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Basic Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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-ac | pertaining to |
-ad | toward, increase |
-al | pertaining to |
-algesia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to; relating to |
-blast | embryonic stage of development |
-cele | swelling or herniation |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-cide | to kill; to destroy |
-clasis | crushing or breaking up |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding or surgical fixation |
-dynia | pain |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectasia | stretching or dialation |
-ectasis | stretching or dialation |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-emia | blood condition |
er | one who |
-esis | condition of |
-gen | that which generates |
-genic | pertaining to formation; producing |
gram | record or picture |
graphy | an instrument used to record |
gravida | pregnancy |
ian | specialist in a field of study |
iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
iatric | relating to medicine, physicians or medical treatment |
iatrician | one who treats; a physician |
iatrist | one who treats; a physician |
iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
ic | pertaining to |
ical | pertaining to |
ician | specialist in a field of study |
ile | pertaining to; capable |
ion | action; process |
ism | condition |
ist | practitioner |
itis | inflammation |
ize | to make; to treat or combine with |
lepsy | seizure, attack |
lith | stone |
lithiasis | presence or formation of stones |
logy | the study of |
lytic | destruction |
mania | a mental disorder; madness |
megaly | enlargement |
meter | an instrument used to measure |
metry | the process of measuring |
oid | resembling |
ole | small or little |
oma | tumor |
opia | visual condition |
opsia | visual condition |
opsy | process of viewing |
ory | pertaining to; characterized by |
osis | condition |
ous | pertaining to |
pathy | disease |
penia | decrease in; deficiency |
pexy | surgical fixation |
philia | attraction to |
phobia | abnormal fear |
plasia | formation or development |
plasty | surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
rrhaphy | suturing |
rrhea | discharge; flow |
rrhexis | rupture |
scope | an instrument used to view |
scopy | the process of viewing with a scope |
stasis | stopping or controlling |
stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
tic | pertaining to |
tion | process of |
tomy | incision into |
tripsy | intentional crushing |
ula | small, little |
ule | small one |
uria | a characteristic of urine |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
ana | not, without |
anter/o | front |
cervic/o | neck; cervix |
coccg/o | coccyx |
crani/o | skull; cranium |
cyt/o | cell |
dors/o | back |
dys/o | bad, difficult, painful, disordered |
epi | upon, over |
hist | tissue |
hypo | under, below, beneath, less than normal |
iac | pertaining to |
ili/o | ilium |
inguin/o | groin |
inter | between |
ion | action, process |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
plasm | living substance |
poster/o | back |
proxim/o | near |
sacr/o | sacrum |
some | a body - of a specified type |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | chest |
umbilic/o | navel |
ventr/o | belly, front side |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
viscer/o | internal organs |
adip/o | fat |
albin | white |
caut/o | burn |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
edema | swelling |
erythr/o | red |
fasci/o | band of fibrous tissue |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o histi/o | tissue |
ichthy/o | fish |
kerat/o | hard; also refers to cornea of the eye |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
onych/o | nails |
pil/o | hair |
scler/o | hard; also refers to sclera of the eye |
spuam/o | scales |
trich/o | hair |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dryness |
blast, blast/o | embryonic stage of develpment |
calc/o, calc/i | calcium |
calcane/o | heel bone |
carp/o | wrist |
chondr/i, chondr/o | cartilage |
clast, clastic | to break |
clavicul/o | collarbone |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | skull, cranium |
-desis | to bide, tie together |
femor/o | femur |
fibul/o | fibula |
humer/o | humerus |
ischi/o | ischium |
kyph/o | humpback; pertaining to a hump |
lamin/o | lamina |
lord/o | swayback; bent |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
malac/o | softening |
malacia | softening |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
maxill/o | upper jaw |
metacarp/o | hand bones |
metatars/o | foot bones |
myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
olecran/o | elbow |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o, patell/a | kneecap |
pelv/i | pelvis |
phalang/o | fingers, toes |
physis | growth, growing |
por/o | cavity, opening, passage or pore |
porosis | porous; lessening in density |
pub/o | pubis |
rach/i | spinal column |
radi/o | radiation; also refers to the radius |
scapul/o | sholder blade |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
sten/o | short, contracted or narrow |
stern/o | sternum |
synovi/o, synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
tars/o | ankle bones |
tempor/o | temples of the head |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
bi | twice, double, two |
bucco/o | cheek |
-cele | swelling or herniation |
dors/o | back |
dys | bad, difficult, painful, disordered |
electr/o | electrical, electricity |
fasci/o | band of fibrous tissue |
graphy | process of recording |
kinesi/o, kines/o | movement |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
pector/o | pertaining to the chest |
plegia | paralysis |
rhabdomy/o | striated muscle; skeletal muscle |
tax/o | coordination, order |
tri | three |
troph/o | development |
ankyl/o | stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joing |
burs/o | bursa |
centesis | surgical puncture |
ligament | ligament |
oste/o | bone |
plasty | surgical repair |
ten/o, tendin/o, tend/o | tendon |
algesia | sensitivity to pain |
asthenia | strength |
brady | slow |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
berebr/o | cerebrum |
crani/o | skull. cranium |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesia | sensation or feeling |
esthesi/o | feeling sensation |
esthet/o | feeling, nervous sensation or sense of perception |
gli/o | neuroglia or gluey substance |
hypo | under, below, beneath, less than normal |
kinesia | movement |
lepsy | seizure, attack |
lexia | reading |
mening/o | meninges |
myel | spinal cord or bone marrow |
narc/o | nerve |
neur/o | nerve |
paresis | partial paralysis |
phasia | speech |
plegia | paralysis |
praxia | perform |
agglutin/o | to clump |
aniso | unequal |
bas/o | base |
carcin/o | cancer |
chrom | color |
coagul/o | clotting |
cyt/o | cell |
emia | blood condition |
eosin/o | red, rosy |
erythr/o | red |
globin | containing protein |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
is/o | equal |
kary/o | nucleus |
leuk/o | white |
lytic | destruction |
mono | one |
morph/o | form, shape |
nucle/o | nucleus |
oma | tumor |
isis | condition |
penia | decrease in; deficiency |
phage | to eat |
phag/o | to eat |
philia | attraction to |
phoresis | transmission |
poiesis | formation |
poikil/o | varied; irregular |
sider/o | iron |
spher/o | round; sphere |
staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
stasis | stopping or controlling |
strept/o | twisted chains |
tel/e | distance |
therapy | treatment |
thromb/o | clot |
tox/o | poison |
angi/o | vessel |
arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
ather/o | fatty |
cardi/o | heart |
coron/o | heart |
echo | sound |
electr/o | electrical, electricity |
endo | within |
ventricul/o | ventricle of the heart or brain |
alveol/o | alveolus |
atel | imperfect or incomplete |
bronch/o | bronchus |
ectasis | stretching or dilation |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
laryng/o | larynx |
nas/o | nose |
orth/o | straight |
phon | sound |
phren | mind; also refers to the diaphragm |
pheur/o | pleura |
pne/o | breathing |
pneum/o | breathing |
pulmon/o | lungs |
rhin/o | nose |
sinus | sinus |
thor/a | chest |
trache/o | trachea |
amyl/o | starch |
append/o | appendix |
ase | enzyme |
bil/i | bile |
cec/o | cecum |
celi/o | pertaining to the abdomen |
cheil/o | lips |
chol/e | bile |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
cirrh/o | yellow, tawny |
col/o | colon |
dent/o | tooth |
duoden/o | duodenum (first part of the small intestine) |
ectomy | surgical removal |
emesis | vomit |
enter | intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tounge |
gluc/o | sugar, sweet |
glyc/o | sugar, sweet |
hepat/o | liver |
iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
ile/o | ileum |
jejun/o | jejunum |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
lysis | destruction or detachment |
odont/o | teeth |
or/o | mouth |
palat/o | palate |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pepsia | state of digestion |
phagia | to eat |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
proct/o | anus or rectum |
rect/o | rectum |
sial/o | salivary gland; saliva |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
spasm | twitching; involuntary contraction |
splen/o | spleen |
steat/o | fat |
stomat/o | mouth |
tresia | perforation |
tripsy | intentional crushing |
xer | dry |
acr/o | extremities |
aden/o | gland |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
andr/o | man, male |
calc/o | calcium |
cortic/o | cortex |
crin/o | secrete |
crine | secrete |
dips/o | thirst |
-dipsia | thirst |
gonad | sex glands |
gluc/o | sugar, sweet |
gynec/o | woman |
kal/i | potassium |
lact/o | milk |
mastitis | breast |
myx/o | relating to mucus |
natr/i | sodium |
oxy | sharp, quick |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
somat/o | body |
thym/o | thymus gland |
thyr/o | thyroid gland |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
toxic/o | poisons |
ambi | both, both sides |
ambly/o | dull |
aque/o | watery |
blephar/o | eyelid |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
cor/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
dacry/o | tears |
dacryocyst/o | tear sac |
dipl/o | double |
epi | upon, over |
eso | within |
extra | outside, beyond |
glauc/o | gray, silver |
hemi | half |
ir/o | iris |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | hard; also refers to cornea of the eye |
lacrim/o | tears |
mi/o | smaller |
nas/o | nose |
nyct/o, nyctal/o | night |
ocul/o | eye |
ophthalm/o | eye |
-opia | visual condition |
opt/o | eye, vision |
optic/o | eye. vision |
palpebr/o | eyelid |
phot/o | light |
-ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
pupill/o | pupil |
retin/o | retina |
scler/o | hard; also refers to sclera of the eye |
scot/o | darkness |
ton | tension |
-tropia | to turn |
vitre/o | glassy |
xer/o | dry |
albumin/o | albumin, protein |
azot/o | nitrogen |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
cali/o, calic/o | calyx, calyces |
- cele | swelling or herniation |
cyst/o | bladder, sac or cyst |
dips/o | thirst |
epi | upon. over |
genic | pertaining to formation, producing |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies |
meat/o | meatus |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
noct/i | night |
olig/o | few, little, scanty |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
py/o | pus |
ren/o | kidney |
rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
stenosis | tightening or narrowing |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
ur/o, urin/o | urine condition |
vesic/o | urinary bladder |
balan/o | glans penis |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
epididym/o | epididymis |
hemat/o | blood |
hydro | water |
orch/o | testicle |
orchi/o | testicle |
orchid/o | testicle |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
semin/i | semen |
sperm/o | sperm |
spermat/o | sperm |
test/o | testis. testes |
vas/o | vessel; also refers to vas deferens |
zo/o | animal (man) |
ante | before; in front |
arche | beginning |
cervic/o | neck; cervix |
colp/o | vagina |
dys | bad, difficult, painful, disordered |
ecto | outside |
endo | within |
episi/o | vulva |
galact/o | milk |
gynec/o | woman |
hyster/o | uterus |
in | in, inside, within, not |
intra | within |
mammo/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
men/o | menstruation |
metr/o | uterus |
metri/o | uterus |
o/o | egg, ovum |
oophor/o | ovary |
ov/o | ovum, egg |
ovari/o | ovary |
retro | backward, behind |
salping/o | eustachian tubes; also refers to fallopian tubes |
tomy | incision into |
uter/o | uterus |
vagin/o | vagina |
amni/o | amnion |
ante | before; in front |
culd | cul-de-sac |
cyesis | pregnancy |
episi/o | vulva |
fet/o | fetus |
-gravida | pregnancy |
hyper | excessive |
lact/o | milk |
multi | many |
nat/o | birth |
nulli | none |
para | to bear |
primi | first |
obstetr/o | midwife |
pelv/i | pelvis |
perine/o | perineum |
salping/o | eustachian tubes; also refers to fallopian tubes |
-tocia | labor |
vagin/o | vagina |
cephal/o | head |
iatric | relating to medicine, physicians or medical treatment |
micr/o | small |
neo | new |
omphal/o | navel |
pedi/a | child |
pyr/o | fire, heat |
rose/o | rose colored |
tetr/a | four |
tympan/o | eardrum |
angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arthr/o | joint |
arteri/o | artery |
cardi/o | heart |
chol/e | bile |
cine | pertaining to movement |
cyst/o | bladder, sac or cyst |
fluor/o | luminous |
immun/o | immune, protection |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
radi/o | radiation; also refers to radius |
son/o | sound |
tel/e | distance |
tom/o | to cut |
ultra | vein |
carcin/o | cancer |
chem/o | pertaining to a chemical, drug |
fibr/o | pertaining to fiber |
melan/o | black |
meta | beyond, after |
oma | tumor |
onc/o | swelling, mass or tumor |
papill/o | resembling a nipple |
plasia | formation or growth |
plasm | living substance |
sarc/o | flesh |
scirrh/o | hard |
hypn/o | sleep |
iatrist, iatr/o | one who treats; a physician |
mania | madness |
ment | mind |
phobia | abnormal fear |
phoria | emotional state |
phren/o | mind |
psych/o | mind |
schiz/o | split |
somat/o | body |
thymia | condition of the mind or will |
arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
geront/o | old age |
kerat/o | hard |
malacia | softening |
myx/o | relating to mucus |
oste/o | bone |
porosis | porous, lessening in density |
pulmon/o | lung |
presby/o | old age |
spondyl/o | spine |
troph/o | development, growth |
radicul/o | root |
spin/o | spine |
cerebr/o | head |
caus/o | burn |
astr/o | star shaped |
praxia | perform |
esthet/o | feeling, nervous sensation or sense of perception |
acetabul/o | acetabulum |
AD | alzheimer's disease |
aden/o | gland |
aer/o | air; gas |
alb, albin/o | white |
alges/o | pain |
ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
an | without, not, no |
ana | not, without |
anethetized | numed |
aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
aniso | unequal |
anter/o | before, in front (anterior) |
anthrac/o | coal |
aort/o | aorta |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
append/o | appendix |
arrhythm/o | rhythm |
arter/o, arteri/o | arteries; artery |
-ase | enzyme |
assay | to evaluate |
asthenia | strength, loss of strength |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
aut/o | self |
blackhead | open comedos |
bar/o | pressure |
blade | scapula |
blue | cyanosis |
CAN | cancer |
-capnia | (condition of) carbon dioxide content in the blood |
caus/o | burn |
cephal/o | head |
chem/o | pertaining to a chemical, drug |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chord/o | string, cord |
circum | around |
clasis | crushing or breaking up |
clast | something that breaks |
clavicul/o | collarbone |
CNS | central nervous system |
bil | bile |
CT | computed tomography |
cycl/o | ciliary body |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
cythemia | condition involving cells of the blood |
dacry/o | tears |
de | down, from |
dendr/o | tree, branches |
desis | binding or surgical fusion - to bind, tie together |
dia | through |
DIP | distal interphalangeal |
dipl/o | double |
cyte | cell |
dips/o, dipsia | thirst |
dis | free of - to undo |
drom/o | running |
-drome | that which runs together |
DTR | deep tendon reflexes |
dur/o | dura mater |
-eal | pertaining to |
embolus | blood clot |
factor | allergen |
fasci/o | band of fibrous tissue |
fibul/o | fibula |
friable | easily broken |
frontal | coronal |
genesis | generating - formation of |
genic | pertaining to formation |
gchlor/o | green |
heme | iron |
hem | blood |
hetero | different |
hemer/o | humerus |
iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
iatric | relating to medicine, physician or medical treatment |
ician | specialist in a field of study |
idio | individual |
ile/o | ileum |
ili | ilium |
IM | intramuscular |
in | in, inside, within, not |
ischi/o | ischium |
itching | pruritus |
jand/o | yellow |
kary/o | nucleus |
kel/o | fibrous growth |
KOL | collagen |
labyrinth | inner ear |
lact | milk |
lys/o | breakdown or destruction |
lysis | destruction or detachment |
lytic | destruction |
meter | to measure |
metry | the process of measuring |
milli | one thousand |
MS | multiple sclerosis |
myring/o | eardrum |
nephr/o | kidney |
oophor/o | ovary |
onych/o | nail |
orexia | appetite |
orth | straight |
ostomy | creating a new opening into |
pachy | thick |
pallor | white |
pan | all |
par | beside, beyond, near, apart from |
phak/o | lens |
plas/o | formation, development |
plasia | formation, development |
PNS | peripheral nervous system |
presby/o | old, elderly |
poste/o | back |
praxia | perform |
ptysis | spitting |
py/o | pus |
rach/i | spinal column |
RUQ | right upper quadrent |
SA node | sinoatrial node |
scab | dry crust |
scot/o | darkness |
seb | sebum |
sept/o | infection |
static | stopping or controlling |
sten/o | short, contracted or narrow |
stom/o | mouth |
sub | below |
thymia | condition of the mind or will |
tocia | labor |
toc/o | childbirth |
trans | across, through |
trich/o | hair |
trophy | development, growth |
tropia | to turn |
tropin | stimulating effect of a hormone |
ventr/o | belly, front side |
ungu/o | nail |
uni | one |
vigor | energy |
viscer | internal organs |
WBCs | white blood cells |
LLQ | left lower quadrant |
LP | lumbar puncture |
logist | one who specializes in the study of |
lingu | tongue |
pepsia | digestion |
centesis | puncture |
ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
lysis | destruction |
pexy | surgical fixation |
plasty | repair |
orrhaphy | suture |
scope | instrument used for viewing |
oscopy | visually examining |
tome | cutting instrument |
otomy | incision |
tripsy | crushing |
gravida | a pregnant woman... followed by number... designates the number of pregnancies (ie.. gravida 2, a woman in her 2nd pregnancy) |
para | a woman who has given birth to one or more infants (ie... para 2, woman has given birth to two infants) |