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Med Term Rice
Medical Terminology Jane Rice Combined Forms, Prefix + Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| abort/o | to miscarry |
| absorpt/o | to suck in |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| acid/o | acid |
| acoust | hearing |
| acr/o | extremity, point |
| actin | ray |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| agon/o | agony, a contest |
| al | pertaining to |
| albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | protein |
| algia | pain |
| alimentat | nourishment |
| all/o | other |
| alveol/o | small, hollow air sac |
| ambly/o | dull |
| ambul | to walk |
| amputat/o | to cut through |
| amyl/o | starch |
| anabol/o | building up |
| andr/o | man |
| andr/o | man |
| ang/i | vessel |
| angi/o | vessel |
| angin/o | to choke |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ankyl/o | stiffening, crooked |
| anter/o | toward the front |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| ar | pertaining to |
| arche | beginning |
| arter/i | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ary | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| aspirat/o | to draw in |
| asthenia | weakness |
| asthenia | weakness |
| astro | star-shaped |
| ate | use |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| ather/o | fatty substance, porridge |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | to hear |
| aur/i | ear |
| auscultat/o | listen to |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bas/o | base |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | bile, gall |
| blast | immature cell, germ cell |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brach/i | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| burs/o | a pouch |
| calc/i | calcium |
| calcan/e | heel bone |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| card/i | heart |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cartilangin/o | cartilage |
| castr | to prune |
| catabol/o | casting down |
| caud/o | tail |
| caus/o | heat |
| cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| celi | abdomen, belly |
| cellul/o | little cell |
| cephal/o | head |
| ceps | head |
| cept | receive |
| cerebell/o | little brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chir/o | hand |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chord | cord |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| chrom/o | color |
| chym | juice |
| circulat/o | circular |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| cis/o | to cut |
| clavicul/o | clavicle, collar bone |
| cleid/o | clavicle |
| clon/o | turmoil |
| coagul/o | to clot |
| coccyg/e | coccyx, tailbone |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| cochle/o | land snail |
| coit/o | a coming together |
| col/o | colon |
| coll/a | glue |
| collis | neck |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| concuss | shaken violently (concussion) |
| conjunctiv/o | to join together; conjunctiva |
| connect | to bind together |
| constipat | to press together |
| contra | against |
| cor/o | pupil |
| coriat | corium |
| corne/o | cornea |
| corpor/e | body |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cost/o | rib |
| coxa | hip or hip joint |
| cran/i | cranium, skull |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| crur/o | leg |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cubit | elbow, to lie |
| cubital | elbow |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| cutan/e | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cutani/o | skin |
| cyan/o | dark blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct |
| dactyl/o | finger or toe |
| defecat | to remove dregs |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dent/i | teeth |
| derm/a | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| desis | binding |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm, partition |
| didym/o | testis |
| dilat/o | to widen |
| dipl/o | double |
| dist/o | away from the point of origin |
| diverticul | diverticula |
| doch/o | duct |
| dors/o | backward |
| duct/o | to lead |
| duoden | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura, hard |
| dynia | pain, ache |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
| ectasia | dilatation |
| ejaculat/o | to throw out |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | a throwing in |
| eme | to vomit |
| emulsificat | disintegrate |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter | intestines |
| enucleat | to remove the kernal of |
| eosin/o | rose-colored |
| erget | work |
| eructat | breaking out |
| erythr/o | red |
| eso | inward |
| esophage/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| esthesia | feeling |
| estr/o | mad desire |
| excret/o | sifted out |
| fasci/o | a band (fascia) |
| femor/o | thigh bone, femor |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibrin/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| fixat/o | fastened |
| foc/o | focus |
| follicul/o | little bag |
| fus/o | to pour |
| galact/o | milk |
| ganglion | knot |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| genital | belonging to birth |
| ger/o | old age |
| gigant/o | giant |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gli/o | glue |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus, little ball |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sweet, sugar, glucose |
| gon/o | genitals |
| gonad/o | seed |
| goni/o | angle |
| graft | pencil, grafting knife |
| gynec/o | female |
| halat/o | breath |
| halit | breath |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemorrh | vein liable to bleed |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hairy |
| hist/o | tissue |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hyster/o | womb, uterus |
| ia | condition |
| ia | condition |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | illium |
| immun/o | immunity |
| in | substance |
| infarct/o | infarct (necrosis of an area) |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| insul/o | insulin |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| integument/o | a covering |
| ion | process |
| irid/o | iris |
| is/o | equal |
| isch/i | ischium, hip |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| ism | condition |
| ism | condition |
| ist | one who specializes |
| itis | inflammation |
| ity | condition |
| jaund | yellow |
| kal/i | potasium |
| kary/o | cell's nucleus |
| kel/o | tumor |
| kerat/o | cornea, horn |
| keton/o | ketone |
| kinesia | motion, movement |
| kinesia | motion, movement |
| kyph/o | a hump |
| labi | lip |
| labyrinth/o | maze, inner ear |
| lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct |
| lamin/o | lamina (thin plate) |
| lamin/o | thin plate |
| lamp | to shine |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/e | larynx, voice box |
| laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
| later/o | side |
| laxat | to loosen |
| lemma | rind, sheath, husk |
| lent/o | lens |
| lepsy | seizure |
| letharg | drowsiness |
| leuk/a | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| levat | lifter |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe |
| locat | to place |
| log | study |
| logy | study of |
| lopec | fox mange |
| lord/o | bending, curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lysis | destruction, to separate |
| macr/o | large |
| malacia | softening |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mandibul/o | lower jawbone |
| manus | hand |
| mast | mastoid |
| mast/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast-shaped, mastoid process |
| masticat | to chew |
| maxill/o | jawbone |
| maxilla | jaw |
| meat/o | passage |
| medi/o | toward the middle |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | month, menses, menstruation |
| mening/i | membrane, meninges |
| mening/o | membrane, meninges |
| menisc/i | crescent |
| ment/o | mind |
| mes | middle |
| metr/i | womb, uterus |
| metr/o | womb, uterus |
| metr/o | to measure |
| mi/o | less, small |
| micturit/o | to urinate |
| miliar | millet (tiny) |
| mitr/o | mitral valve |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o(s) | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| mydriatic | dilation |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myring/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| myx/o | mucus |
| narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nas/o | nose |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/i | nerve |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nid | nest |
| noct/o | night |
| nyctal | night |
| o/o | ovum, egg |
| occlus/o | to close up |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont | tooth |
| oid | resemble |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| olfact/o | smell |
| oma | tumor |
| omphal/o | navel |
| on | pertaining to |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opia | vision |
| opt/o | eye |
| or | one who, a doer |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/o | testicle |
| orchid/o | testicle |
| orexia | appetite |
| organ/o | organ |
| orth/o | straight |
| osis | condition |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ous | pertaining to |
| ovulat | little egg |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| pachy/o | thick |
| palat/o | palate |
| palpit/o | throbbing |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| papill | papilla |
| paralyt | to disable, paralysis |
| paresis | weakness |
| pareun | laying beside, sexual intercourse |
| pasty | surgical repair |
| patell/o | kneecap |
| path/o | disease |
| pause | cessation |
| pector/o | breast, chest |
| ped/o | foot |
| pedicul/o | a louse |
| pept | to digest |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phac/o | lens |
| phagia | to eat, swallow |
| phak/o | lentil, lens |
| phalang/e | phalanges (finger/ toe bones) |
| pharyng/e | throat |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| phasia | to speak, speech |
| phen/o | to show |
| phim | a muzzle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phor | carrying |
| phos | light |
| phot/o | light |
| phragm | fence |
| physi/o | nature |
| physis | growth |
| pil/o | hair |
| pituitar | pituitary gland |
| plak/o | plate |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | stroke, paralysis, palsy |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | lungs |
| pneum/o | air |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pod/o | foot |
| pollex | thumb |
| por | passage |
| post- | after behind |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back, back |
| prand/i | meal |
| presby/o | old |
| proct/o | rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| prosth/e | an addition |
| proxim/o | near the point of origin |
| prurit/o | itching |
| ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pulmonar/o | lung |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor | pylorus, gatekeeper |
| rach/i | spine |
| rad/i | radius |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| respirat/o | breathing |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhabd/o | rod |
| rheumat/o | discharge |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhonch/o | snore |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| rotat/o | to turn |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhythm/o | rhythm |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scapul/o | shoulder blade |
| scler/o | sclera, hardening |
| scoli/o | curvature |
| seb/o | oil |
| senile | old |
| sept/o | a partition, septum |
| septic/o | putrefying |
| ser/o | serum |
| sert | to gain |
| sial | saliva, salivary |
| sider/o | iron |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
| sis | state of , condition |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spadias | an opening |
| spasm | tension, spasm, contraction |
| spastic | convulsive |
| sperm/i | seed, sperm |
| sperm/o | seed, sperm |
| spermat/o | seed, sperm |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spin/o | a thorn, spine |
| spir/o | breathing |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stalsis | contraction |
| staped/o | stapes, stirrup |
| steat/o | fat |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| stern/o | sternum, breastbone |
| steth/o | chest |
| sthenia | strength (asthenia) |
| stigmat/o | point |
| stomat | mouth |
| strabism | a squinting |
| synov/o | synovial |
| tars/o | ankle (tarsus) |
| taxia | order, coordination |
| tel | end, distant |
| tempor/o | temples |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendon/o | tendon |
| test/o | testicle |
| testicul/o | testicle |
| therm/o | hot, heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot of blood |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyr/o | thyroid |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tomy | incision |
| ton/o | tone, tension |
| tonsill/o | tonsil, almond |
| tors/o | twisted |
| tort/i | twisted |
| tox | poison |
| toxic/o | poison |
| trach/e | trachea |
| trache/o | trachea |
| tract/o | to draw |
| trich/o | hair |
| troph/o | a turning |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| tubercul/o | a little swelling |
| tympan/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| uln/o | ulna, elbow |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| ungu | nail |
| ur/o | urine, urinate, urination |
| ure | process |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| us | pertaining to, structure |
| uter | uterus |
| uve/o | uvea |
| vag/o | vagus, wandering |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | twisted vein |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | small vessel |
| vascul/o | small vessel |
| ven/i | vein |
| venere/o | sexual intercourse |
| ventilat/o | to air |
| ventr/o | near or on the belly side of the body |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| verm/i | worm |
| vers/o | turning |
| vertibr/o | vertebra |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| viril/o | masculine |
| viscer/o | body organs |
| volunt/o | will |
| volvul | to roll |
| vuls/o | to pull |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | foreign material |
| xer/o | dry |
| xiph/o | sword |
| zo/o | animal |
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