MedTerms4 Flashcards
pher/o
to bear or carry
-pheresis
removal
phil/o, -phil, -philia
attraction to, like, love
phleb/o
vein
phlegm/o
thick mucus
phob/o, -phobia
abnormal fear
phon/o, -phonia
sound, voice
phor/o
carry, bear, movement
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
phot/o
light
phren/o
diaphragm, mind
-phthisis
wasting away
-phylactic
protective, preventive
-phylaxis
protection
physi/o, physic/o
nature, physical
-physis
to grow
phyt/o, -phyte
plant
pigment/o
pigment, color
pil/i, pil/o
hair
pineal/o
pineal gland
pinn/i
external ear, auricle
pituit/o, pituitar/o
pituitary gland
plac/o
flat plate or patch
placent/o
placenta, round flat cake
plak/o, -plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
plan/o
flat
plant/i, plant/o
sole of foot
plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
development, growth, formation
-plasm
formative material of cells
plasm/o
something molded or formed
-plastic
pertaining to formation
-plasty
surgical repair
ple/o
more, many
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
-plegic
one affected with paralysis
pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
plex/o
plexus, network
plic/o
fold or ridge
pne/o-
breath, breathing
-pnea
breathing
-pneic
pertaining to breathing
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
pod/o
foot
-poiesis
formation, to make
poikil/o
varied, irregular
pol/o
extreme
poli/o
gray matter of brain and spinal cord
pollic/o
thumb
poly-
many
polyp/o
polyp, small growth
pont/o
pons (a part of the brain), bridge
poplit/o
back of the knee
por/o
pore, small opening
-porosis
lessening in density, porous condition
port/i
gate, door
post-
after, behind
poster/o
behind, toward the back
potent/o
powerful
pract/i, practic/o
practice, pursue an occupation
prandi/o, -prandial
meal
-praxia
action, condition concerning the performance of movements
-praxis
act, activity, practice use
pre-
before, in front of
precoc/i
early, premature
pregn/o
pregnant, full of
prematur/o
too early, untimely
preputi/o
foreskin, prepuce
presby/o
old age
press/o
press, draw
priap/o
penis
primi-
first
pro-
before, in behalf of
process/o
going forth
procident/o
fall down or forward
procreat/o
reproduce
proct/o
anus and rectum
prodrom/o
running ahead, precursor
product/o
lead forward, yield, produce
prolaps/o
fall downward, slide forward
prolifer/o
reproduce, bear offspring
pron/o, pronat/o
bent forward
pros-
before
prostat/o
prostate gland
prosth/o, prosthet/o
addition, appendage
prot/o, prote/o
first
protein/o
protein
proxim/o
near
prurit/o
itching
pseud/o
false
psor/i, psor/o
itch, itching
psych/o
mind
ptomat/o
a fall
-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse, fall
-ptyal/o
saliva
-ptysis
spitting
pub/o
pubis, part of hip bone
pubert/o
ripe age, adult
pudend/o
pudendum
puerper/i
childbearing, labor
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
pulpos/o
fleshy, pulpy
puls/o
beat, beating, striking
punct/o
sting, prick, puncture
pupill/o
pupil
pur/o
pus
purpur/o
purple
purul/o
pus-filled
pustul/o
infected pimple
py/o
pus
pyel/o
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
pylor/o
pylorus, pyloric sphincter
pyr/o, pyret/o
fever, fire
pyramid/o
pyramid-shaped
quadr/i, quadr/o
four
rabi/o
madness, rage
rachi/o
spinal column, vertebrae
radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
radiat/o
giving off rays or radiant energy
radicul/o
nerve root
raph/o
seam, suture
re-
back, again
recept/o
receive, receiver
recipi/o
receive, take to oneself
rect/o
rectum, straight
recticul/o
network
recuperat/o
recover, regain health
reduct/o
bring back together
refract/o
bend back, turn aside
regurgit/o
flood or gush back
remiss/o
give up, let go, relax
ren/o
kidney
restor/o
rebuild, put back, restore
resuscit/o
revive
retent/o
hold back
reticul/o
network
retin/o
retina, net
retract/o
draw back or in
retro-
behind, backward, back of
rhabd/o
rod, rod-shaped
rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
rheum/o, rheumat/o
watery flow, subject to flow
rhin/o
nose
rhiz/o
root
rhonc/o
snore, snoring
rhythm/o
rhythm
rhytid/o
wrinkle
rigid/o
stiff
ris/o
laugh
roentgen/o
x-ray
rotat/o
rotate, revolve
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
rube-
red
rug/o
wrinkle, fold
sacc/i, sacc/o
sac
sacchar/o
sugar
sacr/o
sacrum
saliv/o
saliva
salping/o
uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
-salpinx
uterine (fallopian) tube
san/o
sound, healthy, sane
sangu/i, sanguin/o
blood
sanit/o
soundness, health
saphen/o
clear, apparent, manifest
sapr/o
decaying, rotten
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
scalp/o
carve, scrape
scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
schiz/o
division, split
scintill/o
spark
scirrh/o
hard
scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
scoli/o
curved, bent
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
scot/o
darkness
scrib/o, script/o
write
scrot/o
bag or pouch
seb/o
sebum
secret/o
produce, separate out
sect/o, secti/o
cut, cutting
segment/o
pieces
sell/o
saddle
semi-
half
semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
sen/i
old
senesc/o
grow old
senil/o
old age
sens/i
feeling, sensation
sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
seps/o
infection
sept/o
infection, partition
ser/o
serum
seros/o
serous
sial/o
saliva
sialaden/o
salivary gland
sider/o
iron
sigm/o
Greek letter sigma
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
silic/o
glass
sin/o, sin/u
hollow, sinus
sinistr/o
left, left side
sinus/o
sinus
-sis
abnormal condition, disease
sit/u
place
skelet/o
skeleton
soci/o
companion, fellow being
-sol
solution
solut/o, solv/o
loosened, dissolved
soma-, somat/o
body
somn/i, somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
sopor/o
sleep
spad/o
draw off, draw
-spasm, spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, or cramping
spec/i
look at, a kind or sort
specul/o
mirror
sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge
spher/o
round, sphere, ball
sphincter/o
tight band
sphygm/o
pulse
spin/o
spine, backbone
spir/o
to breathe
spirill/o
little coil
spirochet/o
coiled microorganism
splen/o
spleen
spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
spontane/o
unexplained, of one’s own accord
spor/o
seed, spore
sput/o
sputum, spit
squam/o
scale
-stalsis
contraction, constriction
staped/o, stapedi/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
sten/o
narrowing, contracted
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
ster/o
solid structure
stere/o
solid, three-dimensional
steril/i
sterile
stern/o
sternum, the breastbone
stert/o
snore, snoring
steth/o
chest
-sthenia
strength
stigmat/o
point, spot
stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
stol/o
send or place
stom/o, stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
-stomosis, -stomy
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
strab/i
squint, squint-eyed
strat/i
layer
strept/o
twisted chain
striat/o
stripe, furrow, groove
stric-
narrowing
strict/o
draw tightly together, bind or tie
strid/o
harsh sound
stup/e
benumbed, stunned
styl/o
pen, pointed instrument
sub-
under, less, below
subluxat/o
partial dislocation
sucr/o
sugar
sudor/i
sweat
suffoc/o, suffocat/o
choke, strangle
sulc/o
furrow, groove
super-, super/o
above, excessive, higher than
superflu/o
overflowing, excessive
supin/o
lying on the back
supinat/o
bend backward, place on the back
suppress/o
press down
suppur/o, suppurate/o
to form pus
supra-
above, upper, excessive
supraren/o
above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland
-surgery
operative procedure
sutur/o
stitch, seam
sym-
with, together, joined together
symptomat/o
falling together, symptom
syn-
together, with, union, association
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off
-syndesis
surgical fixation of vertebrae
syndesm/o
ligament
syndrom/o
running together
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
syphil/i, syphil/o
syphilis
syring/o
tube
system/o, systemat/o
body system
systol/o
contraction
tachy-
fast, rapid
tact/i
touch
talip/o
foot and ankle deformity
tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone), instep, edge of the eyelid
tax/o
coordination, order
techn/o, techni/o
skill
tectori/o
covering, roof-like
tele/o
distant, far
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple
ten/o, tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
tenac/i
holding fast, sticky
tendin/o
tendon
tens/o
stretch out, extend, strain
terat/o
malformed fetus
termin/o
end, limit
test/i, test/o
testicle, testis
tetan/o
rigid, tense
tetra-
four
thalam/o
thalamus, inner room
thalass/o
sea
thanas/o, thanat/o
death
the/o
put, place
thec/o
sheath
thel/o
nipple
therap/o, therapeut/o
treatment
therm/o
heat
thio-
sulfur
thora/o, thorac/o
chest
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
thromb/o
clot
thym/o
thymus gland, soul
-thymia
a state of mind
-thymic
pertaining to the mind, relating to the thymus gland
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
-tic
pertaining to
tine/o
gnawing worm, ringworm
tinnit/o
ringing, buzzing, tinkling
-tion
process, state or quality of
toc/o, -tocia, -tocin
labor, birth
tom/o
cut, section, slice
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
process of cutting
ton/o
tension, tone, stretching
tone/o
to stretch
tonsill/o
tonsil, throat
top/o
place, position, location
tors/o
twist, rotate
tort/i
twisted
tox/o, toxic/o
poison, poisonous
trabecul/o
little beam marked with cross bars or beams
trache/i, trache/o
trachea, windpipe
trachel-
neck
tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
tranquil/o
quiet, calm, tranquil
trans-
across, through
transfus/o
pour across, transfer
transit/o
changing
transvers/o
across, crosswise
traumat/o
injury
trem/o
shaking, trembling
tremul/o
fine tremor or shaking
treponem/o
coiled, turning microbe
tri-
three
trich/o
hair
trigon/o
trigone
-tripsy
to crush
-trite
instrument for crushing
trop/o, -tropia
turn, change
troph/o, -trophy
development, nourishment
-tropic
having an affinity for
-tropin
to stimulate, act on
tub/i, tub/o
tube, pipe
tubercul/o
little knot, swelling
tunic/o
covering, cloak, sheath
turbinat/o
coiled, spiral shaped
tuss/i
cough
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
-type
classification, picture
-ula
small, little
-ule
small one
ulcer/o
sore, ulcer
uln/o
ulna (medial lower arm bone)
ultra-
beyond, excess
-um
singular noun ending
umbilic/o
navel
un-
not
ungu/o
nail
uni-
one
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
-uresis
urination
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
urg/o
press, push
-uria
urination, urine
urin/o
urine or urinary organs
urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
-us
thing, singular noun ending
uter/i, uter/o
uterus
uve/o
iris, choroid, ciliary body, uveal tract
uvul/o
uvula, little grape
vaccin/i, vaccin/o
vaccine
vacu/o
empty
vag/o
vagus nerve, wandering
vagin/o
vagina
valg/o
bent or twisted outward
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
var/o
bent or twisted inward
varic/o
varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
vas/o
vas deferens, vessel
vascul/o
blood vessel, little vessel
vast/o
vast, great, extensive
vect/o
carry, convey
ven/o
vein
vener/o
sexual intercourse
venter-
abdomen
ventilat/o
expose to air, fan
ventr/o
in front, belly side of body
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
venul/o
venule, small vein
verg/o
twist, incline
verm/i
worm
verruc/o
wart
-verse, -version
to turn
vers/o, vert/o
turn
vertebr/o
vertebra, backbone
vertig/o, vertigin/o
whirling round
vesic/o
urinary bladder
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
vestibul/o
entrance, vestibule
vi/o
force
vill/i
shaggy hair, tuft of hair
vir/o
poison, virus
viril/o
masculine, manly
vis/o
seeing, sight
visc/o
sticky
viscer/o
viscera, internal organ
viscos/o
sticky
vit/a, vit/o
life
viti/o
blemish, defect
vitre/o
glassy, made of glass
voc/i
voice
vol/o
palm or sole
volv/o
roll, turn
vulgar/i
common
vulv/o
vulva, covering
xanth/o
yellow
xen/o
strange, foreign
xer/o
dry
xiph/i, xiph/o
sword
-y
noun ending
zo/o
animal life
zygomat/o
cheek bone, yoke
zygot/o
joined together
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
-ial
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ine
pertaining to
-ior
pertaining to
-ory
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to
-ago
abnormal condition, disease
-esis
abnormal condition, disease
-ia
abnormal condition, disease
-iasis
abnormal condition, disease
-ion
condition
-ism
condition, state of
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
-a
noun ending
-e
noun ending
-um
singular noun ending
-us
singular noun ending
-y
noun ending
