Medical Vocabulary Flashcards
ana-
apart
-graphy
recording process
morpho-
shape
hypo-
below
-ation
process
-elle
small
palp-
touch, fell
ante-
before, in front
intra-
within
auscult-
listen
cyto-
cell
squam-
flat, scale
-form
shape
poly-
many
-philic
loving, attracted to
phago-
eat
endo-
into, within
glyco-
sugar
chromo-
color
meta-
beyond, next in a series
histo-
tissue
inter-
between
lam-
plate
-blast
form, give rise to
reticul-
network
chondro-
cartilage
peri-
around
thel-
nipple, female
exo-
out of
necro-
dead, death
haplo-
half
gameto-
sex cell
zygo-
union
tropho-
nourish
cephalo-
head
gyneco-
female
-genesis
production of
syn-
together, united
meso-
middle
terato-
monster
dermato-
skin
epi-
above, upon
sub-
below
pap-
nipple
melano-
black
cyano-
blue
lucid-
clear
-illa
little
pilo-
hair
carcino-
cancer
osteo-
bone
diplo-
double
lac-
space, cavity
-clast
breakdown, destroyer
-osis
medical condition
dia-
across
-logy
study of
artic-
joint
-icul
little
-oid
like, resembling
crani-
skull
tempor-
time
masto-
breast
petr-
stone
lamina
layer
pterygo-
wing
crista
crest, ridge
lacrimo-
tears
costo-
rib
ped-
foot
pect-
chest
acro-
peak, apex, extremity
-icle
little
supra-
above
carpo-
wrist
carpit-
head
-ulum
little
meta-
beyond, next in a series
auro-
ear
tarso-
ankle
artho-
joint
re-
reposition
sym-
together
amphi-
both
-physis
growth
circum-
around
ab-
away
ad-
toward
duc-
to lead
kinesio-
motion
myo-
muscle
-blast
forming
-algia
pain
sacro-
flesh, muscle
dys-
bad, abnormal, difficult
-lemma
husk
anti-
against
-cul
little
-mere
segment
-troph
nourishment
delt-
triangular
levat-
raise
oculo-
eye
apo-
away, apart
epi-
upon
digito-
finger, toe
labio-
lip
ipisi-
same
glosso-
tongue
di-
two
serrat-
scalloped
dorsi-
the back
-ceps
head
infra-
below
teres
round
profund-
deep
osse-
bone
ili-
hip
lat-
broad
maxim-
largest
-ic
pertaining to
somato-
body
neuro-
nerve
lipo-
lipid
dendro-
tree, branch
-ite
little
pseudo-
false
oligo-
few
fer-
carry
sclero-
hard
caudo-
tail
contra-
opposite, against
later-
side
proprio-
of one’s own
gracil-
slender
myelo-
spinal cord
a-
without
-itis
inflammation
phreno-
diaphragm
tom-
cut, section
gyr-
turn, twist
sulc-
groove
cereb-
brain
pedunc-
stalk
insul-
island
-ellum
little
neo-
new
tect-
roof, cover
foli-
leaf
radiat-
radiating