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med term pt. 7-12
med term 7-12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| helio- | sun light |
| astr- | star shaped |
| asthenia- | weakness |
| fascia- | sheet, band |
| iso- | equal |
| tarso- | ankle region |
| -tope | place |
| pod- | foot |
| malign- | bad, harmful |
| adnexa- | ties, connections |
| ocul- | eye |
| lapar- | abdominal wall |
| dacry- | tear |
| ment- | mind |
| part- | labor, bring forth |
| scler(a)- | hard |
| somato- | body |
| trachel- | neck or neckline structure |
| sinus | hollow space |
| hypno- | sleep |
| sept- | wall, fence |
| scirr(h)- | hard |
| antr- | cavity |
| -crine | to secrete |
| dura | hard |
| pneum- | lung, air |
| phage | to eat |
| phren- | mind |
| corne- | horny, hornlike |
| plak- | plate |
| iris | rainbow (eye membrane) |
| kerat- | horny, horny tissue |
| pulmon- pulmo- | lung |
| ptyal- | saliva |
| alveol- | cavity, socket |
| oophor- | ovary |
| oment- | covering (of internal organs) |
| sedat- | quiet, calm |
| furca- | fork-shaped |
| radic- | root |
| radi- | ray |
| fistul- | pipe, a narrow passage |
| edema- | swelling (by fluid) |
| dactyl- | finger,toe |
| metabol(e) | change |
| pariet- | wall |
| ependym- | wrapping, a covering |
| gravid | pregnant |
| aer- | air |
| glyco- gluco- | sweet,sugar |
| tarso- | framework of the upper eyelid |
| cheir- chir- | hand |
| calc- | heel, stone |
| cine- | move, movement |
| digit | finger, toe |
| dors- | back |
| gangli- | swelling, knotlike mass |
| gemin- | twin, double |
| grad- | walk,take steps |
| gran- | grain particles |
| labi- | lip |
| micro- | small |
| peps- pept- | digest |
| pleur- | pleura (membrane) rib, side |
| mamm- | breast |
| colla- | glue, gelatin like |
| later- | side |
| rachi- | spinal column |
| phob- | fear |
| phot- | light |
| dys- | bad, out of order |
| cut- | skin |
| en- | in |
| peri- | about, around |
| pro- | in front of, before |
| mechano- | machine |
| dynam- | power |
| osmo- | odor |
| traumat- | wound,injury |
| trich- | hair |
| maxill- | upper jawbone |
| an-, a- | without, not |
| phak- | lens |
| pre- | in front of, before |
| strict- | to draw tight, narrowing |
| turbin- | shaped like a top |
| ameb- | change |
| semi- | half |
| neo- | new |
| hormone- | excite or set in motion |
| therm- | heat |
| syn- or sym- | together |
| vulse (e)- | twitch or pull |
| post- | after, behind in time |
| metr- | uterus |
| tegument- | covering or skin |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many or much |
| ramus- | branch |
| neuro- | nerve (nervous system) |
| thromb- | lump,clot |
| ab- | away from, not |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| antea- | before |
| thel- | nipple |
| ex- | out, away from |
| lien- | spleen |
| tumor | swelling |
| vestibule | entrance |
| puer- | child |
| sarc- | flesh |
| proli- | offspring |
| macro- | large |
| lal- | speech |
| intra | within |
| inter- | between |
| infra- | beneath |
| cryo- | cold |
| mal- | bad |
| glom- | ball |
| tens- | stretch |
| spas- | pull, draw |
| somni- | sleep |
| pharmac- | drug |
| lumbo- | loins |