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medical transcription course
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abodmin | abdomen |
| abort | to miscarry |
| absorpt | to suck in |
| acant | a thorn |
| acetabul | vinegar cup |
| acid | acid |
| acoust | hearing |
| acr; acr/o | extremity, point |
| act | acting |
| actin | ray |
| aden; adeno | gland |
| adhes | stuck to |
| adip | fat |
| agglutinat | clumping |
| agon | agony |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| albin | white |
| albumin | protein |
| alimentat | nourishment |
| all | other |
| alveol | small, hollow air sac |
| ambyl | dull |
| ambul | to walk |
| amni/o | lamb |
| ampere | ampere |
| amputat | to cut through |
| amyl | starch |
| anastom | opening |
| andr; andr/o | man |
| ang; ang/i; angi/o | vessel |
| angin | to choke, quinsy |
| ankyl | stiffening, crooked |
| an/o | anus |
| anter/i | toward the front |
| anthrac | coal |
| aort; aort/o | aorta |
| append | appendix |
| arachn | spider |
| arche | beginning |
| arter; arter/i; arteri/o | artery |
| arthr; arthr/o | joint |
| artific/i | not natural |
| aspirat | to draw in |
| atel; atel/o | imperfect |
| ather; ather/o | fatty substance; porridge |
| atri; atri/o | atrium |
| aud/i; audi/o | to hear |
| auditor | hearing |
| aur; aur/i | ear |
| auscultat | listen to |
| aut | self |
| axill | armpit |
| bacter/i | bacteria |
| balan | glans penis |
| bartholin | Bartholin's glands |
| bas/o | base |
| bil; bil/i | bile, gall |
| bi/o | life |
| blast/o | germ cell |
| blephar; blephar/o | eyelid |
| bol | to cast, throw |
| brach/i | arm |
| bronch; bronch/i; bronch/o | bronchi |
| bronchiol | bronchiole |
| bucc | cheek |
| burs | a pouch |
| calc | lime, calcium |
| calc/i | calcium |
| calcan/e | heel bone |
| cancer | crab |
| capn | smoke |
| capsul | a little box |
| carcin; canrcin/o | cancer |
| card; card/i; cardi/o | heart |
| carp; carp/o | wrist |
| cartil | gristle |
| castr | to prune |
| caud | tail |
| cause | hear |
| cavit | cavity |
| celi | abdomen, belly |
| cellul | little cell |
| centr; centr/i | centre |
| cephal | head |
| cept | receive |
| cerebell; cerebell/o | little brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebum |
| cervic | cervix, neck |
| cheil | lip |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol; chole; chol/e | gall, bile |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr; chondr/o | cartilage |
| chord | cord |
| chori/o | chorion |
| choroid; choroid/o | choroid |
| chromat; chrom/o | colour |
| chym | juice |
| cine; cinemat/o | motion |
| ciruclat | circular |
| cirrh; cirrh/o | orange/yellow |
| cis | to cut |
| claudicat | to limp |
| clavicul | little key |
| cleid/o | clavicle |
| coagul; coagulat | to clot |
| coccyg/e; coccyg/o | tailbone |
| cochle/o | land snail |
| coit | a coming together |
| col; col/o; colon; colon/o | colon |
| coll/a | glue |
| collis | neck |
| colp/o | vagina |
| concuss | shaken violently |
| condyle | knuckle |
| con/i | dust |
| conjunctiv | to join together |
| connect | to bind together |
| constipat | to press together |
| continence | to hold |
| cor | pupil |
| coriat | corium |
| corne | cornea |
| corpor; corpor/e | body |
| cortic; cortis | cortex |
| cost; cost/o | rib |
| cox | hip |
| cran/i; crani/o | skull |
| creat | flesh |
| creatin | flesh, creatine |
| crine; crin/o | to secrete |
| crur | leg |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt | hidden |
| cubit | elbow, to lie |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| curie | curie |
| cutane | skin |
| cyan | dark blue |
| cycl; cycl/o | ciliary body |
| cyst; cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| cyt; cyth; cyt/o | cell |
| dacry | tear |
| dactyl; dactyl/o | finger or toe |
| defecat | to remove dregs |
| dem | people |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dent; dent/i | tooth |
| derm; derm/a; dermat; dermat/o; derm/o | skin |
| dextr/o | to the right |
| diast | to expand |
| didym | testis |
| digit | finger or toe |
| dilat | to widen |
| disk | a disk |
| dist | away from the point of origin |
| diverticul | diverticula |
| dors; dors/i | backward |
| duct | to lead |
| duoden | duodenum |
| dur; dur/o | dura, hard |
| dwarf | small |
| dynam | power |
| ech/o | echo |
| ectop | displaced |
| eg/o | I, self |
| ejaculat | to throw out |
| electr/o | electricity |
| eme | to vomit |
| embol | to cast, to throw |
| emulsificat | disintergrate |
| encephal; encephal/o | brain |
| enchyma | to pour |
| enter | intestine |
| enucleat | to remove the kernel of |
| eosin/o | rose-coloured |
| episi/o | vulva; pudenda |
| equ/i | equal |
| erget; erg/o | work |
| eructat | a breaking out |
| erysi; erythr/o | red |
| esophag/e; esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| estr/o | mad desire |
| eti/o | cause |
| eunia | a bed |
| excret | sifted out |
| f(erat) | to bear |
| fasc; fasci/o | a band (fascia) |
| femor | femur |
| fenestrat | window |
| fibr | fibrous tissue, fiber |
| fibrillat | fibrils ( small fibers) |
| fibrin/o; fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul | fibula |
| filtrat | to strain through |
| fixat | fastened |
| flex | to bend |
| fluor/o | fluorescence |
| foc | focus |
| follicul | little bag |
| format | a shaping |
| fungat | mushroom, fungus |
| fus | to pour |
| galact/o | milk |
| ganglion | knot |
| gastr; gastr/o | stomach |
| gen; gene; genet | formation, produce |
| genital | belonging to birth |
| gen/o | kind |
| ger | old age |
| gest | to carry |
| gester | to bear |
| gigant | giant |
| gingiv | gums |
| glandul | little acorn |
| gli; gli/o | glue |
| glob; globul | globe |
| globin | globule |
| glomerul; glomerul/o | glomerulus, little ball |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o; glyc; glycos | sweet, sugar |
| glyc/o | glucose, sweet, sugar |
| gonad | seed |
| goni/o | angle |
| gon/o | genitals |
| granul/o | little grain, granular |
| gravida | pregnant |
| gryp | curve |
| gynec/o | female |
| halat | breathe |
| hallux | great (big) toe |
| hem; hemat; hemat/o; hem/o | blood |
| hemorrh | vein liable to bleed |
| hepat; hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr | sweat |
| hirsut | hairy |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hol/o | whole |
| horizont | horizon |
| humer | humerus |
| hydr | water |
| hymen | hymen |
| hypn | sleep |
| hyster; hyster/o | womb, uterus |
| icter | jaundice |
| ile; ile/o; | ileum |
| ili; ili/o | ilium |
| illus | foot |
| immun/o | safe, immunity |
| infarct | infarct (necrosis of an area) |
| infect | infection |
| infer/i | below |
| inguin | groin |
| insul; insulin/o | insulin |
| integument | covering |
| intern | within |
| ionizat; | ion (going) |
| ion/o; iont/o; | ion |
| irid; irid/o | iris |
| isch | to hold back |
| ischi | ischium |
| is/o | equal |
| jaund | yellow |
| kal | potassium |
| kary/o | cell's nucleus |
| kel | tumour |
| kerat | cornea |
| kerat/o | horn, cornea |
| keton | ketone |
| kil/o | a thousand |
| kinet | motion |
| kyph | a hump |
| labi | lip |
| labyrinth; labyrinth/o | maze |
| lacrim | tear |
| lamin | lamina, thin plate |
| lamp(s) | to shine |
| lapar/o | flank, abdomen |
| laryng; laryng/e; laryng/o | larynx |
| later | side |
| laxat | to loosen |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lemma | rind, sheath, husk |
| lent | lens |
| lept | seizure |
| letharg | drowsiness |
| leuk; leuk/o | white |
| levat | lifter |
| libr/i | balance |
| lingu | tongue |
| lip; lipid; lip/o | fat |
| lith; lith/o | stone |
| lob; lob/o | lobe |
| lobul | small lobe |
| locat | to place |
| log | study |
| log/o | word |
| lopec | fox mange |
| lord | bending |
| lucent | to shine |
| lumb;lumb/o | loin |
| lump | lump |
| lun | moon |
| lymph; lymph/o | lymph, clear fluid |
| malign | bad kind |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mandibul | lower jawbone |
| man/o | thin |
| mast; mast/o | breast |
| masticat | to chew |
| maxill | jawbone |
| maxilla | jaw |
| maxim | greatest |
| meat; meat/o | passage |
| med | middle |
| medi | toward the middle |
| medull; medull/o | marrow |
| melan; melan/o | black |
| men; men/o | month |
| mening | membrane (meninges) |
| mening/i; mening/o | membrane |
| menise | crescent |
| ment | mind |
| mes; mes/o | middle |
| mester | month |
| metr | to measure, womb, uterus |
| metr/i | womb, uterus |
| micturit | to urinate |
| miliar | millet (tiny) |
| minim | least |
| mi/o | less, smaller |
| mit | thread |
| mitr | mitral valve |
| mnes | memory |
| mucos; mucus | mucous |
| muscul; muscul/o | muscle |
| muta; mutat | to change |
| my; my/o; my/os | muscle |
| myc; myc/o | fungus |
| mydriat | dilation, widen |
| myel | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myel/o | marrow |
| myring; myring/o | drum membrane |
| myx | mucus |
| narc/o | numbness |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat; nat/o | birth |
| necr; necr/o | death |
| nephr; nephr/o | kidney |
| neur; neur/i; neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neither |
| nid | nest |
| noct | night |
| nom | law |
| norm | rule |
| nucl | nucleus |
| nucle | kernel, nucleus |
| nyctal | blind |
| nystagm | to nod |
| occlus | to shut up |
| ocul | eye |
| odont | tooth |
| olecran | elbow |
| onc/o | tumour |
| onych; onych/o | nail |
| o/o | ovum, egg |
| oophor | ovary |
| opt; opt/o; opthalm; opthalm/o | eye |
| or | mouth |
| orch; orchid; orchid/o | testicle |
| organ | organ |
| orth; orth/o | straight |
| oscill; oscill/o | to swing |
| oste; oste/o | bone |
| ot; ot/o | ear |
| ovar; ovul; ovulat | ovary |
| ox; ox/i | oxygen |
| oxy | sour, sharp, acid |
| pachy | thick |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| paque | dark |
| palat/o | palate |
| palliat | cloaked |
| pallid/o | globus, pallidus |
| palm | palm |
| palpitat | throbbing |
| papill | papilla |
| para | to bear |
| paralyt | to disable, paralysis |
| partum | labor |
| parturit | in labor |
| patell | kneecap. patella |
| path; path/o | disease |
| pause | cessation |
| pector | chest |
| pectortat | breast |
| ped; ped/i | foot, child |
| pedicul | a louse |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pen; penile | penis |
| pept | to digest |
| perine | perineum |
| periton/e | peritoneum |
| phac; phac/o | lens |
| phag; phag/o | to eat, engulf |
| phak | lentil, lens |
| phalang/e | closely knit row |
| pharyng; pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phas | speech |
| phen/o | to show |
| phe/o | dusky |
| phim | a muzzle |
| phleb, phleb/o | vein |
| phon; phone | voice |
| phon/o | sound |
| phor | carrying |
| phos; phot/o | light |
| phragm, phragmat/o | partition |
| phras | speech |
| physic; physi/o | nature |
| pil/o | hair |
| pine | pine cone |
| pineal | pineal body |
| pin/o | to drink |
| pituitar | phlegm |
| plak | plate |
| plasma | a thing formed, plasma |
| plast | a developoing |
| pleur; pleura; pleur/o | pleura |
| plicat | to fold |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumon | lung |
| poiet | formation |
| poli/o | gray |
| pollex | thumb |
| por | a passage |
| porphyr | purple |
| poster/i | behind, toward the back |
| prand/i | meal |
| presby | old |
| press | to press |
| proct; proct/o | anus, rectum |
| prolif | fruitful |
| prophylact | guarding |
| prostat | prostate |
| prosth/e | an addition |
| prot/e | first |
| proxim | near the point of origin |
| prurit | itching |
| pshych; psych/o | mind |
| pudend | external genitals |
| pulm/o; pulmon; pulmonar | lung |
| pupill | pupil |
| purpur | purple |
| py; py/o | pus |
| pyel; pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor | pylorus, gate keeper |
| pyret | fever |
| pyr/o | heat, fire |
| rach; rachi | spine |
| radi | radius |
| rad/i | radiating out from a centre |
| radiat | radiant |
| radic/o; radicul | spinal nerve root |
| radi/o | ray |
| rect/o | rectum |
| relaxat | to loosen |
| remiss | remit |
| ren; ren/o | kidney |
| respirat | breathing |
| reticul/o | net |
| retin; retin/o | retina |
| rhabd/o | rod |
| rheumat; rheumat/o | discharge |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhonch | snore |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| roent | roentgen |
| rotat | to turn |
| rrhyth; rrhythm | rhythm |
| rube/o | red |
| sacr | sacrum |
| salping; salping/o; salpinx | tube, fallopian tube |
| sarc; sarc/o | flesh |
| scapul | shoulder blade |
| scler | hardening |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera |
| scoli; scoli/o | curvature |
| scop | to examine |
| seb/o | oil |
| secund | second |
| semin; seminat | seed |
| senile; senil | old |
| sept | putrefaction |
| septic | putrefying |
| ser(a) | whey |
| ser/o | whey, serum |
| sert | to gain |
| sexu | sex |
| sial | saliva |
| sial/o | salivary |
| sider/o | iron |
| sigmoid; sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
| sin/o | a curve |
| sinus | a hollow curve |
| situ | place |
| som; somat; soma/o | body |
| somn | sleep |
| son; son/o | sound |
| spadias | a rent, an opening |
| spastic | convulsive |
| sperm; spermi; spermat; spermat/o | seed (sperm) |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spin | spine, a thorn |
| spir/o | breath |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl; spondyl/o | vertebra |
| staped | stirrup |
| steat | fat |
| sten | narrowing |
| ster | solid |
| stern; stern/o | sternum |
| sterol | solid (fat) |
| steth; stheth/o | chest |
| stigmat | point |
| stom; stomat | mouth |
| strabism | a squinting |
| strict | to draw, to bind |
| superfic/i | near the surface |
| super/i | upper |
| suppress | suppress |
| surrog | substituted |
| sympath | sympathy |
| synov | joint fluid |
| syst | contraction |
| system | a composite whole |
| systol | contraction |
| tel | end, distant |
| tele | distant |
| tempor | temples |
| tend/o; tendin; ten/o; tenon; tenos | tendon |
| tens | tension |
| tentori | tentorium, tent |
| terat | monster |
| testicul; test/o | testicle |
| thalass | sea |
| thel/i | nipple |
| therm; therm/o | hot, heat |
| thorac; thorac/o; thorax | chest |
| thromb; thromb/o | clot |
| thym | thymus, mind, emotion |
| thyr; thyr/o; thyrox | thyroid, shield |
| tibi | tibia |
| tinnit | a jingling |
| toc | birth |
| tom/o | to cut |
| ton | tone, tension |
| ton/o | tone |
| tonsill | tonsil, almond |
| topic; top/o | place |
| tors; tort/i | twisted |
| tox; toxic | poison |
| trach/e; trache/o | trachea |
| tract | to draw |
| trephinat | a bore |
| trich; trich/o | hair |
| trigon | trigone |
| trism | grating |
| trop | turning |
| troph | a turning |
| tubercul | a little swelling |
| tuss | cough |
| tympan | ear drum |
| tympan/o | drum |
| uln; uln/o | ulna, elbow |
| umbilic | naval |
| ungu | nail |
| ur | urine |
| ure | urinate |
| urea | urea |
| uret | urine |
| ureter; ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr; urethr/o | urethra |
| urin; urinat; urin/o; ur/o | urine |
| uve | uvea |
| vagin | vagina |
| vag/o | vagus, wandering |
| varic/o | twisted vein |
| vas; vas/o | vessel |
| vascul | small vessel |
| vector | a carrier |
| ven; ven/i;ven/o | vein |
| venere | sexual intercourse |
| ventilat | to air |
| ventr | near or on the belly side of the body |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| ventricul/o | little belly |
| vermi | worm |
| vers | turning |
| vertebr; vertebr/o | vertebra |
| vesic | bladder |
| vesicul | vesicle |
| vir | virus (poison) |
| viril | masculine |
| viscer | body organs |
| volt | volt |
| volunt | will |
| volvul | to roll |
| vuls | to pull |
| watt | watt |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen | foreign material |
| xer; xer/o | dry |
| xiph | sword |
| zo/o | animal |
| zoon | life |
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