| term |
meaning |
| apnea |
Not breathing. |
| anoxia |
Without oxygen (decrease in tissues). |
| abnormal |
Pertaining to-away from the norm (rule); not regular. |
| abductor |
One who (muscle which) leads away from the body. |
| abduct |
To carry away by force; kidnap |
| admit |
To send toward or permit entrance |
| adductor |
One who (muscle which) leads toward the body. |
| adrenal glands |
Endocrine glands located above (toward) the kidneys. |
| anabolism |
Process of casting (building up materials (proteins) within cells. |
| analysis |
To separate(apart). |
| ante cibum |
Before meals. |
| anteflexion |
Bending forward. |
| antepartum |
Before birth. |
| antisepsis |
Condition against infection. |
| antibiotic |
Pertaining to against life (germ life). |
| antigen |
A substance (usually foreign) that stimulates the production of antibodies). |
| antibody |
Protein substance made in the body to destroy foreign antigens. |
| antitoxin |
A substance (antibody) produced in response to and capable of neutralizing antitoxin specific for an animal or insect venom. |
| autoimmune |
Related to making antibodies (immune substances) against one's own cells and tissues. |
| bifurcation |
Forking (branching) into two; as the trachea bifurcates into two individual tubes. |
| bilateral |
Pertaining to two sides. |
| bradycardia |
Condition of a slow heart. |
| catabolism |
Process of casting down materials (sugar) to release energy in cells. |
| congenital anomaly |
Irregularity at birth. |
| connective |
To tie (bind) together. A conference (con- connect) (fer- bring together) is where people gather together or meet. |
| contraidictation |
To point out against; as reasons why a drug should not be taken. |
| contralateral |
Pertaining to the opposite side. |
| dehydration |
Condition of lack of water. |
| diameter |
To measure through; as the diameter of a circle. |
| diarrhea |
To flow through; water is not properly absorbed through the walls of the colon. |
| dialysis |
Complete separation; two types |
| dyspnea |
Difficult breathing. |
| dysplasia |
Abnormal ("bad") development or formation. |
| ectopic pregnancy |
Pregnancy out of the normal place (usually in hte fallopian tubes). |
| endocardium |
Inner lining (membrane) with in the heart. |
| endoscope |
Instrument to view within the body; gastroscope, brinchoscope, laparoscope. |
| endotracheal |
Pertaining to within the trachea. |
| epithelium |
Skin cell. Literally, "upon a nipple". |
| euphoria |
Good feeling, "high." A eulogy is a speech saying good things about a person after his or her death. |
| euthyroid |
Normal thyroid function. |
| exophthalmos |
Eyeballs that protrude. |
| hemiglossectomy |
Removal of half the tongue. |
| hyperglycemia |
Increase in blood sugar. |
| hyperplasia |
Condition of increased formation (increase in number of cells) |
| hypertrophy |
Increase in development; increase in size of cells. |
| hypodermic |
Pertaining to below the skin. |
| hypoglycemia |
Decrease in blood sugar. |
| insomniac |
Pertaining to inability to sleep. |
| incision |
Process of cutting into; sectioning. |
| infracostal |
Pertaining to below ribs. |
| intercostal |
Pertaining to between the ribs. |
| intravenous |
Pertaining to within a vein. |
| macrocephaly |
Pertaining to a enlarged head. A congenital anomaly. |
| malignant |
Harmful, bad, cancerous condition. |
| malaise |
Feeling of discomfort; "bad feeling." |
| metacarpal bones |
Five hand bones (beyond the wrist). |
| metamorphosis |
Condition of change of shape or form. |
| metastasis |
Beyond control; spreading of a cancerous tumor. |
| microscope |
Instrument to view small objects. |
| neonatal |
Pertaining to a newborn (infant). |
| neoplasm |
New growth; new formation. |
| pancytopenia |
Condition of decrease in all cells (blood cells). |
| paralysis |
Abnormal destruction (of nerves) leading to loss of muscle function. |
| parathyroid glands |
Endocrine glands located near (on the dorsal side of) the thyroid gland. |
| percutaneous |
Pertaining to through the skin. |
| pericardium |
Membrane surrounding the heart. |
| periosteum |
Membrane surround the bone. |
| polymorphonuclear |
Pertaining to a many-shaped nucleus; a type of white blood cell. |
| polyneuritis |
Inflammation of many nerves. |
| postmortem |
After death. |
| precancerous |
Pertaining to before cancer; a lesion that may become cancerous. |
| prenatal |
Pertaining to before birth. |
| prodome |
Symptoms that appear before the onset of a more severe illness. |
| prolapse |
Sliding forward of downward. |
| pseudocyesis |
State of false pregnancy. |
| relapse |
A sliding back; recurrence of symptoms of disease. |
| remission |
To send back; disappearance of symptoms of disease. |
| recombinant DNA |
Inserting a gene (region of DNA) from one organism into the DNA of another organism. |
| retroperitioneal |
Pertaining to behind the peritoneum. |
| retroflexion |
Bending backward. |
| subcutaneous |
Pertaining to under the skin. |
| suprapubic |
Pertaining to above the pubic bone (part of the pelvic bone). |
| syndactyly |
Condition of webbed (held together) fingers or toes; a congenital anomaly |
| synthesis |
To put, place together, as in protein synthesis or photosynthesis. |
| syndrome |
A group of symptoms that run (occur) together. |
| symbiosis |
Condition or state of "life together"; two organisms living together for mutual benefit or not (parasitism). |
| symmetry |
State of "measurement together"; equality of parts; mirror images. |
| symphysis |
To grow together; bones that grow together at the joint. |
| trachypnea |
Rapid breathing. |
| transfusion |
To pour across, as in transferring blood from one person to another. |
| transurethral |
Pertaining to through the urethra. |
| ultrasonography |
Process of recording ultrasound (beyond the normal range) waves. |
| unilateral |
Pertaining to one side. |
| carp/o |
wrist bones |
| cib/o |
meals |
| cis/o |
to cut |
| cost/o |
rib |
| cutane/o |
skin |
| dactyl/o |
fingers, toes |
| duct/o |
to lead, carry |
| flex/o |
to bend |
| furc/o |
forking, branching |
| gloss/o |
tongue |
| glyc/o |
sugar |
| immun/o |
protection |
| morph/o |
shape, form |
| mort/o |
death |
| nat/i |
birth |
| nect/o |
to bind, tie, connect |
| norm/o |
rule, order |
| ox/o |
oxygen |
| pub/o |
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone |
| seps/o |
infection |
| somn/o |
sleep |
| son/o |
sound |
| the/o |
to put, place |
| thel/o |
nipple |
| thyr/o |
shield |
| top/o |
place, position, location |
| tox/o |
poison |
| trache/o |
windpipe, trachea |
| urethr/o |
urethra |
| blast/o |
ebryonic, immature |
| -cyesis |
pregnancy |
| -drome |
to run |
| -fusion |
coming together; to pour |
| -gen |
producing, forming |
| -lapse |
to slide, fall, sag |
| -lysis |
breakdown, separation, loosening |
| -meter |
to measure |
| -mission |
to send |
| -or |
one who |
| -phoria |
to bear, carry; feeling |
| -partum |
birth, labor |
| -physis |
to grow |
| -plasia |
development, formation |
| -plasm |
development, formation |
| -pnea |
breathing |
| -ptosis |
droop, sag, prolapse |
| -rrhea |
flow, discharge |
| -stasis |
stop, control; place |
| -trophy |
nourishment, development |
| a, an- |
no, not, without |
| ab- |
away from |
| ad- |
toward |
| ana- |
up, apart |
| ante- |
before, forward |
| anti- |
against |
| auto- |
self, own |
| bi- |
two |
| brady- |
slow |
| cata- |
down |
| con- |
with, together |
| contra- |
against, opposite |
| de- |
down, lack of |
| dia- |
through, complete |
| dys- |
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ec-, ecto- |
out, outside |
| en-, endo- |
in, within |
| epi- |
upon, on, above |
| eu- |
good, normal |
| ex- |
out, away from |
| hemi- |
half |
| hyper- |
excessive, above |
| hypo- |
dificient, under |
| in- |
not |
| in- (2) |
into, within |
| infra- |
beneath |
| inter- |
between |
| intra- |
into, within |
| macro- |
large |
| mal- |
bad |
| meta- |
beyond, change |
| micro- |
small |
| neo- |
new |
| pan- |
all |
| para- |
abnormal, beside, near |
| per- |
through |
| peri- |
surrounding |
| poly- |
many, much |
| post- |
after, behind |
| pre- |
before, in front of |
| pro |
before, forward |
| pseudo- |
false |
| re- |
back, again |
| retro- |
behind, backward |
| sub- |
under |
| supra- |
above, upper |
| syn-, sym- |
together, with |
| tachy- |
fast |
| trans- |
across, through |
| ultra- |
beyond, excess |
| uni- |
one |
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