Question | Answer |
Abdomin(o) | abdomen |
An(o) | anus |
Appendic(o) | appendix |
bili(o) | bile |
bucc(o) | cheek |
cec(o) | cecum |
ile(o) | ileum |
cheil(o) | lip |
chol(e) | gall |
cholangi(o) | bile duct |
col(o) | colon |
colon(o) | colon |
duaden(o) | duedenum |
enter(o) | intestines |
esophag(o) | esophagus |
gastr(o) | stomach |
gingiv(o) | gums |
gloss(o) | tongue |
lingu(o) | tongue |
hepat(o) | liver |
leuk(o) | white |
lip(o) | fat |
jejun(o) | jejunum |
lapar(o) | abdominal wall |
lith(o) | stone |
or(o) | mouth |
stomat(o) | mouth |
pancreat(o) | pancreas |
peritone(o) | peritoneum |
pharyng(o) | pharynx |
polyp(o) | polyp |
proct(o) | rectum |
rect(o) | rectum |
sial(o) | saliva |
sigmoid(o) | sigmoid colon |
endo- | within |
retro- | backward |
-cele | hernia; protrusion |
-iasis | condition |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | swallowing |
-tripsy | crushing |
neur(o) | a nerve cell/nervous system |
path(o) | disease |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-itis | inflammation |
-ology | study of/specialty of |
-ectasis/-ectasia | expansion or dilation |
-emia | abnormal blood condition |
-iasis | presence of/formation of |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargment |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-penia | reduction of size or quanity |
-plasia | abnormal formation |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | downward displacement |
-rrhage | flowing forth |
-rrhea | discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | muscular contraction |
-pnea | breath/respiration |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-desis | surgical binding |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-gen, -genic, -genesis | origin/producing |
-gram | wriiten or pictorial record |
-graph | device for graphic or pictorial recording |
-graphy | act of graphic or pictorial recording |
-meter | device for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-otomy | incision |
-cyte | cell |
-edema | excessive fluid in intracellular tissues |
-emesis | vomitting |
-globin | the protein in hemoglobin |
-ism | indication a condition, practice,or doctrine |
-lysis | destroy |
-mania | a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought |
-opsy | visual examination |
-phobia | fear |
-poieses | producing/formation |
-sclerosis | hard/hardness |
-sis | condition |
-stasis | level/unchanging |
-stenosis | narrowed/blocked |
-tome | instrument for cutting |
ab- | away from/outside of/beyond |
ad- | toward/near to |
ante-, pre- | before |
anti- | against/opposed |
bi- | two |
brady- | abnormally slow |
con-, sym-, syn- | with |
contra- | against |
dia- | across/through |
dys- | bad/difficult |
ec-, ecto- | outside |
en- | inside |
epi- | upon |
ex-, exo- | outside |
extra- | beyond |
hemi-, semi- | half |
hyper- | above/beyond normal |
hypo- | below/below normal |
infra- | inside or below |
inter- | between |
intra- | inside |
macro- | big |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond |
micro- | small |
mono-, uni- | one |
neo- | new |
olig-, oligo- | few/scanty |
pan- | everywhere |
para- | alongside/ like |
post- | after |
quadri- | four |
tachy- | abnormally high |
tri- | three |
echo | reverberation of sound |
electr(o) | electrical |
my(o) | muscle |
ather(o) | gruel-like |
anter(o) | front |
crani(o) | skull |
dors(o) | back |
inguin(o) | groin |
later(o) | side; away from midline |
lumb(o) | loin |
medi(o) | middle |
pelv(i) | pelvis |
poster(o) | back |
proxim(o) | near |
spin(o) | spine |
thorac(o) | chest |
umbilic(o) | navel |
ventr(o) | front side; belly |
cut(o), cutane(o) | skin |
derm(o), dermat(o) | skin |
hidr(o) | sweat |
kerat(o) | hard |
melan(o) | black |
myc(o) | fungus |
onych(o), ungu(o) | nail |
pil(o) | hair |
seb(o) | sebum |
sud(o), sudor(o) | sweat |
trich(o) | hair |
xer(o) | dry |
bx | biopsy |
ID | intradermal |
I & D | incision and drainage |
SC, subQ | subcutaneous |
ankyl(o) | stiff,mobile |
arthr(o) | joint |
articul(o) | joint |
burs(o) | burso |
carp(o) | wrist bones |
chondr(o) | cartilage |
clavicul(o) | clavicle, collarbone |
coccyg(o) | coccyx, tailbone |
cost(o) | rib |
femor(o) | femur, thigh bone |
fibr(o) | fiber |
fibul(o) | fibula, outer lower leg bone |
humer(o) | humerus, upper arm bone |
ili(o) | ilium, upper pelvic bone section |
ischi(o) | lower pelvic bone section |
kyph(o) | outward curvature of the spine, hump |
lord(o) | forward curvature of the back, swayback |
lumb(o) | lower back |
mandibul(o) | mandible, lower jawbone |
maxill(o) | maxilla, upper jawbone |
metacarp(o) | hand bones |
metatars(o) | foot bones |
myel(o) | bone marrow |
orth(o) | straight, to straighten |
oste(o) | bone |
patell(o) | patello, kneecap |
phalang(o) | finger and toe bones |
pubi(o), pub(o) | pubis, anterior pelvic bone section |
radi(o) | radius, outer lower arm bone |
sacr(o) | sacrum |
scapula(o) | scapula, shoulder blade |
spondyl(o) | vertbra |
stern(o) | sternum, breastbone |
tars(o) | ankle bones |
vertebr(o) | vertebra |
BE | barium enema |
EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease |
GI | gastrointestinal |
LAGBP | laparoscopic adjustable gastric bypass |
NG | nasogastric |
PEG | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
RYGBP | Roux-en-Y gastric bypass |
TPN | total parenteral nutrition |
UGI | upper gastrointestinal |
UPPP | uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |