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WVSOM MedTerm 08/11
A couple terms...
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -able, -ible | capable of, able to |
| -ac, -al, -an -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| acr/o | extremities (arms & legs) |
| ad- | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| aer/o | air |
| agora- | marketplace |
| alb/o, albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| amni/o | amnion |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an- | no, not, without |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | male, masculine |
| angi/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| ante- | before |
| anter/o | anterior--toward the front |
| anti- | against |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o, appendic | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | articulation, joint |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| ather/o | yellow fatty plaque |
| -ation | action or process |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aut/o | self |
| axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
| bacter/i, bacteri/o | bacteria |
| bi- | two |
| bil/i | bile |
| blast/o | emryonic form |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/i | calcium |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist) |
| caud/o | tail |
| cec/o | cecum |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| centi- | one hundred or 1/100 |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | brain, cerebrum |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| -cidal | killing |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coni/o | dust |
| contra- | against |
| corpor/o | body |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| crin/o, -crine | secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, sac |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| dacry/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| dactyl/o | digit |
| de- | down, from, removing, reversing |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dent/i, dent/o | teeth |
| derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, -derm | skin |
| di- | two |
| dia- | through |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far, distant from origin |
| dors/o | back side |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ech/o | sound |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, stretching |
| ecto- | out, without, away from |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| en-, endo- | inside |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine (small intestine) |
| epi- | above, upon |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| -er | one who |
| erythemat/o | erythema, redness |
| erythr/o | red |
| -esis | action, process, or result of |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| -esthesia | sensation, perception |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| eu- | normal, good |
| -eum, -ium | membrane |
| ex-, exo- | out, without, away from |
| extra- | outside |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| follicul/o | follicle |
| fruct/o | fruit |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o, -gen | begining, origin |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -genesis | producing, forming |
| genit/o | genitals |
| ger/o, geront/o | aged, elderly |
| gigant/o | giant |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gli/o | neuroglia or sticky substance |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar |
| gon/o | genitals, reproduction |
| gonad/o | gonad |
| gram/o | to record |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half, partly |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr/o | persppiration |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | sameness |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | below normal |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -iatrics, -iatric, -iatry | medicine |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | illium |
| immuno/o | immune |
| in- | not, inside, in |
| infer/o | lowermost, below |
| infra- | below |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| inter- | between |
| intestin/o | intestines |
| intra- | within |
| iod/o | iodine |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| -ism | condition, theory |
| -ist | one who |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kerat/o | hard, cornea |
| kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
| lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | toward the side |
| leps/o, -lepsy | seizure |
| leuco/o, leuk/o | white |
| -lexia | words, phrases |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lith/o, -lith | stone, calculus |
| lob/o | lobe |
| log/o | knowledge, words |
| -logist | one who studies, specialist |
| -logy | study of or science of |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatics |
| lymphat/o | lymphatics |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | dissolving, destruction, freeing |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| macr/o | large |
| mal- | bad |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| -malacia | sofening |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| medio- | middle or near the middle |
| megal/o, mega | enlargement |
| -megaly | large, enlarged |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | month |
| mening/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind, chin |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | change or next in a series |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| metr/i | uterine tissue |
| metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micro- | small |
| mid- | middle |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| mon/o | one or single |
| muc/o | mucus |
| multi- | many |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myx/o | mucus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/i | birth |
| ne/o | new |
| necr/o | dead, death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| nerv/o, neur/o | nerve |
| nulli- | none |
| ocul/o | vision |
| odont/o | teeth |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | little |
| -oma | tumor (occasionally swelling) |
| omphal/o | umbilicus (naval) |
| -on | body |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | vision |
| optic/o, opt/o | vision |
| or/o | mouth |
| orchi/o, orchid/o | testes |
| -orexia | appetite |
| orth/o | straight |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | condition |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to, characterized by |
| ovar/o | ovary |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pan- | all |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| par/o | to bear offspring |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| -para | female who has given birth |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroids |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pen/o | penis |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| per- | through, by |
| peri- | around |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| phag/o, -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing, ingetsting |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| pharmac/o | drugs, medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phas/o, -phasia | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | mind, diaphragm |
| physi/o | nature |
| -physis | growth |
| pil/o | hair |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| pleg/o, -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -poiesis | production |
| -poietin | substance that causes production |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| poster/o | toward the back, posterior |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | before |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| proxm/o | nearer the origin |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | sagging, prolapse |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pyr/o | fire |
| quad-, quadri- | four |
| rach/i, rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radius, radiant energy |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| roentgen/o | x-ray |
| -rrhage | excessive bledding |
| -rrhagia | hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | uterine tube |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| schis/o, schizo, schist/o, -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler/o, -sclerosis | hard, hardening |
| scop/o | to examine, to view |
| -scope | instrubment used for viewing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| scrot/o | scrotum |
| seb/o | sebum |
| semi- | half, partly |
| semin/o | semen |
| seps/o | infection |
| spet/o | infection or septum |
| ser/o | serum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| silic/o | silica |
| som/a, somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| spin/o | spine |
| spir/o | spiral, to breathe |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | bertebra |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -static | keeping stationary |
| stern/o | sternum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| sub- | under |
| super- | excessive or above |
| supra- | above or beyond |
| super/o | uppermost, above |
| sym-, syn- | joined, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| tars/o | tarsals (ankle bones) |
| ten/o, tend/o | tendon |
| test/o, testicul/o | testicle |
| tetra- | heat |
| tetra- | four |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | thrombus, blood clot |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| top/o | place, position |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| trich/o | hair |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| troph/o, -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
| -tropic | stimulate |
| -tropin | that which stimulates |
| uln/o | ulna |
| ultra- | beyond, escess |
| ungu/o | nail |
| uni- | one, single |
| ur/o | urine, unrinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| urin/o | urine or urination |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vas/o | vessel, ductus deferens |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | ventral or belly side |
| venul/o | venule |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| viscer/o | viscera |
| vesic/o | bladder or vesicle |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| -y | state, condition |
| Allopathy | Therapeutic system in which disease is treated by producing a second condition that is incompatible with or antagonistic to the first. |
| Barrier | The limit to motion |
| Biomechanics | Mechanical principles applied to the study of biological functions, the application of mechanical laws to living structures, the study and knowledge of biological functions from an application of mechanical principles. |
| body unity | One of the basic tenets of the osteopathic philosophy; the human being is dynamic unit of function. |
| Extension | backward motion of spine in a sagittal plane about a transverse axis. |
| Flexion | Forward motion of the spine in it’s sagittal plane about a transverse axis. |
| Homeostasis | Maintenance of static or constant condition of the internal environment. Internal harmony and equilibrium. |
| Kyphosis | Abnormally increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side. |
| Lordosis | The anterior convexity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. |
| Motion | A change of position with respect to a fixed system, and act or process of a body changing position in terms of direction, course velocity |
| Active | voluntary movement |
| Inherent | spontaneous motion of every cell, organ, system and their components within |
| Passive motion | motion induced by osteopathic physician while patient remains passive or relaxed |
| Physiologic motion | changes in position of body structures within the normal range |
| Transaltory | along an axis |
| Neutral | The range of sagittal plane spinal positioning in which the first principle of physiologic motion of the spine applies |
| Nonneutral | The range of sagittal plane spinal positioning in which the second principle of physiologic motion of the spine applies. |
| osteopathic manipulative treatment and sub-headings | The therapeutic application of manually guided forces by an osteopathic physician to improve physiologic function and or support homeostasis that has been altered by somatic dysfunction. |
| osteopathic medicine | The preferred term for a complete system of medical care practiced by physicians with an unlimited license that is represented by a philosophy that combines the needs of the patient with the current practice of medicine, surgery and obsterics. Emphasize |
| osteopathic philosophy | a concept of health care supported by expanding scientific knowledge that embraces the concept the unity of living organisms structure and function. Emphasizes: the human being is a dynamic unit of function, the body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms t |
| osteopathic structural examination | examination of a patient by osteopathic physician with emphasis on the neuromuscuskeltal system including palpatory diagnosis for somatic dysfunction and viscerosomatic change within the context of total patient care. Concerned with finding somatic dysfu |
| Plane | A flat surface determined by the position of three point in space. Any of a number of imaginary surfaces passing through the body and dividing it into segments. |
| Reflex | An involuntary nervous system response to a sensory input. The sum total of any particular involuntary activity. |
| Rotation | Motion about an axis. |
| side bending | Movement in a coronal (frontal) plane about an anterior-posterior axis (x) Also called lateral flexion, lateroflexion or flexion right. |
| somatic dysfunction | Impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic system, treatable using osteopathic manipulative treatment. |
| Tart | a mnemonic for four diagnostic criteria of somatic dysfunction: Tissue, Texture abnormality, Asymmetry, Restriction of motion and tenderness, any one of which must be present for the diagnosis |
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