crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

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NIGHTMARE MED TERM

ALL MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY WORD PARTS. COME WHEN EYES ARE DRY.

word part	definition
abdomin/o	abdomen
acid/o	acid
acous/o	hearing
acoust/o	hearing; sound
acr/o	extremities
aden/o	gland
adenoid/o	adenoids
adip/o	fat
adren/o	adrenal gland
adrenal/o	adrenal gland
agglutin/o	clumping; sticking together
albin/o	white
albumin/o	albumin (a protein)
alges/o	sensitivity to pain
aliment/o	nourishment; nutrition
alveol/o	alveolus; air sac
ambly/o	dull; dim
ambul/o	to walk or move about
amni/o	amnion
amyl/o	starch
an/o	anus
andr/o	male
angi/o	vessel (blood)
ankyl/o	crooked; bent; stiff; fused together
anter/o	front
anxi/o	anxious; uneasy
aort/o	aorta; largest artery
append/o	appendix
appendic/o	appendix
aque/o	water
arteri/o	artery
arteriol/o	arteriole (small artery)
arthr/o	joint
articul/o	joint
aspir/o	removal
astr/o	star; star—shaped
atel/o	incomplete; imperfect
ather/o	plaque; fatty buildup
atri/o	atria; atrium
audi/o	hearing
audit/o	hearing
aur/o	ear
aut/o	self
azot/o	nitrogen
bacteri/o	bacteria
balan/o	glans penis
bi/o	life
bil/i	bile; gall
blephar/o	eyelid
bol/o	cast; throw
brachi/o	arm
bronch/o	bronchus; bronchial tube
bronchi/o	bronchiole; smaller subdivision of the bronchus
bucc/o	cheek
burs/o	bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)
calc/o	calcium
calcane/o	calcaneus; heel bone
calcul/o	stone
cali/o	calyx (a cup—like division of the renal pelvis)
carcin/o	cancer
card/o	heart
cardi/o	heart
carp/o	wrist
caud/o	tail
caus/o	burn; burning; heat
cauter/o	heat; burn
cec/o	cecum (first part of large intestine)
celi/o	abdomen; belly
cephal/o	head
cerebell/o	cerebellum
cerebr/o	cerebrum
cerumin/o	cerumen
cervic/o	neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
cheil/o	lip
chir/o	hand
cholangi/o	bile; vessel
chol/e	gall; bile
cholecyst/o	gallbladder
choledoch/o	common bile duct
chondr/o	cartilage
chori/o	chorion
chorion/o	chorion
chrom/o	color
chron/o	time
cirrh/o	orange—yellow
cis/o	to cut
clavicul/o	clavicle; collarbone
coagul/o	coagulation; clotting
cochle/o	cochlea
col/o	large intestine; colon
colon/o	large intestine; colon
colp/o	vagina
comi/o	to care for
congest/o	accumulation of fluid
conjunctiv/o	conjunctiva
constrict/o	narrowing
contus/o	to bruise
cor/o	pupil
core/o	pupil
corne/o	cornea
coron/o	heart
cortic/o	cortex; outer region
cost/o	rib
crani/o	skull
crin/o	secrete
cry/o	cold
crypt/o	hidden
cubit/o	elbow
culd/o	cul—de—sac (cavity closed at one end)
cutane/o	skin
cyan/o	blue
cyst/o	cyst; fluid sac; bladder
cyt/o	cell
dacry/o	tear
dactyl/o	digits (fingers and toes)
dem/o	people
dendr/o	tree—like; branches
dent/i	tooth
derm/a	skin
derm/o	skin
dermat/o	skin
dextr/o	to the right
diaphor/o	profuse sweating
diaphragmat/o	diaphragm
dilat/o	to enlarge or expand
dipl/o	double
dips/o	thirst
dist/o	away from the point of origin; far; distant
diverticul/o	diverticulum
dont/o	tooth
dors/o	back of the body
duct/o	to lead; to carry
duoden/o	duodenum (first part of small intestine)
dur/o	dura mater
ecchym/o	blood in the tissues
electr/o	electricity
embry/o	embryo
encephal/o	brain
enter/o	intestines (usually the small intestine)
epididym/o	epididymis
epiglott/o	epiglottis
episi/o	vulva
erythem/o	redness
erythemat/o	redness
erythr/o	red
esophag/o	esophagus
esthes/o	nervous sensation
esthesi/o	nervous sensation
eti/o	the cause of a disease or condition
fasci/o	fibrous band; fascia
femor/o	thigh bone
fet/o	fetus
fibr/o	fiber
fibul/o	fibula; lower leg bone
flex/o	to bend
fluor/o	luminous; lighted up
fung/o	fungus
gangli/o	tumor; cystic tumor
gastr/o	stomach
genit/o	reproduction
gigant/i	abnormally large
gingiv/o	gums
glauc/o	gray
gli/o	glue
glomerul/o	glomerulus
gloss/o	tongue
gluc/o	sugar; glucose
glyc/o	sugar; glucose
glycos/o	sugar; glucose
gon/o	seed
gonad/o	sex glands
graph/o	writing
gustat/o	taste
gyn/o	female; woman
gynec/o	female; woman
hem/a	blood
hem/o	blood
hemat/o	blood
hepat/o	liver
herni/o	hernia
hiat/o	opening
hidr/o	sweat
hirsut/o	hairy
hist/o	tissue
home/o	similar
hormon/o	hormone
humer/o	humerus; upper arm bone
hy/o	hyoid bone
hydr/o	water
hymen/o	hymen
hypn/o	sleep
hyster/o	uterus
iatr/o	physician; treatment
ichthy/o	dry; scaly
idi/o	unknown; individual; distinct
ile/o =ileum (third part of small intestine)
ili/o	ilium; top of the hip bone
immun/o	immune; protection
infer/o	below
inguin/o	groin
insulin/o	insulin
integument/o	covering
ir/o	iris
irid/o	iris
is/o	same; equal
isch/o	back; to hold back
jaund/o	yellow
jejun/o	jejunum (second part of small intestine)
kal/i	potassium
kary/o	nucleus
kerat/o	hard, horn—shaped tissue; cornea
ket/o	ketone
kines/o	movement
kinesi/o	movement
kyph/o	humpback
labi/o	lip
lacrim/o	tears
lact/o	milk
lamin/o	lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)
lapar/o	abdominal wall; abdomen
laryng/o	larynx; voice box
later/o	side
lei/o	smooth
leuk/o	white
lex/o	word
ligament/o	ligament
ligat/o	binding; tying
ling/o	tongue
lip/o	fat
lipid/o	fatty deposits; lipids
lith/o	stone; calculus
lob/o	lobe
log/o	study
lord/o	curve; swayback
lumb/o	lumbar region; loin
lumin/o	light
lump/o	lump; mass
lux/o	slide
ly/o	break down; dissolve; loosen
lymph/o	lymph
lymphaden/o	lymph node
lymphangi/o	lymphatic vessel
lymphat/o	lymph
mamm/o	breast
mandibul/o	mandible; lower jaw bone
mast/o	breast
meat/o	meatus
medi/o	middle
medull/o	medulla oblongata
megal/o	large; great; grand
melan/o	black
men/o	menses; menstruation
mening/o	meninges
meningi/o	meninges
menisc/o	meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint
ment/o	mind
metr/o	uterus
metri/o	uterus
mi/o	smaller; less
micr/o	small
morph/o	shape; form
muc/o	mucus
muscul/o	muscle
my/o	muscle
myc/o	fungus
mydr/o	widened; enlarged
myel/o	bone marrow; spinal cord
myocardi/o	heart muscle
myos/o	muscle
myring/o	tympanic membrane; eardrum
myx/o	mucus
narc/o	numbness; sleep; stupor
nas/o	nose
nat/i	birth
natr/o	sodium
necr/o	death
nephr/o	kidney
neur/o	nerve
noct/o	night
nos/o	disease
nucle/o	nucleus
nyct/o	night
ocul/o	eye
odont/o	tooth
olfact/o	smell
olig/o	scanty (very small)
onc/o	tumor
onych/o	nail
o/o	ovum (egg)
oophor/o	ovary
ophthalm/o	eye
opt/o	eye; vision
optic/o	eye; vision
or/o	mouth
orbit/o	eye socket
orch/o	testis; testicle
orchi/o	testis; testicle
orchid/o	testis; testicle
orth/o	straight
ossic/o	ossicle (small bone)
oste/o	bone
ot/o	ear
ov/o	ovum (egg)
ovari/o	ovary
ovul/o	ovum (egg)
ox/i	oxygen
ox/o	oxygen
pancreat/o	pancreas
papill/o	optic disc; nipple—like
parathyroid/o	parathyroid gland
patell/o	patella; kneecap
path/o	disease
pector/o	chest
ped/o	foot; child
pelv/i	pelvis
perine/o	perineum
peritone/o	peritoneum
phac/o	lens of the eye
phag/o	eat; swallow; engulf
phak/o	lens of the eye
phalang/o	phalanges; fingers or toes
pharyng/o	pharynx; throat
phas/o	speech
phe/o	dark—colored; gray
phim/o	muzzle
phleb/o	vein
phob/o	fear
phon/o	sound
phot/o	light
phren/o	mind
phys/o	air; gas
physi/o	nature; function
pil/o	hair; hair follicle
pituitar/o	pituitary gland
plant/o	sole of the foot
plas/o	development; formation
pleur/o	pleura; serous membrane that enfolds the lung
pneum/o	lung; air
pneumon/o	lung; air
pod/o	foot
pol/o	extreme
poli/o	gray matter
pont/o	pons
por/o	opening; passageway; porous
poster/o	back (of body); behind
presby/o	old age
proct/o	rectum; anus
prostat/o	prostate gland
proxim/o	near the point of origin; near; close
prurit/o	itching
psor/o	itching
psych/o	mind
pub/o	pubis; pubic region
pulmon/o	lung
py/o	pus
pyel/o	renal pelvis
pylor/o	pylorus
pyret/o	fever
rachi/o	spine; vertebra
radi/o	X—rays
radicul/o	nerve root
rect/o	rectum
ren/o	kidney
resuscit/o	to revive
retin/o	retina
rhabd/o	rod—shaped
rheumat/o	watery flow
rhin/o	nose
rhythm/o	rhythm; heartbeat
rhytid/o	wrinkle
sacr/o	sacrum
salping/o	Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube
sarc/o	flesh; connective tissue
schiz/o	split
scler/o	hardening
scoli/o	crooked; bent
scot/o	darkness
seb/o	sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
semin/i	semen; seed
seps/o	infection
sept/o	wall; partition
ser/o	serum; serous
sial/o	saliva; salivary gland
sigmoid/o	sigmoid colon; sigmoid
sin/o	sinus; cavity
sinus/o	sinus; cavity
sinistr/o	to the left
somat/o	body
somn/o	sleep
son/o	sound
sperm/o	spermatozoa; sperm
spermat/o	spermatozoa; sperm
sphygm/o	pulse
spin/o	spine
spir/o	breathing
splen/o	spleen
spondyl/o	vertebra; backbone
squam/o	scale
staped/o	stapes (middle ear bone)
steat/o	fat; sebum
ster/o	solid structure; steroid
stern/o	sternum; breastbone
steth/o	chest
stigmat/o	point
stomat/o	mouth
styl/o	column; pillar; tube
super/o	above
synaps/o	point of contact; to join
synapt/o	point of contact; to join
syncop/o	to cut off; cut short; faint
synovi/o	lubricating fluid of joints
systol/o	contraction
tars/o	ankle
tax/o	coordination; order
taxi/o	coordination; order
tempor/o	the temples
ten/o	tendon
tendin/o	tendon
tendon/o	tendon
tens/o	stretched; strained
test/o	testis; testicle
testicul/o	testis; testicle
thalam/o	thalamus
thec/o	sheath (meninges)
therm/o	hot; heat
thorac/o	chest
thromb/o	clot
thym/o	thymus
thyr/o	thyroid gland
thyroid/o	thyroid gland
tibi/o	tibia; lower leg bone
tom/o	to cut
ton/o	tone; tension
tonsill/o	tonsils
top/o	place; location; position
tors/o	twisted
tox/i	poison
tox/o	poison
toxic/o	poison
trache/o	trachea; windpipe
traumat/o	trauma; injury; wound
trich/o	hair
trigon/o	trigone (region of bladder)
troph/o	development; nourishment
tub/o	tube
tubercul/o	tubercule; small lesion caused by infection
tuss/o	cough
tympan/o	eardrum
uln/o	ulna; lower arm bone
umbilic/o	umbilicus (belly button)
ungu/o	nail
ur/o	urine; urinary tract
ureter/o	ureter
urethr/o	urethra
urin/o	urine
uter/o	uterus
vagin/o	vagina
varic/o	varicose veins
vas/o	vessel; duct
vascul/o	blood vessel
ven/i	vein
ven/o	vein
vener/o	sexual contact
ventil/o	to oxygenate; aerate
ventr/o	belly side of body; ventral aspect
ventricul/o	ventricle
venul/o	venule (small vein)
vers/o	turn; turning
vertebr/o	vertebrae; spinal column bones
vesic/o	urinary bladder
vesicul/o	seminal vesicle
vestibul/o	vestibule
vir/o	virus
viscer/o	internal organs
vitr/o	vitreous body
vitre/o	glassy
volv/o	to roll; turn; twist around
vulv/o	vulva
xanth/o	yellow; yellowish
xen/o	foreign; unlike species
xer/o	dry
zo/o	animal; life
a—	not; without
ab—	away; away from
ad—	toward
af—	toward; near
ambi—	both sides
an—	not; without
ana—	apart
ante—	before
anti—	against
auto—	self
bi—	two; both
brachy—	short
brady—	slow
circum—	around
con—	together; with
contra—	against
de—	lack of; down; less; removal of
dia—	through; complete
dorsi—	back
dys—	painful; difficult
e—	out; away from
ec—	out; outside
echo—	reflected sound
ecto—	out; outside
ef—	out of; outside
em—	in
en—	in; within
endo—	in; within
epi—	on; over; upon
eso—	inward
eu—	good; normal
ex—	out; away from
exo—	outward
hemi—	half
hyper—	above; above normal; excessive
hypo—	below; below normal; deficient
in—	in; into; not
infra—	below; beneath; inferior
inter—	between
intra—	within; into
macro—	large
mal—	bad
mega—	large
meso—	middle
meta—	change; beyond
micro—	small
mono—	one; single
multi—	many
neo—	new
non—	not
nulli—	no; none
pan—	everything; all
par—	near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
para—	near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
per—	through
peri—	around; surrounding
poly—	many; much
post—	after; behind
pre—	before; in front of
primi—	first
pro—	before; forward
pseudo—	false
quadri—	four
re—	back again; backward
retro—	behind; backward
semi—	half
soma—	body
sub—	below; under
supra—	above
syn—	together; with
tachy—	fast
trans—	across
tri—	three
ultra—	beyond; excess
—ac	pertaining to
—al	pertaining to
—algesia	pain; sensitivity
—algia	pain
—an	pertaining to
—ant	substance that promotes
—ar	pertaining to
—arche	beginning
—ary	pertaining to
—ase	enzyme
—assay	to analyze
—asthenia	weakness
—atic	pertaining to
—ation	process; condition
—blast	developing cell
—capnia	carbon dioxide
—carcinoma	cancerous tumor
—cele	hernia; swelling; protrusion
—centesis	surgical puncture to remove fluid
—ceps	heads (attachments)
—chezia	defecation; elimination of waste
—cide	to kill
—clast	to break down; destroy
—clysis	irrigation; washing
—constriction	narrowing
—crine	secrete; separate
—crit	to separate
—cusis	hearing
—cyesis	state of pregnancy
—cyte	cell
—cytosis	condition of cells
—derm	embryonic layer
—derma	skin
—dermis	skin
—desis	to bind; tie together
—dipsia	thirst
—dynia	pain
—e	(noun suffix with no meaning)
—eal	pertaining to
—ectasia	dilation; expansion
—ectasis	dilation; expansion
—ectomy	surgical removal; excision
—edema	swelling; fluid retention
—ema	condition
—emesis	vomiting
—emia	blood condition
—emic	pertaining to blood condition
—esis	action; condition; state of
—esthesia	feeling; sensation
—eurysm	widening
—ferent	to carry
—fuge	to separate by spinning
—fusion	to pour; to come together
—gen	substance that produces
—genesis	formation
—genic	produced by or in
—glia	glue
—globin	protein
—globulin	protein
—grade	to go
—gram	record; image
—graph	instrument for recording
—graphy	process of recording
—gravida	pregnant
—ia	condition
—iac	pertaining to
—ial	pertaining to
—iasis	abnormal condition
—ic	pertaining to
—ical	pertaining to
—in	chemical; chemical compound; substance
—ine	chemical; chemical compound; substance; pertaining to
—ion	process; state; condition
—ior	pertaining to
—ism	process; condition
—ist	specialist
—itis	inflammation
—ium	structure; tissue
—ive	substance that promotes
—lapse	to slide, fall; lag
—lepsy	seizure
—leptic	to seize; take hold of
—logist	specialist
—logy	study of
—lysis	breakdown; separation; loosening
—lytic	pertaining to breakdown or destruction
—malacia	softening
—mania	obsessive preoccupation
—megaly	enlargement
—meter	measure
—metry	process of measuring
—mortem	death
—motor	movement
—oid	like; resembling
—oma	tumor; mass
—opia	vision condition
—opsy	view of; viewing
—or	one who (or something that) takes action or does something
—orexia	appetite
—ory	pertaining to
—ose	full of; pertaining to; sugar
—osis	process; abnormal condition
—osmia	smell
—otia	ear condition
—ous	pertaining to
—para	to bear (offspring)
—paresis	weakness
—partum	childbirth; labor
—pathy	disease
—penia	deficiency
—pepsia	digestion
—pexy	surgical fixation
—phage	eat; swallow
—phagia	eating; swallowing
—phasia	speech
—pheresis	removal
—phil	love; attraction for
—philia	love; attraction for
—phobia	fear
—phonia	voice
—phoresis	transmission; carrying
—phylaxis	protection against infection
—physis	growth; growth plate
—plasia	development; formation
—plasm	formation; structure
—plastic	pertaining to formation
—plasty	surgical repair
—plegia	paralysis
—plegic	pertaining to paralysis
—pnea	breathing
—poiesis	formation
—poietin	substance that forms
—porosis	abnormal condition of small holes
—prandial	meal
—ptosis	droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
—ptysis	spitting
—rrhage	rupture; bursting forth (of blood)
—rrhagia	rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)
—rrhagic	pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
—rrhaphy	suture
—rrhea	flow; excessive discharge
—rrhexis	rupture
—salpinx	fallopian tube
—sclerosis	hardening; thickening
—scope	instrument used to view
—scopy	visual examination using a scope
—sis	state; condition
—spasm	muscle contraction
—stalsis	contraction
—stasis	stoppage of flow
—stenosis	narrowing; tightening
—stitial	pertaining to standing or positioned
—stomy	surgical opening
—suppression	to stop
—taxia	muscle coordination
—tension	pressure
—therapy	treatment
—thorax	chest; pleural cavity
—tic	pertaining to
—tocia	childbirth; labor
—tome	instrument used to cut thin sections
—tomy	process of cutting; incision
—tonia	tone; tension
—tripsy	crushing
—trophy	condition of growth or development
—tropia	to turn
—tropic	turning; affecting
—tropin	hormone
—ule	little: small
—um	structure; tissue; thing
—uria	urination; condition of urine
—us	structure; tissue; thing
—version	to turn
—y	process; state

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