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Medical Terminology
Flash Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thorac/o thorax | Chest |
| tox/o | poison, poisonus |
| tic | pertaining to |
| splen/o | spleen |
| hyper | excessive, increased |
| ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out; excision |
| hypo | deficient, decreased |
| itis | inflammation |
| osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
| otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| rrhaphy | surgical sutering |
| rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid; discharge |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| endo | in, within; inside |
| ven/o | vein |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| tripsy | to crush |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| col/o; colon/o | colon |
| emesis | vomiting |
| pnea | breathing |
| exo | out of, outside, away from |
| stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| thromb/o | clot |
| anti | against |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| stasis | control maintenance of a constant level |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| plasia | development, growth, formation |
| cephal/o | head |
| caud/o | lower part of body; tail |
| path/o | disease, suffering feeling; emotion |
| ology | the science or study of |
| lysis | breakdown; separation, setting free; destruction, loosening |
| cele | hernia, tumor; swelling |
| erythr/o | red |
| emia | blood, blood condition |
| bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchus |
| ur/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| synovi/o synov/o | synovial membrane; synovial fluid |
| lord/o | curve, swayback or bent |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| bi | twice |
| tri | three |
| ton/o | tension, tone; stretching |
| desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint; to bind or tie together |
| plegia | paralysis; stroke |
| my/o | muscles |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| arthr/o | joint |
| kines/o kinesi/o | movement |
| ic | pertaining to |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, or stiff |
| lithiasis | presence of stones |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| tachy | fast or rapid |
| phagia | swallowing |
| pepsia | digest or digestion |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| cyan/o | blue |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis bowl of kidney |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| neo ne/o | new strange |
| oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| brady | slow |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland node |
| cardi/o | heart |
| phleb/o | vein |
| leuk/o | white |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood relating to the blood |
| sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| algia | pain, or painful condition |
| plasm | formative material of cells |
| phag/o | eat or swallow |
| an/o | anus |
| lymph/o | lymph or lymphatic tissue |
| immun/o | immune, protection or safe |
| fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| ia | abnormal condition, disease plural of -ium |
| hist/o | tissue |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| pulm/o pulmon/o | lung |
| pneum/o pheumon/o pneu | lung |
| dia | through, between, apart or complete |
| pleur/o | multi-layered membrane |
| ologist | specialist |
| phon/o | voice or sound |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| ox/i, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
| tax/o | coordination or order |
| scoli/o | curved, bent |
| oss/e, ost/o, oss/i, oste/o | bone |
| crani/o | skull |
| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendons |
| uria | urination; urine |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| dys | bad, difficult or painful |
| crasia | a mixture or blending |
| caus/o | burning, burn |
| concuss/o | shaken together, violently agitated |
| contus/o | bruise |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| esthet/o | feeling, nervous sensation sense of perception |
| graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
| klept/o | to steal |
| mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| mening/o | membranes, meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| neur/i, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| phobia | abnormal fear |
| psych/o | mind |
| tropic | having an affinity for |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/0 | flesh connected tissue |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cusis | hearing |
| irid/o | iris, colored part of eye |
| kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| ophthalm/o | eye, vision |
| opia | vision condition |
| um | singular noun ending |
| ptosis | drooping down |
| opt/o | eye or vision |
| ot/o | ear or hearing |
| phak/o | lens of eye |
| presby/o | foreskin, prepuce |
| retin/o | retina, net |
| scler/o | sclera, white part of eye or hard |
| trop/o | turn or change |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane or eardrum |
| bi/o | life |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hairy, rough |
| kerat/o | horn, hardness |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | fingernail or toenail |
| pedicul/o | louse (singular)or lice (plural) |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| urtic/o | nettle, rash, or hives |
| xer/o | dry |
| acr/o | extremities (hands and feet) top, extreme point |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| crin/o | secrete |
| dipsia | thirst |
| glyc/o | glucose or sugar |
| gonad/o | gonad, sex glands |
| ism | condition, state of |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| poly | many |
| somat/o | body |
| thym/o | thymus, souls gland |
| thyr/o thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| gravida | pregnant |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation, menses |
| nulli | none |
| ov/o | egg, ovum |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| para | to give birth |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube auditory (eustachian) tube |
| test/i test/o | testicle, testis |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| albumin/o | albumin or protein |
| calc/i | calcium |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| creatin/o | creatine |
| glycos/o | glucose, sugar |
| lapar/o | abdomen or abdominal wall |
| radi/o | radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| scope | instrument for visual examination |
| scopy | visual examination |
| son/o | sound |
| uria | urination, urine |
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