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Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lobo- | section |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| blephar- | eyelid |
| angi- | vessel |
| aden- | gland |
| -osis | any condition |
| enter- | intestines |
| cerebre- | brain |
| path- | disease |
| rhin- | nose |
| arthr- | joint |
| plast- | surgical repair |
| -ology | the study of |
| -otomy | cut into/incision |
| nephr- | kidney |
| dermat- | skin |
| -itis | inflamation |
| gingiv- | gum |
| hepat- | liver |
| -ologist | specialist |
| megal- | enlarged |
| cardi- | heart |
| gastr- | stomach |
| -oma | tumor |
| -malacia | softening/soft |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| burso- | sac |
| -lysis | loosen/destruction |
| hemi- | half |
| oid- | like |
| hyper- | above/more than normal |
| cyst- | sac containing fluid |
| chloe- | bile |
| hypo- | under |
| hyster- | uterus |
| -ostomy | create an opening |
| para- | beside/beyond |
| cervic- | neck |
| chondr- | cartilege |
| cyan- | blue |
| hem- | blood |
| ost- | bone |
| psycho- | mind |
| lip- | fat |
| my- | muscle |
| lith- | stone |
| proct- | anus |
| cost- | rib |
| -gram | record |
| acro- | extermities |
| -rhexis | break/burst |
| carcin- | cancer |
| -penia | decrease |
| gen- | original/production |
| retro- | backwards |
| trip- | rub/fricton |
| strept- | twist |
| desis- | binding |
| mani- | madness |
| glosso- | tongue |
| -trophy | development |
| supra- | above |
| -algia | pain |
| -scop | observe |
| crani- | skull |
| end- | inside/within |
| -ptosis | falling/drooping |
| dyn- | pain |
| mast- | breast |
| dent- | teeth |
| cephal- | head |
| auto- | self |
| epi- | upon |
| hydro- | water |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -ophthalm | eye |
| contra- | against/counter |
| -iasis | condition |
| trans- | across/through |
| brady- | slow |
| -ectasis | exspansion |
| cyt- | cell |
| odont- | tooth |
| leuk- | white |
| -esthesia | sensantion |
| cantho- | angle at the end of the eyelid |
| sten- | narrow/contracted |
| cheil- | lips |
| benign- | mild, not cancerous |
| semen | seed |
| celio- | abdomen |
| erythro- | red |
| melan- | black |
| cauda- | tail |
| myring- | eardrum |
| spondyl- | spinal column |
| ovar- | egg |
| centesis- | puncture |
| oto- | ear |
| squam- | scale |
| mening- | membrane |
| cec- | blind passage |
| macul- | spot |
| -pexy | suspension |
| or- | mouth |
| lacrim- | tear |
| visero- | organ |
| lact- | milk |
| onych- | nail/claw |
| thorac- | chest |
| pyle- | gate |
| vesic- | bladder |
| sphenic- | wedge |
| myel- | marrow/spinal cord |
| myco- | fungus |
| hallux- | great toe |
| anti- | against |
| algia- | pain |
| lingua- | tongue |
| sub- | under |
| bili- | bile |
| onco- | tumor |
| vaso- | vessel |
| physio- | nature |
| bucco- | check |
| palpebr- | eyelid |
| plasia- | development |
| rug- | wrinkle, fold, crease |
| aur- | ear |
| acousti- | hearing |
| colpo- | vagina, hollow space |
| phon- | voice,sound |
| leio- | smooth |
| cor- | heart |
| ren- | kidney |
| orchi- | testis |
| encephal- | brain |
| thalam- | inner chamber |
| plexus- | braid |
| cilia- | eyelash |
| dendr- | tree, branching |
| phleb- | vein |
| pilo- | hair |
| histo- | tissue |
| stoma- | mouth |
| tympan- | eardrum |
| umbilic- | navel |
| salpingo- | tube |
| helio- | sun |
| astr- | star shaped |
| asthenia- | weakness |
| facia- | sheet, band |
| iso- | equal |
| tarso- | ankle |
| tope- | place |
| pod- | foot |
| malign- | bad, cancerous |
| adnexa- | tied |
| ocul- | eye |
| lapar- | abdominal wall |
| dacry- | tear |
| -ment | mind |
| part- | bring forth, labor |
| sclera- | hard |
| somato- | body |
| tracheal- | neck |
| sinus | hollow space |
| hypno- | sleep |
| sept- | wall, fence |
| scirr- | hard |
| antr- | cavity |
| -crine | to secrete |
| dura- | hard |
| pneum- | lung |
| phage- | to eat |
| phren- | mind |
| corne- | horny |
| plak- | plate |
| iris- | rainbow |
| kerat- | horny |
| pulmo- | lung |
| ptyal- | saliva |
| alveol- | cavity |
| oophar- | ovary |
| oment- | covering |
| sedat- | quiet, calm |
| furca- | fork shaped |
| radic- | root |
| radi- | ray |
| fistul- | pipe, narrow passage |
| edema- | swelling |
| dactyl- | finger, toe |
| metabol- | change |
| pariet- | wall |
| ependym- | wrapping |
| gravid- | pregnant |
| aer- | air |
| glyco- | sweet |
| tarso- | framework of the upper eyelid |
| cheir- | hand |
| calc- | heel, stone |
| sine- | move |
| digit | finger, toe |
| dors- | back |
| gangli- | swelling |
| gemin- | twin |
| grad- | walk, take steps |
| gran- | grain, partical |
| labi- | lib |
| micr- | small |
| peps- | digest |
| pleur- | pleura, rib, side |
| mamm- | breast |
| colla- | glue |
| later- | side |
| rachi- | spinal column |
| phob- | fear |
| phot- | light |
| dys- | bad |
| cut- | skin |
| en- | in |
| peri- | about, around |
| pro- | before |
| cele- | seed |
| iro- | coil |
| mechano- | machine |
| dynamo- | power |
| osmo- | odor |
| traumat- | wound |
| trich- | hair |
| maxill- | upper jaw bone |
| an-,a- | without, not |
| phak- | lens |
| pre- | in front of, before |
| strict- | drawn tight |
| turbin- | shaped like top |
| ameb- | change |
| semi- | half |
| neo- | new |
| hormone | excite |
| therm- | heat |
| syn-, sym- | together |
| vuls- | twitch, pull |
| post- | after |
| metr- | uterus |
| tegument | skin |
| pan-p | all |
| poly- | many |
| ramus- | branch |
| neuro- | nerve |
| thromb- | lump, clot |
| ab- | away from, not |
| plegia- | paralysis |
| ante- | before |
| thel- | nipple |
| ex- | out, away from |
| lien- | spleen |
| tumor | swelling |
| vestibule | entrance |
| puer- | child |
| sarc- | flesh |
| proli- | offspring |
| macro- | large |
| lal- | speech |
| intra- | within |
| inter- | (in)beneath |
| infra- | beneath |
| cryo- | cold |
| mal- | bad |
| glom- | ball |
| tens | stretch |
| spas- | pull, draw |
| somni- | sleep |
| pharmac- | drug |
| lumbo- | loins |
| arter- | artery |
| appendic- | appendix |
| thyro- | thyroid |
| splen- | slpeen |
| ovario- | ovary |
| adreno- | adrenal gland |
| basi- | base |
| pelvic- | pelvis |
| vena- | veins |
| urethr- | urethra |
| utero- | uterus |
| sacro- | sacrum |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| duodeno- | duodenum |
| ureter | ureter |
| laryng | larynx or throat |
| bronch- | bronchus |
| col- | colon |
| esophage- | esophagus |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| ile- | ileum |
| ili- | ilium |
| lig- | ligament |
| therap- | therapy |
| ventr- | front |
| vert- | turn |
| eu- | good |
| ambi- | both |
| amphi- | around, on both sides |
| brachy- | short |
| capit- | head |
| cau- | burn |
| clas- | break |
| duct- | tube |
| fiss- | split |
| ger- | old |
| heter- | uterus |
| infer- | under |
| hom- | same |
| olfact- | smell |
| orth- | straight |
| gyn- | female |
| pachy- | thick |
| phrag- | fence |
| poster- | back part |
| cata- | dowm |
| platy- | flat |
| pseud- | false |
| schiz- | split |
| proxim- | nearest |
| scol- | curve |
| apo- | away from |
| di- | twice |
| dia- | through |
| eury- | broad |
| pect- | chest |
| necr- | dead |
| mi- | less |
| morph- | form |
| dis- | apart |
| fac- | make, do |
| lept- | slender |
| lymph- | watery fluid |
| meta- | beyond |
| rrhag- | burst forth |
| sta- | stand |
| ton- | strecth |
| volv- | to roll |
| splanchn- | internal organs |
| rrhe | flow |
| med- | middle |
| xer- | dry |
| per- | throughout |
| blast- | bud |