Term | Definition |
aden | gland, glandular |
oma | tumor, a swelling |
adenoma | a swelling of the glands |
anti | against |
toxic | poison |
antitoxic | against poison |
ophthalm | eye |
ology | study of, science of |
opthalmology | the study of the eye |
chole | bile, gallbladder |
cyst | bladder, bag, sac |
ectomy | surgical removal of |
cholecystectomy | surgical removal of the gallbladder |
endo | within, innermost |
cardi | pertaining to the heart |
itits | inflammation, inflammation of |
endocarditis | inflammation within the heart |
gastro | stomach |
enter | intestine |
gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach intestine |
septic | poison, rot, infection |
emia | blood |
septicemia | infection of the blood |
olig | few, less than normal, small |
uria | urine |
oliguria | less than normal urine |
bronch | air tubes in lungs |
bronchitis | inflammation of the air tubes in the lungs |
homo | same, like |
geneous | kind, type |
homogeneous | the same type |
arterio | artery |
sclerosis | dryness or hardness |
arteriosclerosis | dryness/hardness of the arteries |
dys | difficult, pain, bad |
meno | monthly, menstruation |
orrhea | flow, discharge |
dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation flow |
angio | vessel |
pathy | disease, abnormal condition |
angiopathy | disease of blood vessels |
blepharo | eyelid |
rrhaphy | suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect |
blepharorrhaphy | sewing up a gap or defect in eyelid |
urethro | uretra (tube from bladder to urinary meatus) |
urethrocystitis | inflammation of the bladder uretra |
pneumon | lung, pertaining to the lungs, air |
melan | black |
osis | condition, state, process |
pneumnomelanosis | condition of black lungs |
para | near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body |
osteo | bone |
arthro | joint |
paraosteoarthropathy | abnormal bone joint disease |
salpingo | tube, fallopian tube |
oophoro | ovary, female egg cell |
cele | swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia |
salpingo-oophorocele | swelling of the ovary in the fallopian tube |
idio | peculiar to an individual |
path | disease, abnormal condition |
ic | pertaining to |
thrombo | clot, thrombus |
cyto | cell |
penia | lack of, abnormal reduction |
idiopathic thrombocytopenia | abnormally low level of platelets in the blood |
narco | sleep, numb, stupor |
epi | upon, over, upper |
lepsy | seizure, convulsion |
narcoepilepsy | a condition characterized by an extreme tendency to fall asleep whenever in relaxing surroundings |
post | after, behind |
partum | birrth, labor |
postpartum | after labor |
herni | rupture |
rrhaphy | suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect |
herniorrrhaphy | surgical operation for the correction of a hernia |
derma | pertaining to the skin |
cyan | blue |
dermacyanosis | the condition of blue skin |
thorac | thorax, chest |
esis | condition of |
thoracentesis | removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |