Medical Terminology Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
acr/o | Extremity |
aden/o | gland |
albin/o | white |
ang/i | vessel |
caus/o | burn/burning |
cellul/o | little cell |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/a | skin |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
erythr/o | red |
follicul/o | little bag |
hidr/o | sweat |
icter/o | jaundice |
integument/o | A covering |
kel/o | tumor |
kerat/o | horn |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o | nail |
pachy/o | thick |
pedicul/o | a louse |
plak/o | plate |
prurit/o | itching |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
scler/o | hard, hardening |
seb/o | oil |
therm/o | hot, heat |
trich/o | hair |
vuls/o | to pull |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |
oste/o | bones |
acetabul/o | acetabulum |
acr/o | extremity |
ankyl/o | stiffening |
arthr/o | joint |
burs/o | a pouch |
calcan/e | heel bone |
carp/o | wrist |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavicul/o | clavicle |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
coccyg/e | coccyx |
coll/a | glue |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
dactyl/o | finger or toe |
femor/o | femur |
fibul/o | fibula |
fixat/o | fastened |
humer/o | humerus |
ili/o | ilium |
isch/i | ischium, hip |
kyph/o | a hump |
lamin/o | lamina |
lord/o | bending |
lumb/o | loin, lower back |
mandibul/o | lower jawbone |
maxill/o | jawbone |
menisc/i | crescent |
myel/o | bone marrow |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | knee cap |
ped/o | foot |
phalange/e | phalanges |
rad/i | radius |
radi/o | x-ray |
rheumat/o | discharge |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
scapul/o | shoulder blade |
scoli/o | curvature |
spin/o | spine |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum |
tendon/o | tendon |
tibi/o | tibia |
tract/o | to draw |
uln/o | ulna |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
xiph/o | sword |
-porosis | pore, or passage |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
-listhesis | slipping |
-malacia | softening |
-desis | to bind or tie together |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
my/o | muscle |
muscul/o | muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
rhabdomy/o | striated muscle |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
myocardi/o | cardiac muscle |
fasci/o | sheath surrounding muscle |
sarc/o | connective tissue |
or/o | mouth or oral cavity |
cheil/o | lips |
labi/o | lips |
gloss/o | tongue |
lingu/o | tongue |
dent/i | teeth |
gingiv/o | gums |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach |
enter/o | small intestine |
hepat/o | liver |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
col/o | large intestine |
an/o | anus |
absorpt/o | to take in |
aden/o | gland |
aliment/o | nourishment |
amyl/o | starch |
anabol/o | building up |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
bil/i | gall, bile |
bucc/o | cheek |
catabol/o | a casting down |
celi/o | abdomen |
chol/e | gall, bile |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon |
cyst/o | bladder |
dent/o | tooth |
diverticul/o | diverticula |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestine |
fibr/o | fibrous tissue |
gastr/o | stomach |
glyc/o | sweet, sugar |
halit/o | breath |
hemat/o | blood |
hemorrh/o | vein liable to bleed |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
lapar/o | abdomen |
lip/o | fat |
odont/o | tooth |
pept/o | to digest |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
pil/o | hair |
prandi/o | meal |
proct/o | anus/rectum |
pylor/o | pylorus |
rect/o | rectum |
sial/o | saliva |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
splen/o | spleen |
stomat/o | mouth |
verm/i | worm |
-ase | enzymes |
-chezia | defecation or the elimination of waste |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-titis | inflammation |
-meter | measure |
cardiologist | heart specialist |
angi/o | vessel |
angin/o | to choke |
arteri/o | artery |
ather/o | fatty substance |
atri/o | atrium |
auscultat/o | listen to |
cardi/o | heart |
circulat/o | circular |
claudicat/o | to limp |
corpor/o | body |
cyan/o | dark blue |
dilat/o | to widen |
dynam/o | power |
ech/o | reflected sound |
electr/o | electricity |
embol/o | throwing in |
infarct/o | infarct |
isch/o | to hold back |
lipid/o | fat |
lun/o | moon |
man/o | thin |
mitr/o | mitral valve |
occlus/o | to close up |
oxy | sour, acid |
palpit/o | throbbing |
pector/o | chest |
phleb/o | vein |
pulmon/o | lung |
rrhythm/o | rhythm |
scler/o | hardening |
sept/o | a partition |
sin/o | a curve |
sphygm/o | pulse |
sten/o | narrowing |
steth/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot of blood |
valvul/o | valve |
vas/o | vessel |
vascul/o | small vessel |
ven/o | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
vers/o | turning |
atri/o | atria |
ventricul/o | ventricles |
pericardi/o | pericardium |
dys- | not working correctly |
mal- | bad |
-emia | blood condition |
-osis | condition, disease |
-pathy | disease |
-ology | study of part of the body |
-ologist | person working with specific part of body or specific disease |
-iatry | medical treatment |
-iatrist | person providing specific treatment |
aden/o | gland |
agglutin/o | clumping |
all/o | other |
anis/o | unequal |
bas/o | base |
calc/o | lime, calcium |
chromat/o | color |
coagul/o | clots; to clot |
cyt/o | cell |
eosin/o | rose-colored |
fibrin/o | fiber |
fus/o | to pour |
globul/o | globe |
granul/o | little grain, granular |
immun/o | immunity |
lymph/o | lymph |
macr/o | large |
neutr/o | neither |
plasm/o | plasma |
reticul/o | net |
septic/o | putrefying |
ser/o | wrinkle |
sider/o | iron |
-cytosis | abnormal condition of the cells |
-lysis | pertaining to destruction |
-lytic | pertaining to destruction |
-poiesis | formation |
-apheresis | take away |
-penia | deficiency |
ana | again or anew |
-phylaxis | protection |
inter- | between |
lymphaden/o | lymph nodes |
-pathy | disorder |
dys- | difficult |
endo- | within |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | out |
hyper- | excessive |
hyp- | below, deficient |
in- | in |
tachy- | rapid |
-ema | condition |
-osmia | smell |
-ectasis | dilation/expansion |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptysis | to spit |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ectomy | surgical excision |
-stomy | new opening |
-centesis | surgical procedure |
alveol/o | small air sac |
anthrac/o | coal |
aspirat/o | to draw in |
atel/o | imperfect |
bronch/o | bronchus |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
cheil/o | lip |
con/i | dust |
cyst/o | sac |
halat/o | breathe |
laryng/o | larynx, voicebox |
lob/o | lobe |
mes/o | middle |
nas/o | nose |
olfact/o | smell |
or/o | mouth |
orth/o | straight |
ox/o | oxygen |
palat/o | palate |
pleur/o | pleura |
pneum/o | air |
pneumon/o | lung |
py/o | pus |
respirat/o | breathing |
rhin/o | nose |
rhonch/o | snore |
sarc/o | flesh |
spir/o | breath |
theli/o | nipple |
trache/o | trachea |
tubercul/o | a little swelling |
ventilat/o | to air |
albumin/o | protein |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
calc/i | calcium |
corpore/o | body |
cutane/o | skin |
cyst/o | bladder |
excret/o | sifted out |
glomerul/o | glomerulus, little ball |
glycos/o | glucose, sugar |
keton/o | ketone |
lith/o | stone |
meat/o | passage |
micturit/o | to urinate |
nephr/o | kidney |
noct/o | night |
perine/o | perineum |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ren/o | kidney |
scler/o | hardening |
son/o | sound |
ur/o | urine, urinate |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
urin/o | urine |
crin/o | to secrete |
acid/o | acid |
acr/o | extremity, point |
aden/o | gland |
adren/o | adrenal gland |
andr/o | man |
cortic/o | cortex |
estr/o | mad desire |
galact/o | milk |
ger/o | old age |
gigant/o | giant |
gonad/o | seed |
hirsut/o | hairy |
hormon/o | hormone |
insulin/o | insulin |
kal/i | potassium |
myx/o | mucus |
nephr/o | kidney |
opthalm/o | eye |
ster/o | solid structure |
test/o | testicle |
thym/o | thymus |
thyr/o | thyroid, shield |
toxic/o | poison |
trop/o | turn |
vas/o | vessel |
viril/o | masculine |
hypo- | low, under, below normal |
-ism | condition |
alges/o | excessive sensitivity to pain |
-algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
neur/o | nerves |
-algia | pain |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | little brain |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
chrom/o | color |
cran/i | skull |
crani/o | skull |
dendr/o | tree |
disk/o | a disk |
dur/o | dura, hard |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesi/o | feeling |
gli/o | glue |
hypn/o | sleep |
lamin/o | thin plate |
later/o | side |
lob/o | lobe |
mening/i | membrane, meninges |
mening/o | membrane, meninges |
ment/o | mind |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |
pallid/o | globus pallidus |
papill/o | papilla |
phe/o | dusky |
poli/o | gray |
somn/o | sleep |
spin/o | a thorn, spine |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
vag/o | vagus, wandering |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
ambly/o | dull |
anis/o | unequal |
blephar/o | eyelid |
choroid/o | choroid |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
cor/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
cry/o | cold |
cycl/o | ciliary body |
dacry/o | tear duct |
dipl/o | double |
foc/o | focus |
goni/o | angle |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | cornea |
lacrim/o | tear duct |
lent/o | lens |
metr/o | measure |
mi/o | less, small |
ocul/o | eye |
opthalm/o | eye |
opt/o | eye |
ortho/o | straight |
phac/o | lens |
phak/o | lentil, lens |
phot/o | light |
presby/o | old |
pupill/o | pupil |
retin/o | retina |
scler/o | hardening |
stigmat/o | point |
ton/o | tone, tension |
trich/o | hair |
trop/o | turn |
uve/o | uvea |
xen/o | foreign material |
xer/o | dry |
audi/o | to hear |
aur/o | ear |
aur/i | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
acous/o | hearing |
chol/e | gall or bile |
cochle/o | cochlea |
-cusis | hearing |
-acusis | hearing |
labyrinth/o | maze, inner ear |
mast/o | mastoid process |
myring/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
ossicul/o | ossicles |
-otia | ear |
presby/o | old |
salping/o | eustachian tube |
staped/o | stapes, stirrup |
steat/o | fat |
tympan/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
vestibul/o | vestibule |
cancer/o | crab, cancer |
capsul/o | little box |
carcin/o | cancer |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chori/o | chorion |
dendr/o | tree |
duct/o | to lead |
filtrat/o | to filter |
gli/o | glue |
immun/o | safe, immunity |
lei/o | smooth |
malign/o | bad kind |
medull/o | marrow |
melan/o | black |
mucos/o | mucus |
mutat/o | to change |
myc/o | fungus |
myel/o | bone marrow |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor |
oste/o | bone |
palliat/o | cloaked |
remiss/o | remit |
reticul/o | net |
retin/o | retina |
rhabd/o | rod |
sarc/o | flesh |
semin/o | seed |
stom/o | mouth |
suppress/o | suppress |
terat/o | monster |
thym/o | thymus |
tox/o | poison |
vir/o | virus |
xer/o | dry |
cyst/o | sac of fluid |
mucos/o | mucus membrane |
necr/o | death |
alveol/o | small sac |
scirrh/o | hard |
meta- | change |
-stasis | place |
tele- | far |
meta- | beyond |
ana- | backward |
apo- | off |
brachy- | short |
epi- | upon |
gynec/o | woman |
log/o | study of |
-ist | specialist |
salping/o | fallopian tube |
ovari/o | ovary |
oophor/o | ovary |
ovul/o | ova (egg) |
ov/o | Ova (egg) |
o/o | ova (egg) |
abort/o | miscarry |
cervic/o | cervix, neck |
coit/o | coming together |
colp/o | vagina |
culd/o | cul-de-sac |
hyster/o | womb, uterus |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
men/o | month, mensus, menstration |
metr/o | womb uterus |
pareun/o | lying beside, sexual intercourse |
rect/o | rectum |
uter/o | uterus |
vagin/o | vagina |
venere/o | sexual intercourse |
vers/o | turning |
andr/o | male |
balan/o | glans penis |
cis/o | to cut |
crypt/o | hidden |
didym/o | testis |
ejaculat/o | to throw out |
gon/o | genitals |
mit/o | thread |
orch/o | testicle |
orchid/o | testicle |
prostat/o | prostate |
scrot/o | scrotom |
sperm/o | seed, sperm |
sperm/i | seed, sperm |
spermat/o | seed, sperm |
testicul/o | testicle |
varic/o | twisted veiin |
vas/o | vessel |
vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
zo/o | animal |
-genesis | formation |
-one | hormone |
oligos- | few, little |
-ia | condition of |
act/o | acting |
angi/o | vessel |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
bronch/o | bronchus |
cinemat/o | motion |
digit/o | finger or toe |
encephal/o | brain |
fluor/o | fluorescense, luminous |
gen/o | kind |
myel/o | spinal cord |
oscill/o | to swing |
physic/o | nature |
pyel/o | renal, pelvis |
sial/o | salivary |
son/o | sound |
therapeut/o | treatment |
tom/o | to cut |
tract/o | to draw |
ven/o | vein |
agor/a | marketplace |
anxi/o | uneasy, anxious |
aut/o | self |
centr/o | center |
cycl/o | circle, cycle |
delus/o | to cheat |
hallucin/o | hallucination |
path/o | disease |
phil/o | attraction to, love |
phren/o | mind |
psych/o | mind |
schiz/o | to divide |
somat/o | body |
thym/o | mind, emotion |
-genic | produced by |
-mania | obsessive |
-phobia | disabling fear |
-ic | pertaining to |
a- | no, not, without, lack of, apart |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward, near |
ambi- | both, both sides, around, about |
an- | no, not, without, lack of |
ana- | up, apart, backward, again, anew |
ant- | against |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
apo- | seperation |
astro- | star-shaped |
auto- | self |
bi- | two, double |
bin- | twice, two |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
cac- | bad |
centi- | one hundred, one hundreth |
chromo- | color |
circum- | around |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, away from |
deca- | ten |
di- | two, double |
dia- di(a) | through, between, complete |
dif- | apart, free from, seperate |
di(s)- | two, apart |
dis- | apart |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
ec- | out, outside, outer |
ecto- | out, outside, outer |
em- | in |
en- | in, within |
end- | within, inner |
endo- | within, inner |
ep- | upon, over, above |
epi- | upon, over, above |
eso- | inward |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | out, away from |
exo- | out, away from |
extra- | outside, beyond |
hemi- | half |
heter- | different |
hetero- | different |
homeo- | similar, same, likeness, constant |
homo- | similar, same |
hydr- | water |
hyp- | below deficient |
hyper- | above, beyond, excessive |
hypo- | below, under, deficient |
in- | in, into, not |
infer- | below |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
ir- | in |
mal- | bad |
mega- | large, great |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, over, between, change |
micro- | small |
milli- | one-thousandth |
mon(o)- | one |
mono- | one |
multi- | many, much |
neo- | new |
nulli- | none |
olig- | little, scanty |
oligo- | little, scanty |
pan- | all |
par- | around, beside |
para- | beside, alongside, abnormal |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
poly- | many, much, excessive |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
primi- | first |
pro- | before, in front of |
proto- | first |
pseudo- | false |
pyro- | fire |
quadri- | four |
re- | back, backward, again |
retro- | backward |
semi- | half |
sub- | below, under, beneath |
super- | upper, above |
supra- | above, beyond, superior |
sym- | together, with |
syn- | together, with |
tachy- | rapid, fast |
trans- | across |
tri- | three |
ultra- | beyond |
un- | back, reversal, not, annulment |
uni- | one |
abdomin | abdomen |
absorpt, absorpt/o | to suck in |
acanth | thorn |
acetabul, acetabul/o | acetabulum, hip socket |
acid, acid/o | acid |
acoust | hearing |
actin | ray |
acute | sharp |
adhes | stuck to |
agglutinat | clumping |
agglutin/o | clumping |
agon, agon/o | agony |
albumin, albumin/o | protein |
all, all/o | other |
alveol, alveol/o | small, hollow air sac |
ambly, ambly/o | dull |
amputat, amputat/o | to cut through |
ambul | to walk |
amni/o | amniotic fluid |
amyl, amyl/o | starch |
angin, angin/o | to choke |
anter, anter/o | toward the front |
append, append/o | appendix |
appendic, appendic/o | appendix |
arachn | spider |
arche | beginning |
arous | alertness, to rise |
atel, atel/o | imperfect |
ather, ather/o | fatty substance, porridge |
atri, atri/o | atrium |
audi/o | to hear |
auditor | hearing |
aur, aur/i | ear |
auscultat, auscultat/o | listen to |
aut | self |
axill | armpit |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
bartholin | bartholin glands |
bi/o | life |
blast/o | germ cell |
blephar, blephar/o | eyelid |
brach/i, brachi/o | arm |
burs, burs/o | pouch |
calcan/e | heel bone |
capn | smoke |
cartil | grissle |
castr | to prune |
caud, caud/o | tail |
cavit | cavity |
celi, celi/o | abdomen, belly |
cephal, cephal/o | head |
cept | receive |
cerebell, cerebell/o | little brain |
cervic, cervic/o | cervix, neck |
chem/o | chemical |
chir/o | hand |
chlor/o | green |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
chord | cord |
chori/o | chorion |
choroid, choroid/o | choroid |
chym | juice |
cine | motion |
cirrh, cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
claudicat, claudicat/o | to limp |
cleid/o | clavicle |
clon/o | turmoil |
coagul, coagul/o | to clot |
cochle/o | land snail |
coit, coit/o | coming together |
coll/a | glue |
collis | neck |
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