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Lynn HCP 102
Termonalogy
Term | Definition |
---|---|
an/o | anus, ring |
chol/e | bile, gall |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
col/o, colon/o | colon, large intestine |
-emesis | vomiting |
enter/o | small intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach, belly |
hepat/o | liver |
-lithiasis | presence of stones |
-pepsia | digest, digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
rect/o | rectum, straight |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
cervic/o | cervix (neck of uterus) |
colp/o | vagina |
-gravida | pregnant |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hyster/o | uterus |
mast/o | breast |
men/o | menstruation, menses |
orchid/o | testicles |
ov/o | egg, ovum |
ovary/o | ovary |
-para | to give birth |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
salping/o | uterine (fallopianf) tube |
test/i | testicle, testis |
vagin/o | vagina |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
dia- | through, between, apart, complete |
-ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
nephr/o | kidney |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
-tripsy | to crush |
ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
-uria | urination, urine |
acr/o | extremitites (hands and feet), top, extreme point |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
crin/o | secrete |
-dipsia | thirst |
glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
gonad/o | gonad, sex glands |
-ism | condition, state of |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
pineal/o | pineal gland |
pituitary/o | pituitary gland |
poly- | many |
somat/o | body |
thym/o | thymus gland |
thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |