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Med Term Hosa
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | no not without |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -able, ible | capable of, able to |
| -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| acr/o | toward |
| ad- | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| aer/o | air |
| agora- | open marketplace |
| alb/o, albin/o | white |
| alumin/o | albumin |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| amni/o | amnion |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an- | no, not, without |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | male, masculine |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| ante- | before |
| anter/o | anterior, toward the front |
| anti- | against |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | articulation, joint |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| ather/o | yellow fatty plaque |
| -ation | action or process |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aut/o | self |
| axill/o | axilla |
| bacter/i, bacteri/o | bacteria |
| bi- | two |
| bil/i | bile |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o | bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calcane/o | calcaneus |
| calc/i | calcium |
| cancer/o carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | carpus(wrist) |
| caud/o | tail, posterior in direction |
| cec/o | cecum |
| -cele | hernia |
| cellul/o | little cell or compartment |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| centi- | one hundred or one hundredth |
| cephal/o | head, toward the head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | brain, cerebrum |
| cervic/o | neck, uterine cervix |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/o | bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choldedoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| -cidal | killing |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| col/o, colon/o | colon or large intestine |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coni/o | dust |
| contra- | against |
| corpor/o | body |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| crin/o, -crine | secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, sac |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| dacry/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| dactyl/o | digit (toe finger or both) |
| de- | down, from, removing, reversing |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dent/i,dent/o | teeth |
| derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, -derm | skin |
| di- | two |
| dia- | through |
| diplo- | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far or distant from the origin or point of attachment |
| dors/o | directed toward, back side |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura meter |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | "bad" difficult |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ech/o | sound |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, stretching |
| ecto- | out, without, away from |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embo/o | embolus |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| en- | inside |
| encephal/o | brain |
| end-, endo- | inside |
| enter/o | intestines, small intestine |
| epi- | above or upon |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| -er | one who |
| erythemat/o | erythema redness |
| eryth/o | red |
| -esis | action, process, or result of esophagus |
| -esthesia | sensation, perception |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| eu- | normal, good |
| -eum, -ium | membrane |
| ex-, exo- | out, without, away from |
| extra- | outside |
| faci/o | face |
| femor/o | femur(thigh bone) |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| fluor/o | emitting or reflecting light |
| follicul/o | follicle |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o, -gen | beginning, origin |
| -genesis | producing, forming |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| genit/o | genitals |
| ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | aged, elderly |
| gigant/o | giant |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gli/o | neuroglia or sticky substance |
| glomerul/o | glomerus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar |
| gon/o | gonad |
| gram/o | to record |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half, partly |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr/o | perspiration |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | sameness |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| hypophys/o | pituitary |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -iatrics, -iatric,-iatry | medicine |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium |
| immun/o | immune |
| in- | not, inside, in |
| infer/o | lowermost, below |
| infra- | below |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| inter- | between |
| intestin/o | intestines |
| intra- | within |
| iod/o | iodine |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| -ism | condition or theory |
| -ist | one who |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kerat/o | hard or horny tissue, cornea |
| kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
| lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | toward the side farther from the midline of the body or a structure |
| leps/o, -lepsy | seizure |
| leuc/o, leuk/o | white |
| -lexia | words, phrases |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lith/o | stone,calculus |
| lob/o | lobe |
| log/o | knowledge, words |
| -logic, -logical | pertaining to the science of or study of |
| -logist | one who studies, specialist |
| -logy | study or science of |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatics |
| lymphat/o | lymphatics |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | dissolving, destruction, freeing |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | "bad", poor, abnormal |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| -malacia | softening |
| mamm/o | breast |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| medio- | middle or nearer the middle |
| megal/o, mega- | enlargement |
| -megaly | large, enlarged |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | month |
| mening/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind, chin |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | change or next in series |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| metr/i | uterine tissue |
| metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micro- | small |
| mid- | middle |
| milli- | one thousand or one thousandth |
| mono- | one or single |
| muc/o | mucus |
| multi- | many |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| myx/o | mucus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/i, | |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| hypophys/o | pituitary |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -iatrics, -iatric,-iatry | medicine |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium |
| immun/o | immune |
| in- | not, inside, in |
| infer/o | lowermost, below |
| infra- | below |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| inter- | between |
| intestin/o | intestines |
| intra- | within |
| iod/o | iodine |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| -ism | condition or theory |
| -ist | one who |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kerat/o | hard or horny tissue, cornea |
| kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
| lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | toward the side farther from the midline of the body or a structure |
| leps/o, -lepsy | seizure |
| leuc/o, leuk/o | white |
| -lexia | words, phrases |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lith/o | stone,calculus |
| lob/o | lobe |
| log/o | knowledge, words |
| -logic, -logical | pertaining to the science of or study of |
| -logist | one who studies, specialist |
| -logy | study or science of |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatics |
| lymphat/o | lymphatics |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | dissolving, destruction, freeing |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | "bad", poor, abnormal |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| -malacia | softening |
| mamm/o | breast |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| medio- | middle or nearer the middle |
| megal/o, mega- | enlargement |
| -megaly | large, enlarged |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | month |
| mening/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind, chin |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | change or next in series |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| metr/i | uterine tissue |
| metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micro- | small |
| mid- | middle |
| milli- | one thousand or one thousandth |
| mono- | one or single |
| muc/o | mucus |
| multi- | many |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| myx/o | mucus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/i, nat/o | birth |
| ne/o | new |
| necr/o | dead |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| nerv/o, nuer/o | nerve |
| nulli- | none |
| obstret/o | mid wife |
| ocul/o | vision |
| odont/o | teeth |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | little |
| olig/o | few |
| -oma | tumor |
| omphal/o | umbilicus |
| -on | body |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | vision |
| optic/o,orchid/o | testes |
| -orexia | appetite |
| orth/o | straight |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | conditon |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ovar/o | ovary |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pan- | all |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| par/o | to bear offspring |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| -para | female who has given birth |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroids |
| patell/o | patella(kneecap) |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| ped/o | child/foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pen/o | penis |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| per- | through or by |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| peri- | around |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| phag/o, -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing, ingesting |
| phalang/o | phalanges(bones of fingers and toes) |
| pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i | drugs, medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phas/o, -phasia | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | mind, diaphragm |
| physi/o | nature |
| -physis | growth |
| pil/o | hair |
| pituitar/o | pituitary |
| -plasia | development |
| plast/o | repair |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| pleg/o, -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -poesis | production |
| -poietin | substance that causes production |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| poster/o | posterior, toward the back |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | before |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| proxim/o | nearer the origin of the point or attachment |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | sagging, prolapse |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pyr/o | fire |
| quad-, quadri- | four |
| rach/i, rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radius, radiant energy |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| roentgen/o | x-ray |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | hemorrhage |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | uterine tube |
| -sarcoma | tumor arising from connective tissue |
| scapul/o | scapula(shoulder blade) |
| schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler/o, -sclerosis | hard, hardening |
| scop/o | to examine, to view |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| scrot/o | scrotum |
| seb/o | sebum |
| semi- | half, partly |
| semin/o | semen |
| seps/o | infection |
| sept/o | infection or septum |
| ser/o | serum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| silic/o | silica |
| som/a, somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| spin/o | spine |
| spir/o | spiral, to breathe |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -static | keeping stationary |
| stern/o | sternum(breastbone) |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| sub- | under |
| super- | excessive or above |
| supra- | above or beyond |
| super/o | uppermost, or above |
| sym-, syn- | joined, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| tars/o | tarsals(ankle bones) |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| test/o, testicul/o | testicle, testes |
| tetra- | four |
| therapeut/o, therapy- | treatment |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | thorax, chest |
| thromb/o | thrombus, clot |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| tom/o | to cut |
| -tome | instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision |
| top/o | place, position |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea |
| trans- | across, through |
| tri- | three |
| trich/o | hair |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| troph/o, -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
| -tropic | stimulate |
| -tropi | that which stimulates |
| uln/o | ulna |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| ungu/o | nail |
| uni- | one, single |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| urin/o | urine or urination |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vas/o | vessel, ductus deferens |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | ventral, belly side |
| venul/o | venule |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| vesic/o | bladder or vesicle |
| viscer/o | viscera |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| -y | state, condition |
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