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MedTerm 1-8
Medical Terminology 1-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| ab-, abs- | away from |
| ad- | toward, to |
| ambi- | both, around |
| an- | without |
| ana- | up, toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| apo- | derived, separate |
| aut(o)- | self |
| bi- | twice, double |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| circum- | around |
| co-, col-, com-, con-, cor- | together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | away from |
| di-, dif-, dir, dis- | not, separated |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | abnormal; difficult |
| ect(o)- | outside |
| end(o)- | within |
| epi- | over |
| eu- | well, good, normal |
| ex- | out of, away from |
| exo- | external, on the outside |
| extra- | without, outside of |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above normal; overly |
| hypo- | below normal |
| infra- | positioned beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | equal; same |
| mal- | bad; inadequate |
| meg(a)-, megal(o)- | large |
| mes(o)- | middle, median |
| meta- | after |
| micr(o)- | small, microscopic |
| mon(o)- | single |
| multi- | many |
| olig(o)- | few; little; scanty |
| pan-, pant(o)- | all, entire |
| par(a)- | beside; abnormal; involving two parts |
| per- | through, intensely |
| peri- | around, about, near |
| pluri- | several, more |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, following |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, forward |
| quadra-, quadri- | four |
| re- | again, backward |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | less than, under, inferior |
| super- | more than, above, superior |
| supra- | above, over |
| syl-, sym-, syn-, sys- | together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | beyond, excessive |
| un- | not |
| uni- | one |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -clast | breaking |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -cide | destroying, killing |
| -cidal | destroying, killing |
| -cele | hernia |
| -blast | immature, forming |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -crine | secreting |
| -crit | separate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | condition of the cells |
| -derma | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ecstasia | expansion; dilation |
| -ectomy | removal of |
| -edema | swelling |
| -ema | condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -emic | relating to blood |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -form | in the shape of |
| -gen | producing, coming to be |
| -genesis | production of |
| -genic | producing |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -gram | a recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ics | treatment, practice, body of knowledge |
| -ism | condition, disease, doctrine |
| itis (pl. -itides) | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -lepsy | condition of |
| -leptic | having seizures |
| -logist | one who practices |
| -logy | study, practice |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| -lyctic | destroying |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | obsession |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measuring device |
| -metry | measurement |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -oma(pl. -omata) | tumor, neoplasm |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis (pl. - oses) | condition, state, process |
| -ostomy | opening |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -para | bearing |
| -parous | producing; bearing |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | fixation, usually done surgically |
| -phage, -phagia, - phagy | eating, devouring |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil | attraction; affinity for |
| -philia | attraction; affinity for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phonia | sound |
| -phoresis | carrying |
| -phoria | feeling; carrying |
| -phrenia | of the mind |
| -phthisis | wasting away |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growing |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plastic | forming |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | one who is paralyzed |
| -pnea | breath |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -poietin | one that forms |
| -poietic | forming |
| -porosis | lessening in density |
| -ptosis | falling down; drooping |
| -rrhage | discharging heavily |
| -rrhagia | heavy discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | a flowing, a flux |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -schisis | splitting |
| -scope | instrument for observing |
| -scopy | use of an instrument for observing |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -spasm | contraction |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | stopping; constant |
| -stat | agent to maintain a state |
| -static | maintaining a state |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -stomy | opening |
| -tome | cutting instrument, segment |
| -tomy | cutting operation |
| -trophic | nutritional |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| -tropia | turning |
| -tropic | turning toward |
| -tropy | condition of turning toward |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | turning |
| acanth(o) | spiny; thorny |
| actin(o) | light |
| aer(o) | air; gas |
| alge, algesi, algio, algo | pain |
| amyl(o) | starch |
| andro | masculine |
| athero | plaque; fatty substance |
| bacill(i) | bacilli; bacteria |
| bacteri(o) | bacteria |
| bar(o) | weight; pressure |
| bas(o), basi(o) | base |
| bio | life |
| blasto | immature cells |
| cac(o) | bad; ill |
| calc(o), calci(o) | calcium |
| carcin(o) | cancer |
| chem(o) | chemical |
| chlor(o) | chlorine, green |
| chyl(o) | chyle, a digestive juice |
| chrono | time |
| chrom, chromat, chromo | color |
| chore(o) | dance |
| chlondrio, chondro | Cartilage, grainy, gritty |
| chym(o) | chyme, semifluid present during digestion |
| cine(o) | movement |
| coni(o) | dust |
| crin(o) | secrete |
| cry(o) | cold |
| crypt(o) | hidden; obscure |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| cycl(o) | circle; cycle; ciliary body |
| cyst(o), cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| dextr(o) | right, toward the right |
| dips(o) | thirst |
| dors(o), dorsi | back |
| dynamo | force; energy |
| echo | reflected sound |
| electr(o) | electricity; electric |
| eosin(o) | red; rosy |
| ergo | work |
| erythr(o) | red, redness |
| esthesio | sensation, perception |
| ethmo | ethmoid bone |
| etio | cause |
| fibr(o) | fiber |
| fluor(o) | light; luminous; flourine |
| fungi | fungus |
| galact(o) | milk |
| gen(o) | producing; being born |
| gero(o), geront(o) | old age |
| gluco | glucose |
| glyco | sugars |
| gonio | angle |
| granulo | granular |
| gyn(o), gyne, gyneco | women |
| home(o), homo | same; constant |
| hydr(o) | hydrogen, water |
| hypn(o) | sleep |
| iatr(o) | physician; treatment |
| ichthy(o) | dry; scaly; fish |
| idio | distinct; unknown |
| immun(o) | safe; immune |
| kal(i) | potassium |
| karyo | nucleus |
| ket(o), keton(o) | ketone; acetone |
| kin(o), kine | movement |
| kinesi(o), kineso | motion |
| kyph(o) | humpback |
| lact(o), lacti | milk |
| latero | lateral, to one side |
| lepto | light, frail, thin |
| leuk(o) | white |
| lip(o) | fat |
| lith(o) | stone |
| log(o) | speech, words, thought |
| lys(o) | dissolution |
| macr(o) | large; long |
| media(o) | middle; medial plane |
| mega(o), megal(o) | large; million |
| melan(o) | black; dark |
| mes(o) | middle; median |
| micr(o) | small; one-millionth; tiny |
| mio | smaller; less |
| morph(o) | structure; shape |
| narco | sleep; numbness |
| necr(o) | death; dying |
| noct(i) | night |
| nucle(o) | nucleus |
| normo | normal |
| oncho, onco | tumor |
| nyct(o) | night |
| oxy | sharp; acute; oxygen |
| orth(o) | straight; normal |
| path(o) | disease |
| pachy | thick |
| phago | eating; devouring; swllowing |
| pharmaco | drugs; medicine |
| phono(o) | south; voice; speech |
| phot(o) | light |
| physi, physio | physical; natural |
| physo | air; gas; growing |
| phyt(o) | plant |
| plasma; plasmo | formative; plasma |
| poikilo | varied; irregular |
| pyo | pus |
| pseud(o) | false |
| pyro | fever; fire; heat |
| pyreto | fever |
| salping(o) | tube |
| radio | radiation; x-ray; radius |
| schiz(o) | split; division |
| schisto | split |
| scolio | crooked; bent |
| scler(o) | hardness; hardening |
| sidero | iron |
| scoto | darkness |
| somat(o) | body |
| sito | food; grain |
| sono | sound |
| som(o), somni | sleep |
| spher(o) | round; spherical |
| spasmo | spasm |
| squamo | scale; squamous |
| spir(o) | breath; breathe |
| steno | narrowness |
| staphyl(o) | grapelike clusters |
| strepto | twisted chains; streptococci |
| stere(o) | three-dimensional |
| styl(o) | peg-shaped |
| syring(o) | tube |
| tel(o), tele(o) | distant; end; complete |
| terato | monster (as a malformed fetus) |
| therm(o) | heat |
| tono | tension; pressure |
| top(o) | place; topical |
| tox(i), toxico, toxo | poison; toxin |
| tropho | food; nutrition |
| vivi | life |
| xanth(o) | yellow |
| xeno | stranger |
| xer(o) | dry |
| xiph | sword; xiphoid |
| zo(o) | life |
| zymo(o) | fermentation; enzyme |
| abdomin(o) | abdomen |
| acetabul(o) | cup-shaped hip socket |
| aden(o) | gland |
| adip(o) | fat |
| adren(o) | adrenal glands |
| alveol(o) | air sac, alveolus |
| angi (o) | vessel |
| aort(o) | aorta |
| appendic(o) | appendix |
| arteri(o) | artery |
| arteriol(o) | arteriole |
| arthr(o) | joint; articulation |
| aur(i), auricul(o) | ear |
| blephar(o) | eyelid |
| brachi(o) | arm |
| bronch(o), bronchi | bronchus |
| bucc(o) | cheek |
| burs(o) | bursa |
| calcane(o) | heel bone |
| cardi(o) | heart; esophageal opening of the stomach |
| carp(o) | wrist bones |
| celi(o) | abdomen |
| cephal(o) | head |
| cerebell(o) | cerebellum |
| cerebr(o) | cerebrum |
| cervic(o) | neck; cervix |
| cheil(o), chil(o) | lip |
| chir(o) | hand |
| chol(e), cholo | bile |
| chondri(o), chondr(o) | cartilage |
| col(o), colon(o) | colon |
| colp(o) | vagina |
| core(o) | pupil |
| cortic(o) | cortex |
| costi, costo | rib |
| crani(o) | cranium |
| cysti(i), cysto | bladder; cyst |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| dactyl(o) | fingers, toes |
| dent(i), dento | tooth |
| derm(o), derma, dermat(o) | skin |
| duoden(o) | duodenum |
| encephal(o) | brain |
| enter(o) | intestines |
| episi(o) | vulva |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| gingiv(o) | gum |
| gloss(o) | tongue |
| gnath(o) | jaw |
| gonad(o) | sex glands |
| hem(a), hemat(o), hemo | blood |
| hepat(o), hepactic(o) | liver |
| hidr(o) | sweat |
| histi(o), histo | tissue |
| hyster(o) | uterus, hysteria |
| ile(o) | ileum |
| ili(o) | ilium |
| inguin(o) | groin |
| irid(o) | iris |
| ischi(o) | ischium |
| kary(o) | nucleus |
| kerat(o) | cornea |
| labio(o) | lip |
| lamin(o) | lamina |
| lapar(o) | abdominal wall |
| laryng(o) | larynx |
| linguo | tongue |
| lip(o) | fat |
| lympho(o) | lymph |
| mast(o) | breast |
| maxill(o) | maxilla |
| medull(o) | medulla |
| mening(o) | meninges |
| muco | mucus |
| my(o) | muscle |
| myel(o) | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| neur, neuro | nerve |
| oculo | eye |
| odont(o) | tooth |
| onych(o) | nail |
| oo | egg |
| oophor(o) | ovary |
| ophthalm(o) | eye |
| opto, optico | eye; sight |
| or(o) | mouth |
| orchi(o), orchido | testis |
| osseo, ossi | bone |
| ost(e), osteo | bone |
| ot(o) | ear |
| ovari(o) | ovary |
| ovi, ovo | egg; ova |
| ped(o), pedi | foot; child |
| pelvi(o), pelvo | pelvic bone; hip |
| pharyng(o) | pharynx |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| phren(o), phreni, phrenico | mind; diaphragm |
| pil(o) | hair |
| plasma, plasmo, plasmat(o) | plasma |
| pleur(o), pleura | rib; side; pleura |
| pneum(a), pneumat(o), pneuo, pneumon(o) | lungs; air; breathing |
| pod(o) | foot |
| proct(o) | anus |
| psych(o), psyche | mind |
| pulmon(o) | lung |
| pyel(o) | renal pelvis |
| rachi(o) | spine |
| rect(o) | rectum |
| reni, reno | kidney |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| sacr(o) | sacrum |
| sarco | fleshy tissue; muscle |
| scler(o) | sclera |
| sial(o) | salivary glands; saliva |
| sigmoid(o) | sigmoid colon |
| somat(o) | body |
| sperma, spermato, spermo | semen; spermatozoa |
| splanchn(o), splanchi | viscera |
| splen(o) | spleen |
| spondyl(o) | vertebra |
| stern(o) | sternum |
| steth(o) | chest |
| stom(a), stomat(o) | mouth |
| ten(o), tendin(o), tendo, tenon(o) | tendon |
| test(o) | testis |
| thorac(o), thoracico | thorax, chest |
| thym(o) | thymus gland |
| thyr(o) | thyroid gland |
| trache(o) | trachea |
| trachel(o) | neck |
| trich(o), trichi | hair |
| varico | varicosity |
| vas(o) | blood vessel, duct |
| vasculo | blood vessel |
| veni, veno | vein |
| ventricul(o) | ventricle |
| vertebro | vertebra |
| vesic(o) | bladder |
| adip(o) | fatty |
| dermat(o) | skin |
| derm(o) | skin |
| hidr(o) | swear, sweat glands |
| ichthy(o) | fish, scaly |
| kerat(o) | horny tissue |
| lip(o) | fatty |
| melan(o) | black, very dark |
| myc(o) | fungus |
| onych(o) | nail |
| pil(o) | hair |
| seb(o) | sebum, sebaceous glands |
| steat(o0 | fat |
| trich(o) | hair |
| xanth(o) | yellow |
| xer(o) | dry |
| acetabulo(o) | acetabulum |
| acromi(o) | end point of the scapula |
| ankyl(o) | bent, crooked |
| arthr(o) | joint |
| brachi(o) | arm |
| burs(o) | bursa |
| calcane(o) | heel |
| calci(o) | calcium |
| carp(o) | wrist |
| cephal(o) | head |
| cervic(o) | neck |
| chondr(o) | cartilage |
| condyl(o) | knob, knuckle |
| cost(o) | rib |
| crani(o) | skull |
| dactyl(o) | fingers, toes |
| fasci(o) | fascia |
| femor(o) | femur |
| fibr(o) | fiber |
| humer(o) | humerus |
| ili(o) | ilium |
| ischi(o) | ischium |
| kyph(o) | hump; bent |
| lamin(o) | lamina |
| leiomy(o) | smooth muscle |
| lumb(o) | lumbar |
| maxill(o) | upper jaw |
| metacarp(o) | metacarpal |
| my(o) | muscle |
| myel(o) | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| oste(o) | bone |
| patell(o) | knee |
| ped(i), pedo- | foot |
| pelv(i) | pelvis |
| phalang(o) | finger or toe bone |
| pod(o) | foot |
| pub(o) | pubis |
| rachi(o) | spine |
| radi(o) | forearm bone |
| rhabd(o) | rod-shaped |
| rhabdomy(o) | striated muscle |
| scapul(o) | scapula |
| scoli(o) | curved |
| spondyl(o) | vertebra |
| stern(o) | sternum |
| synov(o) | synovial membrane |
| tars(o) | tarsus |
| ten(o), tend(o), tendin(o) | tendon |
| thorac(o) | thorax |
| tibi(o) | tibia |
| uln(o) | ulna |
| vertebr(o) | vertebra |
| angi(o) | blood vessel |
| aort(o) | aorta |
| arteri(o), arter(o) | artery |
| ather(o) | fatty matter |
| atri(o) | atrium |
| cardi(o) | heart |
| hemangi(o) | blood vessel |
| pericardi(o0 | pericardium |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| sphygm(o0 | pulse |
| thromb(o) | blood clot |
| vas(o) | blood vessel |
| ven(o) | vein |
| adenoid(o) | adenoid, gland |
| alveol(o) | alveolus |
| bronch(o), bronchi(o) | bronchus |
| bronchiol(o) | bronchiole |
| capn(o) | carbon dioxide |
| epiglott(o) | epiglottis |
| laryng(o) | larynx |
| lob(o) | lobe of the lung |
| mediastin(o) | mediastinum |
| nas(o) | nose |
| or(o) | mouth |
| ox(o), oxi-, oxy | oxygen |
| pharyng(o) | pharynx |
| phon(o) | voice, sound |
| phren(o) | diaphragm |
| pleur(o) | pleura |
| pneum(o), pneumon(o) | air, lung |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| spir(o) | breathing |
| steth(o) | chest |
| thoract(o) | thorax, chest |
| tonsill(o) | tonsils |
| trache(o) | trachea |
| cerebell(o) | cerebellum |
| cerebr(o), cerebri | cerebrum |
| crani(o) | cranium |
| encephal(o) | brain |
| gangli(o) | ganglion |
| gli(o) | neuroglia |
| mening(o), meningi(o) | meninges |
| myel(o) | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| ventricul(o) | ventricle |
| thalam(o) | thalamus |
| vag(o) | vagus nerve |
| neur(o), neuri | nerve |
| spin(o) | spine |
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