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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algesia | condition of pain |
| -ant | forming |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ate | use, action, having form of, possessing |
| -blast | immature cell, germ cell, embryonic cell |
| -cide | to kill |
| -crit | to separate |
| -cupsid | point |
| -cyst | bladder, sac |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -drome | that which runs together |
| -er | relating to, one who |
| -gen | formation, produce |
| -genesis | formation, produce |
| -ide | having a particular quality |
| -ive | nature of, quality of |
| -liter | liter |
| -logy | study of |
| -lymph | clear fluid, serum, pale fluid |
| -or | one who, a doer |
| -phil | attraction |
| -stasis | control, stop, stand still |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thermy | heat |
| -um | tissue, structure |
| -uria | urination, condition of urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ose | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -us | pertaining to |
| -esis | condition, treatment, specialist |
| -ia | condition, treatment, specialist |
| -iatry | condition, treatment, specialist |
| -ician | condition, treatment, specialist |
| -ism | condition, treatment, specialist |
| -ist | condition, treatment, specialist |
| -osis | condition, treatment, specialist |
| -icle | small, minute |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -ula | small, minute |
| -ule | small, minute |
| -ectasis | dilation, distention, stretching, expansion |
| -genic | formation, produce |
| -gram | a weight, mark, record |
| -lysis | destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution |
| -penia | lack of, deficiency, abnormal reduction |
| -plasm | a thing formed, plasma |
| -plegia | stroke, paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping, sagging, falling down |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scopy | to view, examine, visual examination |
| -spasm | tension, spasm, contraction |
| -staxis | dripping, trickling |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -y | process, condition, pertaining to |
| -algia | pain, ache |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -betes | to go |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -derma | skin |
| -dynia | pain, ache |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -ion | process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesis | motion |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lexia | diction, word, phrase |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | madness |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| -mnesia | memory |
| -noia | mind |
| -oid | resemble |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | sight, vision |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease, emotion |
| -pepsia | to digest |
| -phagia | to eat, swallow |
| -phasia | to speak, speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation, produce |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | a break |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | surgical excision, surgical removal, resection |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | recording |
| -ize | to make, to treat, combine with |
| -meter | instrument to measure, measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -opsy | to view |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -pheresis | remove |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| a, an- | no, not, without, lack of, apart |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| cac-, mal- | bad |
| dia- | through, between, complete |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex-, exo- | out, away from |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | similar, same, likeness, constant |
| hydro- | water |
| micro- | small |
| oligo- | scanty, little |
| pan- | all |
| pseudo- | false |
| sym-, syn- | together, with |
| ad- | toward, near |
| bi- | two, double |
| de- | down, away from |
| di- | two, double |
| dif-, dis- | apart, free from, separate |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside, outer |
| end-, endo, | within, inner |
| ep-, epi- | upon, over, above |
| extra- | good, normal |
| in- | in, into, not |
| hyper- | above, beyond, excessive |
| hypo- | below, under, deficient |
| mega- | large, great |
| meta- | beyond, over, between, change |
| para- | beside, alongside, abnormal |
| poly- | many, much, excessive |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| super- | upper, above |
| supra- | upper, above |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, near |
| ana- | up, apart, backward |
| ante- | before, forward |
| cate- | down |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, into |
| meso- | middle |
| retro- | backward |
| sub- | below, under, beneath |
| ambi- | both |
| bin- | twice, two |
| centi- | one hundredth |
| deca- | ten |
| milli- | one thousandth |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many, much |
| nulli- | none |
| primi- | first |
| quadri- | four |
| semi-, hemi- | half |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| superior | above, upward, towards the head |
| inferior | below, downward, towards feet |
| anterior | in front of, before, front side of body |
| posterior | toward the back, back side of body |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| caudal | pertaining to the tail |
| medial | nearest the midline or middle |
| lateral | to the side, away from the middle |
| proximal | nearest the point of attachment or near point of origin |
| distal | away from point of attachment, far from point of origin |
| abdomin/o | abdomen (belly) |
| tars/o | ankle |
| brach/i, brachi/o | arm |
| poster/o | back |
| oste/o | bone |
| mast/o, mamm/o | breast |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| thorac/o | chest |
| aur/i, ot/o | ear |
| cubit/o, olecran/o | elbow |
| ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o | eye |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| pod/o | foot |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| manus, chir/o | hand |
| cephal/o | head |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coxa | hip or hip joint |
| crur/o | leg |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pul/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | lungs |
| or/o | mouth |
| muscul/o, my/o | muscles |
| umbilic/o, opmphal/o | naval |
| cervic/o | neck |
| neur/o | nerves |
| rhin/o, nas/o | nose |
| cost/o | ribs |
| later/o | side |
| crani/o | skull |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| dent/i | teeth |
| tempor/o | temples |
| femor/o | thigh bone |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| lingu/o, gloss/o | tongue |
| carp/o | wrist |
| adip/o | fat |
| andr/o | man |
| anter/o | toward the front |
| bi/o | life |
| caud/o | tail |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | away from point of origin |
| dors/o | backward |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | cell's nucleus |
| medi/o | toward the middle |
| organ/o | organ |
| path/o | disease |
| phen/o | to show |
| physi/o | nature |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back, back |
| proxim/o | near point of origin |
| somat/o | body |
| ventr/o | near or on the belly side of the body |
| viscer/o | body organs |
| acr/o | extremity |
| aden/o | gland |
| albin/o | white |
| ang/i | vessel |
| caus/o | burn, burning |
| cellul/o | little cell |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/a | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| erythr/o | red |
| follicul/o | little bag |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| integument/o | a covering |
| kel/o | tumor |
| kerat/o | horn |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pedicul/o | a louse |
| plak/o | plate |
| prurit/o | itching |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hard, hardening |
| seb/o | oil |
| therm/o | hot, heat |
| trich/o | hair |
| vuls/o | to pull |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| acr/o | extremity |
| ankyl/o | stiffening/crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | a pouch |
| calcan/e | heel bone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle, collar bone |
| coccyg/e | coccyx, tailbone |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| coll/a | tailbone |
| cost/o | rib |
| dactyl/o | finger or toe |
| femor/o | femor |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| fixat/o | fastened |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ish/i | ischium, hip |
| kyph/o | a hump |
| lamin/o | lamina (thin plate) |
| lord/o | bending, curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| mandibul/o | lower jawbone |
| maxill/o | upper jawbone |
| menisc/i | crescent |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| patell/o | kneecap |
| phalang/, phalang/o | finger and toe bones |
| rad/i | x-ray |
| rheumat/o | discharge |
| saacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | sacrum/flesh |
| scapul/o | shoulder bone |
| scoli/i | curvature |
| spin/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum, breastbone |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| tendon/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| tract/o | to draw |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| xiph/o | sword |
| agon/o | agony, a contest |
| amputat/o | to cut through |
| cleid/o | clavicle |
| clon/o | turmoil |
| duct/o | to lead |
| fasci/o | a band |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| is/o | equal |
| prosth/e | an addition |
| rrabd/o | rod |
| rrheumat/o | discharge |
| rotat/o | to turn |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | hardening |
| stern/o | sternum |
| synov/o | synovial |
| ten/o | tendon |
| ton/o | tone, tension |
| tors/o | twisted |
| tort/i | twisted |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| volunt/o | will |
| absorpt/o | to take in |
| aden/o | gland |
| aliment/o | nourishment |
| amyl/o | starch |
| anabol/o | building up |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| catabol/o | a casting down |
| celi/o | abdomen, belly |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cirrh/o | orange, yellow |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| dent/o | tooth |
| diverticul/o | diverticula |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophage/o, esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sweet, sugar |
| halit/o | breath |
| hemat/o | blood |
| emorrh/o | vein liable to bleed |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| odont/o | tooth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pept/o | to digest |
| pharyng/e, pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pil/o | hair |
| prandi/i | meal |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus, gatekeeping |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| verm/i | worm |
| angi/o | vessel |
| angin/o | to choke |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty substance, porridge |
| atri/o | atrium |
| auscultat/o | listen to |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chol/e | bile |
| circulat/o | circular |
| claudicat/o | to limp |
| corpor/o | body |
| cyan/o | dark blue |
| dilat/o | to widen |
| dynam/o | power |
| ech/o | reflected sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | a throwing in |
| glyc/o | sweet, sugar |
| hem/o | blood |
| infarct/o | infarct (necrosis of an area) |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lun/o | moon |
| man/o | thin |
| mitr/o | mitral valve |
| my/o | muscle |
| occlus/o | to close up |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| oxy | sour, sharp, acid |
| palpit/o | throbbing |
| pector/o | chest |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rrhythm/o | rhythm |
| scler/o | hardening |
| sept/o | a partition |
| sin/o | a curve |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot of blood |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | small vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vers/o | turning |
| aden/o | gland |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| all/o | other |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anis/o | unequal |
| bas/o | base |
| calc/o | lime, calcium |
| chromat/o | color |
| coagul/o | clot, to clot |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | rose colored |
| erythr/o | red |
| fibrin/o | fiber |
| fus/o | to pour |
| globul/o | globe |
| granul/o | little grain, granular |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| immun/o | immunity |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| macr/o | large |
| neutr/o | neither |
| plasm/o | plasma |
| reticul/o | net |
| septic/o | putrefying |
| ser/o | whey, serum |
| sider/o | iron |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| vascul/o | small vessel |
| alveol/o | small, hollow air sac |
| anthrac/o | coal |
| aspirat/o | to draw in |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiolr |
| cheil/o | lip |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyst/o | sac |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| halat/o | breathe |
| hem/o | blood |
| laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
| lob/o | lobe |
| mes/o | middle |
| nas/o | nose |
| olfact/o | smell |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| palat/o | palate |
| pector/o | chest |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | air |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| respirat/o | breathing |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhonch/o | snore |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spir/o | breathe |
| theli/o | nipple |
| tonsill/o | tonsil, almond |
| trache/o | trachea |
| tubercul/o | a little swelling |
| ventilat/o | to air |
| albumin/o | protien |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| calc/i | calcium |
| corpore/o | body |
| excret/o | sifted out |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus, little ball |
| glycos/o | glucose, sugar |
| keton/o | ketone |
| lith/o | stone |
| meat/o | passage |
| micturit/o | to urinate |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| slcer/o | hardening |
| son/o | sound |
| ur/o | urine, urinate, urination |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| acid/o | acid |
| acr/o | extremity, point |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| andr/o | man |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| estr/o | female |
| ger/o | old age |
| gigant/o | giant |
| gluc/o | sweet, sugar |
| gonad/o | seed |
| hirsut/o | hairy |
| hydr/o | water |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| kal/i | potassium |
| myx/o | mucus |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| somat/o | body |
| test/o | testicle |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyr/o | thyroid, shield |
| toxic/o | posion |
| trop/o | turning |
| viril/o | masculine |
| abort/o | to miscarry |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| coit/o | a coming together |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue |
| gynec/o | female |
| hyster/o | womb, uterus |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | month, menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | womb, uterus |
| my/o | muscle |
| o/o | ovum, egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| pareun/o | lying beside, sexual intercourse |
| rect/o | rectum |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vers/o | turning |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| didym/o | testis |
| ejaculat/o | to throw out |
| gon/o | genitals |
| gynec/o | female |
| mast/o | breast |
| mit/o | thread |
| orch/o | testicle |
| orchid/o | testicle |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| sperm/o, sperm/i | seed, sperm |
| spermat/o | seed, sperm |
| testicul/o | testicle |
| varic/o | twisted vein |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| zo/o | animal |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | little brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cran/i | skull |
| crani/o | skull |
| dendr/o | tree |
| disk/o | disk |
| dur/o | dura, hard |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| gli/o | glue |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| mening/i | membrane, meninges |
| mening/o | membrane, meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |
| neur/o | nerve |
| pallid/o | globus pallidus |
| papill/o | papilla |
| poli/o | gray |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spin/o | horn, sleep |
| vag/o | vagus, wondering |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| act/o | acting |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cinemat/o | motion |
| fluor/o | fluorescence, luminous |
| gen/o | kind |
| son/o | sound |
| tom/o | to cut |
| oscill/o | to swing |
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