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Medical Terminology - Adding
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -abrasion | scraping of |
| acromi/o | acromion process |
| act/o, act/i | rays |
| acu- | sharp |
| adnex/o | accessory |
| aer/o | air |
| af- | toward |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| agora- | marketplace |
| al/i, al/o | wing |
| -alysis | breaking down |
| amel/o | enamel |
| amphi- | both |
| annul/o | annulus, ring |
| -apheresis | removal |
| apic/o | pointed extremity, apex |
| -arche | beginning |
| atlant/o | 1st cervical vertebra (atlas) (C1) |
| axi/o | axial, axis bone (2nd cervical vertebra) (C2) |
| azyg/o | without a yoke |
| bin- | two |
| -blast | embyonic, immature |
| blast/o | embryonic, immature |
| brom/o | odor, stench |
| bulb/o | globe |
| canalicul/o | canaliculus, little canal |
| canth/o | canthus (corner of the eye) |
| cata- | down |
| -ceps | heads |
| chron/o | time |
| chyl/o | lymph |
| cili/o | tiny hairs |
| cistern/o | box, cistern |
| cleid/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| -clysis | washing |
| coll/o | neck |
| con- | together |
| corac/o | coracoid process of the scapula |
| corrug/o | wrinkled |
| cox/o | coxa (hip) |
| crepit/o | crackling |
| cret/o | to grow |
| -crit | to separate, separating |
| cuboid/o | cuboid bone,box-shaped |
| cubit/o | elbow, forearm |
| cune/o | cuneiform bone |
| cusp/o | point, cusp |
| delt/o | triangle, deltoid muscle |
| dendr/o | dendrite, tree |
| densit/o | density |
| dist/o | far |
| dynam/o | power |
| ef- | away from |
| -emphraxis | obstructing, crushing |
| -emulsification | breaking down |
| epiplo/o | omentum |
| -esthetica | feeling, sensation |
| exanthemat/o | rash |
| -exeresis | tearing out |
| -exia | condition |
| extern/o | outer |
| fer/o | to bear, carry |
| -ferous | pertaining to carrying |
| fetish/o | charm |
| fissur/o | deep cleft or grove |
| fluor/o | to flow, flowing |
| foramin/o | hole, foramen |
| -form | shape |
| fornic/o | arched structure, fornix |
| foss/o | hollow, depression |
| fren/o | frenulum (of lip and tongue) |
| fund/o | fundus (base, bottom) |
| -geneic | pertaining to produced by |
| -genesis | production, origin |
| -genic | pertaining to produced by |
| -genous | pertaining to originating from |
| gen/u | knee |
| ger/o | old age |
| germ/i | sprout |
| glen/o | glenoid cavity (arm socket) |
| glute/o | gluteus (buttocks) |
| gnath/o | jaw, entire |
| -gnosis | state of knowledge |
| gon/o | seed |
| -grade | flow |
| gryph/o | curved |
| helic/o | helix, coil |
| hydatid/i | water drop |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| -iacal | pertaining to abnormal condition |
| -iasis | condition, presence of |
| -icle | small, tiny |
| -igo | condition |
| indur/o | to make hard |
| ischem/o | hold back |
| -ismus | spasm |
| -kine | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -kinin | movement substance |
| kyph/o | roundback |
| -lalia | condition of babbling |
| log/o | study |
| -logous | pertaining to origin |
| lun/o | moon |
| lys/o | breakdown, dissolve |
| -lytic | pertaining to breaking down |
| mal- | bad, por |
| medull/o | medulla, inner portion |
| mer/o | thigh |
| mesenter/o | mesentery, midgut |
| mi/o | to close, constrict |
| -mileusis | carving |
| mitochondri/o | mitochondria |
| mol/o | molar |
| morb/o | disease |
| mucos/o | mucus |
| mur/o | wall |
| my/o | muscle, to shut |
| mydr/o | dilation |
| myometri/o | muscle layer of the uterus |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myx/o | mucus |
| navicul/o | navicular bone |
| nev/o | nevus, birthmark |
| nid/o | nest |
| -noia | condition of mind |
| nos/o | diseas |
| nulli- | none |
| nyctal/o | night |
| occlus/o | to close, closing, a blockage |
| -ole | small, tiny |
| -omatous | pertaining to a tumor |
| omphal/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| -one | hormone, substance that forms |
| oneir/o | dream |
| orex/o | appetite |
| palid/o | globus pallidum |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| -pareunia | intercourse |
| patul/o | open |
| -pause | stop, cease |
| pen/i | penus |
| perimetri/o | perimetrium, outer layer of uterus |
| perone/o | fibula, lower lateral leg bone |
| phe/o | dark |
| -philia | condition of attraction |
| -phthisis | wasting |
| -physis | growth |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| -plastin | forming substance |
| pleu/o | pleura, membrane surrounding lungs |
| -plication | fold, plica |
| -poietin | forming substance |
| pollic/o | pollex (thumb) |
| poplite/o | back of knee |
| port/o | gate |
| prax/o | purposeful movement |
| pteryg/o | wing |
| ptyal/o | saliiva |
| rot/o | wheel |
| -rrheic | pertaining to discharge |
| rug/o | rugae,ridge |
| -schisis | split |
| schiz/o | split |
| sequestr/o | sequestrum (bone fragment) |
| serrat/o | notched |
| -siderin | iron substance |
| sin/o | sinus, cavity |
| sinistr/o | left |
| ster/o | steroid |
| stiti/o | space |
| stom/o | an opening, a mouth |
| strom/o | stroma (supportive tissue) |
| styl/o | styloid process (temporal bone) |
| subor/i | sweat |
| sulc/o | sulcus, groove |
| sur/o | calf |
| sympath/o | to feel with |
| syn- | together, joined |
| syndesm/o | ligament (structure connecting bone) |
| synovi/o | synovium |
| -synthesis | bring together |
| tens/o | stretching, pressure |
| terat/o | deformity |
| thalass/o | sea |
| thel/e | nipple |
| till/o | to pull |
| tinnit/o | jingling |
| trabecul/o | little beam |
| trachel/o | uterine cervix |
| tract/o | to pull, pulling, tract, pathway |
| -tresia | condition of an opening |
| -tripter | machine to crush |
| turbin/o | turbinate bone |
| verm/o | worm |
| vers/o | to turn |
| -verse | to turn |
| -version | process of turning |
| vert/o | turn |
| vesicul/o | small sac, seminal vesicle, blister |
| vill/o | vilus |
| vol/o | volume |
| vulgar/o | common |
| vuls/o | to pull |
| Corpus | The principal part of any organ; any mass or body. |
Created by:
Laura Duncan
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