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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | Pain, Painful Condition |
| Dys- | Bad, difficult, or painful |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal, cutting out |
| Hyper- | Excessive, increased |
| Hypo- | Deficient, decreased |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -osis | Abnormal condition, disease |
| -ostomy | The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
| -otomy | Cutting, surgical incision |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -rrhage | Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | Surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -sclerosis | Abnormal hardening |
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Adip/o | Fat |
| Anter/o | Before, front |
| Caud/o | Lower part of body, tail |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Cyt/o, -cyte | Cell |
| End-, endo- | In, within, inside |
| Exo- | Out of, outside, away from |
| Hist/o, Histi/o | Tissue |
| -ologist | Specialist |
| -ology | The science or study of |
| Path/o, -pathy | Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| Plas/i, plas/o,-plasia | Development, growth, formation |
| Poster/o | Behind, toward the back |
| -stasis, -static | Control, maintenance of a constant level |
| Ankyl/o | Crooked, bent, stiff |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Chondr/i, chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Cost/o | Rib |
| Crani/o | Skull |
| -desis | To bind, tie together |
| Kyph/o | Bent, hump |
| Lord/o | Curve, swayback, bent |
| -lysis | Loosening or setting free |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
| Oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | Bone |
| Scoli/o | Curved, bent |
| Spondyl/o | Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone |
| Synovi/o, synov/o | Synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| -um | Singular noun ending |
| Bi- | Twice, double, two |
| -cele | Hernia, tumor, swelling |
| Dys- | Bad, difficult, or painful |
| Fasci/o | Fascia, fibrous band |
| Fibr/o | Fibrous tissue, fiber |
| -ia | Abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| Kines/o, kinesi/o | Movement |
| My/o | Muscle |
| -plegia | Paralysis, stroke |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| Tax/o | Coordination, order |
| Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| Ton/o | Tone, stretching, tension |
| Tri- | Three |
| Angi/o | Blood or lymph vessel |
| Aort/o | Aorta |
| Arteri/o | Artery |
| Ather/o | Plaque, fatty substance |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| -crasia | A mixture or blending |
| -emia | Blood, blood condition |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Hem/o, hemat/o | Blood, relating to the blood |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Phleb/o | Vein |
| Tachy- | Fast, rapid |
| Thromb/o | Clot |
| Ven/o | Vein |
| Anti- | Against |
| Carcin/o | Cancerous |
| Immun/o | Immune, protection, safe |
| Lymph/o | Lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| Lymphaden/o | Lymph node or gland |
| Lymphamgi/o | Lymph vessel |
| Neo-, ne/o | New, strange |
| -oma | Tumor, neoplasm |
| Onc/o | Tumor |
| Phag/o | |
| Eat, swallow | |
| -plasm | Formative material of calls |
| Sarc/o | Flesh, connective tissue |
| Splen/o | Spleen |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| Tox/o | Poison, poisonous |
| Bronch/o, bronchi/o | Bronchial tube, bronchus |
| Laryng/o | Larynx, throat |
| Nas/o | Nose |
| Ox/i, ox/o, ox/y | Oxygen |
| Pharyng/o | Throat, pharynx |
| Phon/o | Sound, voice |
| Pleur/o | Pleura, side of body |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| Pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu- | Lung, air |
| Pulm/o, pulmon/o | Lung |
| Sinus/o | Sinus |
| Somn/o | Sleep |
| Spir/o | To breathe |
| Thorac/o, -thorax | Chest, pleural cavity |
| Trache/o, trachea | Windpipe |
| An/o | Anus, ring |
| Chol/e | Bile, gall |
| Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
| Col/o, colon/o | Colon, large intestine |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| Enter/o | Small instestine |
| Esophag/o | Esophagus |
| Gastr/o | Stomach, belly |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| -lithiasis | Presence of stones |
| -pepsia | Digest, digestion |
| -phagia | Eating, swallowing |
| Proct/o | Anus and rectum |
| Rect/o | Rectum, straight |
| Sigmoid/o | Sigmoid colon |
| -cele | Hernia, tumor, swelling |
| Cyst/o | Urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| Dia- | Through, between, apart, complete |
| -ectasis | Stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| Glomerul/o | Glomerulus |
| Lith/o | Stone, calculus |
| -lysis | Breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| pyel/o | Rental pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| -tripsy | To crush |
| Ur/o | Urine, urinary tract |
| Ureter/o | Ureter |
| Urethr/o | Urethra |
| -uria | Urination, urine |
| Caus/o | Burning, burn |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum, brain |
| Concuss/o | Shaken together, violently agitated |
| Contus/o | Bruise |
| Encephal/o | Brain |
| -esthesia | Sensation, feeling |
| Esthet/o | Feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception |
| -graphy | The process of producing a picture or record |
| Mening/o | Membranes, meninges |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
| Neur/i, neur/o | Nerve, nerve tissue |
| Phobia | Abnormal fear |
| Psych/o | Mind |
| Radicul/o | Root or nerve root |
| Tropic | Having an affinity for |
| Blephar/o | Eyelid |
| -cusis | Hearing |
| Irid/o | Iris, colored part of eye |
| Kerat/o | Horny, hard, cornea |
| Myring/o | Tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye, vision |
| -opia | Vision condition |
| opt/o | Eye vision |
| ot/o | Ear, hearing |
| phak/o | Lens of eye |
| Presby/9 | Old age |
| Retin/o | Retina, net |
| Scler/o | Sclera, white of eye, hard |
| Trop/o | Turn, change |
| Tympan/o | Tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Derm/o, dermat/o | Skin |
| Hidr/o | Sweat |
| Hirsut/o | Hairy, rough |
| Kerat/o | Horny, hard |
| Lip/o | Fat, lipid |
| Melan/o | Black, dark |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Onych/o | Fingernail or toenail |
| Pil/i, pil/o | Hair |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Rhytid/o | Wrinkle |
| Seb/o | Sebum |
| Urtic/o | Rash, hives |
| Xer/o | Dry |
| Acr/o | Extremities (hand and feet), top, extreme point |
| Adren/o | Adrenal glands |
| Crin/o | Secrete |
| -dipsia | Thirst |
| Glyc/o | Glucose, sugar |
| Gonad/o | Gonad, sex glands |
| -ism | Condition, state of |
| Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
| Parathyroid/o | Parathyroid glands |
| Pineal/o | Pineal gland |
| Pituitar/o | Pituitary gland |
| Poly- | Many |
| Somat/o | Body |
| Thym/o | Thymus gland |
| Thyr/o, thyroid/o | Thyroid gland |
| Cervic/o | Cervix (neck of uterus) |
| Colp/o | Vagina |
| -gravida | Pregnant |
| Gynec/o | Women, female |
| Hyster/o | Uterus |
| Mast/o | Breast |
| Men/o | Menstruation, menses |
| Orchid/o | Testicles |
| Ov/o | Egg, ovum |
| Ovari/o | Ovary |
| -para | To give birth |
| Salping/o | Uterine (fallopian) tube |
| Test/i | Testicle, testis |
| Vagin/o | Vagina |
| Acute | Has a rapid onset, a sever course, and a relative short duration |
| Sign | Objective evidence of disease such as fever |
| Triage | The medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the time proper place of treatment |
| Congenital | An abnormal condition that exists @ the time of birth |
| Proximal | Located nearest to the center of the body: point of attachment structure |
| Circumduction | The circular movement at the far end of a limb |
| Osteoporosis | A marked loss of bone density and an increase in the bone porosity that is frequently associated w/ aging |
| Hemiplegia | Total paralysis affecting only one side of the body |
| Electrocardiogram | A record of the electrical activity of the myocardium |
| Septicemia | Often associated w/ severe infections caused by the presence of bacteria in the blood |
| Antibiotics | Medications capable of inhibiting growth, or killing pathogenic bacterial microorganisms |
| Antifungal | An agent that destroys or inhibits the growth of fungi |
| Celiac disease | An inherited autoimmune disorder characterized by a severe reaction to food containing gluten |
| Endotracheal intubation | The passage of a tube through the mouth into the trachea to establish or maintain an open airway |
| Juandice | A yellow discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes, and the eyes |
| Incontinence | The inability to control the excretion of urine or feces |
| Ablation | The term used to describe some types of treatment for prostate cancer |
| Dura mater | The tick, tough, outermost membrane of the meninges |
| BellâÂs palsy | The temporary paralysis of the seventh cranial never that cause paralysis only of the affected side of the face |
| Chalazion | A module or cyst, usually on the upper eyelid cause by obstruction in a sebaceous gland |
| Mydriasis | The dilation of the pupil |
| Granuloma | A general term used to describe small, knot like swelling of the granulation tissue in the epidermis |
| Debridement | The removal of dirt, foreign objects, damaged tissue, and cellular debris from a wound to prevent infection and promote healing |
| Glucagon | A hormone that increases the amount of glucose by stimulating the liver to convert glycogen into glucose for release into blood stream |
| Oxytocin | Stimulates uterine contractions during child birth and the flow of milk from mammary glands |
| Chronic villus sampling | A diagnostic test to search for genetic abnormalities in the developing fetus |
| Cervical dysplasia | The presence of pre cancerous changes in the cells that make up the inner lining of the cervix |
| Spiral | A bone fracture, where the has been twisted apart |
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