Professional Issues & Skill Development I (PT 602): Medical Terminology Pretest - Words and Definitions Flashcards
a
without
not
ab
from
away from
off
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities
actin/o
ray
acu
a needle
sharp
clear
ad
toward (suffix)
to
toward
addition to intensification (prefix)
aden/o
gland
aer/o
air
gas
alges/i
sensitivity to pain
algia
pain
painful condition
all/o
other
different
amb/i
both
both sides
amni/o
amnion (sac holding fetus)
an
without
not
andr/o
man
male
angi/o
vessel
anis/o
unequal
asymmetric
dissimilar
ankly/o
stiff
ante
before
forward
anter/o
in front of
anti
against
antr/o
cavity
antrum
sinus
appendic/o
appendix
attached to a larger part
arteri/o
artery
vessel carrying blood from heart
arthr/o
joint
articulation
atel/o
incomplete development
imperfect
ather/o
porridge-like
audi/o
hear
hearing
aut/o
self
bar/o
weight
heavy
pressure
bi
two
double
twice
bi/o
life
blast/o
germ
embryonic
blephar/o
eyelid
brachi/o
upper arm
brad/y
slow
bronch/o
windpipe
burs/o
bursa
sac
cac/o
bad
diseased
abnormal
calcane/o
heel
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
cari/o
decay
carp/o
wrist
cat/a
down downward under against lower with
caud/o
tail
cele
rupture
hernia
swelling
tumor
centesis
puncture
cephal/o
head
cer
wax
cerebr/o
brain
cervic/o
neck
neck of organ
cervix
cheil/o
lip
chir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chol/e
gall
bile
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
circum
around
clas/ia
breaking
clys/o
washing
irrigation
cocc/o
bacteria
col/o
large intestine
colon
colp/o
vagina
con
with
together with
condyl/o
condyle
contra
against
cor/e
core/o
pupil
corne/o
portion of eye
cornea
cortic/o
outer layer
cortex
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
cranium
cry/o
cold
freezing
crypt/o
hidden
small sac
cyan
blue
cycl/o
ciliary body
circular
cyst/o
bladder
fluid filled sac
cyt/o
cell
dacry/o
tear
dactyl/o
fingers or toes
digits
de
from to the opposite away off to remove entirely down
dent/o
tooth
derm/o
dermato
skin
dextr/o
right
di/a
through two twice apart away from
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
dors/o
back
drom/o
running
dyn/ia
pain
dys
bad
difficult
painful
ect/o
outer
outside
ectas/ia
ectas/is
stretching
dilation
ectomy
excision
removal
ectop/o
out of place
edema
swelling
electr/o
electrical
emesis
vomit
emia
blood
encephal/o
brain
end/o
inner
inside
enter/o
small intestine
epi
over
upon
erg/o
work
erythr/o
red
es/o
within
inward
esophag/o
food pipe
esophagus
esthesi/o
feeling
sensation
eti/o
cause
eu
well
easy
good
ex
out from
external
outer
extra
outside
beyond
in addition to
febr/i
fever
femor/o
thigh
fibr/o
fiber
threadlike
gangli/o
a mass of tissue
ganglion
gastr/o
stomach
abdomen
gen/o
origin
produce
bear
geri
geronto
sen
old age
gingiv/o
gums
gli/o
glue
neuroglia
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
gnath/o
jaw
gnos/ia
knowledge
goni/o
joint
angle
gram/o
record
drawing
graph/o
instrument for recording
gynec/o
woman
hem/o
hemat/o
blood
hemi
half
hepat/o
liver
heter/o
different
another
hidr/o
sweat
hist/o
tissue
hom/o
same
humer/o
upper arm bone
humerus
hyal/o
glassy
transparent
hydr/o
water
fluid