Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
HLHS 101 CH 1-13
HLHS 101 Ch 1-13
| Word Part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Created by:
spritle
Popular Medical sets