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Phar. Terminology
Pharmacy tech. terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi | vessel |
| aort | aorta |
| card | heart |
| oxy | oxygen |
| pector | chest |
| phleb | vein |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| thromb | clot |
| vas(cu) | blood vessel |
| ven | vein |
| adrena | adrenal |
| glyc | sugar |
| lipid | fat |
| nephar | kidney |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| somat | body |
| thym | thymus |
| itis | inflammation |
| scerosis | hardening |
| endo | within |
| hyper | high |
| hypo | low |
| emia | blood |
| chol | bile |
| col | colon |
| duoden | duodenum |
| enter | intestine |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gastr | stomach |
| hepat | liver |
| lapar | abdomen |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| phagia | swallow |
| emesis | vomit |
| oma | tumor |
| dia | across, through |
| appendic | appendix |
| orexia | appetite |
| rrhea | discharge |
| adip | fat |
| cutane | skin |
| derma | skin |
| hist | tissue |
| kerat | hard |
| mast | breast |
| necr | death (of cells, body) |
| onych | nail |
| ectomy | removal |
| osis | increase |
| sub | under |
| trans | through |
| epi | upon |
| pach | thick |
| erythro | red |
| mycosis | fungal infection |
| aden | gland |
| cyt | cell |
| hemo,hemat | blood |
| lymph | lymph |
| splen | spleen |
| thromb | clot |
| thym | thymus |
| pathy | disease |
| philia | attraction |
| penia | decrease |
| chondr | cartilage |
| my | muscle |
| fibr | fiber |
| tendin | tendon |
| malacia | softening |
| plasty | repair |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| dementio | to be mad |
| encephal | brain |
| esthesi | sensation |
| mening | meninges |
| myel | spinal cord |
| neur | nerve |
| dys | difficult |
| arthr | joint |
| carp | wrist |
| crani | skull |
| dactyl | finger or toe |
| femor | thigh bone |
| fibul | small, outer lower leg bone |
| humer | upper arm bone |
| oste | bone |
| patell | knee cap |
| ped, pod | foot |
| pelv | pelvis |
| phalang | bones of fingers and toes |
| rachi | vertebrae |
| spondyl | vertebrae |
| stern | sternum, breastbone |
| tibi | large lower leg bone |
| peri | around |
| gynec | women |
| hyster | uterus |
| lact | milk |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| metr | uterus |
| ovari | ovary |
| salping | fallopian tube |
| toc | birth |
| uter | uterine |
| gram | record |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| vagin | vagina |
| andr | male |
| balan | glans penis |
| orchid, test | testis, testicle |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| sperm | sperm |
| vas | vessel, duct |
| vesicul | seminal vescles |
| lith | stone |
| phobia | fear |
| crypt | hidden |
| aer | air |
| aero | gas |
| bronch | bronchus |
| capn | carbon dioxide |
| laryng | larynx |
| nas | nose |
| ox | oxygen |
| penum | lung, air |
| pulmon | lung |
| sinus | sinus |
| ia, nia, osis | condition of |
| al,ary, tic | pertaining to |
| albumin | protein |
| cyst | bladder |
| ren | kidney |
| ureter | ureter |
| uria | urine |
| vesic | bladder |
| an | without |
| acous, audi | hearing |
| acusis | hearing condition |
| cerumin | wax-like, waxy |
| myring | eardrum |
| ot | ear |
| salping | eustachian tube |
| tympan | eardrum |
| algia | pain, ache |
| blephar | eyelid |
| corne | cornea |
| dacry, lacrim | tear, tear duct |
| irid, ir | iris |
| ocul, ophthalm | eye |
| retin | retina |
| opia | vision |