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Med Term Word Parts
Med Term zWord Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A-, AN- | without, away from, negative, not |
| ANTI- | against |
| BRADY- | slow |
| DYS- | bad, difficult, painful |
| END-, ENDO- | within, in, inside |
| EX- | out of, outside, away from |
| HEMI- | half |
| HYPER- | excessive, increased |
| HYPO- | deficient, decreased |
| INTER- | between, among |
| INTRA- | within, inside |
| MACRO- | large, abnormal size, long |
| NEO- | new, strange |
| PERI- | surrounding, around |
| POLY- | many |
| POST- | after, behind |
| PRE- | before, in front of, forward |
| SUB- | under, less, below |
| SUPER-, SUPRA- | above, excessive |
| TACHY- | fast, rapid |
| -AC, -AL | pertaining to, relating to |
| -ALGIA | pain, suffering, painful condition |
| -ARY | pertaining to |
| -CELE | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -CENTESIS | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -CYTE | cell |
| -DESIS | to bind, tie together |
| -ECTOMY | surgical removal, cutting out |
| -ECTASIS | stretching, dialation, enlargement |
| -EMIA | blood, blood condition |
| -ESTHESIA | sensation, feeling |
| -GRAM, -GRAPH | picture or record |
| -GRAPHY | process of producing a picture or record |
| -IA | abnormal condition, disease |
| -IC | pertaining to |
| -ITIS | inflammation |
| -LYSIS | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| -MALACIA | abnormal softening |
| -MEGALY | enlargement |
| -NECROSIS | tissue death |
| -STENOSIS | abnormal hardening |
| -OLOGIST | specialist |
| -OLOGY | science or study of |
| -OMA | tumor, neoplasm |
| -OSIS | abnormal condition, disease |
| -OSTOMY | surgical creation of an opening to the body surface |
| -OTOMY | cutting, surgical incision |
| -PATHY | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -PAUSE | stopping |
| -PEXY | surgical fixation |
| -PLASTY | surgical repair |
| -TRIPSY | to crush |
| -PLEGIA | paralysis |
| -PNEA | breathing |
| -PTOSIS | prolapse, drooping forward |
| -RRHAGIA, -RRHAGE | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -RRHAPHY | surgical suturing |
| -RRHEA | flow or discharge |
| -RRHEXIS | rupture |
| -SCLEROSIS | abnormal hardening |
| -SCOPE | instrument for visual examination |
| -SCOPY | visual examination |
| -URIA | urination, urine |
| ANGI/O | pertaining to blood or lymph vessels |
| AORT/O | aorta |
| ARTERI/O | artery |
| ATHER/O | plaque, fatty substance |
| CARD/O, CARDI/O | heart |
| ECH/O | sound |
| HEM/O, HEMAT/O | blood, pertaining to the blood |
| PHLEB/O | vein |
| THROMB/O | clot |
| VEN/O | vein |
| RADI/O | radiation, x-rays |
| CHOLECTYST/O | gallbladder |
| COL/O, COLON/O | colon, large intestine |
| PROCT/O | anus & rectum |
| ENTER/O | small intestine |
| ESOPHAG/O | esophagus |
| GASTR/O | stomach |
| HEPAT/O | liver |
| SIGMOID/O | sigmoid colon |
| ADIP/O | fat |
| ALBIN/O | white |
| CEPHAL/O | head |
| CERVIC/O | neck, cervix |
| CORON/O | coronary, crown |
| CYAN/O | blue |
| CYT/O | cell |
| ERYTHR/O | red |
| HIST/O | tissue |
| LAPAR/O | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| LEUK/O | white |
| LIP/O | fat, lipid |
| MELAN/O | black, dark |
| MYC/O | fungus |
| PATH/O | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| PY/O | pus |
| PYR/O | fever, fire |
| SARC/O | flesh, connective tissue |
| CARCIN/O | cancerous |
| ONC/O | tumor |
| ADEN/O | lymphatic system, gland |
| ADREN/O | adrenal glands |
| GONAD/O | sex gland |
| PANCREAT/O | pancrease |
| THYR/O, THYROID/O | thyroid gland |
| CUTANE/O | skin |
| DERM/O, DERMAT/O | skin |
| HIDR/O | sweat |
| SEB/O | sebum |
| UNGU/O | nail |
| XER/O | dry |
| SPLEN/O | spleen |
| FASCI/O | fascia, fibrous band |
| MY/O | muscle |
| TEN/O, TEND/O, TENDIN/O | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| ENCEPHAL/O | brain |
| MENING/O | meninges, membranes |
| NEUR/I, NEUR/O | nerve, nerve tissue |
| COLP/O | vagina |
| HYSTER/O | uterus |
| MEN/O | menstruation, menses |
| BRONCH/O, BRONCHI/O | bronchial tube, bronchus |
| LARYNG/O | larynx, throat |
| PHARYNG/O | throat, pharynx |
| PLEUR/O | pleura, side of body |
| PNEUM/O, PNEUMON/O | lung, air |
| PULM/O, PULMON/O | lung |
| TRACHE/O | trachea, windpipe |
| ANKLY/O | crooked, bent, stiff |
| ARTHR/O | joint |
| CHONDR/O | cartilage |
| METR/O, METRI/O | uterus |
| OV/O | egg |
| OOPHOR/O, OVARI/O | ovary |
| ORCH/O, ORCHID/O | testicles, testis, testes |
| SALPING/O | uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube |
| UTER/O | uterus |
| VAGIN/O | vagina |
| COST/O | rib |
| CRANI/O | skull |
| MYEL/O | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| OSS/E, OSS/I, OST/O, OSTE/O | bone |
| SPONDYL/O | vertebrae, vertebral column |
| THORAC/O | chest |
| KERAT/O | horny, hard, cornea |
| MYRING/O | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| OPTIC/O, OPT/O | eye, vision |
| OT/O | ear, hearing |
| RETIN/O | retina |
| SCLER/O | sclera, white of eye, hard |
| TYMPAN/O | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| CYST/O | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| LITH/O | stone, calculus |
| NEPHR/O | kidney |
| PYEL/O | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| REN/O | kidney |
| URETER/O | ureter |
| URETHR/O | urethra |
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