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Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremity or topmost |
| ad- | to, toward, near |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| allo- | other |
| alveol/o | alveolus (air sac) |
| an- | without |
| an/o | anus |
| ana- | up, apart |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | againist or opposed to |
| anxi/o | anxiety |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| ather/o | fatty, or lipid, paste |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/i | ear |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two or both |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | bile |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o | bronchus (airway) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | largest part of the brain |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chol/e | bile |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cis/o | to cut |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colp/o | vagina (sheath) |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| contra- | againist or opposed to |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | circle or crown |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear |
| de- | from, down, or not |
| dent/i | teeth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| dia- | across or through |
| dips/o | thirst |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
| -e | noun marker |
| e- | out or away |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out or away |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emetic | pertaining to vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| encephal/o | entire brain |
| endo- | within |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| epi- | upon |
| episi/o | vulva |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| eu- | normal |
| ex- | out or away |
| extra- | outside |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -genesis | origin or production |
| -genic | pertaining to origin |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar (glucose) |
| -graft | transfer |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hetero- | different |
| hist/o | tissue |
| homo- | same |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | above or excessive |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypo- | below or deficient |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia | condition of |
| -iasis | formation or presence of |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| ile/o | ileum (third portion of small intestines) |
| immun/o | sage |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ir/o | iris (colored circle) |
| irdi/o | iris (colored circle) |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| -ism | condition of |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | structure or tissue |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| kyph/o | humpbacked |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
| -logy | study of |
| lord/o | bent |
| lumb/o | loin (lower back) |
| lymph/o | clear fluid |
| -lysis | breakdown or dissolution |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or dissolution |
| macro- | large |
| -malacia | softening |
| mamm/o | breast |
| megal/o | large |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -mania | condition of abnormal impulse toward or frenzy |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | month (menstruation) |
| mening/o | membrane (meninges) |
| meta- | after, beyond, or change |
| -meter | intrument for measuring |
| metr/o | uterus |
| metri/o | uterus |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| myring/o | eardrum or tympanic membrane |
| narc/o | stupor or sleep |
| nas/o | nose |
| necr/o | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | teeth |
| -odynia | pain |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| opt/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/o | testis or testicle |
| orchi/o | testis or testicle |
| orchid/o | testis or testicle |
| ortho- | straight, normal, or correct |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ov/i | egg |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pan- | all |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| para- | alongside of or abnormal |
| path/o | disease |
| pector/o | chest |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| per- | by |
| peri- | around |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation |
| phas/o | speech |
| -phil | attraction for |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -phobia | condition of abnormal fear or sensitivity |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | diaphram, mind |
| plas/o | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | air or lung |
| pneumon/o | air or lung |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| proct/o | rectum and anus |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pyret/o | fever |
| quadri- | four |
| radi/o | ray or radiation |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhage | to burst forth (usually blood) |
| -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| salping/o | uterine or fallopian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| schiz/o | split |
| scler/o | hard or sclera |
| scoli/o | twisted |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | process of examination |
| semi- | half |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| -spasm | involuntary action |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| spin/o | thorn |
| spir/o | breathing |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| squam/o | scale |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| sten/o | narrow |
| steth/o | chest |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| sub- | below or under |
| super- | above or excessive |
| syn- | together or with |
| tachy- | fast |
| test/o | testis or testicle |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland or mind |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland (shield) |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland (shield) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| tom/o | to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| ton/o | tone or tension |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| -ule | small |
| ultra- | beyond or excessive |
| uni- | one |
| ur/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| varic/o | swollen, twisted vein |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (belly or pouch) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| vesic/o | bladder or sac |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xeno- | strange or foreign |
| -y | condiion or process of |