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Robinson -WWCC Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 1
07/08/2018
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Term
anti-
 Definition
against, opposite of
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
endo-
 Definition
within
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon, over, above, on top
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
pre-
 Definition
to come befor
Term
appendo/o, appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
Term
bi/o
 Definition
life
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
cerebr/o
 Definition
brain, cerebrum
Term
dermat/o
 Definition
skin
Term
electr/o
 Definition
electricity
Term
encephal/o
 Definition
brain
Term
gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
Term
hem/o
 Definition
blood
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
liver
Term
hyster/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
laryng/o
 Definition
larynx, voice box
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
mamm/o
 Definition
breast
Term
mast/o
 Definition
breast
Term
-iatry
 Definition
treatment, specialty
Term
-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-logist
 Definition
one who studies
Term
-logy
 Definition
study or science of
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical excision, removel
Term
-emia
 Definition
condition of blood
Term
-gram
 Definition
a record or image
Term
-ia
 Definition
condition of
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-philia
 Definition
loving
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument used for viewing
Term
-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
psych/o
 Definition
mind
Term
rhin/o
 Definition
nose
Term
tonsill/o
 Definition
almond, tonsil
Term
vas/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
ment/o
 Definition
mind
Term
nat/o
 Definition
birth
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
proct/o
 Definition
rectum or anus
Term
-meter
 Definition
measure, measuring instrument
Term
-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-Scopy
 Definition
process of viewing
Term
-drome
 Definition
run or running
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
-opsy
 Definition
view of
Term
-oxia
 Definition
condition of oxygon
Term
-phil, philia
 Definition
loving or affinity for
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speaking
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-stasis
 Definition
standing still
Term
-algia
 Definition
condition of pain
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
-atresia
 Definition
closure or absence of a normal body opening
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, swelling, or protrusion
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition of
Term
-ism
 Definition
condtion
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency or abnormal reduction in number
Term
-phobia
 Definition
fear
Term
-plasia
 Definition
formation or growth
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
abnormal discharge
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
condition of hard
Term
-spasm
 Definition
sudden, involuntary muscle contration
Term
-ad
 Definition
tward
Term
-a
 Definition
singular
Term
-ae
 Definition
plural
Term
-hemia
 Definition
condition of blood
Term
-practic
 Definition
practice
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
Term
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
 Definition
break apart
Term
-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation or fusion
Term
-graph
 Definition
an instrument for recording
Term
-graphy
 Definition
recording process
Term
-metry
 Definition
measurement, process of measuring
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, suspension
Term
-phylaxis
 Definition
protection
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing
Term
-stomy
 Definition
surgical creation of an opening
Term
-tome
 Definition
cutting instrument
Term
tomy
 Definition
and incision
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
Term
-ion
 Definition
process
Term
a-
 Definition
without or absent of
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
bi-
 Definition
two
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, abnormally high, above
Term
hypo-
 Definition
deficient, abnormally low, below
Term
intra-
 Definition
within
Term
post
 Definition
to follow after
Term
sub-
 Definition
under, beneath, below
Term
anti-
 Definition
against, opposite of
Term
con-
 Definition
with, together, jointly
Term
contra-
 Definition
counter, against
Term
meta-
 Definition
after or change
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both
Term
di-, dipl-
 Definition
double
Term
hemi-
 Definition
half
Term
mono-
 Definition
one
Term
multi-
 Definition
many, more than once, or numerous
Term
nulli-
 Definition
none
Term
pan-
 Definition
all
Term
poly-
 Definition
excessive, over, many
Term
primi-
 Definition
first
Term
quadri-
 Definition
four
Term
semi-
 Definition
half or partial
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
ana-
 Definition
up toward
Term
dia-
 Definition
through
Term
dis-
 Definition
apart, away
Term
ec-, ecto-
 Definition
outside, out
Term
ep-, epi-
 Definition
upon, over, above on top
Term
eso-
 Definition
inward
Term
ex-, exo-
 Definition
outside or away from
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside
Term
infer-
 Definition
below
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
para-
 Definition
alongside, abnormal
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
Term
super-, supra-
 Definition
above
Term
sym-, syn-
 Definition
together, joined
Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without or absence of
Term
circum-
 Definition
around
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad, abnormal, painful, diffecult
Term
eu-
 Definition
normal or good
Term
heter-, hetero-
 Definition
different
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad
Term
mega-, megalo
 Definition
large, great
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
pseudo-
 Definition
false
Term
tachy-
 Definition
rapid, fast
Term
trans-
 Definition
through, across beyound
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond normal
Term
abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
anter/o
 Definition
front
Term
brachi/o
 Definition
arm
Term
caud/o
 Definition
tail
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
cervic/o
 Definition
neck
Term
chondr/i
 Definition
gristle, cartilage
Term
cran/o, crani/o
 Definition
skull
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
dist/o
 Definition
distant
Term
dors/o
 Definition
back
Term
femor/o
 Definition
thigh
Term
glute/o
 Definition
buttock
Term
hom/o, home/o
 Definition
same
Term
ili/o
 Definition
groin, hip, flank
Term
infer/o
 Definition
below
Term
inguin/o
 Definition
groin
Term
later/o
 Definition
side
Term
lumb/o
 Definition
loin, lower back
Term
medi/o
 Definition
middle
Term
organ/o
 Definition
tool
Term
pelv/o
 Definition
bowl, basin
Term
physi/o
 Definition
nature
Term
pleur/o
 Definition
pleura, rib
Term
poster/o
 Definition
back
Term
proxim/o
 Definition
near
Term
super/o
 Definition
above
Term
thorac/o
 Definition
chest, thorax
Term
tom/o
 Definition
to cut
Term
umbilic/o
 Definition
navel, umbilicus
Term
ventr/o
 Definition
belly
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
aut/o
 Definition
self
Term
cutane/o
 Definition
skin
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blue
Term
derm/o, dermat/o
 Definition
skin
Term
follicul/o
 Definition
little follicle
Term
kerat/o
 Definition
hard
Term
onych/o
 Definition
nail
Term
seb/o
 Definition
sebum, oil
Term
par-
 Definition
alongside, abnormal
Term
actin/o
 Definition
radiation
Term
albin/o
 Definition
white
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
cellul/o
 Definition
little cell
Term
chym/o
 Definition
juice
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hiddin
Term
hidr/o
 Definition
sweat
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black
Term
myc/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
pedicul/o
 Definition
body louse
Term
scler/o
 Definition
hard
Term
trich/o
 Definition
hair
Term
xer/o
 Definition
dry
Term
abras/o
 Definition
to rub away
Term
rhytid/o
 Definition
wrinkle
Term
arthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
articul/o
 Definition
joint
Term
burs/o
 Definition
purse or sac, bursa
Term
carp/o
 Definition
wrist
Term
chondr/o
 Definition
gristle, cartilage
Term
condyl/o
 Definition
knuckle of a joint
Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib
Term
fasci/o
 Definition
fascia
Term
fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
Term
fibul/o
 Definition
fibula
Term
ischi/o
 Definition
haunch, hip, joint, ischium
Term
menisc/o
 Definition
meniscus
Term
muscul/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
my/o, myos/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
Term
orth/o
 Definition
straight
Term
ost/o, oste/o
 Definition
bone
Term
pariet/o
 Definition
wall
Term
patell/o
 Definition
patella
Term
ped/o
 Definition
child
Term
petr/o
 Definition
stone
Term
phalang/o
 Definition
phalanges
Term
phys/o
 Definition
growth
Term
pub/o
 Definition
pubis
Term
radi/o
 Definition
radius
Term
sacr/o
 Definition
sacred, sacrum
Term
skelet/o
 Definition
skeliton
Term
spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebra
Term
stern/o
 Definition
chest, sternum
Term
synov/o, synovi/o
 Definition
synovial
Term
tars/o
 Definition
tarsal bone
Term
ten/o, tendon/o
 Definition
stretch, tendon
Term
vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra
Term
kinesi/o
 Definition
motion
Term
tax/o
 Definition
reaction to a stimulus
Term
ten/o
 Definition
stretch, tendon
Term
troph/o
 Definition
development
Term
-y
 Definition
process of
Term
qyadri-
 Definition
four (4)
Term
ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked
Term
carp/o
 Definition
wrist
Term
chondr/o
 Definition
gristle, cartilage
Term
condyl/o
 Definition
knuckle of the joint
Term
fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
Term
kyph/o
 Definition
hump
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
lith/o
 Definition
stone
Term
lord/o
 Definition
bent forward
Term
por/o
 Definition
hole
Term
sarc/o
 Definition
flesh, meat
Term
scoli/o
 Definition
curved
Term
ten/o, tendon/o
 Definition
stretch, tendon
Term
-genesis
 Definition
origin, cause
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping
Term
lamin/o
 Definition
thin, lamina
Term
syn/o
 Definition
connect
Term
-ist
 Definition
one who specializes
Term
-lysis
 Definition
loosen, dissolve
Term
bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria
Term
blast/o
 Definition
germ, bud, developing cell
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
hem/o, hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
immun/o
 Definition
exempt, immunity
Term
lymph/o
 Definition
clear water or fluid
Term
splen/o
 Definition
spleen
Term
thromb/o
 Definition
clot
Term
thym/o
 Definition
wart-like, thymus gland
Term
tox/o
 Definition
poison
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal
Term
poikil/o
 Definition
irregular
Term
-megaly
 Definition
abnormally large
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
abnormal discharge
Term
botul/o
 Definition
sauasge
Term
fung/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
globin/o
 Definition
protein
Term
hydr/o
 Definition
water
Term
iatr/o
 Definition
physician
Term
idi/o
 Definition
individual
Term
necr/o
 Definition
death
Term
nosocom/o
 Definition
hospital
Term
nucle/o
 Definition
kernel, nucleus
Term
sept/o
 Definition
putrefying, wall or partition
Term
staphylococc/o
 Definition
staphylococcus
Term
streptococc/o
 Definition
streptococcus
Term
-genic
 Definition
pertaining to producing, forming
Term
-ial
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-rrhagic
 Definition
pertaining to profuse bleeding
Term
pro-
 Definition
befor
Term
-crit
 Definition
to separate
Term
-logous
 Definition
pertaining to study
Term
-therapy
 Definition
treatment
Term
en-
 Definition
within, upon, on, over
Term
re-
 Definition
back
Term
acid/o
 Definition
a solution or substance with a pH less than 7
Term
alveol/o
 Definition
air sac, alveolus
Term
an/o
 Definition
anus
Term
angi/o
 Definition
blood vessel
Term
aort/o
 Definition
aorta
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
atel/o
 Definition
incomplete
Term
ather/o
 Definition
fatty plaque
Term
atri/o
 Definition
atrium
Term
bil/i
 Definition
bile
Term
bronch/i
 Definition
airway, bronchus
Term
bronch/o
 Definition
airway, bronchus
Term
cec/o
 Definition
blind intestine,cecum
Term
cheil/o
 Definition
lip
Term
chol/e
 Definition
bile,gall
Term
cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
Term
choledoch/o
 Definition
common bile duct
Term
chron/o
 Definition
time
Term
cirrh/o
 Definition
orange
Term
coccidioid/o
 Definition
Coccidioides immitis (a fungus)
Term
col/o
 Definition
colon
Term
colon/o
 Definition
colon
Term
coni/o
 Definition
dust
Term
coron/o
 Definition
crown or circle, heart
Term
cyst/o
 Definition
bladder, sac
Term
dent/o
 Definition
teeth
Term
dilat/o
 Definition
to widen
Term
diverticul/o
 Definition
diverticulum
Term
duoden/o
 Definition
twelve, duodenum
Term
ech/o
 Definition
sound
Term
embol.o
 Definition
plug
Term
enter/o
 Definition
small intestine
Term
esophag/e
 Definition
gullet, esophagus
Term
esophag/o
 Definition
gullet, esophagus
Term
fec/o
 Definition
feces
Term
flux/o
 Definition
flow
Term
gingiv/o
 Definition
gums
Term
gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
glott/o
 Definition
opening into the windpipe
Term
halit/o
 Definition
breath
Term
ile/o
 Definition
to roll, ileum
Term
isch/o
 Definition
hold back
Term
jejun/o
 Definition
empty,jejunum
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
lingu/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
lip/o
 Definition
fat
Term
lob/o
 Definition
a rounded part, lobe
Term
man/o
 Definition
thin,scanty
Term
maxim/o
 Definition
biggest, highest
Term
muc/o
 Definition
mucus
Term
nas/o
 Definition
nose
Term
or/o
 Definition
mouth
Term
orex/o
 Definition
appetite
Term
ot/o
 Definition
ear
Term
ox/i
 Definition
oxygen
Term
pancreat/o
 Definition
sweetbread, pancreas
Term
parot/o
 Definition
parotid gland
Term
pect/o
 Definition
chest
Term
pector/o
 Definition
chest
Term
peps/o
 Definition
digestion
Term
pept/o
 Definition
digestion
Term
peritone
 Definition
to stretch over, peritoneum
Term
phag/o
 Definition
eat, swallow
Term
pharyng/o
 Definition
throat, pharynx
Term
phleb/o
 Definition
vein
Term
phragm/o, phragmat/o
 Definition
partition
Term
pneum/o, pneumon/o
 Definition
air, lung
Term
polyp/o
 Definition
small growth
Term
pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus
Term
pylor/o
 Definition
pylorus
Term
rect/o
 Definition
rectum
Term
rhythm/o
 Definition
rhythm
Term
rrhythm/o
 Definition
rhythm
Term
rrhythm/o
 Definition
rhythm
Term
scop/o
 Definition
viewing instrument
Term
sial/o
 Definition
saliva
Term
sigm/o
 Definition
the letter s, sigmoid colon
Term
sinus/o
 Definition
cavity
Term
son/o
 Definition
sound
Term
sphygm/o, sphyx/o
 Definition
pulse
Term
spir/o
 Definition
breathe
Term
steat/o
 Definition
fat
Term
sten/o
 Definition
narrow
Term
stomat/o
 Definition
mouth
Term
tampon/o
 Definition
plug
Term
tens/o
 Definition
pressure
Term
trache/o
 Definition
windpipe, trachea
Term
tubercul/o
 Definition
little swelling
Term
vag/o
 Definition
vagus nerve
Term
valvul/o
 Definition
little valve
Term
varic/o
 Definition
dilated vein
Term
vascul/o
 Definition
little vessel
Term
ven/o
 Definition
vein
Term
ventricul/o
 Definition
little belly, ventricle
Term
volv/o
 Definition
to roll
Term
-ac, -ar, -ary
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ad
 Definition
toward
Term
-capnia
 Definition
condition of carbon dioxide
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
expansion, dilation
Term
-emetic
 Definition
pertaining to vomiting
Term
-gnosis
 Definition
knowledge
Term
-iasis
 Definition
condition of
Term
-lytic
 Definition
pertaining to loosen, dissolve
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
Term
-phonia
 Definition
condition of sound or voice
Term
-physis
 Definition
growth
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breath
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
to cough up
Term
-sis
 Definition
state of
Term
-spasmodic
 Definition
pertaining to a sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
Term
-staxis
 Definition
dripping
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