MedTerm 1-8 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a- | without |
ab-, abs- | away from |
ad- | toward, to |
ambi- | both, around |
an- | without |
ana- | up, toward |
ante- | before |
anti- | against |
apo- | derived, separate |
aut(o)- | self |
bi- | twice, double |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
circum- | around |
co-, col-, com-, con-, cor- | together |
contra- | against |
de- | away from |
di-, dif-, dir, dis- | not, separated |
dia- | through |
dys- | abnormal; difficult |
ect(o)- | outside |
end(o)- | within |
epi- | over |
eu- | well, good, normal |
ex- | out of, away from |
exo- | external, on the outside |
extra- | without, outside of |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | above normal; overly |
hypo- | below normal |
infra- | positioned beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
iso- | equal; same |
mal- | bad; inadequate |
meg(a)-, megal(o)- | large |
mes(o)- | middle, median |
meta- | after |
micr(o)- | small, microscopic |
mon(o)- | single |
multi- | many |
olig(o)- | few; little; scanty |
pan-, pant(o)- | all, entire |
par(a)- | beside; abnormal; involving two parts |
per- | through, intensely |
peri- | around, about, near |
pluri- | several, more |
poly- | many |
post- | after, following |
pre- | before |
pro- | before, forward |
quadra-, quadri- | four |
re- | again, backward |
retro- | behind, backward |
semi- | half |
sub- | less than, under, inferior |
super- | more than, above, superior |
supra- | above, over |
syl-, sym-, syn-, sys- | together |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | beyond, excessive |
un- | not |
uni- | one |
-ad | toward |
-algia | pain |
-clast | breaking |
-clasis | breaking |
-cide | destroying, killing |
-cidal | destroying, killing |
-cele | hernia |
-blast | immature, forming |
-asthenia | weakness |
-crine | secreting |
-crit | separate |
-cyte | cell |
-cytosis | condition of the cells |
-derma | skin |
-desis | binding |
-dynia | pain |
-ecstasia | expansion; dilation |
-ectomy | removal of |
-edema | swelling |
-ema | condition |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood |
-emic | relating to blood |
-esthesia | sensation |
-form | in the shape of |
-gen | producing, coming to be |
-genesis | production of |
-genic | producing |
-globin | protein |
-globulin | protein |
-gram | a recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-graph | recording instrument |
-iasis | pathological condition or state |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ics | treatment, practice, body of knowledge |
-ism | condition, disease, doctrine |
itis (pl. -itides) | inflammation |
-kinesia | movement |
-kinesis | movement |
-lepsy | condition of |
-leptic | having seizures |
-logist | one who practices |
-logy | study, practice |
-lysis | destruction of |
-lyctic | destroying |
-malacia | softening |
-mania | obsession |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | measuring device |
-metry | measurement |
-oid | like, resembling |
-oma(pl. -omata) | tumor, neoplasm |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-opsy | view of |
-osis (pl. - oses) | condition, state, process |
-ostomy | opening |
-oxia | oxygen |
-para | bearing |
-parous | producing; bearing |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-pepsia | digestion |
-pexy | fixation, usually done surgically |
-phage, -phagia, - phagy | eating, devouring |
-phasia | speaking |
-pheresis | removal |
-phil | attraction; affinity for |
-philia | attraction; affinity for |
-phobia | fear |
-phonia | sound |
-phoresis | carrying |
-phoria | feeling; carrying |
-phrenia | of the mind |
-phthisis | wasting away |
-phylaxis | protection |
-physis | growing |
-plakia | plaque |
-plasia | formation |
-plasm | formation |
-plastic | forming |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plegic | one who is paralyzed |
-pnea | breath |
-poiesis | formation |
-poietin | one that forms |
-poietic | forming |
-porosis | lessening in density |
-ptosis | falling down; drooping |
-rrhage | discharging heavily |
-rrhagia | heavy discharge |
-rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
-rrhea | a flowing, a flux |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-schisis | splitting |
-scope | instrument for observing |
-scopy | use of an instrument for observing |
-somnia | sleep |
-spasm | contraction |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stasis | stopping; constant |
-stat | agent to maintain a state |
-static | maintaining a state |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-stomy | opening |
-tome | cutting instrument, segment |
-tomy | cutting operation |
-trophic | nutritional |
-trophy | nutrition |
-tropia | turning |
-tropic | turning toward |
-tropy | condition of turning toward |
-uria | urine |
-version | turning |
acanth(o) | spiny; thorny |
actin(o) | light |
aer(o) | air; gas |
alge, algesi, algio, algo | pain |
amyl(o) | starch |
andro | masculine |
athero | plaque; fatty substance |
bacill(i) | bacilli; bacteria |
bacteri(o) | bacteria |
bar(o) | weight; pressure |
bas(o), basi(o) | base |
bio | life |
blasto | immature cells |
cac(o) | bad; ill |
calc(o), calci(o) | calcium |
carcin(o) | cancer |
chem(o) | chemical |
chlor(o) | chlorine, green |
chyl(o) | chyle, a digestive juice |
chrono | time |
chrom, chromat, chromo | color |
chore(o) | dance |
chlondrio, chondro | Cartilage, grainy, gritty |
chym(o) | chyme, semifluid present during digestion |
cine(o) | movement |
coni(o) | dust |
crin(o) | secrete |
cry(o) | cold |
crypt(o) | hidden; obscure |
cyan(o) | blue |
cycl(o) | circle; cycle; ciliary body |
cyst(o), cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct |
cyt(o) | cell |
dextr(o) | right, toward the right |
dips(o) | thirst |
dors(o), dorsi | back |
dynamo | force; energy |
echo | reflected sound |
electr(o) | electricity; electric |
eosin(o) | red; rosy |
ergo | work |
erythr(o) | red, redness |
esthesio | sensation, perception |
ethmo | ethmoid bone |
etio | cause |
fibr(o) | fiber |
fluor(o) | light; luminous; flourine |
fungi | fungus |
galact(o) | milk |
gen(o) | producing; being born |
gero(o), geront(o) | old age |
gluco | glucose |
glyco | sugars |
gonio | angle |
granulo | granular |
gyn(o), gyne, gyneco | women |
home(o), homo | same; constant |
hydr(o) | hydrogen, water |
hypn(o) | sleep |
iatr(o) | physician; treatment |
ichthy(o) | dry; scaly; fish |
idio | distinct; unknown |
immun(o) | safe; immune |
kal(i) | potassium |
karyo | nucleus |
ket(o), keton(o) | ketone; acetone |
kin(o), kine | movement |
kinesi(o), kineso | motion |
kyph(o) | humpback |
lact(o), lacti | milk |
latero | lateral, to one side |
lepto | light, frail, thin |
leuk(o) | white |
lip(o) | fat |
lith(o) | stone |
log(o) | speech, words, thought |
lys(o) | dissolution |
macr(o) | large; long |
media(o) | middle; medial plane |
mega(o), megal(o) | large; million |
melan(o) | black; dark |
mes(o) | middle; median |
micr(o) | small; one-millionth; tiny |
mio | smaller; less |
morph(o) | structure; shape |
narco | sleep; numbness |
necr(o) | death; dying |
noct(i) | night |
nucle(o) | nucleus |
normo | normal |
oncho, onco | tumor |
nyct(o) | night |
oxy | sharp; acute; oxygen |
orth(o) | straight; normal |
path(o) | disease |
pachy | thick |
phago | eating; devouring; swllowing |
pharmaco | drugs; medicine |
phono(o) | south; voice; speech |
phot(o) | light |
physi, physio | physical; natural |
physo | air; gas; growing |
phyt(o) | plant |
plasma; plasmo | formative; plasma |
poikilo | varied; irregular |
pyo | pus |
pseud(o) | false |
pyro | fever; fire; heat |
pyreto | fever |
salping(o) | tube |
radio | radiation; x-ray; radius |
schiz(o) | split; division |
schisto | split |
scolio | crooked; bent |
scler(o) | hardness; hardening |
sidero | iron |
scoto | darkness |
somat(o) | body |
sito | food; grain |
sono | sound |
som(o), somni | sleep |
spher(o) | round; spherical |
spasmo | spasm |
squamo | scale; squamous |
spir(o) | breath; breathe |
steno | narrowness |
staphyl(o) | grapelike clusters |
strepto | twisted chains; streptococci |
stere(o) | three-dimensional |
styl(o) | peg-shaped |
syring(o) | tube |
tel(o), tele(o) | distant; end; complete |
terato | monster (as a malformed fetus) |
therm(o) | heat |
tono | tension; pressure |
top(o) | place; topical |
tox(i), toxico, toxo | poison; toxin |
tropho | food; nutrition |
vivi | life |
xanth(o) | yellow |
xeno | stranger |
xer(o) | dry |
xiph | sword; xiphoid |
zo(o) | life |
zymo(o) | fermentation; enzyme |
abdomin(o) | abdomen |
acetabul(o) | cup-shaped hip socket |
aden(o) | gland |
adip(o) | fat |
adren(o) | adrenal glands |
alveol(o) | air sac, alveolus |
angi (o) | vessel |
aort(o) | aorta |
appendic(o) | appendix |
arteri(o) | artery |
arteriol(o) | arteriole |
arthr(o) | joint; articulation |
aur(i), auricul(o) | ear |
blephar(o) | eyelid |
brachi(o) | arm |
bronch(o), bronchi | bronchus |
bucc(o) | cheek |
burs(o) | bursa |
calcane(o) | heel bone |
cardi(o) | heart; esophageal opening of the stomach |
carp(o) | wrist bones |
celi(o) | abdomen |
cephal(o) | head |
cerebell(o) | cerebellum |
cerebr(o) | cerebrum |
cervic(o) | neck; cervix |
cheil(o), chil(o) | lip |
chir(o) | hand |
chol(e), cholo | bile |
chondri(o), chondr(o) | cartilage |
col(o), colon(o) | colon |
colp(o) | vagina |
core(o) | pupil |
cortic(o) | cortex |
costi, costo | rib |
crani(o) | cranium |
cysti(i), cysto | bladder; cyst |
cyt(o) | cell |
dactyl(o) | fingers, toes |
dent(i), dento | tooth |
derm(o), derma, dermat(o) | skin |
duoden(o) | duodenum |
encephal(o) | brain |
enter(o) | intestines |
episi(o) | vulva |
gastr(o) | stomach |
gingiv(o) | gum |
gloss(o) | tongue |
gnath(o) | jaw |
gonad(o) | sex glands |
hem(a), hemat(o), hemo | blood |
hepat(o), hepactic(o) | liver |
hidr(o) | sweat |
histi(o), histo | tissue |
hyster(o) | uterus, hysteria |
ile(o) | ileum |
ili(o) | ilium |
inguin(o) | groin |
irid(o) | iris |
ischi(o) | ischium |
kary(o) | nucleus |
kerat(o) | cornea |
labio(o) | lip |
lamin(o) | lamina |
lapar(o) | abdominal wall |
laryng(o) | larynx |
linguo | tongue |
lip(o) | fat |
lympho(o) | lymph |
mast(o) | breast |
maxill(o) | maxilla |
medull(o) | medulla |
mening(o) | meninges |
muco | mucus |
my(o) | muscle |
myel(o) | spinal cord; bone marrow |
nephr(o) | kidney |
neur, neuro | nerve |
oculo | eye |
odont(o) | tooth |
onych(o) | nail |
oo | egg |
oophor(o) | ovary |
ophthalm(o) | eye |
opto, optico | eye; sight |
or(o) | mouth |
orchi(o), orchido | testis |
osseo, ossi | bone |
ost(e), osteo | bone |
ot(o) | ear |
ovari(o) | ovary |
ovi, ovo | egg; ova |
ped(o), pedi | foot; child |
pelvi(o), pelvo | pelvic bone; hip |
pharyng(o) | pharynx |
phleb(o) | vein |
phren(o), phreni, phrenico | mind; diaphragm |
pil(o) | hair |
plasma, plasmo, plasmat(o) | plasma |
pleur(o), pleura | rib; side; pleura |
pneum(a), pneumat(o), pneuo, pneumon(o) | lungs; air; breathing |
pod(o) | foot |
proct(o) | anus |
psych(o), psyche | mind |
pulmon(o) | lung |
pyel(o) | renal pelvis |
rachi(o) | spine |
rect(o) | rectum |
reni, reno | kidney |
rhin(o) | nose |
sacr(o) | sacrum |
sarco | fleshy tissue; muscle |
scler(o) | sclera |
sial(o) | salivary glands; saliva |
sigmoid(o) | sigmoid colon |
somat(o) | body |
sperma, spermato, spermo | semen; spermatozoa |
splanchn(o), splanchi | viscera |
splen(o) | spleen |
spondyl(o) | vertebra |
stern(o) | sternum |
steth(o) | chest |
stom(a), stomat(o) | mouth |
ten(o), tendin(o), tendo, tenon(o) | tendon |
test(o) | testis |
thorac(o), thoracico | thorax, chest |
thym(o) | thymus gland |
thyr(o) | thyroid gland |
trache(o) | trachea |
trachel(o) | neck |
trich(o), trichi | hair |
varico | varicosity |
vas(o) | blood vessel, duct |
vasculo | blood vessel |
veni, veno | vein |
ventricul(o) | ventricle |
vertebro | vertebra |
vesic(o) | bladder |
adip(o) | fatty |
dermat(o) | skin |
derm(o) | skin |
hidr(o) | swear, sweat glands |
ichthy(o) | fish, scaly |
kerat(o) | horny tissue |
lip(o) | fatty |
melan(o) | black, very dark |
myc(o) | fungus |
onych(o) | nail |
pil(o) | hair |
seb(o) | sebum, sebaceous glands |
steat(o0 | fat |
trich(o) | hair |
xanth(o) | yellow |
xer(o) | dry |
acetabulo(o) | acetabulum |
acromi(o) | end point of the scapula |
ankyl(o) | bent, crooked |
arthr(o) | joint |
brachi(o) | arm |
burs(o) | bursa |
calcane(o) | heel |
calci(o) | calcium |
carp(o) | wrist |
cephal(o) | head |
cervic(o) | neck |
chondr(o) | cartilage |
condyl(o) | knob, knuckle |
cost(o) | rib |
crani(o) | skull |
dactyl(o) | fingers, toes |
fasci(o) | fascia |
femor(o) | femur |
fibr(o) | fiber |
humer(o) | humerus |
ili(o) | ilium |
ischi(o) | ischium |
kyph(o) | hump; bent |
lamin(o) | lamina |
leiomy(o) | smooth muscle |
lumb(o) | lumbar |
maxill(o) | upper jaw |
metacarp(o) | metacarpal |
my(o) | muscle |
myel(o) | spinal cord; bone marrow |
oste(o) | bone |
patell(o) | knee |
ped(i), pedo- | foot |
pelv(i) | pelvis |
phalang(o) | finger or toe bone |
pod(o) | foot |
pub(o) | pubis |
rachi(o) | spine |
radi(o) | forearm bone |
rhabd(o) | rod-shaped |
rhabdomy(o) | striated muscle |
scapul(o) | scapula |
scoli(o) | curved |
spondyl(o) | vertebra |
stern(o) | sternum |
synov(o) | synovial membrane |
tars(o) | tarsus |
ten(o), tend(o), tendin(o) | tendon |
thorac(o) | thorax |
tibi(o) | tibia |
uln(o) | ulna |
vertebr(o) | vertebra |
angi(o) | blood vessel |
aort(o) | aorta |
arteri(o), arter(o) | artery |
ather(o) | fatty matter |
atri(o) | atrium |
cardi(o) | heart |
hemangi(o) | blood vessel |
pericardi(o0 | pericardium |
phleb(o) | vein |
sphygm(o0 | pulse |
thromb(o) | blood clot |
vas(o) | blood vessel |
ven(o) | vein |
adenoid(o) | adenoid, gland |
alveol(o) | alveolus |
bronch(o), bronchi(o) | bronchus |
bronchiol(o) | bronchiole |
capn(o) | carbon dioxide |
epiglott(o) | epiglottis |
laryng(o) | larynx |
lob(o) | lobe of the lung |
mediastin(o) | mediastinum |
nas(o) | nose |
or(o) | mouth |
ox(o), oxi-, oxy | oxygen |
pharyng(o) | pharynx |
phon(o) | voice, sound |
phren(o) | diaphragm |
pleur(o) | pleura |
pneum(o), pneumon(o) | air, lung |
rhin(o) | nose |
spir(o) | breathing |
steth(o) | chest |
thoract(o) | thorax, chest |
tonsill(o) | tonsils |
trache(o) | trachea |
cerebell(o) | cerebellum |
cerebr(o), cerebri | cerebrum |
crani(o) | cranium |
encephal(o) | brain |
gangli(o) | ganglion |
gli(o) | neuroglia |
mening(o), meningi(o) | meninges |
myel(o) | bone marrow, spinal cord |
ventricul(o) | ventricle |
thalam(o) | thalamus |
vag(o) | vagus nerve |
neur(o), neuri | nerve |
spin(o) | spine |
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