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WVSOM Med Terms 2011
Appendix VII terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| para- | abnormal |
| epi-, super-, supra- | above |
| trans- | across |
| -ation, -esis | action |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| post- | after |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | elderly or aged |
| aer/o, pneum/o | air |
| alveol/o | air sac |
| pan- | all |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| amni/o | amnion |
| tars/o | ankle bone |
| an/o | anus or rectum |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| axill/o | armpit |
| acr/o | arms and legs |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| arter/o, ateri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | articulation or joint |
| ab-, ex- | away from |
| dors/o | back |
| retr/o | backward |
| bacter/i, bacteri/o | bacteria |
| dys-, mal- | bad (difficult, poor) |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
| gen/o, -gen, -genic, -genesis, -genous | beginning |
| poster/o, post-, retro- | behind |
| ventr/o | belly side |
| hypo-, sub-, infra- | below or beneath |
| hypo- | below normal |
| par-, para- | beside |
| inter- | between |
| supra- | beyond |
| bil/i, chol/e | bile |
| nat/i, nat/o | birth |
| par/o | birth/ give birth |
| -para | woman who has given birth |
| melan/o | black |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o, emia | blood |
| cyan- | blue |
| corpor/o, som/a, somat/o | body |
| oste/o | bone |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| -pnea | breathing |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calcane/o | calcaneus |
| calc/i | calcium |
| lith/o, -lith | calculus (mineral deposits, stone) |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| cellul/o | compartment or little cell |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | cervix uteri |
| chem/o | chemical |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ped/o | child (foot) |
| ment/o | chin |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| thromb/o | blood clot (thrombus) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cry/o | cold |
| clavicul/o | collarbone |
| col/o, colon/o | colon |
| chrom/o | color |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| -ia, -iasis, -osis, -y | condition |
| home/o | constant |
| -stasis | controlling |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| -spasm | cramp |
| crani/o | cranium |
| tom/o | cut (to cut) |
| -tomy, -tome | incision or cutting instrument used to cut |
| cyst/o | cyst |
| necr/o | death |
| -penia | decreased or deficient |
| lys/o | destruction |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | process of destroying |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| -plasia | development |
| dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| path/o, -osis, -pathy | disease |
| lys/o | dissolving |
| dist/o | distant |
| diplo/o | double |
| de- | down |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i | drugs, medicine |
| xer/o | dry |
| vas/o | duct, ductus deferens |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura matter |
| coni/o | dust |
| ot/o | ear |
| phag/o | eat |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | embolus |
| -blast, blast/o | embryonic form |
| fluor/o | emitting or reflecting light |
| -ase | enzyme |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| scop/o | examine |
| -scope | instrument used |
| -scopy | process of examining |
| hyper-, super- | excessive |
| -ectomy | excision |
| acr/o | extremities |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| faci/o | face |
| dist/o | far |
| tachy- | fast |
| adip/o, lip/o | fat |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gynec/o | female |
| femor/o | femur |
| fet/o | fetus |
| olig/o | few |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| pyr/o | fire |
| primi- | first |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| follicul/o | follicle |
| pro- | for |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| quadri-, tetra- | four |
| de- | from |
| anter/o | front |
| myc/o | fungus |
| chol/e | gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| gigant/o | giant |
| aden/o | gland |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gonad/o | gonad |
| eu- | good |
| chlor/o | green |
| -physis | growth |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| chir/o | hand |
| scler/o, kerat/o | hard, hardening |
| cephal/o | head |
| audi/o | hearing |
| cardi/o | heart |
| therm/o | heat |
| -rrhagia | hemorrhage |
| -cele, herni/o | hernia |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| kerat/o | horny tissue |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium |
| immun/o | immune |
| tom/o, -tomy | incision |
| -tome | instrument used for incision |
| -osis | increase |
| seps/o, sept/o | infection |
| infer/o | inferior |
| -itis | inflammation |
| phag/o, -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | ingest |
| in-, en-, end-, endo- | inside |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| enter/o, intestin/o | intestine |
| iod/o | iodine |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| sym-, syn- | joined or together |
| -static | keeping stationary |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| -cidal | killing |
| patell/o | kneecap |
| gigant/o, macro-, megalo-, -megaly | large |
| col/o | large intestine |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| bi/o | life or living |
| phot/o | light |
| cheil/o | lip |
| hepat/o | liver |
| top/o | position, location, place |
| lumb/o, | lower back |
| pneumo-, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymph/o, lymphat/o | lymphatics |
| andr/o | male, masculine |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| multi-, poly- | many |
| agora- | marketplace |
| metr/o | measure or uterine tissue |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -iatrics, -iatric, -iatry, pharmac/o | medicine |
| -eum, -ium | membrane |
| mening/o | meninges |
| medi/o, meso-, mid- | middle |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| lact/o | milk |
| ment/o, phren/o, psych/o | mind |
| men/o | month |
| hyper-, | more than normal |
| or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| muc/o, myx/ | mucus |
| muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| physi/o | nature |
| par-, para-, proxim/o | near |
| cervic/o | neck |
| nerv/o, neur/o | nerve |
| gli/o | neuroglia |
| ne/o | new |
| -stomy | new opening |
| a-, an- | no |
| nulli- | none |
| norm/o, eu- | normal |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| a-, an-, in- | not |
| troph/o, -trophy | nutrition |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| ger/o, geront/o | old, elderly |
| uni-, mono- | one |
| centi- | one hundred, one-hundredth |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| -er, -ist | one who |
| -logist | one who studies |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| genit/o, gon/o | organs of reproduction |
| gen/o, -gen, -genic, -genesis | origin |
| ex-, exo- | out |
| ecto-, exo-, extra- | outside |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| dys- | painful |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pleg/o, -plegia | paralysis |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroids |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| -esthesi/o, -esthesia | perception |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| hidr/o | perspiration |
| -ac, -al, -eal, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -logic, -logical | pertaining to the science or the study of |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| -lexia | phrases |
| pituitar/o, hypophys/o | pituitary |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -mania | preoccupation (excessive) |
| -ation, -esis | process |
| -poiesis | production |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| pub/o | pubis |
| py/o | pus |
| radi/o | radiant energy, radius |
| gram/o | record (to record) |
| -graph | process of recording |
| -gram | the record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| rect/o | rectum |
| erythr/o | red |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| -ectomy | removal |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| plast/o | repair surgically |
| gon/o | reproduction |
| -oid | resembling |
| -esis | result of |
| retin/o | retina |
| de- | reversing |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| cost/o | ribs |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| -ptosis | sag |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary glands |
| home/o | sameness |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| seb/o | sebum |
| crin/o, -crine | secrete |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| aut/o | self |
| semin/o | semen |
| esthesi/o, -esthesia | sensation |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| sept/o | septum |
| later/o | side |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| mono- | single |
| super/o, super-, supra- | situated above |
| infer/o, infra- | situated below |
| cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, -derm | skin |
| crani/o | scull |
| brady- | slow |
| micro-, -ole | small |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| malac/o, -malacia | soft, softening |
| ech/o, son/o | sound |
| -ist | specialist |
| phas/o | speech |
| spermat/o | sperm, spermatozoa |
| rach/i, rachi/o, spin/o, spondyl/o | spine |
| splen/o | spleen |
| schis/o, schiz/o, -schisis, schist/o | split |
| amyl/o | starch |
| gli/o | sticky substance |
| -tropic | stimulate |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| lith/o, -lith | stone |
| -stasis | stopping |
| orth/o | straight |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | stretching |
| -logy | study or science of |
| narc/o | stupor |
| -poietin | substance that causes production |
| glyc/o, glycos/o, -ose | sugar |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| pex/o, -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -hidr/o | sweat |
| -edema | swelling |
| caud/o | tail |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| tars/o | tarsals (ankle bones) |
| dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| dent/i, dent/o, odont/o | teeth |
| ten/o, tend/o | tendon |
| orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o | testis, testicle |
| -tropin | that which stimulates |
| dips/o | thirst |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| tri- | three |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| dia-, trans- | through |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| hist/o | tissue |
| tom/o | to cut |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| ad- | toward |
| trache/o | trachea |
| therapeut/o, -therapy | treatment |
| dendr/o | tree |
| onc/o, -oma | tumor |
| di- | twice |
| -spasm | twitching |
| bi-, di- | two |
| uln/o | ulna |
| omphal/o | umbilicus |
| sub- | under |
| epi- | upon (on) |
| super/o | uppermost |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| urin/o | urination |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine |
| salping/o | uterine tube |
| hyster/o, uter/o | uterus |
| colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | ventral |
| venul/o | venule |
| spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
| angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| viscer/o | viscera |
| opt/o, optic/o, -opia, ocul/o | vision |
| phon/o | voice |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| hydr/o | water |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o | white |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| intra- | within |
| a-, an-, ex- | without |
| -lexia | words |
| roentgen/o | x-ray |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| ather/o | yellow fatty plaque |
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