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Pharmacy Practice 1
Medical Terminology 1-166
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, not |
| adip/o | fat |
| -algia | pain |
| -angi/o | vessel (usually blood or lymph) |
| anter/o | front, anterior |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthro/o | joint |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o; bronchi/o | bronchus (plural=bronchi) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (brain) |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| chlor- | green |
| chol/e | bile/gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| -cide | kill, destroy |
| col/o, colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| -cyte, cyt/o | cell |
| dent/o | teeth |
| -derma, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| dipl/o | double |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| electr/o | electric |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine (usually small) |
| epi- | above, upon |
| eryth/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| eu- | good, normal |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gen, -genesis | producing, forming |
| gero- | aged |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| glauc- | gray |
| -gloss | tongue |
| gluc/o, glyc/o | sugar, glucose |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant women |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| hemi- | half, partly |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | under, below |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| in- | not |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| -ism | condition |
| iso- | equal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | the study of |
| lumb/o | lower back, loin |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| lyso- | dissolving |
| mast/o | breast |
| macro- | large |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| maxilla/o | jaw |
| megal/o | enlargement |
| melano/o | black |
| meningi/o; mening/o | meninges |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| -meter | measure, intrument for measuring |
| metr/o | uterus |
| micro- | small |
| muc/o | mucus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| nas/o | nose |
| necr/o | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o | night |
| odont/o | teeth |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | vision |
| orchid/o | testis |
| or/o | mouth |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| para- | near, beside, around |
| patell/o | knee cap |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pedia | child |
| ped/o | foot |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| -penia | decreased |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -peri | around |
| -phagia | swallow, eat |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger, toe) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| -phasia | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia, -plasm | growth, formation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
| pre- | before |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| -ptosis | prolapse, falling, dropping |
| purpur- | purple |
| pyel/o | renal, pelvis |
| py/o | pus |
| quadri- | four |
| radi/o | x-rays, radiation |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhage | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| sacro/o | sacrum |
| sclera/o | hardening, sclera (white of the eye) |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| spin/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
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