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Term | Definition |
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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 |