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medical terminology
Term | Definition |
---|---|
adeno | gland |
calculi | stones |
cele | tumor |
cyto | cell |
glyco | sugar |
homeo | same |
lingua | tongue |
lip | fat |
lith | stone |
madaro | hair |
psych | mind |
pyo | pus |
radi | study of radiation |
thermic | heat |
arthro | joint inflammation |
carpo | wrist |
chondro | cartilage |
costa | intercostal between ribs/rib |
cranio | skull |
dactyl | finger |
ili | hip |
manus | hand |
myel | marrow/tumor/bone marrow |
myoedema | muscle swelling |
ortho | straighten |
osteo | bone |
pedi | foot |
spondyl | vertebrae |
cutis | skin |
dent | teeth |
derma | skin |
hapsia | touch |
odont | teeth |
onco | tumor |
onychia | nail bed |
angio | vessel |
aortal | main artery |
arterio | artery |
cardio | heart |
cardiology | study of heart |
emboli | vessel obstruction |
) | blood (flowing in a blood vessel) |
anemia | without blood (diminished blood flow in a blood vessel) |
hema | blood |
hematoma | blood tumor |
phleb | vein |
thrombo | blood clot |
varico | twisted veins |
vaso | blood vessel |
vena | vein |
vena cava | large vein |
ventricu | heart cavity |
broncho | bronchi/airway |
cili | hairlike |
ciliogenesis | cili forming |
ectasis | expansion |
laryngo | larynx voice box |
laryngitis | inflammation |
naso | nose |
oro | mouth |
oxy | oxygen |
pector | breast/chest |
pleura | rib side/ lung lining |
pneumo | lung |
ptysis | to spit |
pulmo | lungs |
rhin | nose |
tracheo | windpipe |
creatinine | waste in urine |
cysto | bladder |
glomerulo | nephron part/little ball |
nephro | kidney |
peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
pyelo | pelvis |
reni | kidney |
uretero | ureter |
urethro | urethra |
uri | urine |
uric | pertaining to urine |
urina | urine |
uro | urine |