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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ante- | Before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| ecto- | Out, outside, outer |
| endo- | Within, inner |
| hyper- | above, beyond, excessive |
| hypo- | below, under, deficient |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| para- | beside, alongside, abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before |
| Super- supra- | above, beyond |
| Poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping, sagging, falling down |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | to burst forth, bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | Instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination, to view, examine |
| -tome | Instrumentâ to cut |
| -tomy | Incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| abduct | To lead away from the middle |
| adduct | To lead toward the middle |
| Arteritis | Inflammation of an artery |
| arthritis | Inflammation of a joint |
| GN(silent) n(pronounced) medical term; "gnathic" | näth'ïk |
| on(silent) n(pronounced) knuckle | nük'ël |
| MN(silent) n(pronounced) mnemonic | nï-mön'ïk |
| on(silent) n(pronounced) pneumonia | nÅ«'-mÅ'nï-ä |
| ps(silent) s(pronounced) psychiatrist | sī-kī'ä-trïst |
| pt(silent) t(pronounced) ptosis | tÅ'sïs |
| acetabulum/o | acetabulum |
| act/o | Extremity |
| ankyl/o | stiffening |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | a pouch |
| calcan/e | heel bone |
| carp/o | wrist |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicu/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/e coccyg/o | Coccyx |
| coll/a | glue |
| cost/o | Rib |
| crani/o | Skull |
| dactyl/o | Finger or toe |
| femor/o | Femur |
| fibul/o | Fibula |
| fixat/o | Fastened |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| isch/i | ischium, hip |
| kyph/o | a hump |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | bending |
| lump/o | Loin, lower back |
| mandibul/o | Lower jawbone |
| maxill/o | Jawbone |
| menisc/i | Crescent |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | kneecap |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| phalang/e | phalanges |
| rad/i | radius |
| radi/o | X-ray |
| rheumat/o -rrhea | discharge |
| sacr/o | Sacrum |
| sarc/o | Flesh, connective tissue |
| scapul/o | Shoulder blade |
| scoli/o | Curvature |
| spin/o | spine |
| spondyl/o vertebra/o | Vertebra |
| stern/o | Sternum |
| tendon/o | Tendon |
| tract/o | to draw |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | Vertebra |
| xiph/o | sword |
| porosis | pore, or passage |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| my/o,muscul/o,myos/o | Muscle |
| rhabdomy/o | Stryatic muscle |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| myocardi/o | cardiac muscle |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| sarc/o | Connective tissue,flesh |
| or/o | mouth |
| cheil/o and labi/o | lips |
| gloss/o and lingu/o | tongue |
| dent/i | Teeth |
| gingiv/o | Gums |
| tonsill/o | Tonsills |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | Stomach |
| enter/o | Small intestine |
| hepat/o | Liver |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| pancreat/o | Pancreas |
| Small intestines has three sections? | duoden/o jejun/o Ile/o |
| col/o | Collon |
| an/o | anus |
| large intestine has three sections? | cec/o colon/o rect/o |
| cec/o | Cecum |
| colon/o, colo | colon |
| rect/o | rectum |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| ile/o | ileium |
| absorpt/o | to take in |
| aden/o | gland |
| aliment/o | nourishment |
| amyl/o | Starch |
| anabol/o | Building up |
| append/o. appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/o. chol/e | gall, bile |
| bucc/o | Cheek |
| catabol/o | a casting down |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cheil/o | Lip |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| col/o. colon/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| dent/o | tooth |
| diverticul/o | diverticula |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | Small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sweet, sugar |
| halit/o | breath |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemorrh/o | vien liable to bleed |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| odont/o | tooth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pept/o | to digest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pil/o | hair |
| prandi/o | meal |
| proct/o | anus/rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stomat/o. or/o | mouth |
| verm/i | worm |
| -ase | When taking about enzymes |
| -chezia | defecation or the elimination of waste |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| pancreat/o (pancreas) -itis (inflammation) Drop the o and add -itis | pancreatitis |
| kerat/o | hard |
| ab- | Away from |
| laryng | Throat |
| -itis | Inflammation of |
| Neuro | Nerves |
| -pathy | Disease of |
| hem,hem/o,hemat,sangu | Blood |
| angi | Blood vessels |
| ven, ven/o, phleb | Veins |
| aort | Aorta |
| cardi | Heart |
| arteri | Arteries |
| enceph | brain |
| rhino | nose |
| tympan,myringo | Eardrum |
| odont,dento | Tooth |
| ophthalm, oculo | Eye |
| oto | Ear |
| lingu | Tongue |
| crani | Skull |
| hepat | Liver |
| cholecyst | Gallbladder |
| colo | Large intestine |
| esoph,esopha | Esophagus |
| ileo | small intestine |
| thorac | Chest |
| pneumo, pleuro | Lung |
| mamm,mammo | Breast |
| thromb | Blood clot |
| neph | Kidney |
| myo, my, | Muscle |
| scalup | Shoulder |
| carp,carpo | Wrist |
| brachi,brachio | Arm |
| cost,costo | Rib |
| dorsa | Back |
| oste,osteo | Bones |
| pod,podo,ped,pedo | Foot |
| macro,megalo,megely | Large |
| Micro | Small |
| Hyper- | Above normal |
| hypo- | Below normal |
| tachy- | Fast |
| brady- | Slow |
| peri- | Around |
| Trans- | Across |
| Endo- | Within, inside |
| Inter- | Between |
| echo- | Using ultrasonic waves |
| electro- | Using electricity |
| -ectomy | Removal of |
| -gramy | A picture |
| -graphy | Process of making a picture |
| -otomy | Making a cut in |
| -scopy | Use of instrument for viewing |
| -stomy | Create an opening |
| Chloro | Green |
| Leuk | White |
| Eryth | Red |
| Cyan | Blue |
| dys- | Difficult, or not working correctly |
| mal- | Bad |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -osis | Condition, disease |
| -paty | Disease |
| -ology | study of a part of the body |
| -ologist | Person working with a specific part of the body or a specific disease |
| -iatry | Medical treatment |
| -iatrist | Person providing specific treatment |
| -ectomy | |
| Removal of | |
| Tension | Stretch |
| -eal | Pertainingâ to |
| CBC | Complete blood count |
| UTI | Urinary tract infection |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus, a virus that causes a variety of infections |
| BID bis in die | Twice a day |
| tri | Three |
| tetra | Four |
| Brady | |
| Brady- | Slow |
| cac-, mal- | Bad |
| dia- | Through, between, complete |
| dys- | Bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
| eu- | Good, normal |
| ex, exo | Out, away from |
| hetero- | Different |
| homeo- | Similar, same, likeness, constant |
| hydro- | Water |
| micro | Small |
| oligo- | Scanty, little |
| pan- | all |
| pseudo- | False |
| sym-, syn | Together, with |
| a-, an- | No, not, without, lack of, apart |
| ad- | Toward, near |
| bi-, di- | Two, double |
| dif-, dis- | |
| apart, free from, separate | |
| ec-,ecto- | Out, outside, outer |
| ep-, epi- | Upon, over, above |
| end-,endo- | Within, inner |
| extra- | Outside, beyond |
| hyper- | above, beyond, excessive |
| hypo- | Below, under, deficient |
| Mega- | Large, great |
| Meta- | Beyond, over, between, change |
| para- | Beside, alongside, abnormal |
| poly- | Many, much, excessive |
| Post- | After, behind |
| pre-, pro- | Before, infront of |
| Super- | Upper, above |
| supra- | above, beyond, superior |
| meso- | Middle |
| Retro- | Backwards |
| sub- | Below, under, beneath |
| Mono- | |
| One | |
| ambi- | Both |
| cata- | down |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| ab- | Away from |
| ad- | toward, near, to |
| ana- | up, apart, backward |
| ante- | before, forward |
| One | |
| mono- | |
| acr/o | extremity |
| aden/o | Gland |
| albin/o | White |
| angi/o | Vessel |
| caus/o | Burn, burning |
| cellul/o | Little cell |
| cutane/o | Skin |
| derm/o | Skin |
| dermat/o | Skin |
| erythr/o | Red |
| follicul/o | Little bag |
| hidr/o | Sweat |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| integument/o | a covering |
| kel/o | tumor |
| kerat/o | horn |
| leuk/o | White |
| melan/o | Black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pedicul/o | a louse |
| plak/o | Plate |
| prurit | itching |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hard, hardening |
| seb/o | oil |
| therm/o | hot, heat |
| trich/o | hair |
| vuls/o | to pull |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| Salp | tube |
| Ooph | Refers to the ovary |
| -ectomy | surgically remove |
| card | heart |
| myo | muscle |
| itis | Inflammation of something |
| steth/o | Chest |
| myx/o | mucus |
| thromb/o | Clot |
| coron/o | heart |
| ather/o | yellowish plaque |
| Aden/o | Gland |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| all/o | Other |
| angi/o | Vessel |
| anis/o | Unequal |
| bas/o | base |
| calc/o | lime, calcium |
| chromat/o | Color |
| coagul/o | Clots; to clot |
| cyt/o | Cell |
| eosin/o | Rose-colored |
| erythr/o | Red |
| fibrin/o | Fiber |
| fus/o | to pour |
| globul/o | Globe |
| glyc/o | Sweat, sugar |
| granul/o | Little grain, granular |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| hem/o | Blood |
| immun/o | immunity |
| leuk/o | White |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| Marc/o | Large |
| neutr/o | neither |
| plasm/o | Plasma |
| reticul/o | Net |
| Septic/o | putrefying |
| ser/o | Wrinkle |
| sider/o | Iron |
| splen/o | Spleen |
| thromb/o | Clot |
| thym/o | Thymus |
| tonsill/o | Tonsil |
| vascul/o | Small vessel |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells |
| -lysis or -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -apheresis | take away |
| -stasis | a state, or condition in which things do not change, move, or progress |
| -penia | deficiency |
| ana- | again or anew |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| inter- | Between |
| -stitital | Refers to small spaces between structures, or matter |
| lymphaden/o | Lymph nodes |
| -pathy | Disorder |
| Immun/o | |
| immun/o | protection |
| Lymphaden/o | Lymph nodes |
| Bas/o | Base |
| Myel/o | Bone marrow |
| Thym/o | Thymus gland |
| Tox/o | Poison |
| Morph/o | Shape |
| Spher/o | Globe |
| Is/o | Same |
| dys- | Difficult |
| endo- | Within |
| eu- | Good, normal |
| ex- | Out |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hyp-, hypo- | Below, deficient |
| in- | in |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| -osmia | Smell |
| -ema | Condition |
| -ema | Condition |
| -osmia | Smell |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -ptysis | to spit |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -ectomy | Surgical excision |
| -stomy | New (surgical opening) |
| -centesis | Surgical procedure |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | Bronchial tubes |
| pneumo/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o | Lungs |
| aspirat/o | to draw in |
| respirat/o | Breathing |
| theli/o | nipple |
| tubercul/o | a little swelling |
| ventilat/o | to air |
| orth/o | straight |
| mes/o | Middle |
| alveol/o | Small air sac |
| anthorac/o | coal |
| cheil/o | Lip |
| con/o | Dust |
| or/o | Mouth |
| olfact/o | Smell |
| laryng/o | larynx, voicebox |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| pneum/o | Air |
| py/o | pus |
| pneumon/o | Lung |
| rhonch/o | Snore |
| atel/o | Imperfect |
| halat/o | Breathe |
| nas/o | Nose |
| rhin/o | Nose |
| coni/o | Dust |
| Spir/o | Breathing |
| tel/o | Complete |
| albumin/o | Protein |
| bacteri/o | Bacteria |
| Calci/o | Calcium |
| Corpore/o | Body |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Cyst/o | Bladder |
| excret/o | sift out |
| glomerul/o | glomerul, little ball |
| glycos/o | glucose, sugar |
| hem/o | Blood |
| hamat/o | Blood |
| keton/o | Ketone |
| lith/o | Stone |
| meat/o | Passage |
| micturit/o | to urinate |
| nephr/o | Kidney |
| noct/o | Night |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | Kidney |
| Scler/o | Hardening |
| son/o | Sound |
| ur/o | Urine, urinate |
| Urethr/o | Ureter |
| Urethr/o | Urethra |
| urin/o | Urine |
| Cyst/o | Urinary bladder |
| -otomy | Cut into |
| aur/o, aur/i, ot/o | Ear |
| -otia | Ear condition |
| laryng/o | laryx, voicebox |
| steat/o | fat |
| -cusis, -acusis | Hearing |
| Tympan/o | Ear drum |
| Meta | Change |
| -stasis | Place |
| Tele- | Far |
| Meta- | Beyond |
| Ana- | Backward |
| Apo- | Off |
| Brachy- | Short |
| Epi- | Upon |
| Med- | Middle |
| -ia | Condition |
| Audi/o | Hear |
| -meter | Instrument to measure |
| Esthesi/o | Feeling |
| -opia | Vision |
| -genesis | |
| abort/o | to miscarry |
| cervic/o | Cervix, neck |
| coit/o | Coming together |
| Colp/o | Vagina |
| Cyst/o | Bladder |
| fibr/o | Fibrous tissue |
| Gynec/o | Female |
| hyster/o, metr/o | Womb, uterus |
| Mamm/o, mast/o | Breast |
| men/o | Month, menses, menostration |
| My/o | Muscle |
| O/o | Ovum, egg |
| Oophor/o | Ovary |
| Pareun/o | Lying beside, sexual intercourse |
| rect/o | Rectum |
| salping/o | Fallopian tube |
| Uter/o | Uterus |
| Vagin/o | Vagina |
| Venere/o | Sexual intercourse |
| vers/o | Turning |
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| cis/o | to cut |
| didym/o | testis |
| ejaculat/o | to throw out |
| gon/o | Genitals |
| gynec/o | Female |
| mast/o | Breast |
| mit/o | Thread |
| Orch/o, orchid/o, testicul/o | Testicles |
| prostat/o | Prostate |
| Scrot/o | Scrotum |
| Sperm/o, sperm/i, spermat/o | Seed, sperm |
| varic/o | Twisted vein |
| Vas/o | Vessel |
| Vesicul/o | Seminal vesicle |
| zo/o | animal |
| -genesis | Formation |
| -one | hormone |
| -stomy | a new opening |
| Oligos | few, little |
| -sperm/o | Sperm |
| -ia | Condition of |
| galact/o, lact/o | Milk |
| pen/o | Penis |
| Semin/i | Semen |
| test/o | Testis |
| -opaque | Obscure |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -gram | Record |
| -lucent | Shine |
| para- | Beside, next to, near, against, contrary to |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty swallowing |
| Test to reveal blood in feces | Stool Guaiac test |
| Vomiting blood | Hematemesis |
| Hemolysis | Destruction of red blood cells |
| amyl/o | Starch |
| -ase | enzymes |
| lip/o | fat |
| prote/o | protein |
| -al,-ale,-ac,-ic,-an,-ar,-ary,-eal,-iac,-ical,-ile,-ine,-ior,-ose,-ous,-tic,-tory | pertaining to |
| -stomy when combining form is an organ,means an opening to the outside of the body. A -stoma is an opening between an organ and the surface of the body. | |
| -scopy,log/o,-logy | Study of or exam |
| (Enterocolitis), when two combining forms for gastrointestinal organs are in a term, the one for the organ closer to the mouth appears first. | |
| ana- | up |
| -stom | Opening |
| -sis | State of |
| mes- | Middle |
| -oma | tumor |
| eti/o | Cause |
| idi/o | Unknown |
| pyel/o | Renal pelvis |
| Wills Tumor | Childhood Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| Aphasia | Difficulty with speech |
| Epidural hematoma | Collection of blood above the duration mater |
| Dura mater,arachnoid,pia mater | Meninges membranes that protects the brain |
| -pathy | Disease or suffering |
| Hemiparesis | Weakness in the right or left half of the body |
| Neuropathy | Disease of the nerve root |
| HPI | history presenting illness |
| metrorrhagia | abnormal bleeding from the uterus |
| Hysterosalpingography | X-ray of the uterus and fallopian tubes |
| Hystr/o | Uterus |
| Salping/o | Fallopian tubes |
| Graphy | exam |
| Colp/o | Vagina |
| -Scopy | Visual exam |
| Colpscopy | Visual exam of the vagina |
| Culdocentesis | Fluid aspiration of culture dental sacrifice space |
| Culd/o | Cul de sac |
| Centesis | Aspiration (drawing fluid) |
| Orchitis | Inflammation of testis |
| Orchi/o | Testis |
| -itis | inflammation |
| Prostatitis | Inflammation of the prostate |
| prostat/o | Prostate gland |
| Prostatectomy | Removal of the prostate |
| -ectomy | Removal |
| -poeisis | to create |
| -penia | Lack of |
| -emia | |
| Substance is present in the blood | |
| Anthropometric measurements | Weight and height |
| andenoid/o | Adenoids |
| alveol/o | alveolar, air sac |
| Bronch/o | Bronchial tube |
| Bronchi/o | Bronchus |
| Bronchiol/o |
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