Med Term Hosa Word Scramble
|
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
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Question | Answer |
a- | no not without |
ab- | away from |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
-able, ible | capable of, able to |
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
acr/o | toward |
ad- | toward |
aden/o | gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
adip/o | fat |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
aer/o | air |
agora- | open marketplace |
alb/o, albin/o | white |
alumin/o | albumin |
algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
alveol/o | alveolus |
amni/o | amnion |
amyl/o | starch |
an- | no, not, without |
an/o | anus |
andr/o | male, masculine |
angi/o | vessel |
ankyl/o | stiff |
ante- | before |
anter/o | anterior, toward the front |
anti- | against |
aort/o | aorta |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | articulation, joint |
arthr/o | joint |
-ase | enzyme |
-asthenia | weakness |
atel/o | imperfect |
ather/o | yellow fatty plaque |
-ation | action or process |
audi/o | hearing |
aut/o | self |
axill/o | axilla |
bacter/i, bacteri/o | bacteria |
bi- | two |
bil/i | bile |
bi/o | life or living |
blast/o | embryonic form |
blephar/o | eyelid |
brady- | slow |
bronch/o | bronchi |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
burs/o | bursa |
calcane/o | calcaneus |
calc/i | calcium |
cancer/o carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
carp/o | carpus(wrist) |
caud/o | tail, posterior in direction |
cec/o | cecum |
-cele | hernia |
cellul/o | little cell or compartment |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
centi- | one hundred or one hundredth |
cephal/o | head, toward the head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | brain, cerebrum |
cervic/o | neck, uterine cervix |
cheil/o | lips |
chem/o | chemical |
chir/o | hand |
chlor/o | green |
chol/o | bile |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choldedoch/o | common bile duct |
chondr/o | cartilage |
-cidal | killing |
circum- | around |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
col/o, colon/o | colon or large intestine |
colp/o | vagina |
coni/o | dust |
contra- | against |
corpor/o | body |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | cranium, skull |
crin/o, -crine | secrete |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyst/o | cyst, bladder, sac |
cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
dacry/o | tear, tearing, crying |
dactyl/o | digit (toe finger or both) |
de- | down, from, removing, reversing |
dendr/o | tree |
dent/i,dent/o | teeth |
derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, -derm | skin |
di- | two |
dia- | through |
diplo- | double |
dips/o | thirst |
dist/o | far or distant from the origin or point of attachment |
dors/o | directed toward, back side |
duoden/o | duodenum |
dur/o | dura meter |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | "bad" difficult |
-eal | pertaining to |
ech/o | sound |
-ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, stretching |
ecto- | out, without, away from |
-ectomy | excision |
-edema | swelling |
electr/o | electricity |
embo/o | embolus |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | vomiting |
-emia | blood |
en- | inside |
encephal/o | brain |
end-, endo- | inside |
enter/o | intestines, small intestine |
epi- | above or upon |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
-er | one who |
erythemat/o | erythema redness |
eryth/o | red |
-esis | action, process, or result of esophagus |
-esthesia | sensation, perception |
esthesi/o | feeling |
eu- | normal, good |
-eum, -ium | membrane |
ex-, exo- | out, without, away from |
extra- | outside |
faci/o | face |
femor/o | femur(thigh bone) |
fet/o | fetus |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibul/o | fibula |
fluor/o | emitting or reflecting light |
follicul/o | follicle |
gastr/o | stomach |
gen/o, -gen | beginning, origin |
-genesis | producing, forming |
-genic | produced by or in |
genit/o | genitals |
ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | aged, elderly |
gigant/o | giant |
gingiv/o | gums |
gli/o | neuroglia or sticky substance |
glomerul/o | glomerus |
gloss/o | tongue |
glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar |
gon/o | gonad |
gram/o | to record |
-gram | a record |
-graph | recording instrument |
-graphy | process of recording |
gynec/o | female |
hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hemi- | half, partly |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
hidr/o | perspiration |
hist/o | tissue |
home/o | sameness |
humer/o | humerus |
hydr/o | water |
hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
hypo- | beneath or below normal |
hypophys/o | pituitary |
hyster/o | uterus |
-ia, -iasis | condition |
-iac | one who suffers |
-iatrician | practitioner |
-iatrics, -iatric,-iatry | medicine |
-ic | pertaining to |
ichthy/o | fish |
ile/o | ileum |
ili/o | ilium |
immun/o | immune |
in- | not, inside, in |
infer/o | lowermost, below |
infra- | below |
insulin/o | insulin |
inter- | between |
intestin/o | intestines |
intra- | within |
iod/o | iodine |
ischi/o | ischium |
-ism | condition or theory |
-ist | one who |
-itis | inflammation |
-ium | membrane |
-ive | pertaining to |
jejun/o | jejunum |
kerat/o | hard or horny tissue, cornea |
kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
lact/o | milk |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
laryng/o | larynx |
later/o | toward the side farther from the midline of the body or a structure |
leps/o, -lepsy | seizure |
leuc/o, leuk/o | white |
-lexia | words, phrases |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat, lipid |
lith/o | stone,calculus |
lob/o | lobe |
log/o | knowledge, words |
-logic, -logical | pertaining to the science of or study of |
-logist | one who studies, specialist |
-logy | study or science of |
lumb/o | lower back |
lymph/o | lymph, lymphatics |
lymphat/o | lymphatics |
lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
-lysin | that which destroys |
-lysis | dissolving, destruction, freeing |
-lytic | capable of destroying |
macro- | large |
mal- | "bad", poor, abnormal |
malac/o | soft, softening |
-malacia | softening |
mamm/o | breast |
-mania | excessive preoccupation |
medio- | middle or nearer the middle |
megal/o, mega- | enlargement |
-megaly | large, enlarged |
melan/o | black |
men/o | month |
mening/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind, chin |
meso- | middle |
meta- | change or next in series |
metacarp/o | metacarpals |
metatars/o | metatarsals |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
metr/i | uterine tissue |
metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
-metry | process of measuring |
micro- | small |
mid- | middle |
milli- | one thousand or one thousandth |
mono- | one or single |
muc/o | mucus |
multi- | many |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
myel/o | bone marrow |
myx/o | mucus |
narc/o | stupor |
nas/o | nose |
nat/i, | |
humer/o | humerus |
hydr/o | water |
hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
hypo- | beneath or below normal |
hypophys/o | pituitary |
hyster/o | uterus |
-ia, -iasis | condition |
-iac | one who suffers |
-iatrician | practitioner |
-iatrics, -iatric,-iatry | medicine |
-ic | pertaining to |
ichthy/o | fish |
ile/o | ileum |
ili/o | ilium |
immun/o | immune |
in- | not, inside, in |
infer/o | lowermost, below |
infra- | below |
insulin/o | insulin |
inter- | between |
intestin/o | intestines |
intra- | within |
iod/o | iodine |
ischi/o | ischium |
-ism | condition or theory |
-ist | one who |
-itis | inflammation |
-ium | membrane |
-ive | pertaining to |
jejun/o | jejunum |
kerat/o | hard or horny tissue, cornea |
kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
lact/o | milk |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
laryng/o | larynx |
later/o | toward the side farther from the midline of the body or a structure |
leps/o, -lepsy | seizure |
leuc/o, leuk/o | white |
-lexia | words, phrases |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat, lipid |
lith/o | stone,calculus |
lob/o | lobe |
log/o | knowledge, words |
-logic, -logical | pertaining to the science of or study of |
-logist | one who studies, specialist |
-logy | study or science of |
lumb/o | lower back |
lymph/o | lymph, lymphatics |
lymphat/o | lymphatics |
lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
-lysin | that which destroys |
-lysis | dissolving, destruction, freeing |
-lytic | capable of destroying |
macro- | large |
mal- | "bad", poor, abnormal |
malac/o | soft, softening |
-malacia | softening |
mamm/o | breast |
-mania | excessive preoccupation |
medio- | middle or nearer the middle |
megal/o, mega- | enlargement |
-megaly | large, enlarged |
melan/o | black |
men/o | month |
mening/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind, chin |
meso- | middle |
meta- | change or next in series |
metacarp/o | metacarpals |
metatars/o | metatarsals |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
metr/i | uterine tissue |
metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
-metry | process of measuring |
micro- | small |
mid- | middle |
milli- | one thousand or one thousandth |
mono- | one or single |
muc/o | mucus |
multi- | many |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
myel/o | bone marrow |
myx/o | mucus |
narc/o | stupor |
nas/o | nose |
nat/i, nat/o | birth |
ne/o | new |
necr/o | dead |
nephr/o | kidney |
nerv/o, nuer/o | nerve |
nulli- | none |
obstret/o | mid wife |
ocul/o | vision |
odont/o | teeth |
-oid | resembling |
-ole | little |
olig/o | few |
-oma | tumor |
omphal/o | umbilicus |
-on | body |
onc/o | tumor |
onych/o | nail |
oophor/o | ovary |
ophthalm/o | eye |
-opia | vision |
optic/o,orchid/o | testes |
-orexia | appetite |
orth/o | straight |
-ose | sugar |
-osis | conditon |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
-ous | pertaining to |
ovar/o | ovary |
ox/o | oxygen |
pan- | all |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
par/o | to bear offspring |
para- | near, beside, abnormal |
-para | female who has given birth |
parathyroid/o | parathyroids |
patell/o | patella(kneecap) |
path/o | disease |
-pathy | disease |
ped/o | child/foot |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pen/o | penis |
-penia | deficiency |
-pepsia | digestion |
per- | through or by |
periton/o | peritoneum |
peri- | around |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
phag/o, -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing, ingesting |
phalang/o | phalanges(bones of fingers and toes) |
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i | drugs, medicine |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phas/o, -phasia | speech |
phleb/o | vein |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
phon/o | voice |
phot/o | light |
phren/o | mind, diaphragm |
physi/o | nature |
-physis | growth |
pil/o | hair |
pituitar/o | pituitary |
-plasia | development |
plast/o | repair |
-plasty | surgical repair |
pleg/o, -plegia | paralysis |
pleur/o | pleura |
-poesis | production |
-poietin | substance that causes production |
poly- | many |
post- | after, behind |
poster/o | posterior, toward the back |
-pnea | breathing |
pneum/o | lung, air |
pneumon/o | lung |
pre- | before |
primi- | first |
pro- | before |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
prostat/o | prostate |
prote/o, protein/o | protein |
proxim/o | nearer the origin of the point or attachment |
psych/o | mind |
-ptosis | sagging, prolapse |
pub/o | pubis |
pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
pyr/o | fire |
quad-, quadri- | four |
rach/i, rachi/o | spine |
radi/o | radius, radiant energy |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
retin/o | retina |
retro- | behind, backward |
rheumat/o | rheumatism |
rhin/o | nose |
roentgen/o | x-ray |
-rrhage | excessive bleeding |
-rrhagia | hemorrhage |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
sacr/o | sacrum |
salping/o | uterine tube |
-sarcoma | tumor arising from connective tissue |
scapul/o | scapula(shoulder blade) |
schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis | split, cleft |
scler/o, -sclerosis | hard, hardening |
scop/o | to examine, to view |
-scope | instrument used for viewing |
-scopy | process of visually examining |
scrot/o | scrotum |
seb/o | sebum |
semi- | half, partly |
semin/o | semen |
seps/o | infection |
sept/o | infection or septum |
ser/o | serum |
sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
silic/o | silica |
som/a, somat/o | body |
son/o | sound |
-spasm | twitching, cramp |
spermat/o | sperm |
spin/o | spine |
spir/o | spiral, to breathe |
splen/o | spleen |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-static | keeping stationary |
stern/o | sternum(breastbone) |
stomat/o | mouth |
-stomy | formation of an opening |
sub- | under |
super- | excessive or above |
supra- | above or beyond |
super/o | uppermost, or above |
sym-, syn- | joined, together |
tachy- | fast |
tars/o | tarsals(ankle bones) |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
test/o, testicul/o | testicle, testes |
tetra- | four |
therapeut/o, therapy- | treatment |
therm/o | heat |
thorac/o | thorax, chest |
thromb/o | thrombus, clot |
thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
tibi/o | tibia |
-tic | pertaining to |
tom/o | to cut |
-tome | instrument used for cutting |
-tomy | incision |
top/o | place, position |
tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
trache/o | trachea |
trans- | across, through |
tri- | three |
trich/o | hair |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
troph/o, -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
-tropic | stimulate |
-tropi | that which stimulates |
uln/o | ulna |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
ungu/o | nail |
uni- | one, single |
ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
-uria | urine, urination |
urin/o | urine or urination |
uter/o | uterus |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
vagin/o | vagina |
vas/o | vessel, ductus deferens |
vascul/o | vessel |
ven/o | vein |
ventr/o | ventral, belly side |
venul/o | venule |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
vesic/o | bladder or vesicle |
viscer/o | viscera |
vulv/o | vulva |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |
-y | state, condition |
Created by:
kamistrating
Popular Physical Therapy sets