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Medical Terminology
Set 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ana | positive, up |
| ante | before |
| broncho | airway tubes in lung |
| cephalo | head |
| cervico | neck |
| chondro | cartilage |
| crino | to separate from blood, secrete |
| cutaneo | skin surface |
| dys | bad, labored |
| dactylo | digits, fingers, toes |
| eosino | rose colored |
| erythro | red |
| eu | normal, even, good |
| furco | branch, fork |
| gnoso | knowledge, understanding |
| laparo | abdomen |
| lympho | watery fluid |
| mal | bad, abnormal |
| meso | middle |
| mean | middle |
| morpho | form , structure |
| necro | dead |
| nephro | kidney |
| ophthalmo | eye |
| oto | ear |
| phago, phage | eat, swallow, engulg |
| phobo | fear |
| physio | nature, natural |
| plasmo | plasma, cell substances |
| pneumo | air, gas, lung air sacs |
| pro | before |
| pseudo | false |
| psycho | mind |
| radio | rays or waves, xray, radius, forearm |
| recto | upright, rectum |
| rhino | nose |
| semi | half |
| sepso, septi | infection, bacteria |
| supral, super | above superior to |
| thyro | shield, thyroid |
| tomo | cut, slice or a hole |
| tonsillo | tonsils |
| topo | location |
| toxo | poison, damaging |
| tracheo | windpipe |
| vertebro | back bones |
| cele | protruding sac, hernia |
| crine | secrete |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| dynia | pain |
| lysis, lytic, | break down, apart, dissolve |
| pexy | affix, attach into place |
| phobia | fear |
| phoria | bear |
| physis | grow |
| plasia | growth, development |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation |
| ptosis | drooped, slipped down |
| rrhea | flow |
| sclerosis, sclerotic | hardening |