visually examining with an endoscope
62
-sis
state of; condition
63
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
64
-y
process
65
a-
| an-
no, not, without
66
aut-
| auto-
self, own
67
dia-
through, complete
68
end-
| endo-
within
69
epi-
above, upon
70
ex-
| exo-
out, outside of, outward
71
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
72
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
73
in-
into, in
74
peri-
surrounding, around
75
pro-
before, forward
76
re-
back, backward, again
77
retro-
behind
78
sub-
below, under
79
trans-
across, through
80
abdomin/o
abdomen
81
adip/o
fat, adipose
82
anter/o
front
83
bol/o
to cast
84
cervic/o
neck
85
chondr/o
cartilage
86
chrom/o
color
87
coccyg/o
coccyx
88
crani/o
skull
89
dist/o
far/distant
90
dors/o
back portion of the body
91
hist/o
tissue
92
ili/o
ilium
93
inguin/o
groin
94
kary/o
nucleus
95
later/o
side
96
lumb/o
lower back
97
medi/o
middle
98
nucle/o
nucleus
99
pelv/i
pelvis
100
poster/o
back, behind
101
proxim/o
nearest
102
sacr/o
sacrum
103
sarc/o
flesh
104
spin/o
spine, backbone
105
thel/o
nipple
106
thorac/o
chest
107
trache/o
trachea/windpipe
108
umbilic/o
umbilicus
109
ventr/o
belly side of the body
110
vertebr/o
vertebrae
111
viscer/o
internal organs
112
ana
up
113
cata-
down
114
epi-
above
115
hypo-
below
116
inter-
between
117
meta-
change
118
-eal
pertaining to
119
-iac
pertaining to
120
-ior
pertaining to
121
-ism
process
122
-ose
pertaining to
123
-plasm
formation
124
-somes
bodies
125
-type
picture
126
acr/o
extremities
127
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
128
amni/o
amnion
129
angi/o
vessel
130
arteri/o
artery
131
axill/o
armpit
132
blephar/o
eyelid
133
bronch/o
broncial tubes
134
chem/o
drug, chemical
135
chron/o
time
136
col/o
colon
137
hydr/o
water, fluid
138
isch/o
to hold back
139
lapar/o
abdomen
140
laryng/o
larynx
141
lymph/o
lymph
142
mamm/o
breast
143
mast/o
breast
144
morph/o
shape, form
145
muc/o
mucus
146
my/o
muscle
147
myel/o
spinal cord
148
necr/o
death
149
neutr/o
neutrophil
150
ot/o
ear
151
path/o
disease
152
peritone/o
peritoneum
153
phag/o
to eat
154
phleb/o
vein
155
plas/o
formation
156
pleur/o
pleura
157
pneumon/o
lungs
158
pulmon/o
lungs
159
rect/o
rectum
160
splen/o
spleen
161
staphyl/o
clusters
162
strept/o
twisted chains
163
thorac/o
chest
164
thromb/o
clot
165
tonsill/o
tonsils
166
-cele
hernia
167
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
168
-coccus
berry shaped bacterium
169
-dynia
pain
170
-genesis
condition
171
-graph
instrument for recording
172
-graphy
process of recording
173
-logy
study of
174
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
175
-malacia
softening
176
-megaly
enlargement
177
-oma
tumor
178
-opsy
to view
179
-osis
condition
180
-pathy
disease condition
181
-penia
deficiency
182
-phobia
fear
183
-plasia
development/formation
184
-plasty
surgical repair
185
-ptosis
falling, dropping, prolapse
186
-sclerosis
hardening
187
-scope
instrument for visual examination
188
-scopy
process of visual examination
189
-stasis
stopping, controlling
190
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
191
-therapy
treatment
192
-tomy
incision
193
-trophy
development
194
-er
one who
195
-ia
condition
196
-ist
specialist
197
-ole
little/small
198
-ule
little/small
199
- um
| - ium
structure, tissue
200
-us
structure
201
-y
condition
202
-oid
resembling
203
carp/o
wrist bones
204
cib/o
meals
205
cis/o
to cut
206
cost/o
rib
207
cutane/o
skin
208
dactyl/o
fingers/toes
209
duct/o
to lead
210
flex/o
to bend
211
furc/o
forking
212
gloss/o
tongue
213
glyc/o
sugar
214
immun/o
protection
215
morph/o
shape, form
216
mort/o
death
217
nat/i
birth
218
nect/o
to bind
219
norm/o
rule/order
220
ox/o
oxygen
221
pub/o
pubis
222
seps/o
infection
223
somn/o
sleep
224
son/o
sound
225
the/o
to put
226
thel/o
nipple
227
top/o
place
228
tox/o
poison
229
urethr/o
urethra
230
-blast
embryonic, immature
231
-crine
to secrete
232
-cyesis
pregnancy
233
-drome
to run
234
-fusion
coming together
235
-gen
substance that produces
236
-lapse
to slide
237
-lysis
breakdown
238
-meter
to measure
239
-mission
to send
240
-or
one who
241
-partum
birth
242
-phoria
to bear
243
-physis
to grow
244
-plasia
development
245
-plasm
structure
246
-pnea
breathing
247
-ptosis
falling
248
-rrhea
flow
249
-stasis
stopping
250
anti-
against
251
ante-
before
252
bi-
two
253
brady-
slow
254
con-
with
255
contra-
against
256
de-
down
257
dia-
through
258
dys-
bad
259
eu-
good
260
hemi-
half
261
in-
not
262
infra-
beneath
263
inter-
between
264
intra-
in
265
macro-
large
266
mal-
bad
267
meta-
beyond
268
micro-
small
269
neo-
new
270
pan-
all
271
para-
abnormal
272
poly-
many
273
post-
after
274
pre-
before
275
pro-
before
276
pseudo
false
277
re-
back, again
278
retro-
behind
279
sub-
under
280
supra-
above
281
syn-
together
282
tachy-
fast
283
trans-
across
284
ultra-
beyond
285
uni-
one
