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Terms Midterm 3-12
Terminology Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, lack of, not |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, to, near |
| ambi-, amphi-, ampho- | both |
| ana- | up, toward, apart |
| ante- | before, in front of, forward |
| anti- | against, opposing |
| apo- | separation from, derived from |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two, double, twice |
| cata- | down, under, against |
| circum- | around |
| co-, com-, con- | with, together |
| contra- | opposed, against |
| de- | reverse, remove |
| di- | two, twice |
| dia- | between, through, apart, across, completely |
| dis- | apart from, free from |
| dys- | difficult, painful, abnormal |
| e-, ec-, ex- | out of, from, away from |
| ecto-, exo- | outer, outside, situated on |
| em-, en- | in |
| endo- | within, inner |
| ep-, epi- | upon, on, over, above |
| eu- | normal, good, well, healthy |
| extra- | outside of, beyond |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, above, beyond |
| hyp-, hypo- | under, deficient, beneath |
| im-, in- | in |
| infra- | below, beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| intro- | into, within |
| mes-, meso- | middle |
| meta- | change, beyond, after |
| micr-, micro- | small |
| mult-, multi- | many |
| neo- | new, recent |
| pan- | all, entire |
| para- | beside, beyond |
| per- | through, excessive |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many, much, excessive |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre-, pro- | before, in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | again, backward |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| semi- | half, partial |
| sub- | under, beneath |
| super-, supra- | above, superior, excess |
| sym-, syn- | together, with |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| -ac, -al, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to, relating to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ate | having, resembling |
| -cele | protrusion (hernia) |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cle, -cule, -ole, -ola, -ule, -ulum, -ulus | small (diminutive) |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | cutting out |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ent, -er, -ist, -or | person or agent |
| -esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y | state or condition |
| -form, -oid | resembling, shaped like |
| -genesis | development, origin |
| -gram, -graphy | recording, written record |
| -graph | instrument that records |
| -ible, -ile | capable, able |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ize | use, subject to, verb form |
| -logy | science, study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | deficiency of, lack of |
| -pexy, -pexis | fixation, surgical fixation |
| -phage, -phagy | eating |
| -phobia | abnormal fear or intolerance |
| -plasia, -plastic, -plasty | forming, growing, changing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhaphy | suturing in place |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | act of examining |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | cutting, incision |
| blephar/o- | eyelid or eyelash |
| brachi/o- | arm (foreleg in quadrupeds) |
| bucc/o- | cheek |
| canth/o- | angle at either end of the slit between teh eyelids |
| capit/o- | head |
| carp/o- | area corresponding to the human wrist |
| cephal/o- | head |
| cervic/o- | neck (also refers to necklike projection of the cervix uteri, which is internal anatomy) |
| cheil/o-, chil/o- | lip |
| cili/o- | eyelid, eyelash, or small hairlike processes |
| cor/e-, cor/o- | pupil of eye |
| dactyl/o- | digit, toe |
| dent/i-, dent/o- | tooth or teeth |
| derm/a-, derm/o-, dermat/o- | skin |
| dors/i-, dors/o- | back |
| faci/o- | face |
| gingiv/o- | gums |
| gloss/o- | tongue |
| gnath/o- | jaw |
| irid/o- | iris of eye |
| labi/o- | lip, especially lips of mouth |
| lapar/o- | flank; abdomen |
| later/o- | side |
| lingu/o- | tongue |
| mamm/a-, mamm/o- | mammary gland |
| mast/o- | mammary gland |
| nas/o- | nose |
| occipit/o- | back of head |
| ocul/o- | eye |
| odont/o- | tooth or teeth |
| omphal/o- | navel or umbilicus |
| onych/o- | nail or claw |
| ophthalm/o- | eye or eyes |
| or/o- | mouth |
| ot/o- | ear |
| papill/o- | nipple or nipple-shaped projection |
| phall/o- | penis |
| pil/o- | hair |
| pod/o- | foot or foot-shaped part |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| somat/o-, somatic/o- | body |
| steth/o- | chest |
| stom-, stomat/o- | mouth |
| tars/o- | area corresponding to the human ankle or the edge of the eyelid |
| thorac/o- | chest or thorax |
| trich/o- | hair or hairlike structure |
| ventr/i-, ventr/o- | belly, underside of quadruped |
| aden/o- | gland |
| adren/o- | adrenal gland |
| angi/o- | vessel, usually a blood vessel |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| arteriol/o- | arteriole |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| atri/o- | atrium or upper heart chamber |
| balan/o- | glans penis or glans clitoridis |
| bronch/i-, bronch/o- | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o- | bronchiolus |
| cardi/o- | heart |
| cerebell/o- | cerebellum part of brain |
| cerebr/i-, cerebr/o- | cerebrum part of brain |
| choledoch/o- | common bile duct |
| chondr/i-, chondr/io-, chondr/o- | cartilage |
| chord/o- | cord or string |
| cleid/o- | clavicle |
| colp/o- | vagina |
| cost/o- | rib |
| cyst/i-, cyst/o- | bladder, cyst, sac |
| cyt/o- | cell |
| duoden/o- | duodenum portion of intestine |
| encephal/o- | brain |
| enter/o- | intestine |
| episi/o- | vulva |
| fibr/o- | fibers |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| gli/o- | gluey substance |
| hepat/ico-, hepat/o- | liver |
| hist/o- | tissue |
| hyster/o- | uterus |
| ile/o- | ileum portion of intestine |
| ili/o- | ilium (upper part of hipbone) |
| jejun/o- | jejunum portion of intestine |
| kerat/o- | horny tissue (and cornea of the eye), keratin |
| laryng/o- | larynx |
| lymph/o- | lymphatic vessels, lymphocytes |
| mening/o- | meninges, membranes covering brain and spinal cord |
| metr/a-, metr/o- | uterus |
| myel/o- | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| my/o- | muscle |
| myring/o- | eardrum |
| nephr/o- | kidney |
| neur/o- | nerve, nerves, nervous system |
| oophor/o- | ovary |
| orchi/o-, orchid/o- | testis, testes |
| oss/eo-, oss/i-, ost/e-, ost/eo- | bone or bones |
| ovari/o- | ovary |
| palat/o- | palate (roof of mouth) |
| pharyng/o- | pharynx |
| phleb/o- | vein or veins |
| phren/i-, phren/ico-, phren/o- | diaphragm, mind |
| pleur/o- | pleura, rib (or side) |
| pneum/a-, pneum/o-, pneum/ato-, pneum/ono- | lungs, respiration (air, breath) |
| proct/o- | rectum or anus |
| pulm/o- | lungs |
| pyel/o- | pelvis or kidney |
| rect/o- | rectum |
| ren/i-, ren/o- | kidney |
| sacr/o- | sacrum |
| salping/o- | fallopian or eustachian tube |
| sarc/o- | flesh, muscular substance |
| splen/o- | spleen |
| spondyl/o- | vertebra, spinal column |
| stern/o- | sternum (breastbone) |
| tend/o-, ten/o- | tendon |
| thym/o- | thymus gland |
| thyr/o- | thyroid gland |
| trache/o- | trachea |
| ureter/o- | ureter (kidney to bladder tube) |
| urethr/o- | urethra (bladder to outside) |
| vas/o- | vessel or duct |
| ven/e-, ven/i-, ven/o- | vein or veins |
| viscer/o- | viscera |
| audi/o- | hearing |
| bio- | life |
| caus-, caut- | burn |
| -clas-, -clast | break |
| duct- | lead |
| -ectas- | dilate |
| -edem- | swelling |
| -esthes- | sensation |
| gen/o- | producing |
| -iatr/o- | treatment |
| kin/e-, kin/o- | movement, motion |
| -lysis, -lys/o-, -lytic | breaking down |
| -morph/o- | form, structure, shape |
| -op/ia, -ops/ia, -opsy | vision |
| -path-, -pathy | disease |
| -phage, phag/o- | eating |
| -phas- | speech |
| -phil | affinity, love for |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| schist/o-, schiz/o- | split, cleft, division |
| spasm/o- | spasm |
| -stasis | standing still, stoppage |
| troph/o- | nourishment, food |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| brev/i- | short |
| cry/o- | cold |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| dextr/o- | right, right side |
| dipl/o- | double, twice |
| dolich/o- | long |
| glyc/o-, gluc/o- | sugar, sweet |
| heter/o- | other, different |
| hom/eo-, hom/o- | same, alike |
| hydr/o- | wet, water, fluid |
| is/o- | equal, alike |
| lept/o- | slender, small, thin |
| lev/o- | left, to the left |
| macr/o- | large |
| mal- | ill, bad |
| malac/o- | soft, softening |
| meg/a-, meg/alo-, meg/aly- | large, oversized |
| necr/o- | death |
| olig/o- | few, little |
| orth/o- | straight, normal, correct |
| pachy- | thick |
| pale/o- | old, primitive |
| platy- | flat, wide |
| ple/o- | more, many |
| poikil/o- | irregular, varied |
| -scler/o- | hardness |
| sinistr/o- | left, to the left |
| sten/o- | narrow, contracted |
| stere/o- | solid, three-dimensional |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| tel/e-, tel/o- | distant, end |
| therm/o- | heat |
| xer/o- | dry |
| aqua, hydr/o- | water |
| chol/e-, chol/o- | bile |
| chyle, chyl/o- | milky fluid - product of digestion |
| dacry/o-, lacrima | tears |
| galact/o-, lact/o- | milk |
| hem/a-, hemat/o-, hem/o- | blood |
| hidr/o-, sudor | sweat |
| lymph/o- | lymph |
| mucus, muco- | mucus, secretion of mucous membranes |
| myx/o- | mucus |
| plasma | plasma, fluid portion of blood |
| ptyal/o- | saliva |
| pus | pus, liquid product of inflammation |
| py/o- | pus |
| sangui-, sanguin/o- | blood, bloody |
| serum, ser/o- | serum, clear portion of blood fluid |
| sial/o- | saliva, salivary glands |
| ur/e-, ur/ea-, ur/eo-, ur/in-, ur/ino-, ur/o- | urine or urea |
| adip/o- | fat |
| amyl/o- | starch |
| cerumen, cerumin/o- | earwax |
| collagen | collagen, fibrous protein of connective tissue, cartilage, bone and skin |
| ele/o-, ole/o- | oil |
| ferrum, ferr/o- | iron |
| gluco-, glyc/o-, sacchar/o-, sacchar/i- | sugar |
| hal/o- | salt |
| heme | iron-based, pigment part of hemoglobin |
| hormone | hormone, body-produced chemical substance |
| hyal/o-, hyalin | glassy, translucent substance |
| lip/o-, lipid | fat, fatty acids |
| lith/o- | stone or calculus |
| mel/i- | honey or sugar |
| natrium | sodium |
| petrous | stony hardness |
| sal | salt |
| sebum | sebaceous gland secretion |
| albus, alba, alb- | white |
| chlor/o-, chloros | green |
| chrom/o-, chromat/o- | color |
| cirrhos | orange-yellow |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| erythr/o- | red |
| leuc/o-, leuk/o- | white |
| lutein | saffron yellow |
| melan/o- | black |
| photo- | light |
| poli/o- | gray (relating to gray matter of the nervous system) |
| rhod/o- | red |
| ruber, rubor | red, redness |
| xanth/o- | yellow, yellowish |
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