terminology packet Flashcards
a-, an-
no; not; without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward; near
abdomin/o
abdomen
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary
pertaining to
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
-alegasia
sensitivity to pain
-algia
pain
ana-
up; apart; backward; again; anew
angi/o
vessel (blood)
ante-
before; forward
anter/o
front
anti-
against
aort/o
aorta
appendo/o, appendic/o
appendix
arthr/o
joint
-ase
enzyme
audi/o, audit/o
hearing
aut/o, aut-, auto
self, own
axill/o
armpit
bacter/i/o
bacteria
bi-
two
bil/i
bile; gall
brachi/o
arm
brady-
slow
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial
bucc/o
cheek
calc/o
calcium
carcin/o
cancerous; cancer
cardi/o
heart
-cele, coele
swelling; hernia
cell/u
cell level
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic/o
neck
chol/e
bile; gall
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
-cidal
pertaining to killing
col/o colon/o
colon
comi/o
to care for
contra-
against; opposite
coron/o
heart
cost/o
rib
cran/i
skull
cyan/o
blue
cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac, or fluid
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
de-
lake of, less
derm/o, derma, dermat/o
skin
diaphor/o
sweat
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o, dorsi
back (of body)
dys-
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
-emia
blood condition
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
end-, end/o
in; within
enter/o
intestines
epi-
above; upon; on
erythr/o
red
erythem/o
flushed; redness
-esis
action; condition; state of
ex-
out; away from
gastr/o
stomach
-genesis
producing; forming
ger/i, geront/o
old age
gluc/o, glyc/o
glucose; sugar
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hemi-
half
hepat/o
liver
herni/o
hernia
hydr/o
water
hyper-
above, greater than normal, excessive
hypo-
deficient; below; less than normal
hyster/o
uterus; womb
-ia
condition
-iac, -ic, -ine, -ior
pertaining to
-iasis
abnormal condition
ile/o
ileum
inguin/o
groin
inter-
between
jaund/o
yellow
jejun/o
jejunum
kal/i
potassium
ket/o, keton
ketones; acetones
kyph/o
hunch back
lapar/o
abdominal wall; abdomen
later/o
side
leuk/o
white
lip/o
lipid; fat
lob/o
lobe
-logy
study (process of)
-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction
mal-
bad
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
medi/o
middle
-megaly
enlargement
melan/o
black
-ment/o
mind
my/o
muscle
narc/o
numbness; sleep
nas/o
nose
natr/o
sodium
necr/o
death
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
norm/o
rule; order
nos/o
infection
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
eye
opt/o, optic/o
eye; vision
-oid
resembling; derived from
olig/o
scant; slight
-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
onc/o
ttumor
oophor/o
ovary
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
-ous
pertaining to
-oxia; -oxic
oxygen
pancreat/o
pancreas
para-
near; beside; apart from; along side of
-paresis
weakness
path/o
disease
-pathy
disease; emotion
pector/o
chest
-penia
deficiency
-phagia
eating; swallowing
phas/o, phasia
speech
phleb/o
vein
-plasia
develpment; formation; growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia, -plegic
paralysis; palsy
post-, poster/o
after; behind
pre-
before; in front of
proxim/o
near
pseudo
false; fake
pulmon/o
lung
purul/o
pus
