Medical Terminology
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215 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a- | without, not |
| ab- | away from |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acoust/o | hearing, sound |
| acr/o | extremities |
| ad- | toward, near |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| albin/o | white |
| -algia | pain |
| ambul/o | to walk |
| an- | without, not |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | fatty substance, plaque |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi- | two |
| -blast | early embryonic stage, immature |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| caus/o | burn, burning |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chondr/o | cartliage |
| chrom/o | color |
| -cide | killing, agent which kills |
| -clasis | break |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| contus/o | to bruise |
| cor/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | heart |
| crin/o | secrete, separate |
| crypt/o | hidden, concealed |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder, cyst |
| -cyte | cell |
| dent/i | tooth |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dors/o | back |
| duct/o | to lead |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| ecto- | outside, out |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| en- | inside, within |
| encephal/o | brain |
| endo- | inside, within |
| enter/o | intestines (small intestines) |
| epi- | above, over, upon |
| episi/o | vulva |
| erythr/o | red |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| eu- | good, normal, well |
| ex- | out, away from |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| fore- | before, in front |
| fung/i | fungus, mushroom |
| galact/o | milk |
| -genesis | production, formation |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| -globin | protein |
| gluc/o | glucose, sugar |
| glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| gustat/o | taste |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hairy |
| hist/o | tissue |
| homeo- | likeness, constant, sameness |
| hypo- | under, deficient, below |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| inguin/o | groin |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| -itis | inflammation |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal duct |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| lob/o | lobe |
| lucid/o | clear |
| -lysis | dissolution, breakdown |
| -malacia | softening |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| medi/o | middle |
| mega- | large |
| mening/o | meninges, membranes |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| mono- | one |
| mort/o | death |
| multi- | many, much |
| my/o | muscle |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| narc/o | numbness, stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/o | birth |
| necr/o | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noci- | to cause harm, injury or pain |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| olig/o | scanty, few, little |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| onc/o | tumor, mass |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | vision |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| or/o | mouth |
| orchid/o | testis |
| -osis | condition, status, abnormal increase |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ov/i | egg, ovum |
| ov/o | egg, ovum |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| para- | alongside, near, beyond, abnormal |
| -para | to bear, bring forth |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -partum | childbirth, labor |
| path/o | disease |
| -pause | cessation |
| ped/o | foot, child |
| -penia | deficiency |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -phagia | eating, ingestion |
| -phasia | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phren/o | mind, diaphragm |
| -pnea | breathe |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| poster/o | behind, towards the back |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| presby- | aging, elderly |
| primi- | first |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| proxim/o | near |
| prurit/o | itching |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pyr/o | heat, fire, fever |
| ren/o | kidney |
| respirat/o | breathe, breathing |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| -rrhage | excessive flow, profuse liquid discharge |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow, profuse liquid discharge |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| seb/o | sebum |
| sinus/o | cavity, sinus |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/i | sleep |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| spir/o | breathe |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae, spinal column |
| -stenosis | narrowed, constricted |
| -sthenia | strength |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| sub- | under, beneath |
| sud/o | sweat |
| supra- | above, beyond |
| tachy- | fast |
| tax/o | arrangement, coordination |
| ten/o | tendon |
| thromb/o | clot, thrombus |
| -tomy | surgical incision |
| tox/o | poison |
| toxic/o | poison |
| -tripsy | to crush, break |
| turgid/o | to swell, swollen |
| tympan/o | eardrum (tympanic membrane) |
| -uresis | urination |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| venul/o | venule |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
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