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SSCT Med Term Master
SSCT Medical Terminology Master List of Terms, Abbr,
Question | Answer |
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a- | no; not; without |
an- | no; not; without |
ab- | away from |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
-ac | pertaining to |
acanth/o | spiny; thorny |
acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
acous/o | hearing |
acr/o | extremeties; top; extreme point |
acromi/o | acromion (extension of shoulder bone) |
actin/o | light |
acu/o | sharp; severe; sudden |
-acusis | hearing |
ad- | toward |
-ad | toward |
aden/o | gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
adip/o | fat |
adren/o | adrenal gland |
adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
aer/o | air |
af- | toward |
agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together |
-agon | to assemble, gather |
agora- | marketplace |
-agra | excessive pain |
-al | pertaining to |
alb/o | white |
albin/o | white |
albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
-algesia | sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
all/o | other |
alveol/o | alveolus; air sac; small sac |
ambyl/o | dim; dull |
-amine | nitrogen compound |
amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo) |
amyl/o | starch |
an/o | anus |
-an | pertaining to |
ana- | up; apart; backward; again, anew |
andr/o | male |
aneurysm/o | aneurysm (widening blood vessel) |
angi/o | vessel (blood) |
anis/o | unequal |
ankyl/o | stiff |
ante- | before; forward |
anter/o | front |
anthrac/o | coal |
anthr/o | antrum of the stomach |
anti- | against |
anxi/o | uneasy; anxious |
aort/o | aorta (largest artery) |
-apheresis | removal |
aphth/o | ulcer |
apo- | off; away |
aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
aque/o | water |
-ar | pertaining to |
-arche | beginning |
arter/o | artery |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
arthr/o | joint |
-arthria | articulate (speak distinctly) |
articul/o | joint |
-ary | pertaining to |
asbest/o | asbestos |
-ase | enzyme |
-asthenia | lack of strength |
atel/o | incomplete |
ather/o | plaque (fatty substance) |
-ation | process; condition |
atri/o | atrium (upper heart chamber) |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
aut/o | self, own |
aut- | self, own |
auto- | self. own |
axill/o | armpit |
azot/o | urea; nitrogen |
bacill/o | bacilli (bacteria) |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
balan/o | glans penis |
bar/o | pressure; weight |
bartholin/o | bartholin glands |
bas/o | base; opposite of acid |
bi- | two |
bi/o | life |
bil/i | bile; gall |
bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
-blast | embryonic; immature cell |
-blastoma | immature tumor (cells) |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bol/o | cast; throw |
brachi/o | arm |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
bronch/o | bronchial tube |
bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
bucc/o | cheek |
bunion/o | bunion |
burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joints) |
byssin/o | cotton dust |
cac/o | bad |
calc/o | calcium |
calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
calci/o | calcium |
cali/o | calyx |
calic/o | calyx |
capillar/o | capillary (tiniest blood vessel) |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
carcin/o | cancerous; tumor |
cardi/o | heart |
carp/o | wrist bones (carpals) |
cata- | down |
caud/o | tail; lower part of body |
caus/o | burning |
cauter/o | heat; burn |
cec/o | cecum (first part of colon) |
-cele | hernia |
celi/o | belly; abdomen |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cerumin/o | cerumen |
cevic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
-chalasia | relaxation |
-chalasis | relaxation |
cheil/o | lip |
chem/o | drug; chemical |
-chezia | defecation; elimination of wastes |
chir/o | hand |
chlor/o | green |
chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
chol/e | bile; gall |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chore/o | dance |
chori/o | chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus) |
chorion/o | chorion |
choroid/o | choroid layer of eye |
chrom/o | color |
chron/o | time |
chym/o | to pour |
cib/o | meal |
-cide | killing |
-cidal | pertaining to killing |
cine/o | movement |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
cis/o | to cut |
-clasis | to break |
-clast | to break |
claustr/o | enclosed space |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
-clysis | irrigation; washing |
coagul/o | coagulation (clotting) |
-coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
-cocci | berry-shaped bacterium |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
cochle/o | cochlea (inner part of ear) |
col/o | colon (large intestine) |
coll/a | glue |
colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
colp/o | vagina |
comat/o | deep sleep |
comi/o | to care for |
con- | together, with |
coni/o | dust |
conjuctiv/o | conjunctiva (lines the eyelids) |
-constriction | narrowing |
contra- | against; opposite |
cor/o | pupil |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
coron/o | heart |
corpor/o | body |
cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
cras/o | mixture; temperament |
crin/o | secrete |
-crine | to secrete; separate |
-crit | to separate |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
culd/o | cul-de-sac |
-cusis | hearing |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cycl/o | ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid |
cyt/o | cell |
-cyte | cell |
-cytosis | condition of cells; slight increase in numbers |
dacry/o | tear |
dacryoaden/o | tear gland |
dacryocyst/o | tear sac; lacrimal sac |
dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
de- | lack of; down; less; removal of |
dem/o | people |
dent/i | tooth |
derm/o | skin |
-derma | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
desicc/o | drying |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
dia- | complete; through |
diaphor/o | sweat |
-dilation | widening; stretching; expanding |
dipl/o | double |
dips/o | thirst |
dist/o | far; distant |
dors/o | back (of body) |
dorsi- | back |
-dote | to give |
-drome | to run |
duct/o | to lead, carry |
douden/o | duodenum |
dur/o | dura mater |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
-eal | pertaining to |
ec- | out; outside |
echo- | reflected sound |
-ectasia | dilation; dilatation; widening |
-ectasis | dilation; dilatation; widening |
ecto- | out; outside |
-ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
-edema | swelling |
-elasma | flat plate |
electr/o | electricity |
em- | in |
-ema | condition |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-emic | pertaining to blood condition |
emmetr/o | in due measure |
en- | in; within |
encephal/o | brain |
end- | in; within |
endo- | in; within |
enter/o | intestines (usually small) |
eosin/o | red; rosy; dawn-colored |
epi- | above; upon; on |
epididym/o | epididymis |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
episi/o | vulva (external female genitalia) |
epitheli/o | skin; epithelium |
equin/o | horse |
-er | one who |
erg/o | work |
erythem/o | flushed; redness |
erythr/o | red |
-esis | action; condition; state of |
eso- | inward |
esphag/o | esophagus |
esthes/o | nervous sensation (feeling) |
esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
-esthesia | nervous sensation |
estr/o | female |
ethm/o | sieve |
eti/o | cause |
eu- | good; normal |
-eurysm | widening |
ex- | out; away from |
exanthemat/o | rash |
exo- | out; away from |
extra- | outside |
faci/o | face |
fasci/o | fascia (membrane supporting muscles) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
-ferent | to carry |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibros/o | fibrous connective tissue |
fibul/o | fibula |
-fication | process of making |
-fida | split |
flex/o | to bend |
flour/o | luminous |
follicul/o | follicle; small sac |
-form | resembling; in the shape of |
fung/i | fungus; mushroom (organism lacking chlorophyll) |
furc/o | forking; branching |
-fusion | to pour; to come together |
galact/o | milk |
ganglion/o | ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies) |
gastr/o | stomach |
-gen | substance that produces |
-genesis | producing; forming |
-genic | produced by or in |
ger/o | old age |
geront/o | old age |
gest/o | pregnancy |
gester/o | pregnancy |
gingiv/o | gum |
glauc/o | gray |
gli/o | glial cells; neuroglial cells (supportive tissue of nervous system |
-globin | protein |
-globulin | protein |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
gloss/o | tongue |
gluc/o | glucose; sugar |
glyc/o | glucose; sugar |
glycogen/o | glycogen; animal starch |
glycos/o | glucose; sugar |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gon/o | seed |
gonad/o | sex glands |
goni/o | angle |
-grade | to go |
-gram | record |
granul/o | granule(s) |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gravida | pregnant woman |
gynec/o | woman; female |
hallucin/o | hallucination |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
hemi- | half |
hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
-hexia | habit |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o | tissue |
histi/o | tissue |
home/o | sameness; unchanging; constant |
hormon/o | hormone |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
hydr/o | water |
hyper- | above; excessive |
hypn/o | sleep |
hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
hyster/o | uterus; womb |
-ia | condition |
-iac | pertaining to |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
iatr/o | physician; treatment |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
ichthy/o | dry; scaly |
-icle | small |
idi/o | unknown; individual; distinct |
ile/o | ileum |
ili/o | ilium |
immun/o | immune; protection; safe |
in- | in; into; not |
-in | a substance |
-ine | a substance |
-ine | pertaining to |
infra- | below; inferior to; beneath |
inguin/o | groin |
insulin/o | insulin (pancreatic hormone) |
inter- | between |
intra- | within; into |
iod/o | iodine |
ion/o | ion; to wander |
-ion | process |
-ior | pertaining to |
ipsi- | same |
ir- | in |
ir/o | iris (colored portion of the eye) |
irid/o | iris (colored portion of the eye) |
is/o | same; equal |
isch/o | to hold back; back |
ischi/o | ischium (part of hip bone) |
-ism | process; condition |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-ium | structure; tissue |
jaund/o | yellow |