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Medical Terminology
Medical terminology lessons 3 & 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cost- | Rib |
| -gram | Record |
| acro- | Extremities |
| -rhexis | Break, burst |
| carcin- | Cancer |
| -penia | Decrease |
| gen- | Original, production |
| burso- | Sac |
| retr(o)- | Backward |
| trip- | Rub, friction |
| strept- | Twist |
| -desis | Binding |
| mani- | Madness |
| glosso- | Tounge |
| -trophy | Development |
| supra- | Above |
| -ptosis | Falling |
| dyn- | Pain |
| mast- | Breast |
| -rraphy | Suture |
| dent- | Teeth |
| cephal- | Head |
| auto- | Self |
| epi- | Upon |
| hydro- | Water |
| lobo- | Section |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| contra- | Against |
| -iasis | Condition |
| trans- | Through, across |
| brady- | Slow |
| -ectasis | Expansion |
| cantho- | Angle at the end of the eyelid |
| steno- | Narrow, contracted |
| cheil- | Lip |
| -cele | Hernia |
| benign | Mild, not cancerous |
| semen | Seed |
| celio- | Abdomen |
| erythro- | Red |
| vaso- | Vessel |
| melan- | Black |
| cauda- | Tail |
| lingua- | Tounge |
| myring- | Eardrum |
| spondyl- | Spinal Column |
| cyt- | Cell |
| odont- | Tooth |
| leuk- | White |
| -esthesia | Sensation |