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Terminology | Meaning |
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or/o | mouth |
stomat/o | mouth of stomach or organ |
gloss/o | tongue |
bucc/o | cheek |
cheil/o | lip |
dent/o | teeth (odont/o) |
gingv/o | gums |
lingu/o | tongue |
sial/o | saliva, saliva glands |
esophag/o | esophagus |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
gastr/o | stomach |
pylor/o | pylorus |
duoden/o | duodenum (1st part sm. intestine) |
jejun/o | jejunum (2nd part sm. intestine) |
ile/o | ileum (3rd part sm. intestine) |
enter/o | intestine (usually sm. intestine) |
append/o | appendix (appendic/o) |
col/o | colon (colon/o) |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
rect/o | rectum |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
an/o | anus |
hepat/o | liver |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
chol/e | bile, gall |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | bile duct |
-emesis | vomit |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
-orexia | appetite |
-pepsia | digestion |
-prandial | meal |
dia- | through, across |
peri- | around |
sub- | under, below |
ankyl/o | stiffness, crooked, bent |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
carp/o | carpus (wristbone) |
cephal/o | head |
cost/o | ribs |
cervic/o | neck, cervix, uteri, (neck of uterus) |
condyl/o | condyle |
dactyl/o | diget, fingers & toes |
tal/o | ankle |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula (sm. bone / lower leg) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip) |
ischi/o | ischium (lower hip bone) |
ile/o | ileum (3rd part sm. intestine) |
lumb/o | loins (low back) |
thorac/o | chest |
tendin/o | tendon |
vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) describes structure of anatomy |
lamin/o | lamina (thin flat surface or membrance) |
stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
tibi/o | tibia (lg. bone - lower leg) |
metcarp/o | metcarpus (hand bone) |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers & toes) |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
ped/i | childs foot |
pod/o | foot |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pub/o | pubic (pelvis bone ->anterior part of pelvic bone) |
rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle |
rachi/o | spine |
spondyl/o | vertebrae (back bone - conditions of structure) |
-per | through |
dia- | across, through |
-ultra | excess, beyond |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-poresis | porous |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasis | break, fracture, refracture |
-desis | binding, fixation (of bones / joints), fushion |
-malacia | softening |
sub- | below, under |
syn- | joined, together, union |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-physis | growth |
-schisis | a splitting, cleft, fissure |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-atomy | process of cutting |
-ostomy | creating artifical opening |
stomat/o | mouth of stomach or organ |
inter- | between |
-metry | act of measuring |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
aer/o | air |
acr/o | extremities |
duoden/o | duodenum (1st part of sm intestine) |
jejun/o | jejunum (2nd part of sm intestine) |
ile/o | ileum (3rd part of sm intestine) |
enter- | intestines (usually sm intestines) |
orth/o | straight |
metcar/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
muscul/o | muscle |
fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles) |
synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
faci/o | face |
tresia- | opening |
tend/o | tendon (ten/o) |
tresia- | opening |
fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles) |
faci/o | face |
tend/o | tendon (ten/o) |
chondr/o | cartilage |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
muscul/o | muscle (my/o, myos/o) |
syn- | joined, together, union |
supra- | above, excessive, superior |
-desis | binding, fixation, fushion |
-clast | break, fracture, refracture (-clasis) |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
fasci/o | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting & separating muscles |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
muscul/o | muscle (my/o, myos/o) |
acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
clavicul/o | clavicule (collar bone) |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
orth/o | straight |
kypl/o | hill, mountain |
ankly/o | stiffness, crooked, bent |
lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tail bone) |
metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bone) |
metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
vertebr/o | vertebrae (describes structure of anatomy) backbone |
spondly/o | vertebrae (conditions of structure) backbone |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |