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Pharmacy Practice 1
Medical Terminology 1-166
Question | Answer |
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a-, an- | without, not |
adip/o | fat |
-algia | pain |
-angi/o | vessel (usually blood or lymph) |
anter/o | front, anterior |
ante- | before |
anti- | against |
arteri/o | artery |
arthro/o | joint |
blephar/o | eyelid |
brady- | slow |
bronch/o; bronchi/o | bronchus (plural=bronchi) |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (brain) |
cervic/o | neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
chlor- | green |
chol/e | bile/gall |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
chondr/o | cartilage |
-cide | kill, destroy |
col/o, colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyst/o | bladder |
-cyte, cyt/o | cell |
dent/o | teeth |
-derma, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
dipl/o | double |
-dipsia | thirst |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-edema | swelling |
electr/o | electric |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestine (usually small) |
epi- | above, upon |
eryth/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
eu- | good, normal |
gastr/o | stomach |
-gen, -genesis | producing, forming |
gero- | aged |
gingiv/o | gum |
glauc- | gray |
-gloss | tongue |
gluc/o, glyc/o | sugar, glucose |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gravida | pregnant women |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
hemat/o | blood |
hydr/o | water |
hemi- | half, partly |
hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hyper- | excessive |
hypo- | under, below |
hyster/o | uterus |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
in- | not |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
-ism | condition |
iso- | equal |
-itis | inflammation |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | the study of |
lumb/o | lower back, loin |
lymph/o | lymph |
-lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
lyso- | dissolving |
mast/o | breast |
macro- | large |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
maxilla/o | jaw |
megal/o | enlargement |
melano/o | black |
meningi/o; mening/o | meninges |
men/o | menses, menstruation |
-meter | measure, intrument for measuring |
metr/o | uterus |
micro- | small |
muc/o | mucus |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
my/o | muscle |
nas/o | nose |
necr/o | death |
neo- | new |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
noct/o | night |
odont/o | teeth |
-ole | small |
-oma | tumor |
onych/o | nail |
oophor/o | ovary |
ophthalm/o | eye |
-opia | vision |
orchid/o | testis |
or/o | mouth |
-osis | abnormal condition |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
-ous | pertaining to |
para- | near, beside, around |
patell/o | knee cap |
-pathy | disease |
-pedia | child |
ped/o | foot |
pelv/o | pelvis |
-penia | decreased |
-pepsia | digestion |
-peri | around |
-phagia | swallow, eat |
phalang/o | phalanges (finger, toe) |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
-phasia | speech |
phleb/o | vein |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia, -plasm | growth, formation |
plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
pleur/o | pleura |
-pnea | breathing |
pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
pre- | before |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
-ptosis | prolapse, falling, dropping |
purpur- | purple |
pyel/o | renal, pelvis |
py/o | pus |
quadri- | four |
radi/o | x-rays, radiation |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
retin/o | retina |
rhin/o | nose |
-rrhage | bursting forth (of) |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
sacro/o | sacrum |
sclera/o | hardening, sclera (white of the eye) |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
spermat/o | sperm |
spin/o | spine |
spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |