click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Health Sci II Terms
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | without |
| ectomy | excision |
| octomy | incision |
| oscopy | with scope |
| troph | development |
| path/o | disease |
| athro | joint |
| chondro | cartilage |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| supra | above |
| crani | skull |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| mening | meninges |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| neuro | nerve |
| arter | artery |
| osteo | bone |
| myo | muscle |
| algesi | abnormal sensitivity |
| ethes | feeling or sensation |
| cyano | blue |
| dys | bad, difficult, painful |
| therm | heat |
| edema | swelling |
| emia | blood |
| spasm | muscle contraction |
| hem | blood |
| ex | out from |
| di | from |
| circum | around |
| pre | before |
| post | after |
| pod | foot |
| cervic/o | neck |
| burs/o | bursae |
| itis | inflamation |
| eryth | red |
| gastro | stomach |
| cardi | heart |
| megal | enlarged |
| dermat | skin |
| plast | surgical repair |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cyan | blue |
| psycho | mind |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| opt | eye |
| proct | anus |
| coat | rib |
| gram | record |
| acro | extremities |
| rhexis | break |
| carcin | cancer |
| penia | decrease |
| gen | original |
| burso | sac |
| retro | backward |
| trip | rub, friction |
| strept | twist |
| deesis | binding |
| mani | madness |
| glosso | tongue |
| ptosis | falling |
| mast | breast |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| dent | teeth |
| cephal | head |
| auto | self |
| epi | upon |
| hydro | water |
| lobo | section |
| emesis | vomitting |
| contra | against |
| iasis | condition |
| trans | though |
| brady | slow |
| ectasis | expansion |
| cyt | cell |
| odont | tooth |
| leuk | white |
| esthesia | sensation |
| steno | narrow |
| cele | hernia |
| enter | intetiness |
| osis | any condition |
| aden | gland |
| angi | vessel |
| oma | tumor |
| nephr | kidney |
| hepat | liver |
| blephar | eyelid |
| ogolist | specialist |
| rhin | nose |
| gingiv | gums |
| malacia | soft |
| ology | study of |
| algia | pain |
| end | inside, within |
| hemi | half |
| oid | like |
| hyper | above, more than normal |
| cyst | sac containing fluid |
| chole | bile |
| hypo | under, below |
| scop | observe |
| hyster | uterus |
| ostomy | creating an opening |
| para | beside, beyond |
| lysis | loosening, destruction |
| pro | in front of, before |
| mechano | machine |
| dynam | power |
| osom | odor |
| trich | hair |
| maxill | upper jawbone |
| an, a | without, not |
| pre | in front of, before |
| strict | draw tight |
| semi | half |
| neo | new |
| hormone | excite |
| therm | heat |
| syn, sym | together |
| post | after |
| metr | uterus |
| pan | all |
| poly | many |
| erthro | red |
| vaso | vessel |
| melan | black |
| cauda | tail |
| lingua | tongue |
| myring | eardrum |
| spndly | spinal column |
| ovar | egg |
| centesis | puncture |
| oto | ear |
| bili | bile |
| squam | scale |
| cec | blind passage |
| macul | spot |
| pexy | suspension |
| onco | tumar |
| or | mouth |
| sub | under |
| spiro | coil |
| lacrim | tear |