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Basic Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -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) |
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