Mid Term Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
per- | through |
trans- | through, across, beyond |
-coccus | berry shaped (form of bacterium) |
-ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
xer/o | dry, dryness |
seb/o | sebum oil |
strept/o | twisted chains |
epi- | on, upon, over |
para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
-itis | inflammation |
-ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
sub- | under, below |
-a | noun suffix, no meaning |
intra- | within |
cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
hidr/o | sweat |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
heter/o | other |
kerat/o | horny tissue |
necr/o | death (cells, body) |
pachy/o | thick |
crypt/o | hidden |
coni/o | dust |
aut/o | self |
bi/o | life |
uni- | one |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ad | toward |
bi- | two |
aden/o | gland |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
chlor/o | green |
cyan/o | blue |
erythr/o | red |
cyt/o | cell |
chrom/o | color |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
-pathy | disease |
-oma | tumor, swelling |
-megaly | enlargement |
-logist | one who studies and treats |
-logy | study of |
-oid | resembling |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
meta- | after, beyond, change |
pro- | before |
-cyte | cell |
-genic | producing, origination, causing |
-gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient, under |
neo- | new |
-al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
system/o | system |
xanth/o | yellow |
dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
hyper- | above, excessive |
dia- | through, complete |
viscer/o | internal organs |
somat/o | body |
melan/o | black |
neur/o | nerve |
organ/o | organ |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
path/o | disease |
onc/o | tumor, mass |
my/o | muscle |
lip/o | fat |
fibr/o | fiber |
hist/o | tissue |
kary/o | nucleus |
leuk/o | white |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
gno/o | knowledge |
iatr/o | physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
lei/o | smooth |
albumin/o | albumin |
olig/o | scanty, few |
-iasia, -esis | condition |
noct/i | night |
hydr/o | water |
glyc/o, glycos.o | sugar |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
urethr/o | urethra |
-scopy | visual examination |
urin/o, ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
-stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ureter/o | ureter |
azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
blast/o | developing cell, germ cell |
meat/o | meatus (opening) |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
cyct/o, vesic/o | bladder, sac |
lith/o | stone |
-scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
-stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
-tomy | cut into, incision |
-thorax | chest, chest cavity |
epididym/o | epididymis |
balan/o | glans penis |
-uria | urine, urination |
-rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
-lysis | loosening, dissolution, separating |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
andr/o | male |
infer/o | below |
medi/o | middle |
proxim/o | near the point of attachment of a body part |
ventr/o | belly (front) |
dors/o | back |
later/o | side |
poster/o | back, behind |
super/o | above |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-stasis | control, stop, standing |
caud/o | tail (downward) |
dist/o | away from the point of attachment of a body part |
-plasma | growth, substance, formation |
-sis | state of |
anter/o | front |
cephal/o | head (upward) |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia or protusion |
-ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
-gram | the record, radio-graphic image |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
-ar, -ary, -eal | pertaining to |
-centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid with a sterile needle |
-emia | in the blood |
-graph | instrument used to record, the record |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
-rrhagia | rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding |
-graphy | process of recording, radio-graphic imaging |
-salpinx | uterine tube (fallopian tube) |
peri- | surrounding (outer) |
perine/o | perineum |
oophor/o | ovary |
-cleisis | surgical closure |
salping/o | uterine tube (fallopian tube) |
pelv/i | pelvis, pelvic bones, pelvic cavity |
arche/o | first, beginning |
vesicul/o | seminal vesicle(s) |
sperm/o, spermat/o | sperm, spermatozoon |
orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o | testis, testicle |
men/o | menstration |
hyster/o, metr/o | uterus |
gynec/o, gyn/o | woman |
endometri/o | endometrium |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
hymen/o | hymen |
episi/o, vulv/o | vulva |
colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
cervic/o, trachel/o | cervix |
-ism | state of |
vas/o | vessel, duct |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
alveol/o | alveolus |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-opsy | view of, viewing |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-phagia | eating or swallowing |
-malacia | softening |
lob/o | lobe |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
diaphragmat/o, phren/o | diaphragm |
bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus |
laryng/o | larynx |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
atel/o | imperfect, incomplete |
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
phon/o | sound, voice |
ox/i | oxygen |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
pleur/o | pleura |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
orth/o | straight |
muc/o | mucus |
spir/o | breathe, breathing |
somn/o | sleep |
sept/o | septum |
py/o | pus |
son/o | sound |
sinus/o | sinus |
radi/o | x-rays, ionizing radiation |
pulmon/o | lung |
poly- | many, much |
endo- | within |
trache/o | trachea |
tom/o | to cut, section, or slice |
eu- | normal, good |
a-, an- | absence of, without |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
thorac/o | thorax, chest, chest cavity |
-scope | instrument used for visual examination |
-pnea | breathing |
-metry | measurment |
Created by:
Jeremyjeske
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