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Medical Terminology
Medical Synonyms
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o, cel/i, laparo | abdomen |
aer/o, phys/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | air |
pan-, pant/o | all |
bil/i, chol/e | bile |
cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder |
hem/o, hemat/o, sangu/i, sanguin/o | blood |
corpor/o, samat/o, -some | body |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
-pnea, respir/o, respirat/o, spir/o | breathe |
cec/o, typhl/o | cecum |
pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o | chest |
-para, -parous, -partum, -tocia, toc/o | childbirth |
acu- | needle |
-algia | pain |
caud/o | tail |
cry/o | cold |
ipsi- | same |
later/o | side |
pin/o | to drink |
-rrhagia, -rrhage | Excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge |
-rrhea | Flow, discharge |
demi-, hemi-, semi- | Half |
bi-, di- | two |
-ectomy | Surgically removed |
-sect | To cut |
-meter | Instrument of measuring |
palp/o, palpat/o | To touch gently |
percuss/o | To tap |
arachn/o | Spider |
verm/i | Worm |
eosin/o | red, rosy, dawn |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o | white |
rhod/o | red , rosy |
acous/o, acoust/o, audi/o, audit/o,-cusis | Hearing |
olfact/o,-osmia, osm/o, -osphresia, osphresi/o | Smell |
haph/e, pselaphes/o, tact/o, thigm/o | Touch |
-geusia, gustat/o, gust/o | Taste |
-opia, -opsia, opt/o | Vision |
corn/o. kerat/o | cornea of eye |
mort/o, necr/o, thanat/o | death |
Allo-, hetero- | different |
nos/o, path/o | disease |
kraur/o, xer/o | dry |
aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o | ear |
myring/o, tympan/o | eardrum |
ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o | eye |
blephar/o, palpebr/o | eyelid |
faci/o, op/o, prosop/o | face |
adip/o, lip/o, pimel/o, steat/o | fat |
corp/o, scat/o, sterc/o | feces |
febr/i, pyr/o, pyret/o | fever |
arch/e, arch/i, -arche, primi-, prot/o | first |
ped/o, pod/o | foot |
pil/o, trich/o | hair |
demi-, hemi, semi- | half |
accous/o, acoust/o, audi/o, audit/o, -cusis | hearing |
cardi/o, coron/o | heart |
calor/i, therm/o | heat |
gigant/o, mega-, meglo- | huge |
prurit/o, psor/o | itching |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
phac/o, phak/o | lens of the eye |
Bio-, bi/o, vit/o, viv/i | life |
desm/o, ligament/o, syndesm/o | ligament |
cheil/o, chil/o, labi/o | lip |
-ole, -ule | little, small |
pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o | lung |
galact/o, lact/o | milk |
ment/o, -noia, phren/o, psych/o | mind |
or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
blenn/o, muc/o,myx/o | mucus |
muscul/o, my/o, myos/o | muscle |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
noct/i, nyct/o | night |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
kary/o, nucle/o | nucleus |
ele/o, ole/o | oil |
oophor/o, ovari/o | ovary |
-algia, dolor/o, -dynia | pain |
palat/o, uran/o | palate |
-cyesis, gravid/o | pregnancy |
cor/o, pupill/o | pupil |
proct/o, rect/o | rectum |
ptyal/o, sial/o | saliva |
Homeo-, homo-, ipsi-, tauto- | same |
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
son/o, phon/o | sound |
-ician, -ist, -logist | specialist |
lith/o, petr/o | stone |
ithy-, orth/o | straight |
dynam/o, -sthenia, sthen/o | strength |
gluc/o, glyc/o, sacchar/o | sugar |
hidr/o, sud/o | sweat |
-edema, -tumescence, tumesc/o | swelling |
dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear |
Pachy-, pycn/o, pykn/o | thick |
chron/o, temp/o, tempor/o | time |
gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
dent/i, odont/o | tooth |
-oma, onc/o | tumour/mass |
hyster/o, metr/o, uter/o | uterus |
colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
rachi/o, spin/o, spondyl/o | vertebral/spinal column |
angi/o, vas/o | vessel |
episi/o, vulv/o | vulva |
aque/o, hydr/o | water |