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HLHS 101 CH 1-13
HLHS 101 Ch 1-13
Word Part | Meaning |
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arthr/o | joint |
cardi/o | heart |
enter/o | small intestine |
hepat/o | liver |
neur/o | nerve |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
my/o, muscul/o | muscle |
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
derm/o, dermato, cutane/o | skin |
pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o | lung |
gen/o | creation, cause |
hydr/o | water |
morph/o | change |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
orth/o | straight |
path/o | suffering, disease |
phag/o | eat |
plas/o | formation |
py/o | pus |
scler/o | hard |
sten/o | narrowing |
troph/o | nourishment, development |
xen/o | foreign |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous | pertaining to |
-ia, ism | condition |
-ium | tissue, structure |
-y | condition, procedure |
-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula | small |
-iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
-iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
-ist | specialist |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | loosen, break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-gram | written record |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-graphy | writing procedure |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-scopy | process of looking |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |
-a singular vertebra | -ae plural vertebrae |
-ax singular thorax | -aces plural thoraces |
-ex singular cortex | -ices plural cortices |
-ix singular appendix | -ices plural appendices |
-is singular neurosis | -es plural neuroses |
-ma singular sarcoma | -mata plural sarcomata |
-on singular ganglion | -a plural ganglia |
-um singular bacterium | -a plural bacteria |
-us singular nucleus | -i plural nuclei |
-y singular biopsy | -ies plural biopsies |
a- an- | not |
anti- contra- | against |
de- | down away from |
ante- pre- | before |
pro- | before on behalf of |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
post- | after |
re- | again |
ab- | away |
ad- | toward |
circum- peri- | around |
dia- trans- | through |
e- ec- ex- | out |
ecto- exo- extra- | outside |
en- endo- intra- | in inside |
epi- | upon |
sub- | beneath |
inter- | between |
bi- | two |
hemi- semi- | half |
hyper- | over |
hypo- | under |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mono- uni- | one |
oligo- | few |
pan- | all |
poly- multi- | many |
con- syn- sym- | with together |
dys- | bad |
eu- | good |
adip/o lip/o steat/o | fat |
cutane/o dermo/ dermat/o | skin |
pil/o trich/o | hair |
hidr/o | sweat |
squam/o | scale |
onych/o ungu/o | nail |
seb/o sebace/o | oil |
crypt/o | hidden |
kerat/o | hard horny |
xer/o | dry |
xanth/o | yellow |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o alb/o | white |
melan/o | black |
-physis | growth |
oste/o | bone |
crani/o | head skull |
cervic/o | neck |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
lumb/o | loin lower back |
brachi/o | arm |
dactyl/o | finger |
carp/o | wrist |
cost/o | rib |
femor/o | femur |
tibi/o | tibia |
chondr/o | cartilage |
arthr/o | joint |
burs/o | bursa |
ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
muscul/o my/o myos/o | muscle |
fasci/a | fascia |
ton/o | tone tension |
kinesi/o kinet/o | movement motion |
tax/o | arrangement order coordination |
ankyl/o | stiff bent |
cerebr/o encephal/o | brain |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
lob/o | lobe |
cephal/o | head |
crani/o | head skull |
mening/o meningi/o | meninges |
dur/o | dura |
neur/o | nerve |
gangli/o | nerve bundle |
myel/o | spinal cord bone marrow |
esthesi/o | feeling sensation |
phas/o | speech |
phren/o psych/o | mind |
somn/o somn/i hypn/o | sleep |
gnosi/o | know |
-mania | excessive desire |
-phobia | excessive fear or sensitivity |
-paresis | slight paralysis partial paralysis |
ton/o | muscle tone tension pressure |
tax/o | arrangement order coordination |
-plegia | paralysis |
-asthenia | weakness |
ocul/o ophthalm/o opt/o | eye |
-opia -opsia | vision condition |
blephar/o | eyelid |
corne/o kerat/o | cornea |
conjunctiv/o | conjuctiva |
scler/o | sclera |
vitre/o | vitreous liquid vitreous humor |
cycl/o | ciliary body |
retin/o | retina |
ir/o irid/o | iris |
phac/o phak/o | lens |
aur/o ot/o | ear |
acous/o audi/o | sound hearing |
-acusis | hearing condition |
cerumin/o | ear wax |
salping/o | eustachian tube fallopian tube |
tympan/o myring/o | eardrum |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
vestibul/o | vestibule |
cochle/o | cochlea |
aden/o | gland |
adren/o adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
cortic/o | outer surface |
gonad/o | gonads (sex glands) |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pituitar/o hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
thym/o | thymus |
thyr/o thyroid/o | thyroid |
gluc/o glucos/o glyc/o | sugar |
crin/o | to secrete |
hormon/o | hormone |
ket/o | ketone body |
-tropin | stimulating hormone |
-emia | blood condition |
-uria | urine condition |
coagul/o | coagulation |
thromb/o | clot |
leuk/o | white |
phleb/o ven/o | vein |
lymph/o | lymph |
myel/o | bone marrow spine |
-emia | blood condition |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
splen/o | spleen |
thym/o | thymus |
immun/o | immune system |
-penia | deficiency |
adenoid/o | adenoid |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
nas/o | nose |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
sept/o | septum |
sin/o sinus/o | sinus |
pneum/o pneumat/o pneumon/o | air lungs |
pulmon/o | lungs |
lob/o | lobe |
bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchus |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
alveol/o | alveolus (air sac) |
stern/o | sternum |
cost/o | rib |
thorac/o pector/o (also pectus) steth/o | chest |
pleur/o | pleura |
phren/o | diaphragm |
ox/o | oxygen |
spir/o -pnea | breathing |
capn/o (Greek for smoke) carb/o (Latin for coal) | carbon dioxide |
or/o stomat/o | mouth |
gingiv/o | gums |
dent/o odont/o | tooth |
gloss/o lingu/o | tongue |
gastr/o | stomach |
esophag/o | esophagus |
enter/o | intestines |
duoden/o | duodenum |
jejun/o | jejunum |
ile/o | ileum |
abdomin/o celi/o lapar/o | abdomen |
cyst/o | bladder |
doch/o | duct |
hepat/o hepatic/o | liver |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
balan/o | penis |
epididym/o | epididymis |
orch/o orchi/o orchid/o test/o testicul/o | testicle |
prostat/o | prostate |
sperm/o spermat/o sperm/i | sperm |
colp/o vagin/o | vagina |
episi/o vulv/o | vulva |
perine/o | perineum |
gynec/o gyn/o | woman |
mast/o mamm/o | breast |
lact/o | milk |
cervic/o | cervix |
hyster/o metr/o uter/o | uterus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
oophor/o ovari/o | ovary |
men/o | menstruation |
salping/o | fallopian tube eustachian tube |
amni/o | amnion |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
chori/o chorion/o | chorion |
toc/o | labor |
fet/o | fetus |
part/o nat/o | birth |
part/o | to give birth (mother) |
nat/o | to be born (infant) |
col/o colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
an/o | anus |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
rect/o | rectum |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
sial/o | saliva |
bil/i chol/e | bile (gall) |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
nephr/o ren/o | kidney |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ur/o urin/o | urine |
lith/o | stone |
cyst/o vesic/o | bladder |
urethr/o | urethra (1) |
ureter/o | ureter (2) |
meat/o | opening |