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Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| suffixes that mean pertaining to a specialty | ac, al, ic, ical, iatric, iatry |
| suffixes that indicate a specialist | er, ist, iatrician, logist |
| suffixes for the study of | start with 'log' |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| dermat/o | skin |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| inter/o | intestines |
| ger, geront/o | elderly |
| gynec/o | woman |
| immun/o | immune |
| ne/o | new |
| nat/o | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | radiation or radius |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism, tissue damage usually in joints |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| -oma | tumor |
| endo- | inside |
| an- | no, not or without |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| -lysis | loosening, freeing or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, fastening in a fixed position |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture . ie. angiorrhaphy( suture of a blood vessel) |
| -scopy | with a scope |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tomy | making an incision |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing , Lithotripsy( crushing of lith or stones) |
| -ectomy | excision , surgical removal or cutting out |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life, ie biology |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o , encephal/o | brain |
| chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon |
| cutane/o , derm/a, dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| pulm/o , pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| vas/o | vessel, ie cardio-vas-cular |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | herniation |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, Angiectasis, Neurectasia |
| -edma | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -ia, -iasis | a condition, Psoriasis |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone or calculus |
| -malacia | soft or softening, Osteomalacia |
| -mania | execessive, |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling something else, Mucoid |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition, Neurosis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency , Calcipenia |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -ptosis | prolapse, sagging, Ptosis (drooping eye lid) |
| -rrhage , -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhaging |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching or cramping |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| -opia | vision, Diplopia |
| -eum, -ium | membrane, peritoneum, endocardium |
| adip/o, lip/o | fat tissue |
| amyl/o | starch |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| lith/o | stone |
| muc/o | mucus |
| pyr/o | fire |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| phelb/o | vein |
| Mono- uni- | One |
| Bi- di- | Two |
| Tri- | Three |
| Quad- quadri- tetra- | Four |
| Centi- | One Hundreth |
| Milli- | One thousandth |
| Diplo- | Double |
| Hemi- Semi- | Half or partly |
| Nulli- | None |
| Pan- | All , Pandemic |
| Primi- | First |
| Super- Ultra- | Excessive |
| Ab- | Away from |
| Ad- | Towards or bring towards |
| Ante- pre- | Before or in front of , prerenal |
| Circum- peri- | Around |
| Contra- | Against or opposed |
| Dia- | Through |
| Ecto- Ex- Exo- Extra- | Outside of , without, away from |
| En- End- Endo | Inside |
| Epi- | On or above, epicardium |
| Sub- Infra- | Under or beneath |
| Inter- | In between |
| Intra- | With in |
| Ipsi- | Same side |
| Meso- mid- | Middle |
| Para- | Beside, near |
| Per- | Through or by, perspire |
| Alb/o- albin/O- leuk/o- for color | White. Albino |
| Chlor/O- for color | Green |
| Cyan/o- for color | Blue |
| Erythr/o- for color | Red |
| Melan/o- for color | Black |
| Xanth/o- for color | Yellow |
| - trophic -trophy | Dealing with nutrition or growth |
| -phagia - phagy ; phag/o | Eat or swallow |
| -phasia ; phas/o | Speech |
| Scler/o ; -sclerosis | Hard or hardening; arteriosclerosis |
| Gen/o; -genic -genesis | Beginning origin , producing or forming |
| Graph is what | The instrument |
| Gram is the | Record or recording |
| Graphy is the what | The process of recording |
| Encephal/o | Brain , because “en” means in or inside and cephal/o means head |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Pyr/o | Fever or fire |
| Aer/o | Air |
| Blast/o | Embryonic form or In the early form of development, osteoblasts |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Cry/o | Cold , cryotherapy |
| Dips/o, -dipsia | Thirst, polydipsia |
| Hist/o | Tissue , histology histocompatibility |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Necr/o | Dead |
| Phon/o | Voice |
| Therm/o | Heat |
| Narc/o | Stupor, narcotics |
| Leps/o. - lepsy | Seizure |
| Crypt/o | Hidden |
| Malac/o ; -malacia | Soft or softening |
| Megal/o; - megaly | Large, enlarged or enlargement |
| Ech/o son/o | Sound |
| Fluor/o | Reflecting light |
| Tom/o | To cut |
| Define radiopaque | Substance that will not permit the passage of x-ray |
| Define radiolucent | Substance that allow passage of x-ray |
| Algesi/o | Sensitivity to pain, analgesia |
| Plast/o | Repair |
| Radiopaque vs radiolucent | Radiopaque blocks x-rays and is lighter in color and radiolucent let’s x-rays pass through and is darker in color |
| -plasia | Formation of tissue or just development of |
| Hyperplasia | Increase of number of cells |
| Hypertrophy | Increase in tissue size |
| Plane that creates left and right sides | Sagittal plane |
| Plane that creates front and back | Frontal plane or Coronal plane |
| Plane that creates top and bottom | Transverse plan |
| Recumbent | Lying down , lateral recumbent is lying on the side |
| Acr/o | Extremities, Acrocyanosis is a condition when extremities turn blue Acral means pertaining to the extremities |
| Dactyl/o | The digits toes and or fingers |
| Lapar/o | Abdominal wall , laparoscopic |
| Onych/o | The nails |
| Som/o, Somat/o | Body |
| Omphal/o | Umbilicus, used interchangeably with umbilic/o |
| Dacry/o or lacrim/o | Tear |
| Hidr/o | Sweat or perspiration |
| -Poiesis | Production |
| Sial/o | Saliva |
| Cyst/o | Bladder, sac or cyst |
| -Osis | Increased or abnormal ; carcinomatosis a cancerous tumor that is of increasing numbers or numbers are spreading |
| Rachi/o | Spine also spin/o Rachiodynia means pain in spine |
| Spondyl/o | Vertebrae also vertebr/o Spondylitis means inflammation of the vertebrae |
| Meta- | Change or next in a series; metacarpal |
| -asthenia | Weakness ; myasthenia gravis- muscle weakness |
| Paresis definition | Motor weakness |
| Plegia definition | Paralysis ; paraplegia lower extremities |
| -porosis | Thinning of the bone , osteoporosis |
| Arthr/o | Articulation or joint ; spondylarthritis- spondyl/o+arthr/o +itis ; vertebrae +joint+inflamation |
| Ankyl/o | Stiffening; ankylosis is stiffening of the joints |
| Cheil/o | Lips |
| Dent/I : Dent/o: odont/o | Teeth |
| Gingiv/o | Gums |
| Gloss/o: lingu/o | Tongue |
| Stomat/o: or/o | Mouth |
| Intestin/o; Enter/o | Intestines |
| ILe/o | ILeum |
| Cec/o | Cecum |
| Proct/o | Anus or rectum |
| Chol/e : bil/i | Bile |
| Cirrh/o | Orange yellow |
| -orexia | Appetite |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder : chol/e- bile and cyst/o- sac or bladder |
| Choledoch/o | Common bile duct |
| Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
| Olig/o | Few or scanty: oliguria |
| Pyel/o | Renal pelvis: pyelitis means inflammation of the renal pelvis |
| Hyster/o | Uterus |
| Salping/o | Uterine tube |
| Oophor/o | Ovary; also ovar/o |
| Metr/o | Uterine tissue |
| Colp/o | Vagina |
| Par/o | To bear offs |
| -para | Giving live birth, multiple neonates from one birth is considered 1 para or unipara not multiple |
| Xer/o | Dry |
| Pil/o ; Trich/o | Hair |
| Pseud/o | False |
| -lexia | Words or phrases |
| Myx/o | Mucus |
| Lei/o | Smooth, as in smooth muscle tissue: leiomyoma would be a tumor to the smooth muscle |
| -chezia : -chezia | To deficate or waste elimination; hematochezia = blood in stool |
| Rhabdo/. As in Rhabdomyolysis— | Rhabdo/ is rod shaped or striated, like in muscle tissues; myo is muscle— condition where muscle tissue breaks down and releases proteins into the blood |
| Ptysis | Spitting or spitting up |
| Ather/o | Yellow fatty plaque; not to be confused with Arteri/o which is vessel |
| -Oles : as in bronchioles | Little or small |
| Embol/o | Embolus; Emboli |
| Coni/o | Dust, usually R/T the lungs: pneumoconiosis |
| Term form less than 100 ml urine produced | Anuria |
| Term for less than 500 ml urine produced | Oliguria |
| Radicul/o | Nerve root: Radiculopathy; usually coming off the spine |
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