Unit 8: Medical Terms Flashcards by Jacob Martinez

a-/an-

without

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anti-

against

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bi-

two

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brady-

slow

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circum-

around

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vertebr(o)

vertebra

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contra-

against, opposite

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dys-

painful, abnormal, difficult

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uln(o)

ulna

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epi-

over, on, upon

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tibi(o)

tibia

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ex-

outward, external

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thorac(o)

thorax

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hemi-

half

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hyper-

excessive, over

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ten(o)-/tend(o)-/tendin(o)

tendon

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tars(o)

tarsus

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hypo-

under, insufficient

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system(o)

system

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infra-

below

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inter-

between

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intra-

beside

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synovi(o)/synov(o)

synovial membrane

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iso-

equal

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latero-

side

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stern(o)

sternum

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medi-

middle

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spondyl(o)

vertebra

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per-

through

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spin(o)

spine

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poly-

many

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scoli(o)

crooked, bent

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pseudo-

false

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scapula(o)

scapula

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semi-

half, partial

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sub-

under,below

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trans-

across

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sarc(o)

flesh

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-ac

pertaining to

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-al

pertaining to

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sacr(o)

sacrum

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-algia

pain

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-ar

pertaining to

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-ary

pertaining to

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radi(o)

radius, x-ray

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-asthenia

weakness

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pub(o)

pubis

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prosthet(o)

addition

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-cele

pertaining to a tumor or swelling

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pod(o)

foot

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-centesis

procedure to withdraw fluid

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phalang(o)

phalanges

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-clasia

surgical break

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-desis

fuse

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pelv(o)

pelvis

-dynia

pain

ped(o)

foot, child

-eal

pertaining to

path(o)

disease

patell(o)

patella

-ectomy

surgical removal of

oste(o)

bone

-genic

producing, causing

orth(o)

straight

myos(o)

muscle

-gram

record

my(o)

muscle

myel(o)

bone marrow

-graphy

process of recording

muscul(o)

muscle

-iatry

medical treatment

metatars(o)

metatarsal

metacarp(o)

metacarpal

-ic

pertaining to

medull(o)

inner portion

maxill(o)

maxilla

-itis

inflammation

-kinesia

movement

mandibul(o)

mandible

lumb(o)

lower back

-listhesis

slipping

lord(o)

bent backwards

-logy

study of

ligament(o)

ligament

-malacia

later(o)

side

lamin(o)

lamina

-metry

process of measuring

kyph(o)

hump

-oma

tumor

-opsy

view of

kinesi(o)

movement

-ory

pertaining to

ischi(o)

ischium

ili(o)

ilium

-osis

abnormal condition, disease process

humer(o)

humerus

-otomy

cutting into

fibul(o)

fibula

-ous

pertaininig to

-pathy

disease

fibr(o)

fibers

femor(o)

femur

-plasty

surgical repair

fasci(o)

fibrous band

-plegia

paralysis

erythr(o)

red

electr(o)

electricity

-porosis

porous

dors(o)

back

cutane(o)

skin

crani(o)

skull

cost(o)

rib

cortic(o)

outer portion

coccyg(o)

coccyx

claviclul(o)

clavicle

chondr(o)

cartilage

cervic(o)

neck

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhaphy

suture

carp(o)

carpus, wrist

carcin(o)

cancer

burs(o)

bursa

bi(o)

life

articul(o)

joint

arthr(o)

joint

ankly(o)

stiff joint

acr(o)

extremity

-trophy

development, stimulation

-tonia

tone

-tome

instrument used to cut

-tome

instrument used to cut

-tic

pertaining to

-stenosis

narrowing

-scopy

process of viewing with an instrument

-scope

instrument for viewing

-rrhexis

rupture