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509 ALL MED TERMS

meaningprefix/suffix
movement kinesi/o
ligament ligament/o
muscle muscul/o, my/o
tendon tend/o
eyelid blephar/o, palpebra
membrane covering the surface of the eyelid conjunctiva
pupil of the eye core/o
outer wall of the eye cornea
tears dacry/o
lacrimal sac dacryocyst/o
iris irid/o
eye ocul/o, ophthalm/o
light opt/o
lens phak/o, phac/o
retina retin/o
sclera scler/o
middle layer of the eye ove/o
condition/defect of the vision of the eye -opia
synonym for dermis corium
skin cutis, derm/o, dermat/o
upon/above/on epi-
follicle follicul/o
horn-like kerat/o
black melan/o
nail onych/o
plant -phyte
sweat sudor/i
dry xer/o
joint arhtr/o
arm brachi/o
wrist carp/o
cartilage chondr/o
rib cost/o
cranium or skull crani/o
finger or toe dactyl/o
bone oste/o
correct orth/o
vertebrae spondyl/o or vertebr/o
cervix cervic/o
vagina vagin/o , colp/o
uterus hyster/o, uter/o
menses mens/o
egg oo
ovary ovari/o, oophor/o
testes orchid/o
(fallopian) tube salping/o
sperm spermat/o
bile chol/e
gallbladder cholecyst/o
colon colon/o
duodenum duoden/o
intestine enter/o
esophagus esophag/o
stomach gastr/o
tongue gloss/o
liver hepat/o
jejunum jejun/o
pancreas pancreat/o
saliva or salivary glands sial/o
vessel angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
artery arteri/o
gruel-like arther/o
expansion or dilation -ectasis
blood -emia, hem/o, hemat/o
vein phleb/o, ven/o
clot thromb/o
dilated varic/o
bronchus bronchi/o
blue cyan/o
larynx laryng/o
nose rhin/o, nas/o
pharynx pharyng/o
diaphragm phren/o
breathing -pnea
lung pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o, pulmon/o
sinus cavity sinus/o
trachea trache/o
bladder cyst/o
stone lith/o
kidney nephr/o, ren/o
renal pelvis pyel/o
ureter ureter
urine urin/o
head cephal/o
cerebellum cerebell/o
cerebrum cerebr/o
outer layer/covering cortic/o
brain encephal/o
ganglia / ganglion gangli/o
membrane (wrt the nervous system) meningi/o
nerve cell/ nervous system neur/o
mind psych/o
spinal cord spin/o
abnormal attraction to / impulse towards an object or thought -mania
fear/ fearing -phobia
gland aden/o
adrenal glands adren/o
endocrine endocrin/o
pituitary gland hypophys/o
parathyroid gland parathyr/o
thyroid thyroid/o, thyr/o
aorta aort/o
atrium atri/o
heart cardi/o
electrical electrico/o
valve valv/o
ventricule ventricul/o
abdomen abdomin/o
chest thorac/o
white leuk/o
lymph or lymphatic system lymph/o
lymph vessels lymphangi/o
immune system immun/o
lymph nodes lymphaden/o
spleen splen/o
palatine tonsill tonsill/o
thymus thym/o
cancer carcin/o
thirst dips/o
red erythr/o
aged ger/o
tissue hist/o
water hydr/o
large megal/o
disease/disease state path/o
eating/swallowing phag/o
pus py/o
heat/fever pyr/o
flesh/muscle sarc/o
two bi-
half semi-
same/equal homeo-
big macro-
small micro-
one uni-
few oligo-
all/everywhere pan-
many/much poly-
four quadri-
three tri-
surgical puncture -centesis
fuse/bind/immobilize -desis
surgical removal -ectomy
origin/producing -genesis
written/pictorial record -gram
device for graphic/pictorial recording -graph
act of graphic/pictorial recording -graphy
device for measuring -meter
act of measuring -metry
surgical fixation -pexy
surgical repair -plasty
suture -rrhaphy
device for viewing -scope
act of viewing -scopy
incision -tomy
crushing -tripsy
cell -cyte
excessive fluid in intracellular tissues -edema
vomiting -emesis
protein -globin
practice/doctrine -ism
stone -lith
disintegration -lysis
visual examination -opsy
loving -phillic
producing/formation -poiesis
hard -sclerosis
condition -ism, -sis, -sia
level/unchanging -stasis
permanent opening -stomy
instrument for cutting -tome
nourishment/stimulation -tropin
pain -algia, -dynia
inflammation -itis
study of -logy
development/nourishment -trophy
weakness -asthen
protrusion/hernia -cele
expansion/dilation -ectasis
condition/state -iasis
softening -malacia
enlargement -megaly
shape of/like -oid
tumor -oma
reduction of size or quantity -penia
growth/formation/development -plasia
substance/matter -plasm
paralysis -plegia
downward displacement -ptosis
flowing forth -rrhage
without/not a-
against/resisting -anti
before pre-, ante-
abnormally slow rate of speed brady-
bad/painful/difficult/abnormal -dys
normal/good eu-
bad mal-
new neo-
after post-
rapid tachy-
away from ab-, ef-
toward/near to ad-
with/together con- , sym-, syn-
outside ec-, ecto-, ex-, exo-
inside en-
inner/within endo-
beyond extra-, meta-
above (beyond normal) hyper-
below (below normal) hypo-
below or inside infra-
between inter-
inside intra-
middle meso-
alongside/like para-
around/surronding peri-
backward/behind retro-
below sub-
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