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Module 3
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| helio- | sun |
| astr- | star shaped |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| fascia | sheet, band |
| iso- | equal |
| tarso- | ankle |
| -tope | place |
| pod- | foot |
| malign- | bad |
| adnexa- | ties, connection |
| ocul- | eye |
| lapar- | abdominal wall |
| dacry- | tear |
| ment- | mind |
| part- | labor, bring forth |
| scler(a)- | hard |
| somato- | body |
| trachel- | neck |
| sinus | hollow space |
| hypno- | sleep |
| sept- | wall, fence |
| scirr(h)- | hard |
| antr- | cavity |
| -crine | to secrete |
| dura | hard |
| pneum- | lung |
| phage | to eat |
| phren- | mind |
| corne- | horny |
| plak- | plate |
| iris | rainbow |
| kerat- | horny |
| pulmo- | lung |
| ptyal- | saliva |
| alveol- | cavity |
| oophor- | ovary |
| oment- | covering |
| sedat- | quiet, calm |
| furca- | fork-shaped |
| radic- | root |
| radi- | ray |
| fistul- | pipe |
| edema | swelling |
| dactyl- | finger, toe |
| metabol(e) | change |
| pariet- | wall |
| ependym- | wrapping |
| gravid | pregnant |
| aer- | air |
| glyco- | sweet |
| tarso- | framework of the eyelid |
| cheir- | hand |
| calc- | heel, stone |
| cine- | move |
| digit | finger, toe |
| dors- | back |
| gangli- | swelling |
| gemin- | twin |
| grad- | walk, take steps |
| gran- | grain, particle |
| labi- | lip |
| micr- | small |
| peps- | digest |
| pleur- | pleura, rib, side |
| mamm- | breast |
| colla- | glue |
| later- | side |
| rachi- | spinal column |
| phob- | fear |
| phot- | light |
| dys- | bad |
| cut- | skin |
| en- | in |
| peri- | about, around |
| pro- | in front of, before |