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Med. Terminology
terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arthro | Joint |
| Carpo | Wrist |
| Chondro | Cartilage |
| Costa | Rib |
| Cranio | Skull |
| Dactyl | Finger |
| Ili | Hip |
| Manus | Hand |
| Myel | Bone Marrow |
| Myo | Muscle |
| Ortho | Straighten |
| Osteo | Bone |
| Pedi | Foot |
| Spondyl | Vertebra |
| Cutis | Skin |
| Dent | Teeth |
| Derma | Skin |
| Hapsia | Touch |
| Odont | Teeth |
| Onco | Tumor |
| Onychia | Nail Beds |
| Pedicular | Lice |
| Prurigo | Itching |
| Psora | Itch |
| Sarco | Flesh |
| Sclero | Hard |
| Squama | Scaly |
| Tricho | Hair |
| Chole | Bile; Gallbladder |
| Colon | Large Intestine |
| Emesis | Vomiting |
| Entero | Intestine |
| Gastro | Stomach |
| Glosso | Tongue |
| Hepat | Liver |
| Ile | Ileum |
| Laparo | Abdomen |
| Myxo | Mucus |
| Procto | Anus; Rectum |
| Pyloro | Pylorus; Gatekeeper |
| Stoma | Opening; Mouth |
| Viscero | Body Organs |
| Adeno | Gland |
| Calculi | Stone |
| Cele | Tumor, Cyst; Hernia |
| Cyto | Cell |
| Glyco | Sweet, Sugar |
| Homeo, Homo | Similar, Same, Like |
| Lingua | Tongue |
| Lip | Fat |
| Lith | Stone |
| Madaro | Falling Hair |
| Psych | Mind |
| Pyo | Pus |
| Radi | Rays |
| Thermic | Heat |
| ecto | outside |
| ectomy | excision |
| endo | within |
| epi | outer,on top of, over |
| exo | away from |
| extra | outside, beyond |
| ferro | iron |
| fore | before |
| form | shape of |
| graphy | writing, record |
| hemi | half |
| hydra, hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| a, an | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| algia | pain |
| ante | before; wall part |
| anti | against |
| bi | two, double |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| co, con | together |
| de | down or away from |
| desis | binding; fixation of |
| dia | through |
| dys | difficult |
| audio | sound |
| cerebro | brain |
| encephao | brain |
| esthesia | sensation |
| medulla | brain middle |
| meningo | membranes; spinal cord |
| neuro | nerves |
| occiput | back of skull |
| oculo | eye |
| opthalmo | eye |
| oto | ear |
| parietes | parietal; wall part |
| pons | bridges |
| tempora | temporal |
| angio | vessel |
| aortal | aorta, main artery |
| arterio | artery |
| cardio | heart |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| emia | blood |
| hema, hemo | blood |
| phleb | vein |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| varico | varicose veins |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| vena | bein |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| bulbo | bulbourethral gland; bulblike |
| cervi | neck; uterus |
| galacto | milk |
| genito | reproductive system |
| hyster | uterus |
| lactin | milk |
| mast | breast |
| metr | uterus |
| natal | born |
| oophoro | ovary |
| orchido | testicle |
| ova, ovi, ovo | egg |
| salping | tube; fallopian |
| sperma spermato | seed |
| vas | duct; vessel |
| broncho | bronchi; airway |
| cili | hairlike processes |
| ectasis | expansion |
| laryngo | larynx, voice box |
| naso | nose |
| oro | mouth |
| oxy | oxygen, keen |
| pector | breast, chest |
| pleura | rib side |
| pneumo | lung |
| ptysis | to spit |
| pulmo | lungs |
| rhin | nose |
| tracheo | trachea, windpipe |
| creatinine | a waste material in urine |
| cysto | bladder |
| glomerulo | nephron part; little ball |
| nephro | kidney |
| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
| pyelo | pelvis |
| reni | kidney |
| uretero | ureter |
| urethro | urethra |
| uri | urine |
| uric | pertaining to urine |
| urina | urine |
| uro | urine |