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Purple Term - 449
Terminology
| Purple Term | Meaning of Term |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| ambul/o | walk |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| asthenia | weakness, debility |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| melan/o, anthrac/o | black |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cyan/o | blue |
| brady- | slow |
| caus/o | burning |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| cephal/o | head |
| chloro-, chlor/o | green |
| contus/o | bruise |
| convulsants | seizures |
| convult/o | coiled & twisted |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| -cusis | hearing (-cusia, audit/o, audi/o, acous/o, -acusis) |
| anthrac/o | black, coal |
| ech/o | sound |
| erthr/o | red |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -osis | abnormal condition of |
| audi/o | hearing |
| -ology | study of |
| bi- | two |
| -itis | inflammation |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (white part of eye) |
| dendr/o | branching |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chlor/o | green |
| chem/o | chemical; drug |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| -cide | killing |
| cine- | movement |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| -cision | a cutting |
| -cyte, cyt/o | cell |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cutane/o | skin |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cusia | hearing |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cruci/o | cross |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cortic/o | cortex (means outer layer) |
| core/o | pupil |
| hom/o | same |
| home-, home/o | same, alike |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| irid/o, irit/o | iris |
| kerat/o | horney tissue, hard cornea |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| macro- | larger |
| metr/o | uterus (womb) measurement |
| -metry | measurement |
| mening/o | meninges |
| micro- | small |
| myring/o | middle ear |
| tympan/o | eardrum, middle ear |
| mono-, mon/o | one |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | stupor |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o, nyctal/o, nyct/o | night |
| uni-, mono-, mon/o | one |
| -opia | vision |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, put in place |
| -phagia | eatting, swallowing |
| -phasia, phas/o | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| poli/o | grey matter |
| poly- | many, much |
| ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| ptysis | spitting |
| py/o | pus |
| phas/o | speech |
| ven/o | vein |
| retin/o | retina |
| eosin/o | rose or dawn coloured |
| -rrhagia, -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ologist | specialist in study of |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| sub- | below, under |
| sulc/o | groove |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| tachy- | fast, rapid, swift |
| deca- | ten |
| tri- | three |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tropia | turning |
| -version | turning |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| -schisis | a splitting |
| phren/o | mind |
| psych/o | mind |
| ment/o | mind |
| dipl/o | two, double |
| schiz/o | split |
| -desis | surgical fixation |
| par/o | to bear, labour, give birth to |
| pachy/o | thick |
| son/o | sound |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -pathy | disease |
| aur/o | ear |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| extra- | outside |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| blephar/o | eye lid |
| dendr/o | branching |
| quadr/o, quadri- | four |
| genesis | production, formation, origin |
| -glia, gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue |
| gyn/o | woman |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| aque/o | water |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| ger/o | old age; aged |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| eti/o | cause (of disease) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| audi/o | hearing |
| acous/o | hearing |
| -acusis | hearing |
| sial/o | saliva |
| puerper- | childbirth |
| glauc/o | grey |
| asbest/o | asbestos |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| -cision | a cutting |
| onc/o | tumor |
| spir/o | breathe, breathing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -physis | growth |
| pyr/o | fever, heat |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| chromat/o | green |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| concuss/o | shaken (shaken baby syndrome) |
| -scope | instument for examining |
| -scopy | process of viewing; visual exam |
| -lysis | destruction, separtation, loosening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -spasm | twitching, involuntary contractions |
| -ist | specialist |
| -tropia | turning |
| -para | to bear (off spring) |
| -epi | above, upon, on top |
| log/o | study of |
| -ism | condition |
| iso- | same, equal |
| -ia | condition |
| -gram | record |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -oma | tumor |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| mi/o | smaller |
| micr/o, micro- | small |
| muc/o | mucus |
| multi- | many, much |
| myx/o | mucus |
| -phobia | fear |
| neo- | new |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| nulli- | none |
| de- | cessation |
| -plasty | plastic, surgical repair |
| -opsy | view of |
| -ostomy | creation of artificial opening |
| -isy | state of condition |
| -er, -ician | one who |
| pyr/o | fire |
| -us | condition, structure |
| -acusia | deafness |
| dendr/o | branching |
| dipl/o | double, two |
| ot/o | ear (also aur/o, auricul/o) |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| exo- | outside, outward, (also ect/o) |
| spir/o | breathe, breathing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -physis | growth |
| pyr/o | fever, heat |
| somn/o | sleep |
| sial/o | saliva |
| puerper- | childbirth |
| glauc/o | grey / gray |
| aur/o, auricul/o | ear |
| cauter/o | heat, burn |
| -cision | a cutting |
| hist/o | tissue |
| gyr/o | turning, folding |
| ophthalm/o, ocul/o | eyeball, eye |
| extra- | outside, outward, (also ecto-) |
| -acusia | deafness |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| convolut/o | coiled & twisted |
| cephal/o | head |
| convulsants | seizures |
| brady- | slow |
| ambul/o | walk |
| ambly/o | dim, dull |
| contus/o | bruising |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| aque/o | water |
| genisis | formation, production, orgin |
| asbest/o | asbestos |
| irit/o | iris (also irid/o, ir/o) |
| lysis- | loosening, destruction, separation |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| kerat/o | horney tissue, hard, cornea |
| macro- | large |
| mening/o | meninges |
| neur/o | nerve |
| sub- | below, under |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| eosin/o | rose or dawn coloured |
| -ologist | specialist in the study of... |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| retin/o | retina |
| phleb/o | vein (ven/o) |
| -phasia | speech (phas/o) |
| -phagia | eatting, swallowing, (phag/o) |
| -pexy | put in place, fixation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| -opia | vision |
| narc/o | stupor |
| -itis | inflammation |
| noct/o | night (nyctal, nyct/o) |
| ptysis | spitting |
| py/o | pus |
| sulc/o | groove |
| tachy- | fast, rapid, swift |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tropia | turning (-version) |
| trophy- | nourishment |
| -schisis | a splitting |
| phren/o | mind |
| psych/o | mind |
| ment/o | mind |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fushion |
| par/o | to bear, labour, give birth to |
| pachy/o | thick |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| ton/o | tone, tension, pressure |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| poli/o | grey matter (bone marrow, spinal cord) |
| poly- | many, much |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -opia | vision |
| a or an | without, not |
| -osis, iasis | abnormal condition of |
| anti-, contra- | against, opposite |
| -dynia | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| aque/o | water |
| peri-, circum- | around |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility, loss of strength |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| cephal/o | head |
| encephal/o | brain |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| chrom/o | colour |
| circum- | around |
| convolut/o | coiled & twisted |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| -ia, -esis | condition of |
| -iasis | abnormal condition of |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| -cusis | hearing |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| caus/o, caust/o | burning |
| conjunctiv/o | conjuntiva |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| eti/o | cause (of disease) |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| lacrim/o | tear, tear duct |
| scot/o | darkness |
| necr/o | death |
| -penia | deficiency of |
| hypo- | deficiency of |
| dendr/o | branching |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| -rrhagia, -rrhage | excessive flow, bursting forth |
| exo- | outside, outward, (ecto-) |
| -genic | production, orgin, formation |
| -pexy | fixation of |
| -desis | fixation of |
| sulc/o | groove |
| cardi/o | heart |
| hem/o | blood (hemat/o) |
| hemi- | one half |
| esthesia- | feeling, sensation |
| epi- | above, upon |
| fove/o | pit |
| ocul/o | eye |
| eso- | inward |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ger/o | aged, old age |
| phoria- | feeling (mental state) |
| phac/o | lens |
| ax/o | mainstream, axis |
| goni/o | angle |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, herniation |
| lact/o | milk |
| phac/o | lens (of eye) |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| leuk/o | white |
| phot/o | light |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| mening/o | meninges |
| galact/o | milk (lact/o) |
| my/o | muscle |
| narc/o | stupor |
| -juxta | near, beside |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ology | study of |
| oma- | tumor |
| onc/o | tumor |
| -opsia | vision (-opia) |
| -lepsy | seizures |
| myc/o | fungus |
| intra- | within, in |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| ot/o | ear |
| cortex | outer region (cortic/o) |
| supra- | over, above |
| epi- | over, above |
| para- | beside, beyond, around |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency of |
| presby/o | old age |
| pseudo/o | false, fake |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| core/o | pupil |
| radicul/o | nerve, nerve root |
| scler/o | sclera (white of eye - hardening) |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| pinn/o | external ear |
| somat/o | body |
| plex/o | plexus, network |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -phoria | feeling (mental state) |
| phac/o | lens (lens of eye) |
| cutane/o | skin (dermat/o) |
| somn/o | sleep |
| phas/o | speech (-phasia) |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| syn- | together, joined, union |
| synapt/o | point of contact (synaps/o) |
| tachy- | fast, rapid, swift |
| con- | together, with |
| -tropia | turning |
| gyr/o | turning, folding |
| leuk/o | white |
| tars/o | edge of eylid |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| thalam/o | thalamus, chamber |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| extra- | outside |
| -glia | glue, neuroglial tissue |
| gyr/o | folding, turning |
| hydro- | water |
| somn/o | sleep |
| asbest/o | asbestos |
| aur/o | ear |
| aque/o | water |
| ophthalm/o | eyeball |
| caust/o | burning |
| brady- | slow |
| scot/o | darkness |
| phil/o | love, attraction |
| ot/o, aur/o, auricul/o | ear |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| ecto- | outside, outward |
| dys- | pain |
| spir/o, -penia | breathing |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| irit/o | iris |
| kerat/o | horney tissue, hard cornea |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -lysis | destruction, separation |
| macro- | large |
| irid/o | iris |
| myring/o | middle ear |
| micro- | small |
| ir/o | iris |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| narc/o | stupor, numbness |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -acusia | deafness |
| goni/o | angle |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| caust/o | burning |
| sthen/o | strength |
| idi/o; -gnosis | unknown, knowing |
| -tax | order, coordination |
| lex/o | word of phrase |
| -later | side, to one side |
| -cata | down |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| -taxia | order, coordination |
| thee/o | sheath (refer to meninges) |
| gangli/o | ganglion (knotted mass) |
| -iatry | medicine, treatment |
| canth/o | corner of your eye |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| stab/o | strabismus |
| -dextra | means "right" |
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