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PHT123 Midterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to (adj) |
| -al | pertaining to (adj) |
| -ary | pertaining to (adj) |
| -ic | pertaining to (adj) |
| -ical | pertaining to (adj) |
| -ous | pertaining to (adj) |
| -tic | pertaining to (adj) |
| -ar | pertaining to (adj) |
| -iac | afflicted with certain diseases or conditions (noun) |
| -ia | an unhealthy state (noun) |
| -is | forms the noun from the root (noun) |
| -ism | condition (noun) |
| -ist | one who specializes (noun) |
| -y | condition (noun) |
| lapar | abdomen |
| super | above |
| supra | above |
| trans | across |
| anti | against |
| pan | all |
| brachio | arm |
| circum | around |
| peri | around |
| arterio | artery |
| ab | away from |
| dors | back |
| retro | backward |
| fascia | fibrous band |
| pre | before |
| post | behind |
| sub | below |
| para | beside |
| inter | between |
| chole | bile |
| natus | birth |
| melan | black |
| cysto | bladder |
| vesic | bladder |
| haemo | blood |
| soma | body |
| osteo | bone |
| myelo | bone marrow |
| bi | double |
| pyelo | bowl of kidney |
| cerebro | brain |
| encephal | brain |
| mamm; mast | breast |
| bronchi; broncho | bronchial |
| carcin | cancer |
| chondro | cartiliage |
| cyt; cyte | cell |
| buccal | cheek |
| paed | child |
| thrombo | clot |
| col | colon |
| kerat | cornea; scaly |
| cort | covering |
| ankyl | crooked; looped |
| hypo | defincient |
| phrenic | diaphragm |
| diplo | double |
| oto | ear; hearing |
| aud; aur | ear; hearing |
| ovi | egg |
| cubitus | elbow; forearm |
| hyper | excessive |
| ocul | eye |
| ophthal | eye |
| faci | facies; face |
| pseudo | false |
| lip | fat |
| onych | nail |
| lymph | fluid |
| ped; pod | foot |
| pro | forward |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| aden | gland |
| gingiva | gums |
| hemi | half |
| chiro | hand |
| cephalo | head |
| cardio | heart |
| therm | heat |
| coxa | hip |
| ili | hip bone |
| centi | hundreth |
| intra | inside |
| endo | inside |
| enter | intestine |
| ile | intestine (part) |
| iri | iris (eye) |
| arthro | joint |
| nephro | kidney |
| ren | kidney |
| genu | knee |
| macro | large |
| laryng | larynx |
| al | like; similar |
| labia | lip |
| hepato | liver |
| pneumo | lung |
| pulm | lung |
| poly | many |
| mening | membrane |
| meno; mens | menstruate |
| meso | middle |
| lacto | milk |
| psycho | mind; soul |
| stoma | mouth |
| or | mouth; bone |
| myx | mucus |
| myo | muscle |
| strict | narrowing |
| cervic | neck |
| trachel | neck |
| neuro | nerve |
| neo | new |
| thel | nipple |
| rhin | nose; nostrils |
| mono | one; single |
| viscera | organ |
| ecto | outside |
| oophoro | ovary |
| ovario | ovary |
| dys | painful; abdominal |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| pleur | pleura of lung |
| gravid | pregnant |
| pyo | pus |
| tachy | rapid |
| procto | rectum |
| erythro | red |
| costo | rib |
| sial | saliva |
| squam | scaly |
| semin | seed |
| cut | skin |
| derma | skin |
| cranio | skull |
| brady | slow |
| micro | small |
| myelo | spinal cord |
| spondyl | spine |
| splen | spleen |
| amyl | starch |
| gastro | stomach |
| lilth | stone |
| ortho straightedem | swelling; fluid |
| caud | tail |
| deci | tenth |
| orchid | testes |
| thorac | thorax |
| kilo | thousand |
| milli | thousandth |
| gloss | tongue |
| dent | tooth |
| odont | tooth |
| ad | toward |
| trache | trachea |
| salpingo | tube |
| epi | upper; above |
| hyster | uterus; womb |
| metro | uterus; womb |
| colp | vagina |
| phleb | vein |
| vas | vessel |
| angio | vessel (blood) |
| hydro | water |
| sebum | wax |
| asthen | weakness |
| bar | weight |
| leuko | white |
| a; an | without |
| gyne | woman |
| carpo | wrist |