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Medical Terminology
Medical Synonyms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o, cel/i, laparo | abdomen |
| aer/o, phys/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | air |
| pan-, pant/o | all |
| bil/i, chol/e | bile |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder |
| hem/o, hemat/o, sangu/i, sanguin/o | blood |
| corpor/o, samat/o, -some | body |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| -pnea, respir/o, respirat/o, spir/o | breathe |
| cec/o, typhl/o | cecum |
| pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o | chest |
| -para, -parous, -partum, -tocia, toc/o | childbirth |
| acu- | needle |
| -algia | pain |
| caud/o | tail |
| cry/o | cold |
| ipsi- | same |
| later/o | side |
| pin/o | to drink |
| -rrhagia, -rrhage | Excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge |
| -rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| demi-, hemi-, semi- | Half |
| bi-, di- | two |
| -ectomy | Surgically removed |
| -sect | To cut |
| -meter | Instrument of measuring |
| palp/o, palpat/o | To touch gently |
| percuss/o | To tap |
| arachn/o | Spider |
| verm/i | Worm |
| eosin/o | red, rosy, dawn |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| rhod/o | red , rosy |
| acous/o, acoust/o, audi/o, audit/o,-cusis | Hearing |
| olfact/o,-osmia, osm/o, -osphresia, osphresi/o | Smell |
| haph/e, pselaphes/o, tact/o, thigm/o | Touch |
| -geusia, gustat/o, gust/o | Taste |
| -opia, -opsia, opt/o | Vision |
| corn/o. kerat/o | cornea of eye |
| mort/o, necr/o, thanat/o | death |
| Allo-, hetero- | different |
| nos/o, path/o | disease |
| kraur/o, xer/o | dry |
| aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o | ear |
| myring/o, tympan/o | eardrum |
| ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o | eye |
| blephar/o, palpebr/o | eyelid |
| faci/o, op/o, prosop/o | face |
| adip/o, lip/o, pimel/o, steat/o | fat |
| corp/o, scat/o, sterc/o | feces |
| febr/i, pyr/o, pyret/o | fever |
| arch/e, arch/i, -arche, primi-, prot/o | first |
| ped/o, pod/o | foot |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| demi-, hemi, semi- | half |
| accous/o, acoust/o, audi/o, audit/o, -cusis | hearing |
| cardi/o, coron/o | heart |
| calor/i, therm/o | heat |
| gigant/o, mega-, meglo- | huge |
| prurit/o, psor/o | itching |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| phac/o, phak/o | lens of the eye |
| Bio-, bi/o, vit/o, viv/i | life |
| desm/o, ligament/o, syndesm/o | ligament |
| cheil/o, chil/o, labi/o | lip |
| -ole, -ule | little, small |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| galact/o, lact/o | milk |
| ment/o, -noia, phren/o, psych/o | mind |
| or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
| blenn/o, muc/o,myx/o | mucus |
| muscul/o, my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| noct/i, nyct/o | night |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| kary/o, nucle/o | nucleus |
| ele/o, ole/o | oil |
| oophor/o, ovari/o | ovary |
| -algia, dolor/o, -dynia | pain |
| palat/o, uran/o | palate |
| -cyesis, gravid/o | pregnancy |
| cor/o, pupill/o | pupil |
| proct/o, rect/o | rectum |
| ptyal/o, sial/o | saliva |
| Homeo-, homo-, ipsi-, tauto- | same |
| cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| son/o, phon/o | sound |
| -ician, -ist, -logist | specialist |
| lith/o, petr/o | stone |
| ithy-, orth/o | straight |
| dynam/o, -sthenia, sthen/o | strength |
| gluc/o, glyc/o, sacchar/o | sugar |
| hidr/o, sud/o | sweat |
| -edema, -tumescence, tumesc/o | swelling |
| dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear |
| Pachy-, pycn/o, pykn/o | thick |
| chron/o, temp/o, tempor/o | time |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| dent/i, odont/o | tooth |
| -oma, onc/o | tumour/mass |
| hyster/o, metr/o, uter/o | uterus |
| colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| rachi/o, spin/o, spondyl/o | vertebral/spinal column |
| angi/o, vas/o | vessel |
| episi/o, vulv/o | vulva |
| aque/o, hydr/o | water |