Medical Terminology Davi-Ellen Chabney 4th Edition
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| a-, an- | no, not | ||||
| ab- | away from | ||||
| abdomin/o | abdomen | ||||
| -ac | pertaining to | ||||
| ad- | toward | ||||
| aden/o | gland | ||||
| adenoid | adenoids | ||||
| adren/o | adrenal glands | ||||
| -algia | pain | ||||
| alveol/o | alveolus (air sac with lungs) | ||||
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding embryo) | ||||
| ana- | up, apart | ||||
| an/o | anus | ||||
| angi/o | vessel | ||||
| ante- | before, forward | ||||
| anter/o | front | ||||
| anti- | against | ||||
| aort/o | aorta | ||||
| append/o | appendix | ||||
| -ar | pertaining to | ||||
| arteri/o | artery | ||||
| arterio/o | small artery | ||||
| arthr/o | joint | ||||
| -ary | pertaining to | ||||
| ather/o | fatty plaque | ||||
| -ation | process, condition | ||||
| aur/o | ear | ||||
| aut- | self | ||||
| axill/o | armpit | ||||
| balan/o | penis | ||||
| bi- | two | ||||
| bi/o | life | ||||
| blephar/o | eyelid | ||||
| brady- | slow | ||||
| bronch/o | bronchial tube | ||||
| bronchiol/o | small bronchial tube | ||||
| calcane/o | calcaneus | ||||
| capillar/o | capillary | ||||
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous | ||||
| cardi/l | heart | ||||
| carp/o | wrist | ||||
| -cele | hernia | ||||
| -centesis | sugical puncture to remove fluid | ||||
| cephal/o | head | ||||
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) | ||||
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of brain) | ||||
| cervic/o | neck | ||||
| chem/o | drug, chemical | ||||
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder | ||||
| choledoch/l | common bile duct | ||||
| chondr/o | cartilage | ||||
| chron/o | time | ||||
| -cision | process of cutting | ||||
| cis/o | to cut | ||||
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) | ||||
| -coccus | bacterium | ||||
| coccyg/o | tailbone | ||||
| col/o | colon (large intestine) | ||||
| colon/o | colon | ||||
| colp/o | vagina | ||||
| comi/o | to care for | ||||
| con- | with, together | ||||
| coron/o | heart | ||||
| cost/o | rib | ||||
| crani/o | skull | ||||
| crin/o | secrete | ||||
| -crine | secretion | ||||
| -crit | separation | ||||
| cry/o | cold | ||||
| cutane/o | skin | ||||
| cyan/o | blue | ||||
| cyst/o | urinary bladder | ||||
| cyt/o | cell | ||||
| -cyte | cell | ||||
| dermat/o, derm/o | skin | ||||
| dia- | thorough, complete | ||||
| -dipsia | thirst | ||||
| dur/o | dura mater (outermost meningeal layer) | ||||
| -dynia | pain | ||||
| dys- | abnormal, bad, difficult, painful | ||||
| -eal | pertaining to | ||||
| ec- | out, outside | ||||
| ecto- | outside | ||||
| -ectomy | excision, removal | ||||
| electr/o | electricity | ||||
| -emia | blood condition | ||||
| en- | within | ||||
| encephal/o | brain | ||||
| endo- | within, inner | ||||
| endocrin/o | endocrine glands | ||||
| endometr/o | endometrium (inner lining of uterus) | ||||
| enter/o | intestines | ||||
| epi- | above, upon | ||||
| epiglott/o | epiglottis | ||||
| epitheli/o | skin (surface tissue) | ||||
| erythr/o | red | ||||
| esthesi/o | sensation | ||||
| ex-, exo-, extra- | out, outside | ||||
| femor/o | femur | ||||
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue | ||||
| fibul/o | fibula | ||||
| gastr/o | stomach | ||||
| gen/o | to produce | ||||
| -gen | to produce | ||||
| -genesis | producing, forming | ||||
| -genic | pertaining to producing | ||||
| ger/o | old age | ||||
| glyc/o | sugar | ||||
| gnos/o | knowledge | ||||
| -gram | record | ||||
| -graphy | process of recording, to record | ||||
| gynec/o | woman, female | ||||
| hemat/o | blood | ||||
| humer/o | humerus | ||||
| hydr/o | water | ||||
| hyper- | above, excessive, more than normal | ||||
| hypo- | below, deficient, less than normal | ||||
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland | ||||
| hyster/o | uterus | ||||
| -ia | condition | ||||
| -ian | practitioner | ||||
| iatr/o | treatment | ||||
| -ic | pertaining to | ||||
| in- | in, into | ||||
| -ine | pertaining to | ||||
| infra- | below | ||||
| inguin/o | groin | ||||
| inter- | between | ||||
| intra- | within | ||||
| isch/o | to hold back | ||||
| -ism | condition, process | ||||
| -ist | specialist | ||||
| -itis | inflammation | ||||
| lapar/o | abdomen | ||||
| -lapse | slide | ||||
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) | ||||
| later/o | side | ||||
| leuk/o | white | ||||
| lip/o | fat | ||||
| -logy | study of, process of study | ||||
| lumb/o | loin, waist region | ||||
| lymph/o | lymph | ||||
| lys/o | separation, breakdown, destruction | ||||
| -lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction | ||||
| mal- | bad | ||||
| mamm/o | breast | ||||
| mast/o | breast | ||||
| mediastin/o | mediastinum | ||||
| medull/o | medulla oblongata (largest part of the brain) | ||||
| -megaly | enlargement | ||||
| men/o | menstruation | ||||
| mening/o | meninges (membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord) | ||||
| meta- | beyond, change | ||||
| metacarp/o | mertacarpals (hand bones) | ||||
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) | ||||
| -meter | to measure | ||||
| -mortem | death | ||||
| -motor | movement | ||||
| muscul/o | muscle | ||||
| my/o | muscle | ||||
| myel/o | muscle | ||||
| myel/o | bone marrow | ||||
| myring/o | eardrum | ||||
| nas/o | nose | ||||
| nat/o | birth | ||||
| necr/o | death | ||||
| neo- | new | ||||
| nephr/o | kidney | ||||
| neur/o | nerve | ||||
| norm/o | rule, order | ||||
| nos/o | disease | ||||
| obstetr/o | midwife | ||||
| ocul/o | eye | ||||
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling | ||||
| onc/o | tumor | ||||
| oophor/o | ovary | ||||
| ophthalm/o | eye | ||||
| -opsy | process of viewing | ||||
| opt/o, optic/o | eye | ||||
| or/o | mouth | ||||
| orch/o | testicle, testis | ||||
| orth/o | straight | ||||
| -osis | abnormal condition | ||||
| osm/o | smell | ||||
| oste/o | bone | ||||
| ot/o | ear | ||||
| -ous | pertaining to | ||||
| ovari/o | ovary | ||||
| para- | beside, near, along the side of | ||||
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland | ||||
| -partum | birth | ||||
| path/o | disease | ||||
| -pathy | disease condition | ||||
| ped/o | child | ||||
| pelv/o | hip bone | ||||
| -penia | deficiency | ||||
| per- | through | ||||
| peri- | surrounding | ||||
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane around abdominal organs) | ||||
| perone/o | fibula | ||||
| phak/o | lens of the eye | ||||
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat | ||||
| -phasia | speech | ||||
| phleb/o | vein | ||||
| phren/o | diaphragm | ||||
| phren/o | mind | ||||
| plas/o | formation, growth | ||||
| -plasm | formation, growth | ||||
| -plasia | formation, growth | ||||
| -plasty | surgical repair | ||||
| -plegia | paralysis | ||||
| pleur/o | pleura membrane (membran surrounding lungs) | ||||
| -pnea | breathing | ||||
| pneum/o | air, lung | ||||
| pneumon/o | lung | ||||
| poly- | many, much | ||||
| post- | after, behind | ||||
| poster/o | back, behind | ||||
| pre- | before | ||||
| pro-, pros- | before, forward | ||||
| proct/o | anus and rectum | ||||
| pulmon/o | lung | ||||
| radi/o | x-ray; radius | ||||
| re-, retro- | behind, back | ||||
| rect/o | rectum | ||||
| ren/o | kidney | ||||
| retin/o | retina of the eye | ||||
| rheumato/o | flow, fluid | ||||
| rhin/o | nose | ||||
| -rrhage | bursting forth of blood | ||||
| -rrhagia | bursting forth of blood | ||||
| -rrhea | flow, discharge | ||||
| sacr/o | sacrum | ||||
| salping/o | fallopian | ||||
| sarc/o | flesh | ||||
| scapul/o | shoulder blade | ||||
| -sclerosis | hardening | ||||
| -scope | instrument to view | ||||
| -scopy | process of viewing | ||||
| scrot/o | scrotal sac, scrotum | ||||
| -section | to cut | ||||
| sept/o | infection | ||||
| septic/o | infection | ||||
| -sis | condition | ||||
| -spasm | constriction | ||||
| spin/o | backbone, spine | ||||
| splen/o | spleen | ||||
| -stenosis | narrowing | ||||
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) | ||||
| stomat/o | mouth | ||||
| -stomy | opening | ||||
| sub- | under, below | ||||
| sym- | with, together | ||||
| syn- | with, together | ||||
| tachy- | fast | ||||
| -tension | pressure | ||||
| theli/o, thel/o | nipple | ||||
| -therapy | treatment | ||||
| -thesis | to put, to place | ||||
| thorac/o | chest | ||||
| thromb/o | clot | ||||
| thym/o | thymus gland | ||||
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland | ||||
| tibi/o | tibia or shin bone | ||||
| -tic | pertaining to | ||||
| -tomy | incision, cutting into | ||||
| tonsill/o | tonsils | ||||
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe | ||||
| trans- | across, through | ||||
| troph/o | development, nourishment | ||||
| tympan/o | eardrum | ||||
| uln/o | ulna (medial lower arm bone) | ||||
| ultra- | beyond | ||||
| -um | structure | ||||
| ureter/o | ureter | ||||
| urethr/o | urethra | ||||
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract | ||||
| -uria | urine condition | ||||
| uter/o | uterus | ||||
| vagin/o | vagina | ||||
| vas/o | vessel, vas deferens | ||||
| vascul/o | blood vessel | ||||
| ven/o | vein | ||||
| vertebr/o | vertebra, backbone | ||||
| vesic/o | urinary bladder | ||||
| -y | condition, process |
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