Roots I usually forget Flashcards
Remember roots, suffixes, and prefixes that I tend to forget. Information from Steiner and Capps' Quick Medical Terminology 5th ed.
1
Q
extremity
A
acr/o-
2
Q
excision
A
-ectomy
3
Q
new opening
A
-ostomy
4
Q
instrument that cuts
A
-tome
5
Q
condition of
A
-osis
6
Q
record
A
gram/o
7
Q
soft, soften
A
malac/o-
8
Q
herniation
A
-cele
9
Q
cartilage
A
chondr/o-
10
Q
rib
A
cost/o-
11
Q
tumor
A
-oma
12
Q
structure and form
A
morph/o-
13
Q
development
A
troph/o-
14
Q
tisue
A
hist/o-
15
Q
cranium
A
crani-o-
16
Q
pus
A
py/o-
17
Q
ear
A
ot/o-
18
Q
stone, calculus
A
lith/o-
19
Q
gallbladder, bile
A
chol/e-
20
Q
produce, originate
A
-genesis, gen/o
21
Q
harden
A
scler/o
22
Q
destruction, dissolution
A
lys/o
23
Q
ovary
A
oophor/o-
24
Q
renal pelvis
A
pyel/o-
25
suture
-oorhaphy
26
vagina
colp/o-
27
testes
orchid/o-
28
uterus
hister/o-
29
ovary
oophor/o-
30
small intestine
enter/o-
31
wash, irrigate
clys/o-, -clysis
32
dilation
-ectasia
33
surgery to form a permanent opening
-ostomy
34
surgical removal of
-ectomy
35
surgical fixation of part in its normal place
-pexy
36
rupture
-orrhexis
37
blood clot
thrombosis
38
crush, break
-tripsy
39
vessel occluded, blocked by an embolus
embolism
40
blood clot in bloodstream
thrombus
41
vein
phlebo
42
formation, development in the sense of shaping, molding
plas/o-
43
rupture, bursting apart
-orrhexis
44
surgical crushing
-tripsy
45
pertaining to sudden, periodic attack
paroxysmal
46
fever
pyrexia
47
pertaining to phase of disease before symptoms
prodroal
48
pertaining to prevention of disease
prophylactic
49
pertaining to phase of disease before symptoms
prodromal
50
breathing reaches a climax, then ceases before starting again
Cheyne-stokes respiration
51
symptoms occurring before the onset of the disease
prodrome
52
outside the normal place
ectopic
53
raised red spot, pimple
papule, papula
54
nipple-shaped tumor on skin
papilloma
55
overgrowth, wart
excrescence
56
small, nipple-like protuberance
papilla
57
perianal wartlike growth
condyloma
58
tumor with a little foot/stem
polyp
59
area of the belly over the stomach
epigastric
60
on or near the belly
ventral
61
above the pubic arch
suprapubic
62
below, beneath, under
infra-, sub-, hypo-
63
over, surrounding
epi-
64
low amniotic fluid
oligohydraminos
65
process of uterus returning to nonpregnant state
involution
66
change of life period
climacteric
67
enlarged breast in a male
gynecomastia
68
female external genitals
pudenda
69
pelvic floor, region from vaginal lip to anus in female
perineum
70
incision of vagina and pelvic outlet
episiotomy
71
rupture of uterus
hyesterorrhexis
72
women who has given birth to a living child
para
73
period after childbirth, involution takes place
puerperium
74
labor and delivery of term pregnancy
parturition
75
uterine atrophy
metratrophy
76
pupil, circular opening in the center of the eye
core-, core/o
77
suffix meaning vision
-opia
78
ciliary body, controls the shape of the iris
cycl/o-
79
eyelid
blephar/o-
80
chin
ment/o-
81
hiccup, hiccough
singultus
82
hemoptysis
spitting blood from the lungs
83
nosebleed
epistaxis
