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MT Med Specialties
Medical Terminology Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| dermato/o | skin |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | stomach or small intestine |
| ger/a | elderly |
| gero/o | elderly |
| geront/o | elderly |
| gynec/o | female |
| immun/o | immune |
| ne/o | new or birth |
| nat/o | new or birth |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | radiation |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to aspirate or remove fluid |
| -ectomy | excision/removal |
| -lysis | destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tome | instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| aden/o | gland |
| aggi/o | vessel |
| append/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebro/o | brain |
| encephal/o | brain |
| chri/o | hand |
| col/o | colon or large intestine |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/a | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pneum/o | lungs |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| vas/o | dustus deferens |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -edema | swelling due to fluid |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | excessive, preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -able | able to |
| -ible | able to |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -y | state or condition |
| amyl/o | starch |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| muc/o | mucus |
| pyr/o | fire |
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