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CCSF EXAM 1
MEDICAL TERMS
Question | Answer |
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a, an | absent |
ab | away |
ad | to, toward |
angio | blood vessel |
ante | before |
arterio | artery |
auto | self |
bi | two |
brady | slow |
cephal(o) | head |
chondr(o) | cartilage |
circum | around |
cirrh(o) | yellow |
co, con | together, with |
cost(o) | rib |
cyan(o) | blue |
di | two, twice |
dis | away, separate |
dys | difficult, pain |
ex | away from |
ect, ecto | outer, outside |
endo | within, inside |
epi | on, over |
erythro | red |
eu | normal |
extra | outside of |
glyco | sugar |
hemato, hemo | blood |
hemi | half |
hydro | water |
hyper | beyond, increased |
hypo | beneath, below |
intra | within |
leuko | white |
lip(o) | fat |
macro | large |
mal | bad |
mega | large |
melan(o) | black |
micro | small |
mono | one |
multi | many |
my(o) | muscle |
osteo | bone |
pan | all |
para | beside, near |
peri | around |
phag(o) | eat |
phleb(o) | vein |
poly | many |
post | after |
pre | before |
pseudo | false |
pyro | fever |
pyo | pus |
retro | behind |
semi | half |
splen(o) | spleen |
spondyl(o) | spinal cord |
sub | below |
supra, super | above |
sym, syn | together |
tachy | fast |
tetra | four |
trans | across |
un | against |
infra | below |
inter | between |
vaso | blood vessel |
ven(o) | vein |
uni | one |
-algia | pain |
-ate, -ize | use, subject to |
-cele | tumor, protrusion, hernia |
-centesis | puncture |
-cide | killing, destructive |
-cle, -cule | small |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | surgical fixation |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | removal, cuttin out |
-emia | blood |
-form, -oid | resembling, like |
-gram, -graph | record |
-iasis | presence of, formation of |
-ible, -ile | capable |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | disintegration |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-orrhaphy | repair |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ostomy | forming an opening |
-oxia | oxygen |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency of |
-pexy, -pexis | fixation |
-phagia | ingestion, eating |
-phasia | speaking ability |
-philia | affinity for |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-optosis | prolapse, falling downward |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhaphy | suture, stitching |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument for visual exam |
-uria | urine |
adeno | gland |
arthro | joint |
carcino | cancer |
cardi | heart |
chole | bile |
col | colon |
colpo | vagina |
cranio | skull |
cysto | bladder |
derma | skin |
doch | duct |
duodeno | duodenum |
encephalo | brain |
entero | intestine |
gastro | stomach |
hema/hemato | blood |
hepato | liver |
hystero | uterus |
jejuno | jejunum |
laryngo | larynx |
lith | stone |
mast | breast |
myelo | spine, marrow |
nephro | kidney |
neuro | nerve |
oophor | ovary |
opthalmo | eye |
orchi | testes |
os | opening |
oto | ear |
pneumo | lung |
procto | rectum |
pyelo | renal pelvis |
rhino | nose |
salping(o) | fallopian tubes |
thoraco | chest |
osteoma | bone tumor |
tachycardia | rapid heart beat |
hematuria | blood in the urine |
arthrotomy | incision into the joint |
cystocele | protrusion of the bladder |
supraclavicular | over the clavicle |
subtotal gastrectomy | partial removal of the stomach |
intraperitoneal | within the peritoneum |
myocarditis | inflammation of the heart muscle |
polyuria | many, excessive urine |
lobectomy | removal of the lobe |
pyuria | pus in the urine |
pyothorax | pus in the chest |
neurolysis | disintegration of the nerve |
myalgia | pain in the muscle |
enterostomy | forming an opening in the small intestines |
anuria | without urine |
paraplegia | near paralysis |
supraopthalmic | above the eye |
transhepatic | across the liver |
enlarged heart | cardiomegaly |
bladder infection | cystitis |
bone tumor | osteoma |
inflammation of the nose | rhinitis |
removal of the uterus | hysterectomy |
removal of the gall bladder | cholecystectomy |
presence of stones in the gall bladder | cholecystolithiasis |
half paralized | semiplegia |
incision into the joint | arthrotomy |
incision into the stomach for drainage | gastrocentesis |
looking into the bronchus with a scope | bronchoscopy |
formation or opening in colon | colonostomy |
looking into the bladder with an instrument | cystoscopy |
removal of the appendix | appendectomy |
surgical fixation of a joint | arthropexy |
incision into a kidney | nephrotomy |
plastic repair of the nose | rhinoplasty |
repair of a hernia | herniorrhaphy |
painful urination | dysuria |