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CCSF EXAM 1
MEDICAL TERMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an | absent |
| ab | away |
| ad | to, toward |
| angio | blood vessel |
| ante | before |
| arterio | artery |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| cephal(o) | head |
| chondr(o) | cartilage |
| circum | around |
| cirrh(o) | yellow |
| co, con | together, with |
| cost(o) | rib |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| di | two, twice |
| dis | away, separate |
| dys | difficult, pain |
| ex | away from |
| ect, ecto | outer, outside |
| endo | within, inside |
| epi | on, over |
| erythro | red |
| eu | normal |
| extra | outside of |
| glyco | sugar |
| hemato, hemo | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | beyond, increased |
| hypo | beneath, below |
| intra | within |
| leuko | white |
| lip(o) | fat |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| mega | large |
| melan(o) | black |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| multi | many |
| my(o) | muscle |
| osteo | bone |
| pan | all |
| para | beside, near |
| peri | around |
| phag(o) | eat |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pseudo | false |
| pyro | fever |
| pyo | pus |
| retro | behind |
| semi | half |
| splen(o) | spleen |
| spondyl(o) | spinal cord |
| sub | below |
| supra, super | above |
| sym, syn | together |
| tachy | fast |
| tetra | four |
| trans | across |
| un | against |
| infra | below |
| inter | between |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| ven(o) | vein |
| uni | one |
| -algia | pain |
| -ate, -ize | use, subject to |
| -cele | tumor, protrusion, hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -cide | killing, destructive |
| -cle, -cule | small |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal, cuttin out |
| -emia | blood |
| -form, -oid | resembling, like |
| -gram, -graph | record |
| -iasis | presence of, formation of |
| -ible, -ile | capable |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | disintegration |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -orrhaphy | repair |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | forming an opening |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency of |
| -pexy, -pexis | fixation |
| -phagia | ingestion, eating |
| -phasia | speaking ability |
| -philia | affinity for |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -optosis | prolapse, falling downward |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture, stitching |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for visual exam |
| -uria | urine |
| adeno | gland |
| arthro | joint |
| carcino | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| chole | bile |
| col | colon |
| colpo | vagina |
| cranio | skull |
| cysto | bladder |
| derma | skin |
| doch | duct |
| duodeno | duodenum |
| encephalo | brain |
| entero | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| hema/hemato | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| hystero | uterus |
| jejuno | jejunum |
| laryngo | larynx |
| lith | stone |
| mast | breast |
| myelo | spine, marrow |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| oophor | ovary |
| opthalmo | eye |
| orchi | testes |
| os | opening |
| oto | ear |
| pneumo | lung |
| procto | rectum |
| pyelo | renal pelvis |
| rhino | nose |
| salping(o) | fallopian tubes |
| thoraco | chest |
| osteoma | bone tumor |
| tachycardia | rapid heart beat |
| hematuria | blood in the urine |
| arthrotomy | incision into the joint |
| cystocele | protrusion of the bladder |
| supraclavicular | over the clavicle |
| subtotal gastrectomy | partial removal of the stomach |
| intraperitoneal | within the peritoneum |
| myocarditis | inflammation of the heart muscle |
| polyuria | many, excessive urine |
| lobectomy | removal of the lobe |
| pyuria | pus in the urine |
| pyothorax | pus in the chest |
| neurolysis | disintegration of the nerve |
| myalgia | pain in the muscle |
| enterostomy | forming an opening in the small intestines |
| anuria | without urine |
| paraplegia | near paralysis |
| supraopthalmic | above the eye |
| transhepatic | across the liver |
| enlarged heart | cardiomegaly |
| bladder infection | cystitis |
| bone tumor | osteoma |
| inflammation of the nose | rhinitis |
| removal of the uterus | hysterectomy |
| removal of the gall bladder | cholecystectomy |
| presence of stones in the gall bladder | cholecystolithiasis |
| half paralized | semiplegia |
| incision into the joint | arthrotomy |
| incision into the stomach for drainage | gastrocentesis |
| looking into the bronchus with a scope | bronchoscopy |
| formation or opening in colon | colonostomy |
| looking into the bladder with an instrument | cystoscopy |
| removal of the appendix | appendectomy |
| surgical fixation of a joint | arthropexy |
| incision into a kidney | nephrotomy |
| plastic repair of the nose | rhinoplasty |
| repair of a hernia | herniorrhaphy |
| painful urination | dysuria |