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WVSOM Med Term 1-5
WVSOM Med Term Ch. 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -er, -ist | one who |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -logist | one who studies; specialist |
| -ac, -al, -ic, -logic, -logical | pertaining to |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical profession or treatment |
| -logy | study or science of |
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| dermat/o | skin |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gastr/o, enter/o | stomach, intestines |
| ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | elderly |
| gynec/o | female |
| immun/o | immune |
| ne/o, nat/o | new, birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| onc/o | tumor |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| ort/o, | straight |
| ped/o | child |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | ear, larynx |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child (sometimes foot) |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | radiation (sometimes radius) |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract (sometimes urine) |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure) |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o, enchephal/o | brain |
| chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon or large intestine |
| cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | lungs |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe |
| vas/o | vessel |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone or calculus |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -magaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding or hemmorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramping |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -able, -ible | capable of, able to |
| -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum, -ium | membrane |
| -ia, -ism | condition or theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -y | state or condition |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| micro- | small |
| muc/o | mucus |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| pyr/o | fire |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| bi-, di- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quad-, quadri-, tetra- | four |
| centi- | one hundred or one-hundreth |
| mili- | one-thousandth |
| diplo- | double |
| hemi-,semi- | half, partly |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| multi-, poly- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| pan- | all |
| primi- | first |
| super-, ultra- | excessive |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante-, pre- | before in time or in place |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| dia- | through |
| ecto-, ex- | out, without |
| exo-, extra- | away from |
| en-,end-,endo- | inside |
| epi- | above, on |
| hypo-, infra-, sub- | beneath, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| meso-, mid- | middle |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| per- | through or by |
| post- | after, behind |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| super-, supra- | above, beyond |
| sym-, syn- | joined together |
| trans- | across |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
| post- | after or behind |
| macro-, mega-, megalo- | large or great |
| micro- | small |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| in- | not or inside |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| mal- | bad |
| pro- | favoring, supporting |
| tachy- | fast |
| alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| gen/o | beginning, origin (sometimes genes) |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -genesis | producing or forming |
| gram/o | to record |
| -gram | a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
| leps/o, -lepsy | seizure |
| lys/o | destruction/ dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | the process of destroying |
| -lytic | capable of producing destruction |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megal/o | large, enlarged |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| path/o, -pathy | disease |
| phag/o- | eat/ingest |
| -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing |
| phas/o, -phasia | speech |
| pleg/o, -plegia | paralysis |
| schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler/o | hard |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| scop/o | to examine, view |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | process of examining visually |
| troph/o, -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
| aer/o | air |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| dips/o | thirst |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| myc/o | fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| necr/o | dead |
| optic/o, opt/o | vision |
| pharmac/o | drugs, medicine |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| therm/o | heat |
| top/o | position, place |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| ech/o, son/o | sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fluor/o | emitting or reflecting light |
| radi/o | radiant energy |
| tom/o | to cut |
| ultra- | excessive |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| chem/o | chemical |
| pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i | drugs or medicine |
| plast/o | repair |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| tox/o | poison |
| -therapy | treatment |
| anter/o | anterior (nearer to or toward the front; ventral) |
| poster/o | posterior (nearer to or toward the back; dorsal; situated behind) |
| ventr/o | ventral (belly side; same as anterior surface in human beings) |
| dors/o | dorsal (directed toward or situated on the back side; same as posterior surface in human beings) |
| medi/o | medial/median (middle or nearer the middle, the prefix mid- means middle) |
| later/o | lateral (toward the side, denoting a position farther from the midline of the body or from a structure) |
| super/o | superior (uppermost or above) |
| infer/o | inferior (lowermost or below) |
| proxim/o | proximal (nearer the origin or point of attachment) |
| dist/o | distal (far or distant from the origin or point of attachment) |
| cephal/o | cephalad (toward the head) |
| caud/o | caudad (toward the tail or in an inferior direct in human beings) |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities (arms and legs) |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, or sac |
| dactyl/o | digit (toes, fingers, or both) |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| omphal/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| onych/o | nail |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| som/a, somat/o | body |
| thorac/o | chest (thorax) |
| crin/o, -crine | secrete |
| dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hidr/o | sweat or perspiration |
| hydr/o | water |
| lymph/o | lymph (sometimes refers to lymphatics) |
| muc/o | mucus |
| -poiesis | production |
| -poietin | substance that causes production |
| py/o | pus |
| sial/o | saliva (sometimes refers to salivary glands) |
| ur/o | urine (sometimes refers to urinary tract) |
| anesthesia | loss of feeling, as to an area of skin |
| bradycardia | lowered heart rate |
| bradypnea | abnormally slow breathing rate |
| cachexia | significant loss of appetite, resulting in loss of weight and muscle mass |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| edema | swelling, commonly, abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin |
| emesis | vomiting |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| febrile | feverish |
| hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| hypesthesia | diminished sensation, as to an area of skin |
| icterus, jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin due to increased bilirubin levels |
| paresis | muscle weakness, without complete loss of function |
| paresthesia | feeling of numbness, as to an area of skin |
| syncope | feeling of lightheadedness, feeling faint |
| tachycardia | elevated heart rate |
| tachypnea | increased breathing rate |
| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
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