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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- / an- | Without (eg: anemia) |
| ab- | Away from (eg: abduction) |
| ad- | Toward (eg: adrenal) |
| ante- / pre- / pro- | before (eg: premature) |
| anti- / contra- | against, opposed (eg: antibody, contraceptive) |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | rapid |
| con- / syn- / sym- | together, with (eg: congenital, synthesis, symbiosis) |
| meso- | middle (eg: mesoderm) |
| meta- | beyond, after, change (eg: metacarpal, metastasis) |
| nulli- | none (eg: nulliparous) |
| oligo- | few, deficient (eg: oligospermia) |
| adomin/o- / lapar/o- | abdomen (eg: laproscopy) |
| col/o- / colon/o- | colon, large intestine (eg: colitis, colonoscopy) |
| Sigmoid-/o- | part of the large intestine (eg: sigmoiditis) |
| Duoden-/o- | first part of the small intestine (eg: duodenum) |
| -cele | hernia, herniated, protrusion (eg: hydrocele) |
| crin/o | to secrete (eg: endocrine) |
| hist/o- | tissue |
| or/o | mouth (eg: oral) |
| ped/o- | child (eg: pediatric) |
| phag/o | eat, swallow (eg: phagocyte) |
| phas/o | speech (eg: dysphasia) |
| pleur/o- | relating to the pleura (membrane of the lungs) |
| py/o | pus (eg: pyorrhea) |
| scler/o | hard |
| ur/o urin/o | urine |
| -algia / -dynia | pain (eg: myalgia, cephalodynia) |
| -e -us | noun marker (eg: erythrocyte; thymus) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | origin; production (eg: spermatogenesis) |
| -icle -ole -ula -ule | small part of a whole (eg: ventricle, arteriole, macula, pustule) |
| -ium | structural tissue (eg: atrium, pericardium) |
| -oid | resembling (eg: lipoid) |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition; increasing (eg: acidosis) |
| -penia | abnormal reduction (eg: thyropenia) |
| -poiesis | formation (eg: hemopoiesis) |
| -ptosis | falling down; displacement (eg: nephroptosis) |
| -rrhage / -rrhagia | to burst forth, hemmorrhage |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -stasis | stop, stand |
| stomato- | mouth |
| -pepsia | Pertaining to digesation |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| Madsaggital | Left and Right |
| Transverse | upper and lower body |
| Radi/o- | X-ray; forearm |
| -pnea, Pne/o, Spir/o | breath; breathing |
| Larynx- / Laryng- | vocal chords; larynx |
| Phreno- | diaphragm |
| S.O.B. | Short Of Breath |
| ENT | Ear Nose Throat |
| Pharyng/o- | Pharynx (passage btw/behind nose and mouth) |
| C.O.P.D. | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| U.R.I. | Upper Respiratory Infection |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| -malacia | softening |
| -plasia | development, growth, cellular formation (eg: hyperplasia) |
| cost/o- | rib |
| D.O. | Doctor of Osteopathy |
| C.P.D. | Cephalopelvic Disproportion |
| O.R.E.F. | Open Reduction of External Fracture (surgical realignment of bones vs. closed reduction which is physical alignment) |
| O.R.I.F. | Open Reduction of Internal Fracture |
| arther/o- | arterial walls (eg: atherosclerosis, hardening of the artery walls) |
| auscult/o- | listening to the sounds of the body (eg: auscultation; listening to the lungs using a stethoscope) |
| coron/o- | encircle or crown (eg: coronary arteries) |
| cusp/o- | projection point (eg: cuspid, points on the tooth) |
| diastol/o- | rhythmic expansion or dilation |
| infarct/o- | area of dead tissue or cells due to thrombus (blood clot) or embolus (traveling blockage) |
| isch/o- | hold back; suppressed or deficient (eg: ischemia; restricted blood supply) |
| sphygm/o- | pulse (eg: sphygmometer; device to measure pulse) |
| steth/o- | chest (eg: stethoscope) |
| eosin | red fluorescent dye |
| kary/o- | denoting the nucleus of a cell |
| neutr/o- | neither; neutral (eg: neutrophil) |
| reticul/o- | network |
| splen/o- | spleen |
| thym/o- | thymus; rage |
| abras/o- | to scrape off |
| actin/o- | beam, ray of light; radiation |
| blephar/o- | eye lid |
| contus/o- | bruising |
| ecchym/o- | blood in the tissue |
| errythm/o- | redness |
| integument/o- / integu/o- | layer, skin, membrane or husk of an organism or one of its parts (eg: integumentary system; skin, nails, hair, etc) |
| kel/o- | tumor, fibrous growth (eg: keloid) |
| kerat/o- | hard; fibrous proteinl; cornea |
| lacer/o- | tearing |
| onych/o- / ungu/o- | finger and toe nails |
| pedicul/o- | lice |
| pil/o- | hair |
| plast/o- | living substance; growth formation (eg: plastic) |
| prurit/o- | severe itching (eg: pruritus) |
| psor/o | itching (eg: psoriasis) |
| rhytid/o- | wrinkles |
| sarc/o- | connective tissue |
| theli/o- | cellular layer |
| ankyl/o- | crooked, stiff, bent (eg: ankylosis; abnormal stiffening) |
| ethm/o- | porous or sieve (eg: ethmoid bone, nasal cavity) |
| goni/o- | anatomical angle or corner |
| humer/o- | upper arm bone |
| ischi/o- | hip bone |
| ili/o- | ilium; upper hip bone |
| kyph/o- | humpback, curvature in the thoracic region) (eg: kyphoplasty; repair of curvature ) |
| lord/o- | skeletal bending or curving |
| occipot/o- | back of the hand |
| parieto | wall of a cavity |
| perone/o- | lower leg bone (fibula) |
| sphen/o- | wedge shape (eg: sphenoid bone in skull) |
| spondyl/o- | vertebra |
| tars/o- | ankle |
| uln/o- | forearm bone |
| zygomat/o- | cheekbone |
| bruit | audible vascular sound related to turbulent blood flow |
| albumin | protein found in blood, egg white, milk, and other substances |
| B cell | lymphocytes that is part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow |
| band cells | immature form of neutrophils; the most commonly produced white blood cell. They are essential for fighting disease. That's why your body produces them in excess during an infection |
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