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Medical Terminology 1 - 10
The Language of Medicine by Davi-Ellen Chabner
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Undergraduate 1
09/30/2009
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Term
a-
 Definition
no, not, without
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremities, top, extreme
Term
acu/o
 Definition
sharp, severe, sudden
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
adip/o
 Definition
fat
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
albumin/o
 Definition
albumin (blood protein)
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
amni/o
 Definition
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
Term
amyl/o
 Definition
starch
Term
an-
 Definition
no, not, without
Term
an/o
 Definition
anus
Term
ana-
 Definition
up, apart
Term
andr/o
 Definition
male
Term
angi/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, forward
Term
anter/o
 Definition
front
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
Term
append/o
 Definition
appendix
Term
appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
Term
-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-arche
 Definition
beginning
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
arthro/o
 Definition
joint
Term
-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ase
 Definition
enzyme
Term
aut-
 Definition
self, own
Term
auto-
 Definition
self, own
Term
axill/o
 Definition
armpit
Term
azot/o
 Definition
nitrogen
Term
bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria
Term
balan/o
 Definition
glans penis (Greek: balanos, acorn)
Term
bi-
 Definition
Two (2)
Term
bi/o
 Definition
life
Term
bil/i
 Definition
gall, bile
Term
bilirubin/o
 Definition
bilirubin (bile pigment)
Term
-blast
 Definition
embrionic, immature
Term
blephar/o
 Definition
eyelid
Term
bol/o
 Definition
to cast (throw)
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
bronch/o
 Definition
bronchial tubes
Term
bucc/o
 Definition
cheek
Term
cali/o, calic/o
 Definition
calyx (funnel at bottom of collector)
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancerous, cancer
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
carp/o
 Definition
wrist bones
Term
cata-
 Definition
down
Term
cec/o
 Definition
cecum
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia
Term
celi/o
 Definition
belly, abdomen
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
Term
cervic/o
 Definition
neck (of the body or of the uterus), cervix
Term
cheil/o /kyle-o/
 Definition
lip
Term
chem/o
 Definition
drug, chemical
Term
-chezia
 Definition
defication, elimination of wastes
Term
chlorhydr/o
 Definition
hydrochloric acid
Term
chol/e
 Definition
gall, bile
Term
cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
Term
choledoch/o
 Definition
common bile duct
Term
chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
Term
chori/o, chorion/o
 Definition
chorion (outer membrane of sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
Term
chrom/o
 Definition
color
Term
chron/o
 Definition
time
Term
cib/o
 Definition
meals
Term
cis/o
 Definition
to cut
Term
-coccus (pl: -cocci)
 Definition
berry shaped bacterium
Term
coccyg/o
 Definition
coccyx (tailbone)
Term
col/o
 Definition
colon (large intestine)
Term
colon/o
 Definition
colon (large intestine)
Term
colp/o
 Definition
vagina
Term
con-
 Definition
with, together
Term
contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib
Term
crani/o
 Definition
skull
Term
crin/o
 Definition
to secrete (to form and give off)
Term
-crine
 Definition
to secrete
Term
cry/o
 Definition
cold
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
Term
culd/o
 Definition
cul-de-sac
Term
cutane/o
 Definition
skin
Term
-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
cyst/o
 Definition
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-cytosis
 Definition
slight increase in number of cells
Term
dactyl/o
 Definition
fingers, toes
Term
de-
 Definition
down, lack of
Term
dent/i
 Definition
tooth
Term
dermo/o, dermato/o
 Definition
skin
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, complete
Term
dips/o
 Definition
thirst
Term
dist/o
 Definition
far, distant
Term
dors/o
 Definition
back protion of the body
Term
-drome
 Definition
to run
Term
duct/o
 Definition
to lead, carry
Term
duoden/o
 Definition
duodenum
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
Term
-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
ec-
 Definition
out, outside
Term
-ectasia, '-ectasis
 Definition
stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening
Term
ecto-
 Definition
out, outside
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removel, resection
Term
electr/o
 Definition
electricity
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
en-
 Definition
in, within
Term
encephal/o
 Definition
brain
Term
end-
 Definition
within
Term
endo-
 Definition
in, within
Term
endometri/o
 Definition
inner layer of the uterus
Term
enter/o
 Definition
intestines (usually the small intestines)
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon, on, above
Term
epididym/o
 Definition
epididymuis
Term
episi/o
 Definition
vulva
Term
-er
 Definition
one who
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
-esis
 Definition
condition
Term
esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus
Term
eu-
 Definition
good, normal
Term
ex-
 Definition
out, away from
Term
exo-
 Definition
outside of, outward
Term
faci/o
 Definition
face
Term
flex/o
 Definition
to bend
Term
furc/o
 Definition
forking, branching
Term
-fusion
 Definition
coming together, to pour
Term
galact/o
 Definition
milk
Term
gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
Term
-gen
 Definition
substance that produces
Term
gen/o
 Definition
produced by, produced in, producing
Term
-genesis
 Definition
condition of producing, condition of forming
Term
-genic
 Definition
pertaining to: producing, produced by, or produced in
Term
gingiv/o
 Definition
gums
Term
-globin
 Definition
protein
Term
glomerul/o
 Definition
glomerulus
Term
gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
gluc/o
 Definition
sugar
Term
glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
Term
glycogen/o
 Definition
glycogen, animal starch
Term
glycos/o
 Definition
sugar
Term
gnos/o
 Definition
knowledge
Term
gon/o
 Definition
seed
Term
-gram
 Definition
record of
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
Term
-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
Term
-gravida
 Definition
pregnant
Term
gynec/o
 Definition
woman, female
Term
hem/o
 Definition
blood
Term
hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
hemi-
 Definition
half
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
liver
Term
hist/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
hydr/o
 Definition
water, fluid
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above, more than normal
Term
hypo-
 Definition
deficient, below, under, less than normal
Term
hyster/o
 Definition
uterus, womb
Term
-ia
 Definition
condition
Term
-iac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
iatr/o
 Definition
treatment, physician
Term
-ic, -ical
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
ile/o
 Definition
ileum
Term
ili/o
 Definition
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
Term
immun/o
 Definition
protection
Term
in-
 Definition
not; into, within
Term
infra-
 Definition
beneath
Term
inguin/o
 Definition
groin
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra-
 Definition
into, within
Term
-ion
 Definition
process
Term
-ior
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
isch/o
 Definition
to hold back
Term
-ism
 Definition
process, condition
Term
-ist
 Definition
specialist
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
jejun/o
 Definition
jejunum
Term
kary/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
ket/o, keton/o
 Definition
ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)
Term
labi/o
 Definition
lip
Term
lact/o
 Definition
milk
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen, abdominal wall
Term
-lapse
 Definition
to slide
Term
laryng/o
 Definition
larynx (voice box)
Term
later/o
 Definition
side
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
lingu/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
lip/o
 Definition
fat, lipid
Term
lith/o
 Definition
stone
Term
-lithiasis
 Definition
condition of stones
Term
-lithotomy
 Definition
incision for removal of stone
Term
-logy
 Definition
process of study
Term
lumb/o
 Definition
lower back(side and back between the ribs and the pelvis
Term
lymph/o
 Definition
lymph
Term
-lysis
 Definition
destruction, breakdown, separation
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
mamm/o
 Definition
breast
Term
mandibul/o
 Definition
lower jaw, mandible
Term
mast/o
 Definition
breast
Term
meat/o
 Definition
meatus
Term
medi/o
 Definition
middle
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargment
Term
men/o
 Definition
menses, menstruation
Term
meta-
 Definition
beyond, change
Term
-meter
 Definition
to measure, instrument for measuring
Term
metr/o. metri/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
-mission
 Definition
to send
Term
morph/o
 Definition
shape, form
Term
mort/o
 Definition
death
Term
muc/o
 Definition
mucus
Term
muti-
 Definition
many
Term
my/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
Term
myom/o
 Definition
muscle tumor
Term
myometri/o
 Definition
muscle of the uterus
Term
nat/i
 Definition
birth
Term
necr/o
 Definition
death (of cells or whole body)
Term
nect/o
 Definition
to bind, tie, connect
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
neutr/o
 Definition
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
Term
nocto/o
 Definition
night
Term
norm/o
 Definition
rule, order
Term
nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
nulli-
 Definition
no, not, none
Term
o/o
 Definition
egg
Term
obstetr/o
 Definition
pregnancy and childbirth
Term
odont/o
 Definition
tooth
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
Term
-ole
 Definition
little, small
Term
olig/o
 Definition
scanty
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass, swelling
Term
onc/o
 Definition
tumor
Term
-one
 Definition
hormone
Term
oophor/o
 Definition
ovary
Term
ophthalm/o
 Definition
eye
Term
-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
Term
-or
 Definition
one who
Term
or/o
 Definition
mouth
Term
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
 Definition
testis, testicle
Term
-ose
 Definition
pertaining to, full of
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
Term
oste/o
 Definition
bone
Term
ot/o
 Definition
ear
Term
-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
ov/o
 Definition
egg
Term
ovari/o
 Definition
ovary
Term
ovul/o
 Definition
egg
Term
ox/o
 Definition
oxygen
Term
-oxy
 Definition
rapid
Term
-paerunia
 Definition
sexual intercourse
Term
palat/o
 Definition
palate
Term
pan-
 Definition
all
Term
pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
Term
-para
 Definition
bearing, bringing forth
Term
para-
 Definition
abnormal, beside, near
Term
-parous
 Definition
bearing, bringing forth
Term
-partum
 Definition
birth, labor
Term
path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
Term
ped/o
 Definition
child
Term
pelv/i
 Definition
pelvis
Term
-penia
 Definition
dificiency
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
per-
 Definition
before, infront of
Term
peri-
 Definition
surrounding, around
Term
perine/o
 Definition
perineum
Term
peritone/o
 Definition
peritoneum (double walled membrane that holds the abdominal contents)
Term
-pexy
 Definition
fixation, put in place
Term
phag/o
 Definition
to eat, swallow
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
pharyng/o
 Definition
throat
Term
phleb/o
 Definition
vein
Term
-phobis
 Definition
fear
Term
phor/o
 Definition
to bear
Term
-phoria
 Definition
to bear,carry; feeling (mental state)
Term
-physis
 Definition
to grow
Term
plas/o
 Definition
formation, development
Term
-plasia
 Definition
development; formation; growth
Term
-plasm
 Definition
development, formation
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
pleur/o
 Definition
pleura (double walled membrane that holds the lungs)
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
pneumon/o
 Definition
lungs
Term
-poietin
 Definition
substance that forms
Term
poly-
 Definition
many, much
Term
post-
 Definition
after, behind
Term
poster/o
 Definition
back, behind
Term
-prandial
 Definition
meals
Term
pre-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
primi-
 Definition
first
Term
pro-
 Definition
before, forward
Term
proct/o
 Definition
anus and rectum
Term
prostat/o
 Definition
prostate gland
Term
prote/o
 Definition
protein
Term
proxim/o
 Definition
nearest
Term
pseudo-
 Definition
false
Term
psych/o
 Definition
mind
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping; sagging; prolapse
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
spitting
Term
pub/o
 Definition
pubic
Term
pulmon/o
 Definition
lungs
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus
Term
pyel/o
 Definition
renal pelvis
Term
pylor/o
 Definition
pyloric sphincter (bottom of stomach)
Term
radi/o
 Definition
x-ray
Term
re-
 Definition
back, backward, again
Term
rect/o
 Definition
rectum
Term
ren/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
retro-
 Definition
behind, back, backward
Term
rhin/o
 Definition
nose
Term
-rrhage, '-rrhagia
 Definition
bursting forth (of blood)
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
sacr/o
 Definition
sacrum
Term
salping/o
 Definition
fallopian tubes
Term
-salpinx
 Definition
uterine tube, fallopian tube
Term
sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
Term
-sarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument to visually examine
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining
Term
sect/o
 Definition
to cut
Term
semin/i
 Definition
semen, seed
Term
seps/o
 Definition
infection
Term
sial/o
 Definition
saliva, salivary
Term
sialaden/o
 Definition
salivary gland
Term
sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
Term
-sis
 Definition
state of; condition
Term
somn/o
 Definition
sleep
Term
son/o
 Definition
sound
Term
-spasm
 Definition
sudden involuntary contraction of muscles
Term
sperm/o, spermat/o
 Definition
spermatozoa, semen
Term
spin/o
 Definition
spine, backbone
Term
splen/o
 Definition
spleen
Term
staphyl/o
 Definition
clusters
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stop; control
Term
steat/o
 Definition
fat
Term
-stenosis
 Definition
tightening, stricture, narrowing
Term
ster/o
 Definition
solid structure
Term
stomat/o
 Definition
mouth
Term
-stomy
 Definition
new opening to form a mouth
Term
strept/o
 Definition
twisted chains
Term
sub-
 Definition
below, under
Term
supra-
 Definition
above, over
Term
sym-, syn-
 Definition
together, with
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
terat/o
 Definition
monster
Term
test/o
 Definition
testis, testicle
Term
the/o
 Definition
to put, place
Term
thel/o
 Definition
nipple
Term
-therapy
 Definition
treatment
Term
thorac/o
 Definition
chest
Term
thromb/o
 Definition
clot, clotting
Term
thyr/o
 Definition
thyroid gland, shield (the shape of the thyroid resembled a shield to those who named it.)
Term
-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-tocia
 Definition
labor, birth
Term
-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting, incision
Term
tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsil
Term
top/o
 Definition
place, position, location
Term
tox/o
 Definition
poison
Term
trache/o
 Definition
trachea, windpipe
Term
trans-
 Definition
across, through
Term
-tresia
 Definition
opening
Term
trigon/o
 Definition
trigone (region of bladder)
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
to crush
Term
-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
Term
-ule
 Definition
little, small
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
Term
-um, -ium
 Definition
structure, tissue
Term
unbilic/o
 Definition
navel, umbilicus
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
ur/o
 Definition
urinary tract, urine, urea
Term
ureter/o
 Definition
ureter
Term
-uria
 Definition
urination; urine condition
Term
urin/o
 Definition
urine
Term
-us
 Definition
structure, substance
Term
uter/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
urethr/o
 Definition
urethra
Term
uvul/o
 Definition
uvula
Term
vagin/o
 Definition
vagina
Term
varoc/o
 Definition
varicose veins
Term
vas/o
 Definition
vessel, duct, vas deferens
Term
ven/o
 Definition
vein
Term
ventr/o
 Definition
belly side of the body
Term
-version
 Definition
act of turning
Term
vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
Term
vesic/o
 Definition
urinary bladder
Term
viscer/o
 Definition
internal organs
Term
vulv/o
 Definition
vulva
Term
-y
 Definition
process, condition
Term
zo/o
 Definition
animal life
Term
alges/o
 Definition
excessive sensitivity to pain
Term
-algesia
 Definition
excessive sensitivity to pain
Term
caus/o
 Definition
burning
Term
cerebell/o
 Definition
cerebellum
Term
comat/o
 Definition
deep sleep (coma)
Term
dur/o
 Definition
dura mater
Term
esthesi/o
 Definition
feeling, nervous sensation
Term
-esthesia
 Definition
feeling, nervous sensation
Term
gli/o
 Definition
glial cells
Term
-ine
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
kines/o, kinesi/o
 Definition
movement
Term
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
 Definition
movement
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
lept/o
 Definition
thin, slender
Term
lex/o
 Definition
word, phrase
Term
mening/o, meningi/o
 Definition
membranes, meninges
Term
narc/o
 Definition
sleep
Term
-paresis
 Definition
weakness
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis (loss or impare of the ability to move parts of the body)
Term
pont/o
 Definition
pons
Term
-praxia
 Definition
action
Term
quadra-
 Definition
four
Term
radicul/o
 Definition
nerve root (of spinal nerves)
Term
-sthenia
 Definition
strength
Term
syncop/o
 Definition
to cut off, cut short
Term
tax/o
 Definition
order, coordination
Term
thalam/o
 Definition
thalamus
Term
thec/o
 Definition
sheath (refers to the meninges)
Term
vag/o
 Definition
vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
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