Medical Vocabulary - O

Question 1

ocul(o)-

Answer 1

of or pertaining to the eye; OCULIST

Question 2

odont(o)-

Answer 2

of or pertaining to the teeth; ORTHODONTIST

Question 3

odyn(o)-

Answer 3

pain; STOMATODYNIA

Question 4

-oesophageal

oesophago-

Answer 4

gullet

Question 5

-oid

Answer 5

resemblance to; SARCOIDOSIS

Question 6

ole

Answer 6

small or little

Question 7

olig(o)-

Answer 7

denoting something as ‘having little, having few’; OLIGOTROPHY

Question 8

om(o)-

Answer 8

of or pertaining to the shoulder; OMOPLATE

Question 9

-oma (singular)

omata (plural)

Answer 9

tumor, mass, collection; SARCOMA, TERATOMA

Question 10

omphal(o)-

Answer 10

of or pertaining to the navel, the umbilicus; OMPHALOTOMY

Question 11

onco-

Answer 11

tumor, bulk, volume; ONCOLOGY

Question 12

onych(o)-

Answer 12

of or pertaining to the nail (of a finger or toe); ONYCHOPHAGY

Question 13

oo-

Answer 13

of or pertaining to an egg, a woman’s egg, the ovum; OOGENESIS

Question 14

oophor(o)-

Answer 14

of or pertaining to the woman’s ovary; OOPHORECTOMY

Question 15

ophthalm(o)-

Answer 15

of or pertaining to the eye; OPHTHALMOLOGY

Question 16

optic(o)-

Answer 16

of or relating to chemical properties of the eye; OPTICOCHEMICAL

Question 17

or(o)-

Answer 17

of or pertaining to the mouth; ORAL

Question 18

orchi(o)-

orchid-

Answer 18

testis; ORCHIECTOMY, ORCHIDECTOMY

Question 19

orth(o)-

Answer 19

denoting something as straight or correct; ORTHODONTIST

Question 20

-osis

Answer 20

a condition, disease, or increase; HARLEQUIN TYPE ICHTHYOSIS, PSYCHOSIS, OSTEOPEROSIS

Question 21

osseo-

Answer 21

bony

Question 22

ossi-

Answer 22

bone; PERIPHERAL OSSIFYING FIBROMA

Question 23

ost(e)-

oste(o)-

Answer 23

bone; OSTEOPOROSIS

Question 24

ot(o)-

Answer 24

of or pertaining to the ear; OTOPATHY

Question 25

-ous

Answer 25

pertaining to

Question 26

ovari(o)-

Answer 26

of or pertaining to the ovaries; OVARIECTOMY

Question 27

ovo-
ovi-
ov-

Answer 27

of or pertaining to the eggs, the ovum; OVOGENESIS

Question 28

oxo-

Answer 28

addition of oxygen

Question 29

oxy-

Answer 29

sharp, acid, acute, oxygen