Medical Word Elements Flashcards
Medical Terminology Systems
a-
without, not
-a
noun ending
ab-
from, away from
abdomin/o
abdomen
abort/o
to miscarry
-ac
pertaining to
acid/o
acid
acous/o
hearing
acr/o
extremity
acromi/o
acromion (projection of the scapula)
-acusia
hearing
-acusis
hearing
-ad
toward
ad-
toward
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
adenoids
adip/o
fat
adren/o
adrenal glands
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
are/o
air
af-
toward
agglutin/o
clumping, gluing
agora-
marketplace
-al
pertaining to
albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin (protein)
-algesia
pain
-algia
pain
allo-
other, differing from the normal
alveol/o
alveolus; air sac
ambly/o
dull, dim
amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)
an-
without, not
an/o
anus
ana-
against; up; back
andr/o
male
aneurysm/o
aneurysm (widened blood vessel)
angie/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
angin/o
choking pain
aniso-
unequal, dissimilar
ankyl/o
stiffness; bent; crooked
ante-
before, in front of
anter/o
anterior, front
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
anti-
against
aort/o
aorta
append/o
appendix
appendix/o
appendix
aque/o
water
-ar
pertaining to
-arche
beginning
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
arthr/o
joint
-ary
pertaining to
asbest/o
asbestos
-asthenia
weakness, debility
astr/o
star
-ate
having the form of, possessing
atel/o
incomplete; imperfect
ather/o
fatty plaque
-ation
process (of)
atri/o
atrium
audi/o
hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o
ear
auricul/o
ear
auto-
self, own
ax/o
axis, axon
azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
bacteri/o
bacteria (singular, bacterium)
balan/o
glans penis
bas/o
base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
bi-
two
bil/i
bile, gall
bi/o
life
-blast
embryonic cell
blast/o
embryonic cell
blephar/o
eyelid
brachi/o
arm
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
bronch/o
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
bronchi
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
bucc/o
cheek
calc/o
calcium
calcane/o
calcaneum (heel bone)
-capnia
carbon dioxide (CO2)
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
-cardia
heart condition
carp/o
carpus (wrist bones)
cata-
down
caud/o
tail
cauter/o
heat, burn
cec/o
cecum
-cele
hernia, swelling
-centesis
surgical puncture
cephal/o
head
-ceps
head
-ception
conceiving
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
chalic/o
limestone
cheil/o
lip
chem/o
chemical; drug
chlor/o
green
chol/e
bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
bile duct
chondr/o
cartilage
chori/o
chorion
choroid/o
choroid
chrom/o
color
chromat/o
color
-cide
killing
circum-
around
cirrh/o
yellow
-cision
a cutting
-clasia
to break; surgical fracture
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
-clast
to break; surgical fracture
clavicul/p
clavicle (collar bone)
-clysis
irrigation, washing
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
cochle/o
cochlea
col/o
colon
colon/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
condyl/o
condyle
coni/o
dust
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
-continence
to hold back
contra-
against, opposite
cor/o
pupil
core/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
corno/o
heart
corp/o
body
corpor/o
body
cortic/o
cortex
cost/o
ribs
crani/o
cranium (skull)
crin/o
secrete
-crine
secrete
cruci/o
cross
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
culd/o
cul-de-sac
-cusia
hearing
-cusis
hearing
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
ciliary body of the eye; circular, cycle
-cyesis
pregnancy
cyst/o
bladder
cyt/o
cell
-cyte
cell
dacry/o
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
dactyl/o
fingers; toes
de-
cessation
dendr/o
tree
dent/o
teeth
derm/o
skin
-derma
skin
dermat/o
skin
-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
di
double
dia-
through, across
dipl-, dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirsty
-dipsia
thirst
dist/o
far, farthestd
dors/o
back (of the body)
duct/o
to lead; carry
-duction
act of leading, bringing, conducting
douden/o
duodenum ( first part of the small intestine)
dur/o
dura mater; hard
-dynia
pain
dys-
bad; painful; difficult
-eal
pertaining to
ec-
out, out from
echo-
repeated sound
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
ecto-
outside, outward
-ectomy
excision, removal
-edema
swelling
ef-
away from
electr/o
electricity
-ema
state of; condition
embol/o
embolus (plug)
-emesis
vomitting
-emia
blood condition
emphys/o
to inflate
en-
in, within
encephal/o
brain
end-
in, within
endo-
in, within
enter/o
intestine (usually small intestine)
eosin/o
dawn (rose colored)
epi-
above, upon
epididym/o
epididymis
epiglott/o
epiglottis
episi/o
vulva
erythem/o
red
erythemat/o
red
erythr/o
red
eschar/o
scab
-esis
condition
eso-
inward
esophag/o
esophagus
esthes/o
feeling
-esthesia
feeling
eti/o
cause
eu-
good; normal
ex-
out, out from
exo-
outside, outward
extra-
outside
faci/o
face
fasci/o
band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)
femor/o
femur
-ferent
to carry
fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
fibul/o
fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)
flour/o
luminous, fluorescence
galact/o
milk
gangli/o
ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
gastr/o
stomach
-gen
forming, producing, origin
gen/o
forming, producing, origin
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
genit/o
genitalia
gest/o
pregnancy
gingiv/o
gum(s)
glauc/o
gray
gli/o
glue; neurological tissue
-glia
glue; neurological tissue
-globin
protien
glomerul/o
glomerulus
gloss/o
tongue
glott/o
glottis
gluc/o
sugar, sweetness
glyc/o
sugar, sweetness
glycos/o
sugar, sweetness
gnos/o
knowing
-gnosis
knowing
gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
goni/o
angle
gon/o
seed (ovum or spermatozoon)
-grade
to go
-graft
transplantation
-gram
record, writing
granul/o
granule
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-gravida
pregnant woman
gyn/o
woman, female
gynec/o
women, female
hallucin/o
hallucination
hedon/o
pressure
hem/o
blood
hemangi/o
blood vessel
hemat/o
blood
hemi-
one half
hapat/o
liver
hetero-
different
hidr/o
sweat
hist/o
tissue
histi/o
tissue
home/o
same, alike
homeo-
same, alike