Medical Word Parts Flashcards
1
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Cep, Ceph
A
Head, brain
2
Q
Peri
A
Around
3
Q
Litho
A
Rock
4
Q
Homo, Homeo
A
Unchanging, same, steady
5
Q
Hypo
A
Under, beneath, deficient
6
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
7
Q
Demo-
A
People
8
Q
Myco-
A
Fungus
9
Q
Crypto-
A
Hidden
10
Q
-plasma, -plasm
A
Living substance or tissue
11
Q
-cele
A
Swelling, hernia
12
Q
End-, Endo-
A
Within, inside
13
Q
Erythr-
A
Red
14
Q
Brady-
A
Slow
15
Q
Scler or Sclero
A
Hard, Hardening
16
Q
Retro-
A
Backwards;Behind
17
Q
Algia-
A
Pain
18
Q
Therm-
A
Temperature
19
Q
Leuko-
A
White
20
Q
Lipo-
A
Fat
21
Q
Circum-
A
Around
22
Q
Radix-
A
Root
23
Q
Para-
A
Near;Beside;Beyond
24
Q
Anti-
A
Against
25
Syn- or Sym-
With;Together
26
Bi-
Two;Double
27
Ren-
Kidney
28
Rhino-
Nose
29
-oid
Resembles; like
30
Acro-
Extremity
31
Infra-
Below, under
32
Metr-
Mother (uterus)
33
Stoma-
An opening; mouth
34
Thrombo-
Clot
35
Phyto-
Plants
36
Contra-
Against
37
Micro-
Small
38
-dynia
Pain
39
Osteo-
Bone
40
-oma
Tumor
41
ante-
Before
42
-gen
Producing
43
gastr- or gastro-
Stomach, gastrointestinal tract
44
-osis
Condition, disease
45
-logy
Study of science of
46
arth- or arthro-
Joints
47
-graphy
Recording, writing
48
micro-
Small
49
hemi-
Half
50
-gen
Beginning, producing
51
-osis
Pathologic condition
52
angio-
Cardiovascular or lymphatic vessels
53
crypto-
Hidden
54
ony-
Nail
55
hema-
Blood
56
hist- or histio-
Tissue
57
meno-
Month
58
-penia
Lack of, shortage
59
-lepsis
Seizure
60
-trophy or -trophic
Nutrition, Growth
61
derm-
Skin
62
-lysis, lyso-
Destruction
63
-genic, -gen or -geny
Beginning, Producing
64
narco-
Stupor
65
inter-
Among, Between
66
sarco-
Flesh
67
physio-
Nature
68
dys-
Difficulty
69
-oma
Tumor
70
phleb-
Vein
71
patho-
Disease state
72
mega-
Large
73
-emia
Blood
74
hyper-
above; more than normal
75
iso-
equal; same
76
-plasty
surgical repair; reshaping by surgery
77
spondy-
spine
78
neuro-
nerve; nervous system
79
super- or supra-
above; over; superior to
80
hepat-
liver
81
angio-
blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
82
cervi- or cervico-
cervix; neck
83
-cele
hernia
84
ren-
kidney
85
hypo-
below; deficient
86
contra-
Opposed, against
87
para-
Near; beside; beyond
88
extra-
Outside; beyond; in addition to
89
co-, com-, or con-
With or together
90
intra-
Within; inside
91
Aut- or Auto-
self, same, spontaneous
92
Stasis or Stat-
stand still, balance, stability, equilibrium
93
Kine-
movement motion
94
Ecto- or Exo
outside, external, outer
95
Dia-
through, across, between
96
Pre- or Pro-
before, in front of , prior to
97
Myo-
muscle
98
Necro-
dead, corpse, dead tissue
99
Peri-
around, enclosing, surrounding, near
100
-cid or -cide
to cut, to kill, destroy
101
Hydro-
water
102
Carcin-
cancer
103
Poly-
many, much
104
Sten-
narrow, constricted, tight
105
Phagia-
Eating
106
Chon- or Chondro-
Cartilage
107
Cyst-
Hollow organ
108
-cyte or -cyto
Cell
109
Sub-
Under, beneath, below
110
Pseudo-
False
111
Macro-
Large
112
Soma- or Somato
Body
113
epi-
upon; on; above
114
ipsi-
same or self
115
glyco-
sugar
116
path- or patho-
disease
117
-plasia
growth
118
-scopy
viewing
119
-opsis, -opsy
sight
120
neo-
new
121
vaso-
blood vessel
122
adeno-
glandular
123
allo-
other
124
trans-
across; through
125
cardio-
heart
126
onco-
tumor
127
Indication
A situation that would improve with a specific course of treatment or in which a positive effect is likely
128
patellar
Pertaining to the anterior knee
129
acromial
Pertaining to the highest point of the shoulder
130
lumbar
Pertaining to the lower back area
131
inguinal
Pertaining to the groin
132
palmar
Pertaining to the palm of the hand
133
-philia
Affinity
134
mye-
Marrow or spinal cord
135
chole-
chole
Bile
136
nephro-
Kidney
137
psych-
The mind, mental
138
orchi-
Testes
139
ecto-,
-ectomy
Outside, removal
140
-rrhagia, -rrhea
Flowing
141
Local
Describing a limited area of the body
