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med terms 2013
med terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gastr | stomach |
| cardi | heart |
| megal | enlarged |
| itis | inflamation |
| dermat | skin |
| plast | surgical repair |
| cerebr | brain |
| path | disease |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| enter | intestines |
| osis | any condition |
| otomy | cut into |
| aden | gland |
| angi | vessel |
| oma | tumor |
| nephr | kidney |
| hepat | liver |
| arthr | joint |
| blephr | eye lid |
| ologist | specialists |
| rhin | nose |
| gingiv | gum |
| malacia | soft |
| ology | study of |
| spasm | invoulutary contraction |
| algia | pain |
| crani | skull |
| end | inside,within |
| hemi | half |
| oid | like |
| hyper | above,more than normal |
| cyst | sac containing fluid |
| chole | bile |
| hypo | under |
| scop | observe,look into |
| hystr | uterus |
| ostomy | create an opening |
| para | beside, beyond |
| lysis | loosening, destruction |
| cervic | neck |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cyan | blue |
| hem | blood |
| ost | bone |
| psyco | mind |
| lip | fat |
| my | muscle |
| lith | stone |
| ophthalm | eye |
| proct | anus |
| cost | rib |
| gram | record |
| acro | exteremities |
| carcin | cancer |
| penia | decrease |
| gen | original production |
| burso | sac |
| retro | backwards |
| trip | rub,friction |
| strept | twist |
| desis | binding |
| mani | madness |
| glosso | tongue |
| trophy | development |
| supra | above |
| ptosis | falling |
| mast | breast |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| dent | teeth |
| cephal | head |
| auto | self |
| epi | upon |
| hydro | water |
| lobo | section |
| emesis | vomiting |
| contra | against |
| iasis | condidition |
| trans | through,across |
| brady | slow |
| ectasis | expansion |
| cyt | cell |
| odont | tooth |
| leuk | white |
| esthesia | sensation |
| cantho | angle at the end of an eyelid |
| steno | narrow contraction |
| cheil | lip |
| cele | hernia |
| benign | mild, not cancerous |
| semen | seed |
| celio | abdomen |
| erythro | red |
| vaso | vessel |
| melan | black |
| cauda | tail |
| lingua | tongue |
| myring | eardrum |
| spondyl | spinal cord |
| ovar | egg |
| centesis | puncture |
| oto | ear |
| bili | bile |
| squam | scale |
| mening | membrane |
| cec | blind passage |
| macul | spot |
| pexy | suspension |
| onco | tumor |
| or | mouth |
| sub | under |
| spiro | coil |
| lacrim | tear |
| viscero | organ |
| lact | milk |
| onych | nail |
| thorac | chest |
| pyle | gate |
| vesic | bladder |
| sphenic | wedge |
| myel | marrow, spinal cord |
| anti | against |
| myco | fungus |
| hallux | big toe |
| physio | nature |
| bucco | cheek |
| palpebr | eyelid |
| plasia | development |
| rug | wrinkle,fold |
| aur | ear |
| acoustic | hearing |
| colpo | hollow,vagina |
| phon | voice |
| leio | smooth |
| cor | heart |
| ren | kidney |
| orchi | testis |
| encephal | brain |
| thalam | inner chamber |
| plexus | braid |
| cilia | eye lash |
| dender | tree branching |
| phleb | vein |
| pilo | hair |
| histo | tissue |
| stoma | mouth |
| tympan | eardrum |
| umbilic | navel |
| salpingo | tube |
| helio | sun |
| astr | star shaped |
| asthenia | weekness |
| fascia | sheet,band |
| iso | equal |
| tarso | ankle |
| tope | place |
| pod | foot |
| malign | bad |
| adnexa | ties |
| ocul | eye |
| lapar | abdonimal wall |
| dacry | tear |
| ment | mind |
| part | labor,bring forth |
| sclera | hard |
| somato | body |
| trachel | neck |
| sinus | hollow space |
| hypno | sleep |
| sept | wall,fence |
| scirr | hard |
| antr | cavity |
| crine | to secrete |
| dura | hard |
| phenum | lung |
| phage | to eat |
| phren | mind |
| corne | horny |
| plak | plate |
| iris | rainbow |
| kerat | horny |
| pulmo | lung |
| ptyal | saliva |
| alveol | cavity |
| oophor | ovary |
| oment | covering |
| sedat | calm,quiet |
| furca | fork shaped |
| radic | root |
| radi | ray |
| fistul | pipe |
| edema | swelling |
| dactyl | finger,toes |
| metabol | change |
| pariet | wall |
| ependym | wrapping |
| gravid | pregnant |
| aer | air |
| glyco | sweet |
| tarso | framework of the eyelid |
| cheir | hard |
| calc | heel,stone |
| cine | move |
| digit | finger,toe |
| dors | back |
| gangli | sweling |
| gemin | twin |
| grad | walk,take steps |
| gran | grain,particle |
| labi | lip |
| micr | small |
| peps | digest |
| pleur | pleura,rib,side |
| mamm | brest |
| colla | glue, gelatin like |
| later | side |
| rachi | spinal column |
| phob | fear |
| phot | light |
| dys | bad |
| cut | skin |
| en | in |
| peri | about,around |
| pro | infront of,before |
| mechano | machine |
| dynam | power |
| osmo | odor |
| traumat | wound |
| trich | hair |
| maxill | upper jaw bone |
| an,a | without,not |
| phak | lens |
| pre | infront of,before |
| strict | draw tight |
| turbin | shaped like a top |
| ameb | change |
| semi | half |
| neo | new |
| hormone | excite |
| therm | heat |
| syn,sym | together |
| vuls | twitch or pull |
| post | after |
| metr | uterus |
| tegument | covering, skin |
| pan | all |
| poly | branch |
| neuro | nerve |
| thromb | lump,clot |
| ab | away from,not |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ante | before |
| thel | nipple |
| ex | out,awayfrom |
| lien | spleen |
| tumor | swelling,growth |
| vestibule | entrance |
| puer | child |
| sarc | flesh |
| proli | off spring |
| macro | large |
| lal | speech |
| intra | within |
| inter | between |
| infra | beneath |
| cryo | cold |
| mal | bad |
| glom | ball |
| tens | strech |
| spas | pull,draw |
| somni | sleep |
| pharmac | drug |
| lumbo | loins |
| arter | artery |
| appendic | appendics |
| thyro | throid |
| splen | spleen |
| ovario | ovary |
| adreno | adrenal |
| basl | base |
| pelvi | pelvis |
| vena | vein |
| urethr | uter |
| utero | uterus |
| sacro | |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| duodeno | duodenom |
| ureter | ureter |
| laryn | throat |
| bronch | wind pipe |
| col | colon |
| esophag | esophag |
| bi | two |
| ile | ileum |
| ili | ilium |
| lig | ligament |
| therap | therapy |
| tri | three |
| ventr | fromt |
| vert | turn |
| eu | good |
| ambi | both |
| amphi | around on both sides |
| brachy | short |
| capit | head |
| cau | burn |
| duct | tube |
| fiss | split |
| ger | old |
| heter | other |
| infer | under |
| hom | same |
| olfact | smell |
| orth | straight |
| gyn | female |
| pachy | thick |
| phrag | fence |
| poster | back part |
| cata | down |
| platy | flat |
| pseud | false |
| schiz | split |
| proxim | nearest |
| scol | curve |
| apo | away from |
| di | twice |
| dia | through |
| eury | broad |
| pect | chest |
| necr | dead |
| mi | less |
| morph | form |
| dis | apart |
| fac | make do |
| lept | slender |
| lymph | watery fluid |
| meta | beyond |
| rrhag | burst forth |
| sta | stand |
| ton | streach |
| volv | to roll |
| splanchn | internal organ |
| rrhe | flow |
| med | middle |
| xer | dry |
| per | throughout |
| blast | bud |
| ramus | branch |
| clas | break |
| dyn | pain |
| rhexis | break,burst |