MedTerms3 Flashcards
-form, form/o
resembling, in the shape of
fornic/o
arch, vault, brothel
foss/o
ditch, shallow depression
fove/o
pit
fract/o
break, broken
fren/o
device that limits movement
frigid/o
cold
front/o
forehead, brow
-fuge
to drive away
funct/o, function/o
perform, function
fund/o
bottom, base, ground
fung/i
fungus
furc/o
forking, branching
furuncul/o
furunculus, a boil, an infection
-fusion
pour
galact/o
milk
gamet/o
wife or husband, egg or sperm
gangli/o, ganglion/o
ganglion
gangren/o
eating sore, gangrene
gastr/o
stomach, belly
gastrocnemi/o
gastrocnemius, calf muscle
gemin/o
twin, double
gen-, gen/o, -gen
producing, forming
-gene
production, origin, formation
-genic, -genesis
creation, reproduction
genit/o
produced by, birth, reproductive organs
-genous
producing
ger/i
old age
germin/o
bud, sprout, germ
geront/o
old age
gest/o, gestat/o
bear, carry young or offspring
gigant/o
giant, very large
gingiv/o
gingival tissue, gums
glauc/o
gray
glen/o
socket or pit
gli/o
neurologic tissue, supportive tissue of nervous system
globin/o, -globulin
protein
globul/o
little ball
glomerul/o
glomerulus
gloss/o
tongue
glott/i, glott/o
back of the tongue
gluc/o
glucose, sugar
glute/o
buttocks
glyc/o, glycos/o
glucose, sugar
glycer/o
sweet
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
gnath/o
jaw
-gnosia
knowledge, to know
-gog, -gogue
make flow
goitr/o
goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland
gon/e, gon/o
seed
gonad/o
gonad, sex glands
goni/o
angle
gracil/o
slender
grad/i
move, go, step, walk
-grade
go
-gram
a picture or record
granul/o
granule(s)
-graph
a picture or record, machine for recording
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
gravid/o
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnant
gynec/o
woman, female
gyr/o
turning, folding
hal/o, halit/o
breath
halluc/o
great or large toe
hallucin/o
hallucination, to wander in the mind
hem/e
deep red iron-containing pigment
hem/o, hemat/o
blood, relating to the blood
hemi-
half
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
hepat/o
liver
hered/o, heredit/o
inherited, inheritance
herni/o
hernia
herpet/o
creeping
heter/o
other, different
-hexia
habit
hiat/o
opening
hidr/o
sweat
hil/o
hilum, notch or opening from a body part
hirsut/o
hairy, rough
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
holo-
all
hom/o
same, like, alike
home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant
hormon/o
hormone
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
hydr/o, hydra-
relating to water
hygien/o
healthful
hymen/o
hymen, a membrane
hyper-
excessive, increased
hyp-
deficient, decreased
hypn/o
sleep
hypo-
deficient, decreased
hyster/o
uterus
-ia
abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium
-ial
pertaining to
-ian
specialist
-iasis
abnormal condition, disease
iatr/o
physician, treatment
-iatrics
field of medicine, healing
-iatrist
specialist
-iatry
field of medicine
-ible
capable of, able to
-ic
pertaining to
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
-ician
specialist
icter/o
jaundice
idi/o
peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct
-iferous
bearing, carrying, producing
-ific
making, producing
-iform
shaped or formed like, resembling
-igo
attack, diseased condition
-ile
capable of
ile/o
ileum, small intestine
ili/o
ilium, hip bone
illusi/o
deception
im-
not
immune/o
immune, protection, safe
impact/o
pushed against, wedged against, packed
impress/o
pressing into
impuls/o
pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on
in-
in, into, not, without
incis/o
cutting into
incubat/o
incubation, hatching
indurat/o
hardened
-ine
pertaining to
infarct/o
filled in, stuffed
infect/o
infected, tainted
infer/o
below, beneath
infest/o
attack, assail, molest
inflammat/o
flame within, set on fire
infra-
below, beneath, inferior to
infundibul/o
funnel
ingest/o
carry or pour in
inguin/o
groin
inhal/o, inhalat/o
breathe in
inject/o
to force or throw in
innominat/o
unnamed, nameless
inocul/o
implant, introduce
insipid/o
tasteless
inspir/o, inspirat/o
breathe in
insul/o
island
insulin/o
insulin
intact/o
untouched, whole
inter-
between, among
intermitt/o
not continuous
intern/o
within, inner
interstiti/o
the space between things
intestin/o
intestine
intim/o
innermost
intoxic/o
put poison in
intra-
within, inside
intrins/o
contained within
intro-
within, into, inside
introit/o
entrance or passage
intussuscept/o
take up or receive within
involut/o
rolled up, curled inward
iod/o
iodine
-ion
action, process, state or condition
ion/o
ion, to wander
-ior
pertaining to
ipsi-
same
ir-
in
-is
noun ending
ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
iris, colored part of eye
is/o
same, equal
isch/o
to hold back
ischi/o
ischium
-ism
condition, state of
iso-
equal
-ist
a person who practices, specialist
-isy
noun ending
-itis
inflammation
-ium
structure, tissue
-ive
performs, tends toward
-ize
to make, to treat
jejun/o
jejunum
jugul/o
throat
juxta-
beside, near, nearby
kal/i
potassium
kary/o
nucleus, nut
kata-, kath-
down
kel/o
growth, tumor
kera-
horn, hardness
kerat/o
horny, hard, cornea
ket/o, keton/o
ketones, acetones
kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia
movement
-kinesis
motion
klept/o
to steal
koil/o
hollow or concave
kraur/o
dry
kyph/o
bent, hump
labi/o
lip
labyrinth/o
maze, labyrinth, the inner ear
lacer/o, lacerat/o
torn, mangled
lacrim/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
lact/i, lact/o
milk
lactat/o
secrete milk
lamin/o
lamina
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laps/o
slip, fall, slide
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
laryng/o
larynx, throat
lat/i, lat/o
broad
later/o
side
lav/o, lavat/o
wash, bathe
lax/o, laxat/o
loosen, relax
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
lemm/o
husk, peel, bark
-lemma
sheath, covering
lent/i
the lens of the eye
lenticul/o
shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens
-lepsy
seizure
lept/o
thin, slender
-leptic
to seize, take hold of
lepto-
small, soft
letharg/o
drowsiness, oblivion
leuk/o
white
lev/o, levat/o
raise, lift up
lex/o, -lexia
word, phrase
libid/o, libidin/o
sexual drive, desire, passion
ligament/o
ligament
ligat/o
binding or tying off
lingu/o
tongue
lipid/o, lip/o
fat, lipid
-listhesis
slipping
lith/o, -lith
stone, calculus
lithiasis
presence of stones
lob/i, lob/o
lobe, well-defined part of an organ
loc/o
place
loch/i
childbirth, confinement
-logy
study of
longev/o
long-lived, long life
lord/o
curve, swayback bent
lumb/o
lower back, loin
lumin/o
light
lun/o, lunat/o
moon
lunul/o
crescent
lup/i, lup/o
wolf
lute/o
yellow
lux/o
to slide
lymph/o
lymph, lymphatic tissue
lymphaden/o
lymph gland
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening
-lyst
agent that causes lysis or loosening
-lytic
to reduce, destroy
macro-
large, abnormal size or length, long
macul/o
spot
magn/o
great, large
major/o
larger
mal-
bad, poor, evil
-malacia
abnormal softening
malign/o
bad, evil
malle/o
malleus, hammer
malleol/o
malleolus, little hammer
mamm/o
breast
man/i
madness, rage
man/i, man/o
hand
mandibul/o
mandible, lower jaw
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
manipul/o
use of hands
manubri/o
handle
masset/o
chew
mast/o
breast
mastic/o, masticat/o
chew
mastoid/o
mastoid process
matern/o
maternal, of a mother
matur/o
ripe
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw)
maxim/o
largest, greatest
meat/o
opening or passageway
medi/o
middle
mediastin/o
mediastinum, middle
medic/o
medicine, physician, healing
medicat/o
medication, healing
medull/o
medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow
mega-, megal/o
large, great
-megaly
enlargement
mei/o
less, meiosis
melan/o
black, dark
mellit/o
honey, honeyed
membran/o
membrane, thin skin
men/o
menstruation, menses
mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
menisc/o
meniscus, crescent
mens/o
menstruate, menstruation, menses
menstru/o, menstruat/o
occurring monthly
ment/o
mind, chin
mes-
middle
mesenter/o
mesentery
mesi/o
middle, median plane
meso-
middle
meta-
change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next
metabol/o
change
metacarp/o
metacarpals, bones of the hand
metatars/o
bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes
-meter
measure, instrument used to measure
metr/i, metr/o, metri/o
uterus
-metrist
one who measures
-metry
to measure
micr/o, micro-
small
mictur/o, micturit/o
urinate
mid-
middle
midsagitt/o
from front to back, at the middle
milli-
one-thousandth
-mimetic
mimic, copy
mineral/o
mineral
minim/o
smallest, least
minor/o
smaller
mio-
smaller, less
-mission
to send
mit/o
a thread
mitr/o
a miter, having two points on top
mobil/o
capable of moving
monil/i
string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus
mono-
one, single
morbid/o
disease, sickness
moribund/o
dying
morph/o
shape, form
mort/i, mort/o, mort/u
death, dead
mortal/i
pertaining to death, subject to death
mot/o, motil/o
motion, movement
mu/o
close, shut
muc/o, mucos/o
mucus
multi-
many, much
muscul/o
muscle
mut/a
genetic change
mut/o
unable to speak, inarticulate
mutagen/o
causing genetic change
my/o
muscle
myc/e, myc/o
fungus
mydri/o
wide
mydrias/i
dilation of the pupil
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
myocardi/o
myocardium, heart muscle
myom/o
muscle tumor
myos/o
muscle
miring/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
myx/o, myxa-
mucus
nar/i
nostril
narc/o
numbness, stupor
nas/i, nas/o
nose
nat/i
birth
natr/o
sodium
nause/o
nausea, seasickness
necr/o
death
-necrosis
tissue death
neo-, ne/o
new, strange
nephr/o
kidney
nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
neutr/o
neither, neutral
nev/o
birthmark, mole
nid/o
next
niter-, nitro-
nitrogen
noct/i
night
nod/o
knot, swelling
nodul/o
little knot
nom/o
law, control
non-
no
nor-
chemical compound
norm/o
normal or usual
nuch/o
the nape
nucle/o
nucleus
nucleol/o
little nucleus, nucleolus
nulli-
none
numer/o
number, count
nunci/o
messenger
nutri/o, nutrit/o
nourishment, food, nourish, feed
nyct/o, nyctal/o
night
ob-
against
obes/o
obese, extremely fat
obliqu/o
slanted, sideways
oblongat/o
oblong, elongated
obstetr/i, obstetr/o
midwife, one who stands to receive
occipit/o
back of the skull, occiput
occlud/o, occlus/o
shut, close up
occult/o
hidden, concealed
ocul/o
eye
odont/o
tooth
-oid
like, resembling
-ole
little, small
olecran/o
elbow, olecranon
olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
olig/o
scanty, few
-ologist
specialist
-ology
the science or study of
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
om/o
shoulder
oment/o
omentum, fat
omphal/o
umbilical cord, the navel
onc/o
tumor
-one
hormone
onych/o
fingernail or toenail
o/o, oo/o
egg
oophor/o
ovary
opac/o, opacit/o
shaded, dark, impenetrable to light
-opaque
obscure
oper/o, operat/o
perform, operate, work
opercul/o
cover or lid
ophthalm/o
eye, vision
-opia
vision condition
opisth/o
backward
-opsia, -opsis, -opsy
vision, view of
opt/i, opt/o, optic/o
eye, vision
or/o
mouth, oral cavity
orbit/o
orbit, bony cavity or socket
orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
testicles, testis, testes
-orexia
appetite
organ/o
organ
orgasm/o
swell, be excited
orth/o
straight, normal, correct
-ory
pertaining to
os-
mouth, bone
-ose
full of, pertaining to, sugar
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
osm/o
pushing, thrusting
-osmia
smell, odor
oss/e, oss/i
bone
ossicul/o
ossicle (small bone)
oste/o, ost/o
bone
-ostomy
surgically creating an opening
-ostosis
condition of bone
ot/o
ear, hearing
-otia
ear condition
-otomy
cutting, surgical incision
ov/i, ov/o
egg, ovum
ovari/o
ovary
ovul/o
egg
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
oxygen
-oxia
oxygen condition
oxid/o
containing oxygen
oxy/o
the presence of oxygen in a compound
pachy-
heavy, thick
palat/o
palate, roof of mouth
pall/o, pallid/o
pale, lacking or drained of color
palliat/o
cloaked, hidden
palm/o
palm of the hand
palpat/o
touch, feel, stroke
palpebr/o
eyelid
palpit/o
throbbing, quivering
pan-
all, entire, every
pancreat/o
pancreas
papill/i, papill/o
nipple-like
papul/o
pimple
par-, para-
beside, near, beyond, abnormal
par/o
to bear, bring forth, labor
-para
to give birth
paralys/o, paralyt/o
disable
parasit/o
parasite
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
pares/i
to disable
-paresi
partial or incomplete paralysis
paret/o
to disable
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
pariet/o
wall
parotid/o
parotid gland
-parous
having borne one or more children
paroxysm/o
sudden attack
-partum, parturit/o
childbirth, labor
patell/a, patell/o
patella, kneecap
path/o, -pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
paus/o
cessation, stopping
-pause
stopping
pector/o
chest
ped/o
child, foot
pedi/a
child
pedicul/o
louse (singular), lice (plural)
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
pen/i
penis
pend/o
to hang
-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
peps/i, -pepsia, pept/o
digest, digestion
per-
excessive, through
percept/o
become aware, perceive
percuss/o
strike, tap, beat
peri-
surrounding, around
perine/o
perineum
peristals/o, peristalt/o
constrict around
peritone/o
peritoneum
perme/o
to pass or go through
pernici/o
destructive, harmful
perone/o
fibula
perspir/o
perspiration
pertuss/i
intensive cough
petechi/o
skin spot
-pexy
surgical fixation
phac/o
lens of eye
phag/o
eat, swallow
-phage
a cell that destroys, eat, swallow
-phagia
eating, swallowing
phak/o
lens of eye
phalang/o
phalanges, finger and toe
phall/i, phill/o
penis
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
drug
pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
phas/o
speech
-phasia
speak or speech
phe/o
dusky
