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Medical Terminology

various medical terms

TermDefinition
Derm/o skin
Dermat/o skin
Hidr/o sweat, perspiration
Kerat/o keratin, horny layer of skin
Melan/o dark, black, melanin
Onych/o nail
Seb/o sebum, sebaceous gland
Trich/o hair
Arthr/o joint
Burs/0 bursa, sac of fluid near joint
Chondr/o cartilage
Erg/o work
Fasci/o fascia
Adren/o, adrenal/o adrenal gland, epineprine
adrenocortic/o adrenal cortex
Endocrin/o endocrine glands or system
Hypophys/o pituitary gland, hypophysis
Insul/o pancreatic islets
Parathyr/o, parathyroid/o parathyroid gland
Pituitar/o pituitary gland, hypophysis
Thyr/o, thyroid/o thyroid gland
Cerbr/o cerbrum
Cortic/o cerebral cortex, outer portion
Encephal/o brain
Gangli/o, ganglion/o ganlion
Gli/o neuroglia cells
Medull/o medulla oblongata, medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow
Mening/o, meninge/o meninges
Myel/o spinal cord and bone marrow
Narc/o stupor, numbness, sleep
Neur/o, neur/i nervous system, nervous tissue, nerve
Psych/o mind
Radicul/o spinal nerve root
Somn/o, somn/i sleep
Blephar/o eyelid
Cochle/o cochlea of inner ear
Corne/o cornea
Dacryocyst/o lacrimal sac
Lacrim/o tear, lacrimal apparatus
Myring/o tympanic membrane
Ot/o ear
Phak/o, phac/o lens
retin/o retina
Salping/o tube, eustachian tube
Scler/o sclera
Tympan/o tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane
Created by: JMJOHNSON61
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