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Ross Medical Terms
Med terms for Ross Medical School
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| neur/o | a nerve cell/nervous system |
| path/o | disease |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of/specialty of |
| -path/y | disease |
| -cele | protrusion/hernia |
| -ectasis/-ectasia | expansion or dilation |
| -emia | blood |
| -iasis | presence of/formation of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | conditin |
| -penia | reduction of size or quantity |
| -plasia | abnormal formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | downward displacement |
| -rrhage | flowing forth |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | muscular contraction |
| -pnea | breath/respiration |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -desis | surgical binding |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gen, -genic, -genesis | origin/producing |
| -gram | written or pictorial record |
| -graph | device for graphic or pictorial recording |
| -graphy | act of graphic or pictorial recording |
| -meter | device for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scope | device for viewing |
| -scopy | act of viewing |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -cyte | cell |
| -edema | excessive fluid in intracellular tissues |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -globin | the protein of hemoglobin |
| -iasis | indicating a condition |
| -ism | indicating a condition, practice or doctrine |
| -lith | a stone, calculus, calcification |
| -lysis | disintegration |
| -mania | a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought |
| -opsy | visual examination |
| -phobia | fear |
| -poiesis | producing/formation |
| -sclerosis | hard/hardness |
| -sis | condition |
| -stasis | level/unchanging |
| -stenosis | narrowed/blocked |
| -stomy | permanent opening |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| ab- | away from/outside of/beyond |
| ad- | toward/near to |
| ante-, pre- | before |
| anti- | against/opposed |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | abnormally slow |
| con-, sym-, syn- | with |
| contra- | against |
| dia- | across/through |
| dys- | bad/difficult |
| ec-, ecto- | outside |
| en-, endo- | inside |
| epi- | upon/subsequent to |
| ex-, exo- | outside |
| extra- | beyond |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| hyper- | above/beyond normal |
| hypo- | below/below normal |
| infra- | inside or below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | inside |
| macro- | big |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond |
| micro- | small |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| neo- | new |
| olig-, oligo- | a few |
| pan- | everywhere |
| para- | alongside/like |
| post- | after |
| quadri- | four |
| retro- | backward/behind |
| tachy- | abnormally high |
| tri- | three |
| echo | reverberation of sound |
| electr/o | electrical |
| my/o | muscle |
| ather/o | gruel-like |
| abdomin/o, lapar/o, ceil/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| crani/o | skull |
| dors/o | back |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side; away from the midline |
| lumb/o | loin |
| medi/o | middle |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back |
| proxim/o | near |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| ventr/o | front side; belly |
| cut/o, cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | hard |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| seb/o | sebum |
| sud/o, sudor/o | sweat |
| trich/o | hair |
| xer/o | dry |
| bx | biopsy |
| ID | intradermal |
| I & D | incision and drainage |
| SC, subQ | subcutaneous |
| ankyl/o | stiff, mobile |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle, collarbone |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| femor/o | femur, thighbone |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula, outer lower leg bone |
| humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
| ili/o | ilium, upper pelvic bone section |
| ischi/o | lower pelvic bone section |
| kyph/o | outward curvature of the spine, hump |
| lord/o | forward curvature of the spine, swayback |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jawbone |
| maxill/o | maxilla, upper jawbone |
| metacarp/o | hand bones |
| metatars/o | foot bones |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight, to straighten |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella, kneecap |
| phalang/o | finger and toe bones |
| pubi/o, pub/o | pubis, anterior pelvic bone section |
| radi/o | radius, outer lower arm bone |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapula/o | scapula, shoulder blade |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum, breastbone |
| tars/o | ankle bones |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
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