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KWinterFinal
Medical terminology Final; ACC Ontario
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Metr/o, metri/o | Uterus, to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -mortem | death |
| -motor | movement |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow (with -blast, -cyte, -genous, -oma) |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/i | birth |
| necr/o | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| norm/o | rule,order |
| nos/o | disease |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| -oid | pertaining to, resembling |
| -oma | tumor,mass,swelling |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onycho/o | nail |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/ | ovary |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| opt/o, optic/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/o | testicle, testis |
| orchi/o | testicle,testis |
| orchid/o | testicle/testis |
| ortho/o | straight |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| osm/o | smell |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| para- | along the side of, beside, near |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| -partum | birth |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| ped/o | child |
| pelv/o | hip bone |
| -penia | deficiency |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane around abdominal organs) |
| perone/o | fibula |
| -pexy | fixation (surgical) |
| phak/o | lens of the eye |
| phalang/o | phalanges (fingers & toe bones) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philia | attraction to |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phern/o | mind |
| phern/o | diaphragm |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| plas/o | development, formation, growth |
| -plasm | development, formation, growth |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleur (membranes surrounding the lungs) |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | air,lung |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poly- | many,much |
| post- | after,behind |
| poster/o | back,behind |
| pre- | before |
| pro-, pros- | before, forward |
| prosth/o | artificial replacement |
| proct/o | anus & rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | prolapse,sagging |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis (central section of the kidney) |
| radi/o | x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| re-, retro- | behind, back |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina of the eye |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal)n muscle |
| rheumat/o | flow,fluid |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhage | excess flow of blood |
| -rrhagia | excess flow of blood |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge,flow |
| a-,an- | no, not |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| ad- | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus( air sac within the lung) |
| amni/o | aminion(sacs that surrounds the embryo) |
| -an | pertaining to |
| ana- | up,apart |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anter/0 | front |
| anti- | against |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o,appendic/o | appendix |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | small artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| -ation | process, condition |
| aur/o | ear |
| aut- | self |
| axill/o | armpit |
| balan/o | penis |
| bari/o | weight |
| bi- | two |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchiol/o | small bronchial tube |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| capillar/o | capillary |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist bone (carpals) |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum( posterior part of the brain) |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chem/o | drug,chemical |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondro/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| -cision | process of cutting |
| cis/o | to cut |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| -coccus | bacterium (berry-shaped); plural: -cocci |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| comi/o | to care for |
| con- | with,together |
| coni/o | dust |
| -coniosis | abnormal condition of dust |
| coron/o | heart |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | secrete |
| -crine | secretion |
| -crit | separation |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| -cyte | cell |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dactyl/o | fingers or toes |
| dent/i | tooth |
| dermat/o,derm/o | skin |
| dia- | thorough,complete |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater (outermost meningeal layer) |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | abnormal,bad,difficult, painful |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | fallopian (uturine) tube |
| -salpinx | fallopian (uturine) tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scapul/o | shoulder blade(bone) |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrament to view or visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| scrot/o | scrotal sac, scrotum |
| -section | process of cutting into |
| sent/o | infection |
| septic/o | infection |
| -sis | condition |
| -somatic | pertaining to the body |
| son/o | sound |
| -spasm | constriction |
| spin/o | backbone, spine, vertebra |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | backbone, vertebra |
| -stasis | control, stop; place, to stand |
| -stat | stop, control |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| stern/o | sternum(breastbone) |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -stomy | opening |
| sub- | below, under |
| supra- | above |
| sym- | with, together(use before b, p, and m) |
| syn- | with, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| tendin/o, ten/o | tendon |
| -tension | pressure |
| theli/o, thel/o | nipple |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thesis | put, place |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o, thyroaden/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia or shin bone(large lower leg bone) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision, process of cutting into |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| top/o | to put, place |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| trans- | across, through |
| tri- | three |
| troph/o | development, nourishment |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| uln/o | ulna(mesial lower arm bone) |
| ultra- | beyond |
| -um | structure |
| ungu/o | nail |
| uni- | one |
| urether/o | urether |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| -uria | urine condition |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vas/o | vas deferens, vessel |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| venul/o | venule |
| vertebr/o | backbone, vertebra |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| -y | condition, process |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out,outside |
| -ectasia | dilation,stretching,widening |
| ecto- | out,outside |
| -ectomy | excision |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| en- | in,inner,within |
| encephal/o | brain |
| endo- | within,inner |
| endocrin/o | endocrine glands |
| endometr/o | endometrium |
| enter/o | intestine |
| epi- | above,upon |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| epithlei/o | skin |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| ex-,exo-,extra- | out,outside |
| femor/o | femur,thigh bone |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue |
| fibul/o | fibula(smaller lower leg bone) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | to produce |
| -gen | production,formation |
| -genesis | producing,forming |
| -genic | pertaining to producing,produced by |
| ger/o | old age |
| -globin | protein |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording, to record |
| gynec/o | woman,female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| humer/o | humerus(upper arm bone) |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | above,excessive,more than normal |
| hypo- | below,less than normal |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia | condition |
| -ian | practitioner |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| -ic,-ical | pertaining to |
| ile/o | ilium(third part of small intestine) |
| ili/o | ilium(upper part of hip bone) |
| in- | in,into |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| infra- | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| -ism | condition,process |
| -ist | specalist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| -lapse | slide |
| laryng/o | larynx(voice box) |
| later/o | side |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| -listhesis | sliding |
| lith/o | stone |
| -lith | stone |
| -logist | one who specializes in study of |
| -logy | process of study, study of |
| lumb/o | loin,waist region |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph nodes |
| lymphangi/o | lumph vessel |
| lys/o | breakdown,destruction |
| -lysis | breakdown,destruction |
| mal- | bad |
| -malacia | softening |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| medull/o | medulla oblngata |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| men/o | menstration |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meta- | beyond,change |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| -meter | measure |
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