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Medical Terminology
Chabner Language of Medicine Chapters 1-18
| abdomin/o, lapar/o | abdomen (2al) |
| -iasis, -osis | abnormal condition (2 suf) |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells (suf) |
| para- | abnormal, beside, near (pre) |
| epi- | above, upon (pre) |
| supra- | above, upper (pre) |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| trans- | across, through (pre) |
| -version | act of turning (suf) |
| -praxia | action (suf) |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| post- | after, behind (pre) |
| anti- | against (pre) |
| contra- | against, opposite (pre) |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| pan- | all (pre) |
| alveol/o | alviolus, air sac |
| amni/o | amnion |
| zo/o | animal life |
| an/o | anus |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| brachi/o | arm |
| axill/o | armpit |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery (2) |
| -agon | assemble, gather together (suf) |
| atri/o | atrium |
| -philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) (suf) |
| ab- | away from (pre) |
| dorsi- | back (pre) |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| re- | back, backward, again (pre) |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| retro- | backward, behind (pre) |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| mal- | bad (pre) |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal (pre) |
| bartholin/o | bartholin gland |
| bas/o | base |
| -parous | bearing, bringing forth (suf) |
| ante-, pro-, pros- | before, forward (3 pre) |
| pre- | before, in front of (pre) |
| -arche | beginning (suf) |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| sub- | below, under (pre) |
| infra- | beneath, under (pre) |
| -cocci, -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium (2 suf) |
| inter- | between (pre) |
| meta- | beyond, change (pre) |
| ultra- | beyond, excess (pre) |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| nat/i | birth |
| -partum | birth, labor (suf) |
| melan/o | black |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood (2) |
| -emia | blood condition (suf) |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -somes | bodies (suf) |
| somat/o | body |
| oste/o | bone |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, destruction (suf) |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast (2) |
| -pnea | breathing (suf) |
| spir/o | breathing |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus (2) |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| caus/o | burn, burning |
| burs/o | bursa |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) (2 suf) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium (2) |
| cali/o, calic/o | calyx; cup-shaped (2) |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| -phorsesis | carrying, transmission (suf) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cec/o | cecum |
| -cyte | cell (suf) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, largest part of the brain |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o | chest (3pst) |
| ped/o | child |
| toc/o | childbirth |
| cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
| cycl/o | ciliary body or muscle of the eye |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| thromb/o, coagul/o | clot, clotting (2) |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| cry/o | cold |
| col/o, colon/o | colon (2) |
| chrom/o | color |
| -fusion | coming together; to pour (suf) |
| tel/o | complete |
| dia- | complete, through (pre) |
| -ema, -ia | condition (2 suf) |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming (suf) |
| conjuctiv/o | conjuctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| -tripsy | crushing (suf) |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| scot/o | darkness |
| mort/o, necr/o | death (2) |
| comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
| -chezia | defication, elimination of waste (suf) |
| -penia | deficiency (suf) |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal (pre) |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth (suf) |
| -trophy | development, nourishment (suf) |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| -pepsia | digestion (suf) |
| -ectasis, -ectasia | dilation, widening (2 suf) |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease condition (suf) |
| dipl/o | double |
| cata- | down (pre) |
| de- | down, lack of (pre) |
| -ptosis | drooping, falling, prolapse (suf) |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| xer/o | dry |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly (fish-like) |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| coni/o | dust |
| aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o | ear (3) |
| -otia | ear condition (suf) |
| myring/o, tympan/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane (2) |
| -phage, -phagia | eat, swallow (2 suf) |
| o/o, ov/o | egg (2) |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -megaly | enlargement (suf) |
| -ase | enzyme (suf) |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| salping/o (ear) | eustatian tube, auditory tube |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal (pre) |
| -ectomy | excision, removal (suf) |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| ocul/o, ophthalm/o | eye (2) |
| opt/o, optic/o | eye, vision (2) |
| blephar/o, palpebr/o | eyelid |
| fac/i | face |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube (suf) |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| fasci/o | fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscle) |
| tachy- | fast (pre) |
| adip/o, steat/o, lip/o | fat (3asl) |
| -phobia | fear (suf) |
| esthesi/o, -esthesia | feeling, nervous sensation |
| estr/o, gynec/o | female (2eg) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| fibul/o, perone/o | fibula (2fp) |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| primi- | first (pre) |
| -pexy | fixation, put in place (suf) |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge (suf) |
| furc/o | forking, branching |
| -plasm, -poiesis | formation (2 suf) |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| tetra- | four (pre) |
| myc/o | fungus |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| -gen | giving rise to; producing (suf) |
| aden/o | gland |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| viter/o | glassy |
| gli/o | glial cells |
| spher/o | globe, round |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch |
| eu- | good, normal (pre) |
| granul/o | granules |
| glauc/o | gray |
| inguin/o | groin |
| phys/o | growing |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair (2pt) |
| hemi- | half (pre) |
| kerat/o | hard |
| -sclerosis | hardening (suf) |
| cephal/o | head |
| -acusis, -cusis | hearing (suf) |
| acous/o, audit/o | hearing (2) |
| audi/o | hearing; the sense of hearing |
| cardi/o, coron/o | heart (2) |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| cauter/o | heat, burn |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| -cele | hernia (suf) |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| -one | hormone (suf) |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| humer/o | humerus |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| ile/o | ileum (third part of small intestine) |
| ili/o | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
| -blast | immature cell, embryonic (suf) |
| intra- | in, within, into (pre) |
| seps/o | infection |
| -itis | inflammation (suf) |
| -graph | instrument for recording (suf) |
| -tome | instrument to cut (suf) |
| -meter | instrument to measure (suf) |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine (suf) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestines) |
| in- | into, in (pre) |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction (suf) |
| ir/o, irid/o | iris (2) |
| sider/o | iron |
| ischi/o | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| arthr/o, articul/o | joint (2) |
| ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies (2) |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney (2) |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| -tocia | labor, birth (suf) |
| -asthenia | lack of strength (suf) |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| macro- | large (pre) |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| phac/o, phak/o | lens of the eye |
| bi/o | life |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| phot/o | light |
| cheli/o, labi/o | lip (2cl) |
| -ole, -ule | little, small (2 suf) |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lob/o | lobe of the lung |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
| pneumon/o, pulmon/o | lungs (2) |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node (gland) |
| andr/o | male |
| malleol/o | malleolus (process on side of ankle) |
| multi- | many (pre) |
| poly- | many, much (pre) |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
| -prandial | meal (suf) |
| cib/o | meals |
| meat/o | meatus |
| mediastin/o | mediasinum |
| mening/o, meningi/o | membranes, meninges (2) |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| medi/o | middle |
| galact/o, lact/o | milk (2) |
| psych/o | mind |
| terat/o | monster |
| or/o, stomat/o | mouth (2) |
| kines/o, kinesi/o | movement (2) |
| muc/o, myx/o | mucus (2) |
| myos/o | muscle |
| sarc/o | muscle and flesh |
| my/o, myom/o | muscle, muscle tumor (2) |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail (2) |
| -stenosis | narrowing, tightening (suf) |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| cervic/o | neck |
| neur/o | nerve |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| neutr/o (cell) | neutrophil |
| neo- | new (pre) |
| noct/o, nyct/o | night (2) |
| thel/o, theli/o | nipple (2) |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| nulli-, in-, a-, an- | no, not, none (4 niaa pre) |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose (2) |
| kary/o, nucle/o | nucleus (2) |
| presby/o | old age |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| uni- | one (pre) |
| -er, -or | one who (2 suf) |
| mon/o | one, single |
| -tresia | opening (suf) |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (suf) |
| papill/o | optic disc |
| tax/o | order, coordination |
| ossicul/o | ossicle |
| ec-, ecto-, ex-, exo- | out, outside, outside of, outward (4 pre) |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| -oxia | oxygen (suf) |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| -algia, -dynia | pain (2 suf) |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| -plegia | paralysis (suf) |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pen/o | penis |
| pericardi/o | pericardium |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| -ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic | pertaining to (10 suf) |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction (suf) |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in (suf) |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of (suf) |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| -type | picture, classification (suf) |
| pituitar/o | pitutitary gland; hypophysis |
| top/o | place, position, location |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs) |
| -thorax | pleural cavity, chest (suf) |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison (2) |
| pont/o | pons |
| -porosis | pore, passage (suf) |
| kal/I, kal/o | potassium (2) |
| -cyesis, -gravida | pregnancy (2 suf) |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy, childbirth |
| -ion | process (suf) |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision (suf) |
| -graphy | process of recording (suf) |
| -logy | process of study (suf) |
| -opsy | process of viewing (suf) |
| -scopy | process of visually examining (suf) |
| -ism, -y | process, condition (2 suf) |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| immun/o | protection |
| prote/o | protein |
| -globin, -globulin | protein (2 suf) |
| pub/o | pubis |
| -sphyxia | pulse (suf) |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| cor/o, pupil/o | pupil (2) |
| py/o | pus |
| pylor/o | pyloral sphincter |
| eosin/o | rad, dawn, rosy |
| radi/o (bone) | radius |
| oxy- | rapid, sharp, acid (pre) |
| -gram | record (suf) |
| rect/o | rectum |
| erythr/o | red |
| erythem/o, erythemat/o | redness |
| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away (suf) |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| -oid | resembling, derived from (suf) |
| retin/o | retina |
| rrhythm/o | rhythm |
| cost/o | rib |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| is/o | same, equal |
| home/o | sameness |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| olig/o | scanty |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blades) |
| scler/o | sclera (white of the eye); hard |
| seb/o | sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous gland) |
| gon/o | seed |
| -lepsy | seizure (suf) |
| aut-, auto- | self, own (2 pre) |
| semin/i | semin, seed |
| gonad/o | sex glands |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| thec/o | sheath |
| later/o | side |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sinus/o | sinus cavity |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
| cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin (3) |
| crani/o | skull |
| somn/o | sleep |
| -listhesis | slipping (suf) |
| brady- | slow (pre) |
| micro- | small (pre) |
| mi/o | smaller, less |
| -osmia | smell (suf) |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines walls of internal organs |
| natr/o | sodium |
| -malacia | softening (suf) |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| ster/o | solid structure |
| son/o | sound |
| -ist | specialist (suf) |
| -phasia | speech (suf) |
| sperm/o, spermat/o | spermatozoa, semen (2) |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| -ptysis | spitting (suf) |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staped/o | stapes (third bone of the middle ear) |
| amyl/o | starch |
| -sis | state of; condition (suf) |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| -tropin | stimulating the function of (suf) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| lith/o | stone |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling (suf) |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| -sthenia | strength (suf) |
| -us | structure, substance (suf) |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue (2 suf) |
| log/o | study of |
| -in, -ine | substance (2 suf) |
| -poietin | substance that forms (suf) |
| -gen | substance that produces (suf) |
| gluc/o, glyc/o | sugar (2) |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid (suf) |
| -plasty | surgical repair (suf) |
| peri- | surrounding, around (pre) |
| -rrhaphy | suture (suf) |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
| lacrim/o, dacry/o | tears, tear duct (2) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| test/o, orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testicle (3) |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| dips/o | thirst |
| tri- | three (pre) |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| per- | through (pre) |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland (2) |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| chron/o | time |
| hist/o | tissue |
| phor/o | to bear |
| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling (mental state) (suf) |
| flex/o | to bend |
| -desis | to bind, tie together (suf) |
| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
| -clast | to break (suf) |
| bol/o | to cast |
| cis/o, sect/o | to cut (2) |
| syncop/o | to cut off, cut short |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| -physis | to grow (suf) |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| the/o | to put, place |
| -drome | to run (suf) |
| -crine | to secrete (suf) |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| -mission | to send (suf) |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag (suf) |
| -tropia | to turn (suf) |
| syn-, sym- | together, with (2 pre) |
| gloss/o, lingu/p | tongue (2) |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| dent/I, odont/o | tooth (2) |
| ad- | toward (pre) |
| trache/o | trachea |
| -therapy | treatment (suf) |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| trigon/o | trigone |
| onc/o | tumor |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling (suf) |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| bi- | two (pre) |
| uln/o | ulna |
| -uria | unrination; urine condition (suf) |
| ana- | up, apart, again, new (pre) |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | urinary bladder (2) |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine (2) |
| metr/o, metri/o, uter/o, hyster/o | uterus (4) |
| uve/o | uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid) |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| colp/o, vagin/o | vagina (2) |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| valvul/o, valv/o | valve (2) |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| phleb/o, ven/o, ven/i | vein (3) |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra (2) |
| angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel (3) |
| vas/o (male) | vas deferens |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| -opia, -opsia | vision (2 suf) |
| phon/o | voice |
| -emisis | vomiting (suf) |
| episi/o, vulv/o | vulva (2) |
| aque/o, hydr/o | water |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| -paresis | weakness (suf) |
| alibin/o, leuk/o | white (2) |
| mydr/o | widen, enlarge |
| con- | with, together (pre) |
| endo- | within (pre) |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| ather/o | yellowish plaque |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
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