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Med Term 200 vocab
Victoria Balderas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| achill/o | Achilles' heel |
| acid/o | acid(pH) |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans |
| bas/o | base(pH) |
| cac/o | bad,diseased |
| calc/i | calcium |
| calcane/o | heel hone |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o | finger, toe |
| dem/o | people |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | throwing in |
| emphys/o | inflate |
| fasei/o | hand |
| fibro/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| galact/o | milk |
| gangli/o | knot |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| halat/o | breathe |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| ichthy/o | fish(scaly) |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kary/o | nucleu (cell) |
| kel/o | tumor |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| labyrinth/o | maze |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| lamino/o | shin plate |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw |
| maxill/o | upper jaw |
| narc/o | night, sleep |
| nas/o | nose |
| necr/o | death |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| oment/o | omentun |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| papill/o | papilla |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | ray, radius |
| radiat/o | radiant |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | tube |
| sanguin/o | blood |
| tars/o | ankle bone |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| ul/o | scar |
| ulcer/o | surface excavation |
| uln/o | elbow |
| vag/o | vagus nerve, wondering |
| varic/o | twisted vein |
| vas/o | vessel, duct |
| vascul/o | small vessel |
| vector/o | carrier |
| ven/o | vein |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | alien, foreign |
| xiph/o | sword |
| zo/o | animal |
| zon/o | encircling area |
| zyg/o | joined |
| a-, an | no, not, without, negates the meaning |
| ab- | away from: from |
| ad- | toward, at, increase, on |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against, opposing |
| bi-, bin- | two, twice, double |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | from, down, away from |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| endo- | within, in |
| epi- | on, upon, over |
| eu- | normal, good |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, in |
| macro- | large, long |
| meta- | after, beyond, change |
| micro- | small |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| pachy- | thick, thickening, thickened |
| pan- | all, total |
| para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
| per- | though |
| peri- | surrounding (outer) |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro | before |
| sub- | below, under |
| supra- | above |
| sym-, syn- | together, joined |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| -a | noun ending, no meaning |
| -ac | partaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amnion, amniotic fluid |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| -drome | run, running |
| -e | noun ending, no meaning |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical, removal, cut out |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -esis | condition |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| -gram | the record, radiographic image |
| -graph | instrument used to record; the record |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| -ia | conditional of, diseased state, abnormal state |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatrist | specialist |
| -iatry | specialty, treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ictal | seizure, attack |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separating, loosening, dissolution |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measuring, process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | viewing, process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increased number (blood) |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -phobia | aversion, abnormal fear |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | condition of excessive bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | repairing, suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tubes, uterine tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| -sclerosis | herdening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle |
| -stasis | stop, control, standing |
| -stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
| -stomy | creating of artificial opening |
| -thorax | chest cavity, chest |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | incision, cut into |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -um | no meaning |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -us | no meaning |