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Medical Terminology
Medical Terms Part II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -ose | full of |
| comat/o- | unconsciousness |
| concuss/o- | violent shaking or jarring |
| crani/o- | cranium; skull |
| disk/o- | disk |
| encephal/o- | brain |
| ependym/o- | cellular lining |
| epilept/o- | seizure |
| gli/o- | cells that provide support |
| hydr/o- | water; fluid |
| mening/o- | meninges |
| ment/o- | mind; chin |
| narc/o- | stupor; sleep |
| radicul/o- | spinal nerve root |
| rhiz/o- | spinal nerve root |
| syncop/o- | fainting |
| astr/o- | star-like structure |
| caus/o- | burning |
| encephala/o- | brain |
| phot/o- | light |
| phob/o- | fear; avoidance |
| surg/o- | operative procedure |
| vascul/o- | blood vessel |
| -pexy | process of surgically fixing in place |
| -ptosis | state of prolapse; drooping; falling |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| cali/o- | calyx |
| catheter/o- | catheter |
| cyst/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
| nephr/o- | kidney; nephron |
| pyel/o- | renal pelvis |
| urethr/o- | urethra |
| urin/o- | urine; urinary system |
| ur/o- | urine; urinary system |
| blast/o- | immature; embryonic |
| genit/o- | genitalia |
| gen/o- | arising from |
| glycos/o- | glucose; sugar |
| keton/o- | ketones |
| noct/o- | night |
| olig/o- | scanty; few |
| tom/o- | cut; slice; layer |
| tox/o- | poison |
| vagin/o- | vagina |
| vesic/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
| circum- | around |
| post- | after; behind |
| ultra- | beyond; higher |
| -gen | that which produces |
| andr/o- | male |
| balan/o- | glans penis |
| malign/o- | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
| motil/o- | movement |
| orchi/o- | testis |
| orch/o- | testis |
| phim/o- | closed tight |
| priap/o- | persistent erection |
| prostat/o- | prostate gland |
| resect/o- | to cut out; remove |
| semin/o- | spermatozoon; sperm |
| veric/o- | varix; varicose veins |
| venere/o- | sexual intercourse |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| gynec/o- | female; woman |
| mast/o- | breast; mastoid process |
| -form | having the form of |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -pause | cessation |
| -probe | rod-like instrument |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| abort/o- | stop prematurely |
| amni/o- | amnion |
| colp/o- | vagina |
| con/o- | cone |
| cry/o- | cold |
| culd/o- | cul-de-sac |
| ectop/o- | outside of a place |
| episi/o- | vulva |
| galact/o- | milk |
| hydatidi/o- | fluid-filled vesicles |
| hyster/o- | uterus; womb |
| leuk/o- | white |
| men/o- | month |
| nuch/o- | neck |
| oophor/o- | ovary |
| prim/I- | first |
| salping/o- | uterine tube |
| lei/o- | smooth |
| mult/I- | many |
| par/o- | birth |
| acid/o- | acid; low pH |
| chrom/o- | color |
| nodul/o- | small, knobby mass |
| phe/o- | gray |
| acr/o- | extremity; highest point |
| adrenal/o- | adrenal gland |
| diabet/o- | diabetes |
| gigant/o- | giant |
| hirsut/o- | hairy |
| hypophys/o- | pituitary gland |
| myx/o- | mucus-like substance |
| thym/o- | thymus; rage |
| viril/o- | masculine |
| blephar/o- | eyelid |
| conjunctiv/o- | conjunctiva |
| converg/o- | coming together |
| enucle/o- | to remove the main part |
| fundu/o- | fundus; part farthest from the opening |
| ir/o- | iris |
| kerat/o- | cornea |
| presby/o- | old age |
| retin/o- | retina |
| ton/o- | pressure; tone |
| trabecul/o- | trabecular; mesh |
| retro- | behind; backward |
| anis/o- | unequal |
| cor/o- | pupil |
| cycl/o- | ciliary body |
| dacry/o- | tears |
| dipl/o- | double |
| emulsific/o- | particles suspended in a liquid |
| es/o- | inward |
| metr/o- | measurement |
| ophthalm/o- | eye |
| op/o- | vision |
| opt/o- | eye; vision |
| phac/o- | lens |
| trop/o- | having an affinity for; stimulating; turning |
| -phyma | tumor; growth |
| acous/o- | hearing; sound |
| allerg/o- | allergy |
| audi/o- | the sense of hearing |
| cheil/o- | lips |
| gloss/o- | tongue |
| labyrinth/o- | labyrinth of the inner ear |
| myring/o- | tympanic membrane; eardrum |
| ot/o- | ear |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| sept/o- | septum; diving wall |
| ser/o- | serum like fluid |
| suppur/o- | pus formation |
| tonsil/o- | tonsil |
| mandibul/o- | mandible; lower jaw |
| plak/o- | plaque |
| sensor/I- | sensory |
| tempor/o- | temple; side of the head |
| -lalia | abnormal condition of speech |
| addict/o- | surrender to; be controlled by |
| affect/o- | state of mind; mood |
| anxi/o- | fear; worry |
| cognit/o- | thinking |
| compuls/o- | drive; compel |
| copr/o- | feces; stool |
| delus/o- | false belief |
| factiti/o- | artificial; made up |
| hallucin/o- | imagined perception |
| hypn/o- | sleep |
| klept/o- | to steal |
| obsess/o- | besieged by thoughts |
| psych/o- | mind |
| pyr/o- | fire |
| rap/o- | to seize and drag away |
| soci/o- | human beings; community |
| stress/o- | disturbing stimulus |
| therapeut/o- | therapy; treatment |
| agor/a- | open area or space |
| arachn/o- | spider |
| cid/o- | killing |
| claustr/o- | enclosed space |
| hom/I- | man |
| klept/o- | to steal |
| ophidi/o- | snake |
| phren/o- | diaphragm; mind |
| schiz/o- | split |
| su/I- | self |
| thanat/o- | death |
| till/o- | to pull out |
| trich/o- | hair |
| xen/o- | foreign |
| dissect/o- | to cut apart |
| axi/o- | axis |
| dos/I- | dose |
| fluor/o- | fluorescence |
| iodin/o- | iodine |
| scint/I- | point of light |
| son/o- | sound |
| trac/o- | visible path |
| cin/e- | movement |
| pharmaceutic/o- | medicine; drug |
| techn/o- | technical skill |
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