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HC Med Terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without |
| ab- | from, away |
| -able | capable |
| -ac, -ic | pertaining to |
| acr/o- | extremeties, arms and legs |
| ad- | to, toward |
| aden/o- | gland |
| adren/o- | adrenal gland |
| aer/o- | air |
| -al | like, similar, pertaining to |
| alges-, algesi- | oversensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| alveoli/o- | alveoli |
| ambi/o- | both, both sides |
| amni/o- | amniotic fluid |
| andr/o- | male |
| angi/o- | vessel |
| ankyl/o- | crooked, looped, immovable, fixed |
| ante- | before |
| anter/o- | in front of, ahead of |
| anti- | against |
| append/o- | appendix |
| arche | first, original |
| arter-, arteri/o- | artery |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| articu/o- | junction of two bones |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asis | condition of |
| -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
| ather/o- | fatty, lipid, plaque |
| atresia- | closure of tubular structure |
| audi/o- | sound, hearing, dealing with the ear |
| aur/o- | ear |
| auto | self |
| balan- | glans penis/clitoris |
| bi-, bis- | twice, double, both |
| bio- | life |
| -blast | germ cell, embryonic |
| blephar/o- | eyelids |
| brachi- | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch-, bronchi- | air tubes in lungs, bronchi |
| bucc/o- | cheek |
| calc-, calculus- | stone |
| carcin/o- | cancer, malignancy |
| cardi/o- | heart |
| carp/o- | wrist |
| caud- | tail |
| ceco- | pouch of large intestine at ileo juncture |
| -cele | swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia |
| cent- | 100 |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| cephal/o- | head |
| cerebr/o- | brain |
| cervic/o- | neck, neck of uterus |
| cheil/o- | lip |
| labi/o- | lip |
| chem/o- | drug, chemical |
| chir/o- | hand |
| chlor/o- | green |
| chol-, chole-, cholo- | bile, gallbladder |
| chrom/o- | color |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| -cide | causing death |
| -cise | cut |
| -clast | cell or instrument used to break |
| -clysis | washing or irrigation |
| -coccus | round |
| cochle/o- | cochlea |
| coele- | chamber, enlarged space |
| circum- | around, about |
| col/o- | colon, bowel, large intestine |
| colp/o- | vagina |
| con-, co- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| costa- | rib |
| crani/o- | skull |
| -crine | secrete |
| cry/o- | cold |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cut- | skin |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| cye- | pregnancy |
| cyst/o- | bladder, bag, sac |
| -cyte, cyt/o- | cell |
| dacry/o- | tear |
| dactly/o- | finger, toe |
| dec-, deca-, deci- | ten |
| demi- | half |
| dent/o-, odont/o- | tooth |
| derm/o-, dermat/o- | skin |
| -desis | surgical union or fixation |
| dextr/o- | to the right |
| di-, dipl/o- | twice |
| dia- | through, between, part |
| dis-, dist/o- | separation, away from |
| doch- | duct |
| dors/o- | to the back, back |
| duoden/o- | duodenum, first part of the small intestine |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
| e-, ec- | without |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | dilation, stretching |
| ec-, ect/o- | outside, external |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| electr/o- | electrical |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood |
| encephal/o- | brain |
| end/o- | within |
| enter/o- | intestine |
| enur- | to void |
| epi- | upon, over, upper |
| episi/o- | on the perineum |
| eso | toward |
| -esthesia | sensation, perception, feel |
| eup-, eu- | well, easy |
| ex/o- | outside of, beyond |
| fasci/o | fibrous band |
| -ferous | producing |
| fibr/o- | fiber, fibrous, connective tissue |
| fore- | in front of |
| -form | having the form of, shape |
| -fuge | driving away or expelling |
| galact/o- | milk, glactose |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| -genetic, -genic | origin, producing, causing |
| genit/o- | reproductive organs |
| -genous | kind or type |
| geo- | earth |
| geront/o- | old age, elderly |
| gingiv/o- | gums |
| gloss/o- | tongue |
| gluc/o- | sweetness, sugar, glucose |
| glyc/o- | sugar |
| gonad/o- | genitals |
| -gram | tracing, picture, record |
| -graph | diagram, instrument for recording |
| gravid- | pregnancy |
| gyn/o-, gynec/o- | women, female, las mujeres |
| hem/o-, hemat/o- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| herni- | rupture |
| heter/o- | other, unlike, different |
| hist/o- | tissue |
| homo-, homeo- | same or like |
| hydr/o- | water |
| hyper- | excessive, high, over, increased, more than normal, más |
| hyster/o- | uterus |
| hypn/o- | sleep |
| hyp/o- | decreased, deficient, less than normal, low, under |
| -ia, -iasis | condition of, abnormal or pathological state |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| idio- | peculiar to an individual, self originating |
| ile/o- | ileum, last part of small intestine |
| infra- | beneath, below |
| inter- | between, among |
| irid/o- | colored circle |
| intra- | below, into, inside |
| -ism | condition, theory, state of being |
| iso- | equal, alike, same |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kerat/o- | cornea of eye |
| -kenesis | motion |
| kinetic- | motion |
| labi/o- | lip |
| labyrinth/o- | labyrinth of ear |
| lacrim/o- | tears |
| lact/o- | milk |
| lamin/o- | flattened part of vertebra |
| lapar/o- | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o- | larynx, voicebox |
| later/o- | side |
| -lepsy | seizure, convulsion |
| leuk/o- | white |
| lingu/o- | tongue |
| lip/o- | fat, lipids |
| lith/o- | stone, calculus |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -o/logy | study of, science of |
| lymph/o- | lymph tissue |
| -lys, -lysis, -lyso | destruction of, dissolving of |
| lysis- | dissolution or death of cells |
| macr/o- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| malac-, -malacia | softening |
| mamm/o- | breast, mammary glands |
| -mania | insanity, mental disorder |
| mast/o- | breast |
| mastoid/o- | mastoid bone |
| -megaly, megal/o- | large, enlarged |
| melan/o- | black |
| mening/o- | meninges, membranes covering the brain and spinal cord |
| men/o- | monthly, menstruation |
| mes/o- | middle, midline |
| -meter | measuring instrument, measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| mi/o | less, fewer |
| micr/o- | small |
| mon/o- | one, single |
| -mortem | death |
| muc/o- | mucus, secretion of mucous membrane |
| multi- | many, much, large amount |
| my/o- | muscle |
| myc/o- | fungus |
| mydr/o- | pupil dilation |
| myel/o- | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myring/o- | eardrum |
| narc/o- | sleep, numb, stupor |
| nas/o- | nose |
| -natal | birth |
| necr/o- | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o- | kidney |
| neur/o- | nerve, nervous system |
| noct/i- | night |
| non- | no, none |
| ocul/o- | eye |
| -ode | form, shape, like, resembling |
| -oid | form, shape, like, resembling |
| odont/o- | tooth |
| olig/o- | few, less than normal, small |
| -o/logist | person who does, person who studies |
| -o/logy | study of, science of |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| onych/o- | finger nails or toe nails |
| ungu/o- | finger nails or toe nails |
| onc/o- | mass, bulk, tumor |
| oophor/o- | ovary, female egg cell |
| opthalm/o- | eye |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | to view |
| optic- | vision, eye |
| or/o- | mouth |
| orchid/o- | testicle, testes |
| -o/rrhea | discharge, flow |
| orrphy- | surgical seam, surgical repair |
| orth/o- | normal, straight |
| -o/scopy | diagnostic examination |
| -o/sis | condition, state, process |
| oste/o- | bone |
| os- | bone |
| osmia | smell |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| ot/o- | ear |
| -o/tic | pertaining to a condition |
| -o/tomy | cutting into |
| -ous | full of, pertaining to, condition, material |
| ovari/o- | egg, female sex gland, ovary |
| pan- | all, complete, entire |
| pancreat/o- | pancreas |
| para- | beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body, live birth |
| -paresis | paralysis |
| pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -partum | labor, birth |
| path/o-, -pathia | disease, abnormal condition |
| ped/i- | child |
| -penia | lack of, abnormal reduction of number, deficiency |
| penta- | five |
| -pepsia, -pepsis | digestion |
| per- | through, by excessive |
| peri- | around |
| -pexy | fixation |
| phag/o- | eat, ingest |
| pharyng/o- | pharynx, throat |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phil, -philia, -philic | affinity for, attracted to, "loves" |
| phleb/o- | vein |
| -phobia | fear |
| phon/o- | sound, voice |
| phot/o- | light |
| -phylaxis | protection, preventative |
| -plasty | surgical correction |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| ple/o- | more |
| pleur/o- | side, rib |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o- | lung |
| pod/o- | foot |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| prand/o- | meal |
| pre- | before, in front |
| presbi- | old |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | in front, toward |
| proct/o- | rectum, anus |
| pruritis | to itch |
| psora- | itch |
| pseud/o- | false |
| psych/o- | mind |
| -ptosis | drooping down, sagging, downward displacement |
| ptysis- | cough up |
| pulmon/o- | lung |
| py/o- | pus |
| pyel/o- | renal pelvis of kidney |
| pylor/o- | pylorus, distal sphincter of stomach |
| pyr/o- | heat, fever |
| quad- | 4 |
| radi/o- | x-ray, radiation |
| re- | back, again |
| rect/o- | rectum |
| ren/o- | kidney |
| retin/o- | retina |
| retr/o- | backward, in back, behind |
| -rexia | appetite |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| -rraphy | suture of, sewing up |
| -rrhagia | sudden flow, excessive flow |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhythmia | rhythm |
| salping/o- | tube, fallopian tube |
| sanguin/o- | blood |
| sarc/o- | flesh |
| -sarcoma | tumor, cancer of connective tissue |
| scler/o- | hardening |
| -sclerosis | dryness, hardness |
| -scopy | examining instrument, observation |
| scot/o- | darkness |
| seb/o- | oil, fat |
| -sect | cut |
| semi- | half, part |
| septi- | poison, rot, infection |
| sinus/o- | sinus |
| sinistr/o- | left |
| somat/o- | body |
| somn/o- | sleep |
| son/o- | sound |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| spermat/o- | spermatoze, male sex cell |
| splen/o- | spleen |
| sphymogus | pulse |
| staped/o- | stapes, bone of middle ear |
| -stasis | maintaining at a constant level, stoppage |
| sten/o- | contracted, narrow |
| stern/o- | sternum, breast bone |
| stomat/o- | mouth |
| -o/stomy | artificial opening |
| sub- | less, under, below |
| sudor/o- | sweat causing |
| hidr/o- | sweat causing |
| super- | above, upon, over, higher |
| supra- | above, upon, over, higher |
| sym-, syn- | joined, fused, together |
| tach/o- | fast, rapid |
| ten/o-, tend/o-, tendin/o- | tendon |
| tetra | 4 |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therm/o- | heat |
| thorac/o- | thorax, chest |
| thromb/o- | clot, thrombus |
| thyr/o- | thyroid gland |
| thym/o- | thymus gland |
| tinnitus | ringing in ears |
| -tome | instrument that cuts |
| tonsil/o- | tonsils |
| -tox, -toxic | poison |
| trach/o- | trachea, windpipe |
| trans- | across, over, beyond |
| tri- | 3 |
| trich/o- | hair |
| pil/o- | hair |
| -tripsy | crushing by rubbing or grinding |
| -trophy | nutrition, growth, development |
| -tussis | cough |
| tympan/o- | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| ur/o- | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o- | ureter, tube from kidney to bladder |
| urethr/o- | urethra, tube from bladder to outside |
| -uria | urine |
| uter/o- | ureter, womb |
| vas/o- | vessel, duct |
| ven/a- | vein |
| ventr/o- | to the front, abdomen |
| vertebr/o- | spine vertebrae |
| vesic/o- | urinary bladder |
| viscer/o- | internal organs |
| vit/a- | necessary for life |
| xanth/o- | yellow, amarillo |
| zoo- | animal, los animales |
| ECT | ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY |
| EMG | ELECTROMYOGRAM |
| EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM |
| DIFF | DIFFERENTIAL |
| OTC | OVER THE COUNTER |
| TURP | TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE |
| STAT | IMMEDIATELY |
| NKDA | NO KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES |
| TKA | TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, THROUGH KNEE AMPUTATION |
| SOAP | SUBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE, ASSESSMENT, PLAN |
| FSH | FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE |
| SLE | SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS |
| TSH | THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE |
| AU BID | BOTH EARS TWICE A DAY |
| OU BID | EACH EYE TWICE A DAY |
| US | ULTRASOUND |
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