Medical Term. Ch 5, 6
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Malay | English |
|---|---|
| -cocc/i |  spherically shaped family of bacteria; from greek word coccos meaning berry, grain, or seed |
| diplo- | means in pairs; i.e diplococci...spherical bacteria growing in pairs |
| strept/o- | growing in twisted chains; i.e. streptococci....spherical bacteria growing in twisted chains |
| staphyl/o | growing in clusters or also represents uvula; (comes from greek word Staphyle meaning bunches of graphes) i.e. staphylococci...spherical bacteria growing in clusters |
| -bacill/us or -bacill/i | rod-shaped bacteria; comes from Latin word baculus meaning staff or rod |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| py-o | pus |
| -genic or -genesis | producing or forming |
| onc/o | tumors |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhagia | hemorrhage |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhexia | rupture |
| ot/o | ear |
| tympan/o | tympanus (eardrum) |
| tympan/ites | means distended with gas - as tight as a drum |
| a- | not, lack of (before consonant) |
| an- | not, lack of (before vowel) |
| brady- | abnormally slow |
| dys- | difficult, abnormal, poor, painful |
| tachy- | abnormally fast |
| audi/o | hearing |
| phon/o | voice or vocal sounds |
| rhin/o | nose |
| lith/o | calculus or stone |
| chol/e | gall or bile |
| -iasis | pathological condition; or infestation |
| pne/o | respiration or breathing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| men/o | menstruation |
| dys- | painful, faulty, diseased, bad, difficult |
| therm/o | heat |
| dia- | through |
| macro- | large |
| dactyl/o | digit, finger, toe |
| syn- | with or together |
| drom/o | run |
| poly- | too much or too many |
| ur/o | urine |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -lysis | distruction |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -ptosis | prolapse or displacement |
| -uria | condition of urine or urination |
| malac | softening |
| colp/o | vagina |
| uter/o | uterus |
| spermat/o or sperm/o | sperm |
| -cide | to kill or destroy |
| orchid/o orchi/o orch/o | testicles |
| -cele | herniation |
| crypt | hidden |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| semin/o | semen |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| pen/o | penis |
| o/o | egg or ovum; from Greek word for egg...oon |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes or tubes in the ears |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| metr/o | tissues in uterus |
| cervic/o | neck area of spine or neck of uterus |
| gynec/o gyn/o | woman |
| vas/o | vessel |
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