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Medical Terminology
Medical terms for Certified Medical Admin Assist.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities; top; extreme point |
| actin/o | light |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| aer/o | air |
| agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together |
| albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
| alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | crooked; bent; stiff |
| anter/o | front |
| anthrac/o | coal |
| aort/o | aorta |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| asbest/o | asbestos |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| ather/o | plaque (fatty substance) |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aut/o | self, own |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | bile; gall |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bol/o | cast; throw |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| calc/o | calcium |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| caud/o | tail; lower part of body |
| caus/o | burn; burning |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum; brain |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chem/o | chemical; drug |
| chol/e | bile; gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chori/o | chorion |
| chrom/o | color |
| chron/o | time |
| cine/o | movement |
| cis/o | to cut |
| coagul/o | coagulation (clotting) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| coll/a | glue |
| colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| coni/o | dust |
| coron/o | heart |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cras/o | mixture; temperament |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | excessive sweating |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far; distant |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephala/o | brain |
| end/o | in; within |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| eosin/o | red; rosy; dawn-colored |
| episi/o | vulva |
| erg/o | work |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophagi/o | esophagus |
| esthes/o | nervous sensation (feeling) |
| esthesi/o | feeling (nervous sensation) |
| estr/o | female |
| fasci/o | fascia (membrane supporting muscles) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| flex/o | to bend |
| fluor/o | luminous |
| follicul/o | follicle; small sac |
| fung/o | fungus; mushroom |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | producing; produced by |
| gester/o | pregnancy |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue (supportive tissue of the nervous system) |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose; sugar |
| glyc/o | glucose; sugar |
| glycos/o | glucose; sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gonad/o | sex glands |
| granul/o | granule(s) |
| hallucin/o | hallucination |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemato/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | sameness; unchanging; constant |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyp/o | deficient; below; under |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| iatr/o | physician; treatment |
| ichthy/o | dry; scaly |
| idi/o | unknown; individual; distinct |
| ile/o | ileum |
| immune/o | immune; protection; safe |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back; back |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kal/I | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kerat/o | horny, hard; cornea |
| lacrim/o | tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall; abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
| leth/o | death |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat; lipid |
| litho | stone; calculus |
| log/o | study of |
| lumb/o | lower back loin |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
| lymphangia/o | lymph vessel |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mandibl/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| medi/o | middle |
| medull/o | medulla (inner section) |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | menses; menstruation |
| ment/o | mind; chin |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| merti/o | uterus; womb |
| mon/o | one, single |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| mucos/o | mucous membrane (mucosa) |
| mut/a | genetic change |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| myocardi/o | myocardium (heart muscle) |
| myx/o | mucus |
| narc/o | numbness; stupor; sleep |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/i | birth |
| natr/o | sodium |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| norm/o | rule; order |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| nyct/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| papill/o | nipple-like; optic disc |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| path/o | disease |
| pector/o | chest |
| pelv/o | pelvic bone; hip |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | eat; swallow |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger or toes) |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| pharyng/o | throat; pharynx |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phob/o | fear |
| phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
| physi/o | nature |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | lung; air |
| pneumon/o | lung; air |
| poikil/o | varied; irregular |
| polyp/o | polyp; small growth |
| poster/o | back (of body); behind |
| presby/o | old age |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| prot/o | first |
| proxim/o | near |
| prurit/o | itching |
| psych/o | mind |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor/o | pylorus; pyloric sphincter |
| pyr/o | fever; fire |
| pyret/o | fever |
| radi/o | x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| recticul/o | network |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| roentgen/o | x-rays |
| rrhtym/o | rhythm |
| sacr/o | flesh |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube; oviduct; auditory (eustachian) |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
| schiz/o | split |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| scler/o | sclera (white of eye) |
| sebace/o | sebum |
| sect/o | to cut |
| semin/I | semen; seed |
| somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| sphen/o | wedge; sphenoid bone |
| spher/o | globe-shaped; round |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| spleen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (back bone) |
| squam/o | scale |
| steat/o | fat, lipid, sebum |
| ster/o | solid structure; steroid |
| steth/o | chest |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tars/o | tarsus (ankle bone) |
| tax/o | order; coordination |
| terat/o | monster; malformed fetus |
| test/o | testis; testicle |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thalass/o | sea |
| the/o | put; place |
| thel/o | nipple |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| throac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thymb/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland; shield |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tom/o | to cut |
| ton/o | tension |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| top/o | place; position; location |
| tox/o | poison |
| toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| trich/o | hair |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear |
| umbilic/o | navel; umbilical cord |
| ungu/o | nail |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| uve/o | uvea. vascular layer of eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body) |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | vessel; duct; vas deferens |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (of the brain or heart) |
| viscer/o | interal organs |
| vit/o | life |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | stranger |
| xer/o | dry |
| a- | no; not; without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| af- | toward |
| agora- | marketplace |
| an- | no; not; without |
| ana- | up; apart; backward; excessive |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| de- | lack of; down; less; removal |
| dia- | complete; through |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| ec- | out; outside |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| eso- | inward |
| eu- | good; normal |
| ex- | out; away from |
| exo- | outside; out; away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under |
| in- | in; into; not |
| infra- | below; inferior to; beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within; into |
| macro- | large |
| mega- | large |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one; single |
| neo- | new |
| oxy- | swift; sharp; acid |
| par- | other than; abnormal |
| para- | near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many; much |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| pro- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | back; again; backward |
| retro- | behind; back; backward |
| sub- | under; below |
| sym- | together; with |
| syn- | together; with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across; through |
| ultra- | beyond; excess |
| uni- | one |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -agon | to assemble, gather |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -amine | nitrogen compound |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ation | process |
| -blast | embryonic; immature |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -chezia | defication; elimination of wastes |
| -clast | to break |
| -cocci, pl. | berry-shaped bacteria |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| -crine | secrete; separate |
| -crit | to separate |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dilation | widening; stretching; expanding |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -dote | what is given |
| -drome | to run |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching; dilation |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis | condition |
| -esthesia | nervous sensation |
| -ferent | to carry |
| -form | resembling; in the shape of |
| -gen | producing; forming |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -grade | to go |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -in, -ine | a substance |
| -ion | process |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | structure; tissue |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -leptic | to seize, take hold of |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -logy | study of |
| -lucent | to shine |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction loosening |
| -lytic | to reduce, destroy |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | little; small |
| -oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
| -one | harmone |
| -opaque | obscure |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -opsy | view of |
| -or | one who |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | full of, pertaining to, sugar |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phage | eat; swallow |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -phoresis | carrying; transmission |
| -phoria | to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; fall |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | bursting forth of blood |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -sol | solution |
| -some | body |
| -spasm | sudden contraction of muscle |
| -stasis | stop; control; place |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -stitial | to set; pertaining to standing or positioned |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -suppression | to stop |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thymia | mind |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
| -trophy | nourishment; development |
| -tropia | to turn |
| -tropic | turning |
| -tropin | stimulate; act on |
| -type | classification; picture |
| -ule | little; small |
| -um | structure; tissue; thing |
| -uria | urination; condition of urine |
| -us | thing |
| -verse | to turn |
| -y | condition; process |
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