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Medical terminology
ME1160 study
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | no, not, without, lack of, apart |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, near |
| ambi- | both, both sides, around, about |
| an- | no, not, without, lack of |
| ana- | up, apart, backward, again, anew |
| ant- | against |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| apo- | seperation |
| astro- | star-shaped |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two, double |
| bin- | twice, two |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| cac- | bad |
| centi- | one hundred, one hundredth |
| chromo- | color |
| circum- | around |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| de- | down, away from |
| deca- | ten |
| di- | two, double |
| dia-, di(a)- | through, between, complete |
| dif- | apart, free from, separate |
| di(s)- | two, apart |
| dis- | apart |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
| ec- | out, outside, outer |
| ecto- | out, outside, outer |
| em- | in |
| en- | in, within |
| end- | within, inner |
| endo- | within, inner |
| ep- | upon, over, above |
| epi- | upon, over, above |
| eso- | inward |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex- | out, away from |
| exo- | out, away from |
| extra- | outside, beyond |
| hemi- | half |
| heter- | different |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | similar, same, likeness, constant |
| homo- | similar, same |
| hydr- | water |
| hyp- | below, deficient |
| hyper- | above, beyond, excessive |
| hypo- | below, under, deficient |
| in- | in, into, not |
| infer- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ir- | in |
| mal- | bad |
| mega- | large, great |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, over, between, change |
| micro- | small |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| mon(o)- | one |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many, much |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| olig- | little, scanty |
| oligo- | little, scanty |
| pan- | all |
| par- | around, beside |
| para- | beside, alongside, abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many, much, excessive |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | bfore, in front of |
| proto- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| pyro- | fire |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | backward |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | below, under, beneath |
| super- | upper, above |
| supra- | above, beyond, superior |
| sym- | together, with |
| syn- | together, with |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond |
| un- | back, reversal, not, annulment |
| uni- | one |
| abdomin | abdomen |
| abort, abort/o | to miscarry |
| absorpt, absorpt/o | to suck in |
| acanth | thorn |
| acetabul, acetabul/o | acetabulum, hip socket |
| acid, acid/o | acid |
| acoust | hearing |
| acr, acr/o | extremity, point |
| act, act/o | acting, act |
| actin | ray |
| acute | sharp |
| aden, aden/o | gland |
| adhes | stuck to |
| adip, adip/o | fat |
| adren, adren/o | adrenal gland |
| agglutinat | clumping |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| agon, agon/o | agony |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| albin, albin/o | white |
| albumin, albumin/o | protein |
| aliment, aliment/o | nourishment |
| all, all/o | other |
| alveol, alveol/o | small, hollow air sac |
| ambly, ambly/o | dull |
| ambul | to walk |
| amni/o | amniotic fluid |
| ampere | ampere |
| amputat, amputat/o | to cut through |
| amyl, amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| anabol, anabol/o | building up |
| anastom | opening |
| andr, andr/o | man |
| angi, angi/o | vessel |
| angin, angin/o | to choke |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ankyl, ankyl/o | stiffening, crooked |
| anter, anter/o | toward the front |
| anthrac, anthrac/o | coal |
| aort, aort/o | aorta |
| append, append/o | appendix |
| appendic, appendic/o | appendix |
| arachn | spider |
| arche | beginning |
| arous | alertness, to rise |
| arteri, arteri/o | artery |
| arthr, arthr/o | joint, to articulate |
| aspirat, aspirat/o | to draw in |
| atel, atel/o | imperfect |
| ather, ather/o | fatty substance, porridge |
| atri, atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | to hear |
| auditor | hearing |
| aur, aur/i | ear |
| auscultat, auscultat/o | listen to |
| aut | self |
| axill | armpit |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan, balan/o | glans penis |
| bartholin | Bartholin glands |
| bas/o | base |
| bi/o | life |
| bil, bil/i | bile |
| blast/o | germ cell |
| belphar, belphar/o | eyelid |
| brach/i, brachi/o | arm |
| bronch, bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol, bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bucc, bucc/o | cheek |
| burs, burs/o | pouch |
| calc, calc/i, calc/o | lime, calcium |
| calcan/e | heel bone |
| cancer, cancer/o | crab, cancer |
| capn | smoke |
| capsul, capsul/o | little box |
| carcin, carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi, cardi/o | heart |
| carp, carp/o | wrist, carpus |
| cartil | gristle |
| cartilagin/o | cartilage |
| castr | to prune |
| catabol, catabol/o | casting down |
| caud, caud/o | tail |
| caus, caus/o | burn, burning |
| cavit | cavity |
| celi, celi/o | abdomen, belly |
| cellul, cellul/o | little cell |
| centr, centr/i, centr/o | center |
| centrat | center |
| cephal, cephal/o | head |
| cept | receive |
| cerebell, cerebell/o | little brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic, cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| cheil, cheil/o | lip |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol, chole, chol/e | gall, bile |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr, chondr/o | cartilage |
| chord | cord |
| chori/o | chorion |
| choroid, choroid/o | choroid |
| chromat, chromat/o | color |
| chrom/o | color |
| chym | juice |
| cine | motion |
| cinemat/o | motion |
| circulat, circulat/o | circular |
| cirrh, cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| cis, cis/o | to cut |
| claudicate, claudicate/o | to limp |
| clavicul, clavicul/o | clavicle, collar bone |
| cleid/o | clavicle |
| clon/o | turmoil |
| coagul, coagul/o | to clot |
| coagulat | to clot |
| coccyg/e, coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| cochle/o | land snail |
| coit, coit/o | coming together |
| col, col/o | colon |
| coll/a | glue |
| collis | neck |
| colon, colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| comat | a deep sleep |
| compensat | to make good |
| compuls/o | compel, drive |
| coni/o | dust |
| concuss | shaken violently |
| condyle | knuckle |
| conjunctiv, conjuctiv/o | conjunctiva, to join together |
| connect | to bind together |
| consci | aware |
| constipat | to press together |
| continence | to hold |
| cor, cor/o | pupil |
| cord/o | cord |
| coriat | corium |
| corne, corne/o | cornea |
| corpor, corpore/o, corpor/o | body |
| cortic, cortic/o | cortex |
| cortis | cortex |
| cost, cost/o | rib |
| coxa | hip |
| crani, cran/i, crani/o | skull |
| creat | flesh |
| creatin | flesh, creatine |
| crine, crin/o | to secrete |
| crur | leg |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt, crypt/o | hidden |
| cubit | to lie |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| curie | curie |
| cutane, cutane/o | skin |
| cyan, cyan/o | dark blue |
| cycl, cycl/o | ciliary body of eye, circle, cycle |
| cyst, cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| cyt, cyt/o | cell |
| dacry, dacry/o | tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct |
| cyth | cell |
| dactyl, dactyl/o | |
| defecat | to remove dregs |
| delus, delus/o | to cheat |
| dem | people |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dent, dent/i, dent/o | tooth |
| derm, derm/a, derm/o | skin |
| dermat, dermat/o | skin |
| dextr/o | to the right |
| didym, didym/o | testis |
| digit, digit/o | finger or toe |
| dilat, dilat/o | to widen |
| dipl/o | double |
| disk, disk/o | disk |
| dist, dist/o | away from the point of origin |
| diverticul, diverticul/o | diverticula |
| dors, dors/i, dors/o | backward |
| duct, duct/o | to lead |
| duoden, duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur, dur/o | dura, hard |
| dwarf | small |
| dynam, dynam/o | power |
| ech/o | echo, reflected sound |
| ectop | displaced |
| eg/o | I, self |
| ejaculat, ejaculat/o | to throw out |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol, embol/o | to cast, to throw |
| eme | to vomit |
| emulsificat | disintegrate |
| encephala, encephala/o | brain |
| enchyma | to pour |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
| enucleat | to remove the kernel of |
| eosin/o | rose colored |
| episi/o | vulva, pudenda |
| erget | work |
| erg/o | work |
| eructat | breaking out |
| erysi | red |
| erythr | red |
| esophag, esophagi/o | esophagus |
| ethesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| esthet | feeling, sensation |
| estr/o | female |
| eti/o | cause |
| excret/o, excretor | sifted out |
| fasc | band (fascia) |
| fasci/o | band (fascia) |
| febr | fever |
| femor, femor/o | femur, thigh bone |
| fenestrat | window |
| fibr, fibr/o | fibrous tissue, fiber |
| fibrillat | fibrils (small fibers) |
| fibrin/o | fiber |
| fibul,fibul/o | fibula |
| filtrate, filtrate/o | to strain through |
| fixat, fixat/o | fastened |
| flex | to bend |
| fluor/o | fluorescence, luminous |
| foc, foc/o | focus |
| follicul, follicul/o | little bag |
| format | shaping |
| fungat | mushroom, fungus |
| furc | fork |
| fus, fus/o | to pour |
| ganglion | knot |
| gastr, gastr/o | stomach |
| gen, gene, genet | formation, produce |
| gen/o | kind |
| genital | belonging to birth |
| ger, ger/o | old age |
| gester | to bear |
| gigant, gigant/o | giant |
| gingiv, gingiv/o | gums |
| glandul | little acorn |
| gli, gli/o | glue |
| glob, globul/o | globule, globe |
| globin | globule |
| glomerul, glomerul/o | glomerulus, little ball |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sweet, sugar |
| glyc, glyc/o, glycos, glycos/o | glucose, sugar, sweet |
| gnost | knowledge |
| gonad, gonad/o | seed |
| gon/o | genitals |
| goni/o | angle |
| grand/i | great |
| granul/o | little grain, granular |
| gravida, gravidar | pregnancy |
| gryp | curve |
| gurgitat | to flood |
| gynec/o | female |
| halat, halat/o | breathe |
| halit/o | breath |
| hallucinat | to wander in mind |
| hallux | great (big) toe |
| hem, hem/o | blood |
| hemat, hemat/o, hemorrh, hemorrh/o | vein liable to bleed |
| hepat, hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr, hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsute, hirsute/o | hairy |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hol/o | whole |
| horizont | horizon |
| humer, humer/o | humerus |
| hydr, hydr/o | water |
| hymen | hymen |
| hypn, hypn/o | sleep |
| hyster, hyster/o | womb, uterus |
| iatr | treatment |
| icter, icter/o | jaundice |
| ile, ile/o | ileum |
| ili, ili/o | ilium |
| illus | foot |
| immune/o | safe, immunity |
| infarct, infarct/o | infarct ( necrosis of an area) |
| infect | to infect |
| infer, infer/o | below |
| inguin, inguin/o | groin |
| insul, insulin/o | insulin |
| integument, integument/o | covering |
| intern | within |
| irid, irid/o | iris |
| isch, isch/o | to hold back |
| is/o | equal |
| ischi | ischium |
| jaund | yellow |
| kal, kal/i | potassium |
| kary/o | cells nucleus |
| kel, kel/o | tumor |
| kerat, kerat/o | horn, cornea |
| keton, keton/o | ketone |
| kil/o | one thousand |
| kinet | motion |
| kyph, kyph/o | hump |
| labi, labi/o | lip |
| labyrinth, labyrinth/o | maze |
| lacrim, lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct |
| lamin, lamin/o | lamina, thin plate |
| lamp(s) | to shine |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng, laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
| later, later/o | side |
| laxat | to loosen |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lent, lent/o | lens |
| lept | seizure |
| letharg | drowsiness |
| leuk, leuk/o | white |
| levat | lifter |
| lingu, lingu/o | tongue |
| lip, lip/o | fat |
| lipid, lipid/o | fat |
| lith, lith/o | stone |
| lob, lob/o | lobe |
| lobul | small lobe |
| locat | to place |
| log | study |
| log/o | word |
| lopec | fox mange |
| lord, lord/o | bending, curve, swayback |
| lumb, lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| lump | lump |
| lun, lun/o | moon |
| lymph, lymph/o | lymph, clear fluid |
| macr/o | large |
| malign, malign/o | bad kind |
| mamm/o | breast |
| man/o | thin |
| mandibul, mandibul/o | lower jawbone |
| mast, mast/o | mastoid process, breast shaped, breast |
| masticat | to chew |
| mat | to ripen |
| maxill, maxill/o | upper jawbone |
| maxilla | jaw |
| maxim | greatest |
| meat, meat/o | passage |
| med | middle |
| medi, medi/o | toward the middle |
| medull, medull/o | marrow |
| melan, melan/o | black |
| men, men/o | month, menses, menstruation |
| mening, meningi/o, mening/o | membrane, meninges |
| menisc, menisc/i, menisc/o | meniscus, crescent-shaped |
| menstru | to discharge the menses |
| ment, ment/o | mind |
| mes, mes/o | middle |
| mester | month |
| metr, metr/o | to measure, womb, uterus |
| mi/o | less, smaller |
| micturit, micturit/o | to urinate |
| miliar | millet(tiny) |
| minim | least |
| mit, mit/o | thread |
| mitr, mitr/o | mitral valve |
| mnes | memory |
| mucos, mucos/o, mucus | mucus |
| muscul, muscul/o | muscle |
| muta, mutat, mutat/o | to change |
| my, my/o | muscle |
| my/o, my/o(s) | muscle |
| myc, myc/o | fungus |
| mydriat | dialation, widen |
| myel, myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myring, myring/o | eardrum, tympanic, membrane |
| myx, myx/o | mucus |
| narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat, nat/o | birth |
| necr, necr/o | death |
| nephr, nephr/o | kidney |
| neur, neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neither |
| nid | nest |
| noct, noct/o | night |
| nom | law |
| norm | rule |
| nucl | nucleus |
| nucle | kernel, nucleus |
| nyctal | night |
| o/o | night |
| obsess, obsess/o | besieged by thoughts |
| occlus, occlus/o | to close up |
| ocul, ocul/o | eye |
| odont, odont/o | tooth |
| olecran, olecran/o | elbow |
| olfact/o | smell |
| omnion | shoulder |
| omphal/o | naval, umbilicus |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych, onych/o | nail |
| oophor, oophor/o | ovary |
| opthalm, opthalm/o | eye |
| opt, opt/o | eye |
| or, or/o | mouth |
| orch, orch/o | testicle |
| orchid,orchid/o | testicle |
| organ, organ/o | organ |
| orth, orth/o | straight |
| oscill, oscill/o | to swing |
| oste, oste/o | bone |
| ot, ot/o | ear |
| ovar | ovary |
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