Sonography Medical Terminology Flashcards
Vas(o)
Duct, blood vessel
Trich(i)-, trichia, trich(o)-
Of or pertaining to hair, hair-like structure
Tox(i)-, tox(o)-, toxic(o)-
Toxin, poison
-rrhea
fluid discharge
cyt(o)
cell
kine(t)(o)
movement
bi
two
par(a)
near, beside, accessory to
hist(i)(o)
tissue
-pnea
breathing
jejun(o)
jejunum
leuk(o)
white
anti
against
Xanth(o)-
Denoting a yellow color
cut
skin
macr(o)
large, long
Viscer(o)-
Pertaining to internal organs, viscera
morph(o)
shape
litho(o)
stone
cost(o)
rib
vesic(o)
bladder
cardi(o)
heart
Varic(o)-
Swollen or twisted vein
Urin-
Pertaining to urine, urinary system
lact(o)
milk
-plasty
surgical repair
hetero
other, different
dactyl
fingers or toes
-poiesis
production
olig(o)
few, little
pre
before, in front
mono
one
ambi
both sides
alb
white
sten(o)
narrow
-ectomy
surgical removal
angi(o)
vessel
Tri-
Three
opthalm(o)
eye
super
above
brachi(o)
arm
trans
across, through
adipo
fat
pyr(o)
heart
derm or -derm
skin
Xen(o)-
Foreign, different
orchi(o)
testes
-tic
Pertaining to
Ultra-
Beyond, excessive
intra
within, into
thorac(o)
chest
-version
Turning
dys
difficult, painful
-oma
tumor
semi
half
myel(o)
marrow, spinal cord
-stomy
opening
hyper
above, beyond
aut(o)
self
sarc(o)
flesh
Un(i)-
One
Uter(o)-
Uterus or womb
Ven-
Of or pertaining to blood (veins)
latero
side
Trache(a)
Trachea
post
behind, after
tachy
rapid, swift
encephal
brain
col(i)(o)
colon
ec
out of
ocul(o)
eye
gest
carry
cephal(o)
head
blast (or -blast)
embryonic state
enter(o)
intestine
myx
mucus
-plegia
paralysis
bili
bile
-trophy
growth
trache(o)
trachea
aden(o)
gland
-tripsy
Crushing
-y
Condition or process of
Example: surgery
poly
much, many
toxi(o)
poison
-plasia
growth
-itis
inflammation
Umbilic-
Of or pertaining to the navel, umbilicus
-trophy
Nourishment, development
-tomy
Act of cutting; incision
mega
great, large
pharyng(o)
pharynx
caud
tail
therm(o)
heat
laryng(o)
larynx
ven(i)(o)
vein
fasci
bundle
peri
around
scolio
crooked
Tort(i)
Twisted
Trans-
Denoting moving or situated “across” or “through”
Vesic(o)
Of or pertaining to the bladder
retro
backward
sub
under
end(o)
inward
ex
outside
pyel(o)
kidney
ped(o)
child
ile(o)
ilium
pulmo(n)
lung
re
back, contrary
tetra
four
Vagin-
Pertaining to vagina
ankyl
crooked, fusion
vas(o)
vessel
-algia
pain
multi
many
gastro
stomach
dorsi(i)(o)
back
supra
above, upon
ischi(o)
hip
ren(o)
kidney
ad
toward
mamm(o)
breast
my(o)
muscle
cervi(i)(o)
neck
micro
small
-scope
observe
labio
lips
brady
slow
chondr(o)
cartilage
cyst(i)(o)
bladder
meno
menses
thromb(o)
clot
glass(o)
tongue
path(o)
disease
pseudo
false
phleb(o)
vein
hyster
uterus
lip(o)
fat
oss or oste(o)
bone
Trachel(o)
Of or pertaining to the neck
chol(e)
bile
-tripsy
crushing
ab
away from
-tome
Cutting instrument
Ventricul(o)-
Ventricles/ hollow region inside organ
nas(o)
nose
infra
beneath
scler(o)
hard
cerebr(o)
brain
proct(o)
rectum
carcin(o)
cancer
hepat(o)
liver
heme or hemato
blood
-lys
breakdown
galact(o)
milk
ante
before, foward
abdomen(o)
abdomen
juxta
near
nephr(o)
kidney
pleur(o)
pleura, rib, side
mal
bad
diplo
double
ur(o)
urinary, urine
-ula, -ule
Small
-taxis
movement
-osis
conditon
gyn(o)
women, female reproductive organs
cyan(o)
blue
a(n)
without
hydro
water
acr(o)
extremity
psych(o)
mind
andr(o)
male
mast(o)
breast
pneum(o)
lung