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Medical Terminology
Basic Medical Language (3rd Edition) LaFleur Brooks
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| lapar | abdomen (abdominal cavity or abdominal wall) |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| gingiv | gums |
| chol | gall; bile |
| salping | uterine tube (fallopian tube) |
| orchid | testis; testicle |
| oophor | ovary |
| medi | middle |
| cephal | head (upward) |
| gynec | woman |
| -gram | record; radiographic image |
| -pexy | surgical fixation; suspension |
| vertebr | vertebra; spine |
| audi | hearing |
| tympan | middle ear |
| blephar | eyelid |
| irid | iris |
| scler | sclera |
| retin | retina |
| kerat | cornea |
| ophthalm | eye |
| rect | rectum |
| -metry | measurement |
| later | side |
| proxim | near (the point of attachment of a body part) |
| mamm | breast |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| super | above |
| -itis | inflammation |
| xanth | yellow |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| acr | extremities |
| -tomy | incision into |
| sub | below; under |
| troph | development |
| anter | front |
| ox | oxygen |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| per- | through |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| dermat | skin |
| epi- | on; upon; over |
| enter | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
| duoden | duodenum |
| cutane | skin |
| abdomin | abdomen (abdominal cavity or abdominal wall) |
| -stomy | artificial opening |
| proct | rectum |
| angi | (blood) vessel |
| erythr | red |
| leuk | white |
| myc | fungus |
| melan | black |
| derm | skin |
| intra- | within |
| a-; an- | without; absence |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| myring | eardrum (tympanic membrane) |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| opt | vision |
| ot | ear |
| cyan | blue |
| gastr | stomach |
| ile | ileum |
| esophag | esophagus |
| col; colon | colon (usually the large intestine) |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| ven | vein |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| tachy- | rapid; fast |
| brady- | slow |
| phlep | vein |
| lymph | lymph |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| hepat | liver |
| phag | swallowing; eating |
| sinus | sinus |
| hypo- | below; deficient; under |
| lingu | tongue |
| jejun | jejunum |
| append; appendic | appendix |
| sigmoid | sigmoid colon |
| vagin | vagina |
| or | mouth |
| gloss | tongue |
| peps | digestion |
| -algia | pain |
| -oma | tumor |
| hist | tissue |
| -oid | resembling |
| cyt | cell |
| -logist | specialist (physician) who studies and treats |
| -al | pertaining to |
| carcin | cancer |
| -a; -e; -y | no meaning |
| -logy | study of |
| stasis | control; stop |
| viscer | internal organs |
| meta- | beyond |
| -genic | producing; originating; causing |
| sarc | flesh; connective tissue |
| plasm | growth (substance or formation) |
| epitheli | epithelium |
| neur | nerve |
| my | muscle |
| path | disease |
| onc | tumor |
| ventr | belly (front) |
| dors | back |
| -ad | toward |
| caud | tail (downward) |
| poster | back; behind |
| infer | below |
| dist | away from the point of attachment of a body part) |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ia | diseased state; condition of |
| pulmon | lung |
| endo- | within |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -pnea | breathing |
| noct | night |
| metr | uterus |
| colp | vagina |
| -ptosis | prolapse or downward displacement; drooping |
| -cele | hernia; protrusion |
| cervic | cervix or neck |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| aden | gland |
| arteri | artery |
| cardi | heart |
| thromb | (blood clot) |
| electr | electrical activity |
| splen | spleen |
| hemat | blood |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| -iasis | condition |
| -rrhaphy | suture; repair |
| hem | blood |
| -graphy | process of recording; radiographic imaging |
| ren | kidney |
| lith | stone; calculus |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| ureter | ureter |
| lip | fat |
| urethr | urethra |
| nephr | kidney |
| olig | scanty; few |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -emia | blood condition |
| cyst | bladder; sac |
| ur; urin | urination; urine; urinary tract |
| neo- | new |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cost | rib |
| laryng | larynx (voice box) |
| thorac | chest; thorax |
| burs | bursa |
| ili | ilium |
| femor | femur (upper leg bone) |
| crani | cranium (skull) |
| scoli | crooked; curved (spine) |
| lord | bent forward (spine) |
| necr | death |
| oste | bone |
| pneum | lung; air |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| rhin | nose |
| muc | mucus |
| hemi- | half |
| quadr | four |
| poly- | many; much |
| poli | gray; gray matter |
| psych | mind |
| thym | thymus gland |
| -ism | state of |
| thyroid | thyroid gland |
| glyc | glucose (sugar) |
| dips | thirst |
| crin | to secrete |
| adrenal | adrenal gland |
| cerebr | cerebrum; brain |
| cephal | head |
| encephal | brain |
| myel | spinal cord |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| dys- | difficult; painful; abnormal |
| -thorax | chest; thorax |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| vas | vessel; duct |
| men | menstruation |
| pneumon | lung; air |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| trache | trachea (windpipe) |
| mast | breast |
| pharyng | pharynx (throat) |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| hyster | uterus |
| nas | nose |
| mening | meninges |
| pleg | paralysis |
| phas | speech |
| -desis | surgical fusion (to immobilize) |
| -schisis | split; fissure |
| kinesi | movement; motion |
| rachi | vertebra; spine; vertebral column |
| scrot | scrotum |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| bronch | bronchus (s); bronchi (pl) |
| py | pus |
| arthr | joint |
| -malacia | softening |
| kyph | hump (spine) |
| inter- | between |
| stern | sternum (breast bone) |
| carp | carpus (wrist) |
| ischi | ischium |
| spondyl | vertebra; spine ; vertebral column |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| pub | pubis |
| phalang | phalanx (any bone of the fingers or toes) |
| ten | tendon |
| tendin | tendon |
| capn | carbon dioxide |
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