Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

med terms

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Meaning
card-   heart  
🗑
megal-   enlarged  
🗑
-itis   inflammation  
🗑
dermat-   skin  
🗑
plast-   surgical repair  
🗑
cerebr-   brain  
🗑
path-   disease  
🗑
-ectomy   surgical removal  
🗑
enter-   intestines  
🗑
-osis   condition  
🗑
-otomy   incision  
🗑
aden-   gland  
🗑
angi-   vessel  
🗑
-oma   tumor  
🗑
nephr-   kidney  
🗑
hepat-   liver  
🗑
arthr-   joint  
🗑
blephar   eyelid  
🗑
-ologist   specialist  
🗑
rhin-   nose  
🗑
gingiv-   gums  
🗑
-malacia   soft  
🗑
-ology   the study of  
🗑
spasm   involuntary contractions  
🗑
-algia   pain  
🗑
crani-   skull  
🗑
end-   within  
🗑
hemi-   half  
🗑
oid-   like  
🗑
hyper-   increased amount  
🗑
cyst-   sac containing fluid, bladder  
🗑
chole-   bile  
🗑
hypo-   decreased amount  
🗑
-scope-   observation  
🗑
hyster-   uterus  
🗑
-ostomy   artificial opening  
🗑
para-   surrounding area  
🗑
-lysis   loosening, destruction, breaking down  
🗑
cervic-   neck, cervix  
🗑
chondr-   cartiledge  
🗑
cyan-   blue  
🗑
hemat-   blood  
🗑
ost-   bone  
🗑
psycho-   mind  
🗑
lip-   fat  
🗑
my-   mucle  
🗑
lith-   stone  
🗑
ophthalm-, opt-   eye  
🗑
proct-   anus  
🗑
cholecyst-   gall bladder  
🗑
cost-   ribs  
🗑
-gram   record  
🗑
acro-   extremities  
🗑
-rhexis   break, burst  
🗑
carcin-   cancer  
🗑
-penia   decreased  
🗑
gen-, genesis   original, production, causing, inducing  
🗑
burso-   sac in the joints  
🗑
retro-   backwards, behind  
🗑
trip-   rub, friction  
🗑
strept-   twist  
🗑
-desis   surgical binding  
🗑
mani-   madness  
🗑
glosso-   tongue  
🗑
-trophy   developement  
🗑
supra-   above  
🗑
-ptosis   falling, drooping, sagging  
🗑
dyn-   pain  
🗑
mast-   breast  
🗑
-rrhaphy   stitches  
🗑
dent-   teeth  
🗑
cephal-   head  
🗑
auto-   self  
🗑
epi-   upon, outer  
🗑
hydro-   water  
🗑
lobo   section of an organ  
🗑
-emesis   vomit  
🗑
contra-   against, counter  
🗑
-iasis   condition  
🗑
trans-   cross, through  
🗑
brady-   slow  
🗑
-ectasis   expansion  
🗑
cyt-   cell  
🗑
odont-   tooth  
🗑
leuk-   white  
🗑
-esthesia   sensation  
🗑
cantho-   angle at the end of the eyelid  
🗑
steno-   narrow, contracted  
🗑
cheil-   fat  
🗑
-cele   hernia  
🗑
benign   mild, not cancerous  
🗑
semen   semen  
🗑
celio-   abdomen  
🗑
erythro-   red  
🗑
vaso-   vessel  
🗑
melan-   black  
🗑
cauda-   tail  
🗑
lingua-   tongue  
🗑
myring-   eardrum  
🗑
spondyl-   spinal column  
🗑
ovar-   egg  
🗑
-centesis   puncture  
🗑
oto-   ear  
🗑
bili-   bile  
🗑
squam-   scale, scaly  
🗑
mening-   membrane  
🗑
cec-   blind passage, cecum  
🗑
macul-   spot  
🗑
-pexy   surgical suspension  
🗑
onco-   tumor  
🗑
or-   mouth  
🗑
sub-   under  
🗑
spiro-   coil  
🗑
lacrim-   tear  
🗑
viscero-   organ  
🗑
lact-   milk  
🗑
onych-   nail, claw  
🗑
thorac-   chest  
🗑
pyle-, pyloro-   pyloric sphincter, gate  
🗑
vesic-   bladder  
🗑
sphenic-   wedge shaped  
🗑
myel-   marrow, spinal cord  
🗑
anti-   against  
🗑
myco-   fungus  
🗑
hallux-   big toe  
🗑
physio-   nature, body  
🗑
bucco-   cheek  
🗑
palpebr-   eyelid  
🗑
plasia-   developement  
🗑
rug-   wrinkle, fold, crease  
🗑
aur-   ear  
🗑
acousti-   hearing, sound  
🗑
colpo-   hallow vagina  
🗑
phon-   voice, sound  
🗑
leio-   smooth  
🗑
cor   heart  
🗑
ren-   kidney  
🗑
orchi-   testicals  
🗑
encephal-   brain  
🗑
thalam-   inner chamber  
🗑
plexus   braid  
🗑
cilia   little hairs  
🗑
dendr-   tree-like branching  
🗑
phleb-   vein  
🗑
pilo-   hair  
🗑
histo-   tissue  
🗑
stoma-   mouth, mouth of an ostomy  
🗑
tympan-   eardrum  
🗑
umbilic-   naval  
🗑
salpingo-   fallopian tube  
🗑
helio-   sun  
🗑
astr-   starshaped  
🗑
-asthenia   weakness  
🗑
fascia   sheet/band, tendons/ligaments  
🗑
iso-   equal  
🗑
tarso-   ankle, instep, framework of the upper eyelid  
🗑
-tope   place, region, localized  
🗑
pod-   foot  
🗑
malign-   bad, cancerous  
🗑
adnexa-   ties of the uterus  
🗑
ocul-   eye  
🗑
lapar-   abdominal wall  
🗑
dacry-   tear  
🗑
ment-   mind  
🗑
part-   labor, bring forth  
🗑
scler-   hard  
🗑
somato-   body  
🗑
trachel-   neck  
🗑
sinus   hallow  
🗑
hypno-   sleep  
🗑
sept-   wall, fence  
🗑
scirrh-   hard  
🗑
antr-   cavity  
🗑
-crine   to secrete, secretions  
🗑
dura-   hard  
🗑
pneum-   lung, air  
🗑
phage   to eat  
🗑
phren-   mind or diaphram  
🗑
corne-   horny, cornea  
🗑
plak-   plate  
🗑
iris-   iris  
🗑
kerat-   horny, cornea  
🗑
pulmon-, pulmo-   lung  
🗑
ptyal-   saliva  
🗑
alveol-   tooth socket  
🗑
oophor-   ovary  
🗑
oment-   covering of abdominal organs  
🗑
sedat-   quiet, calm  
🗑
furca-   fork shaped  
🗑
radic-   root  
🗑
radi-   ray  
🗑
fistful-   abnormal pipe or passage  
🗑
edema-   swelling by fluid  
🗑
dactyl-   finger, toe  
🗑
metabol-   metabolism  
🗑
pariet-   inner wall of an organ or covering  
🗑
ependym-   wrapping of brain and spinal cord  
🗑
gravid-   pregnant  
🗑
aer-   air  
🗑
glyco-, gluco-   sugar, sweet  
🗑
cheil-, chir-   hand  
🗑
calc-   heel, stone  
🗑
cine-   movement  
🗑
digit-   digits  
🗑
dors-   back  
🗑
gangli-   swelling  
🗑
gemin-   twin  
🗑
grad-   marked /0 lines  
🗑
gran-   grainy  
🗑
labi-   lips  
🗑
micr-   small  
🗑
pepsi-, pept-   digest  
🗑
pleur-   pleura, rib side  
🗑
mamm-   breast  
🗑
colla-   glue  
🗑
later-   side  
🗑
rachi-   spinal column  
🗑
phob-   fear  
🗑
phot-   light  
🗑
dys-   bad  
🗑
cut-, cutan-   skin  
🗑
en-   in  
🗑
peri-   about, around  
🗑
pro-   in front of, before  
🗑
mechano-   machine  
🗑
dynam-   muscle, power  
🗑
osmo-   odor  
🗑
traumat-   wound  
🗑
trich-   hair  
🗑
maxill-   upper jawbone  
🗑
an-, a-   without, not  
🗑
phak-   lens  
🗑
pre-   before  
🗑
strict-   something pulled too tight  
🗑
turbin-   turbinate bone  
🗑
ameb-   change  
🗑
semi-   half  
🗑
neo-   new  
🗑
hormone-   hormones  
🗑
therm-   heat  
🗑
syn-, sym-   fused  
🗑
vulse-   twitch, pull  
🗑
post   after  
🗑
metr-   uterus  
🗑
tegument   covering, skin  
🗑
pan-   all  
🗑
poly-   many  
🗑
ramus   branch  
🗑
neuro-   nerve  
🗑
thromb-   lump, clots  
🗑
ab-   not, away from  
🗑
-plegia   paralysis  
🗑
ante-   before  
🗑
thel-   nipple  
🗑
ex-   out, away from  
🗑
lien-   spleen  
🗑
tumor   swelling  
🗑
vestibule   entrance  
🗑
puer-   child  
🗑
sarc-   flesh, muscle  
🗑
proli-   offspring  
🗑
macro-   large  
🗑
lal-   speech  
🗑
intra-   within  
🗑
inter-   between  
🗑
infra-   underneath  
🗑
cryo-   cold  
🗑
mal-   bad  
🗑
glom-   ball  
🗑
tense-   stretch  
🗑
spas-   pull, draw  
🗑
somni-   sleep  
🗑
pharmac-   drugs  
🗑
lumbo-   lower back  
🗑
gastr-   stomach  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: Ja663r
Popular Medical sets