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Medical Terms
Question | Answer |
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noct/o | night |
seb | sebum (oil) |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
leuk/o | white |
aur/i, aur/o, ot/o | ear |
hidr/o | sweat |
abdoni,/o, celi/o, lapar.o | abdomen |
melan/o | black |
femor/o | femur (upper leg bone) |
gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
dipl/o | two, double |
ton/o | tension, pressure |
divericul/o | diverticulum |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
epididym.o | epididymis |
cry/o | COLD |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum), middle ear |
mastoid/o | mastoid bone |
myring/o | typmanic membrane (eardrum) |
cochle/o | cochlea |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
vesicu/o | seminal vesicle` |
sperm.o,spermat/o | spermatozoon, sperm |
spir/o | breathe, breathing |
labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
heter/o | other |
onycho/o, ungul/o | nail |
viscer/o | internal organs |
hydr/o | water |
blast/o | developing cell, germ cell |
ureter/o | ureter |
albumin/o | albumin |
glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
urethr/o | urethra |
cephal/o | head |
andr/o | male |
vas/o | vessel, duct |
orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o | testis, testicle |
pseud/o | false |
staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone) |
vestibul/o | vestibule |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
meat/o | meatus (opening) |
polyp/o | polyp, small growth |
palat/o | palate |
later/o | side |
strept/o | twisted chains |
pylor/o | pyorus, pyloric spinncter |
xanth/o | yellow |
son/o | sound |
organ/o | organs |
somat/o | body |
proxim/o | near (the point of attachment of a body part) |
sail/o | saliva, salivary gland |
gno/o | knowledge |
crypt/o | hidden |
scler/o | sclera |
kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
audi/o | hearing |
poster/o | back, behind |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
coni/o | dust |
alveol/o | alveolus |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder, sac |
muc/o | mucus |
myc/o | FUNGUS |
py/o | pus |
puerper/o | childbirth |
omphal/o | umbilicus, navel |
orth/o | straight |
sp,m/o | sleep |
azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
diaphragmato/o, phren/o | diaphragm |
laryng/o | larynx |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
corne/o, kerat/o | cornea |
lob/o | lobe |
epiglot/o | epiglottis |
bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus |
pleur/o | pleura |
pulmon/o | lung |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
atel/o | inperfect, incomplete |
phon/o | sound, voice |
ox/o, ox/i | oxygen |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
eept/o | septum (wall off, fence) |
thorac/o | chest (thorax) |
trache/o | trachea |
pharyng/o | pharynz |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
sinus/o | sinus |
par/o, part/o | bear, give birth to, labor, chilbirth |
pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvic bone, pelvis |
esophag/o | esophagus |
prim/i | first |
super/o | above |
cyan/o | blue |
uvul/o | uvula |
tom/o | cut, section |
lip/o | fat |
fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
phot/o | light |
terat/o | malformations |
pylor/o | pylorus, pyloric spincter |
aden/o | glands |
erythr/o | red |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped, straited |
dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tear duct |
staphyl/o | grape-like clusters |
irid/o, ir/o | iris |
medi/o | middle |
fibr/o | fibers |
chlor/o | green |
my/o | muscle |
path/o | disease |
cut/o | cell |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
onc/o | tumor, mass |
chol/e | gall, bile |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
cheil/o | lip |
blephar/o | eyelid |
dist/o | away (from the point of attachment of a body part) |
bi/o | life |
olig/o | scanty, few |
retin/o | retina |
aut/o | self |
cholanhi/o | bile duct |
iatr/o | physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
nephr/o | kidney |
pachy/o | thick |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
opt/o | vision |
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
chrom/o | color |
urin/o, ru/o | urine, urinary tract |
necr/o | death (cells, body) |
kary/o | nucleus |
cephal/o | head (upward) |
lei/o | smooth |
xer/o | dry |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
system/o | system |
caner/o, carcin/o | CANCER |
hepat/o | liver |
ocul/o, opthalm/o | eye |
eti/o | cause (of disease |
gingiv/o | gum |
dors/o | back |
hist/o | tissue |
cost/o | rib |
caud/o | tail (downward) |
trich/o | hair |
ventr/o | belly (front) |
cor/o, core/o, pupill/o | pupil |
steat/o | fat |
infer/o | below |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
anter/o | front |
c;lavic/o, clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
herni/o | protrusion of an organ througha membrane or cavity wall |
neur/o | nerve |
gravis | grave, or serious |
appendic/o | appendix |
conjunctiv/o | conjuntiva |
balan/o | glans penis |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
calc/i | calcium |
kal/i | potassium |
mon/o | one, single |
phas/o | speech |
dips/o | thirst |
poli/o | grey matter |
quadr/i | four |
natr/o | sodium |
fet/o,fet/i | fetus, unborn child |
lact/o | mild |
chori/o | chorion |
cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
encephal/o | brain |
an/o | anus |
cec/o | cecum |
antr/o | antrum |
col/o, colon/o | colon |
isch/o | deficiency, blockage |
thromb/o | clot |
electr/o | electricity, electrical activity |
therm/o | heat |
amini/o, aminon/o | aminon, aminiotic fluid |
embry/o | embryo, to be full |
gravido/o | pregnancy |
nat/o | birth |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
dur/o | hard, dura matter |
disl/o | intervertebral disk |
burs/o | bursa (cavity) |
lymphaden/o | lymph node |
myel/o | bone marrow |
proct/o, rect/o | rectum |
jujun/o | jejenum |
scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
arti/o | atrium |
gastro | stomach |
aponeur/o | aponeurosis |
radi/o | radius (lower arm bone) |
aort/o | aorta |
enter/o | intestine |
tibi/o | tibia (lower leg bone) |
pub/o | pubis |
lymph/o | lymph, lymph tissue |
or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
cardi/o | heart |
ile/o | ileum |
spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
sarc/o | sarrum |
chondr/o | cartilage |
arthr/o | joint |
arteri/o | artery |
esophag/o | esophagus |
rachi/o | spine, vertebral column |
uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
tars/o | tarsals (ankle bones) |
PHALANG/O | PHALANGES (finger or toe bones) |
duoden/o | doudenum |
angio/o | vessel |
men/o | menstruation |
perine/o | perineum |
ooophor/o | ovart |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
esthesi/o | sensation, sensitivity, feeling |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
thyroid/o, thyr/o | thyroid gland |
neur/o | nerve |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
meningi/o, mening/o | meninges |
lumb/o | loin, lumbar region of the spine |
cortic/o | cortex |
gangli/o, ganglion/o | ganglion |
ili/o | ilium |
aden/o | gland |
gli/o | glia, gluey substance |
ischi/o | ischium |
adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
myel/o | spinal cord, also means bone marrow |
mandilbul/o | mandible (lower jawbone) |
endocrin/o | endocrine |
radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o | nerve root |
myel/o | bone marrow |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
ment/o, psych/o | mind |
pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis, pelvic bone |
acr/o | extremities, height |
synovi/o | synovia, synovial membrane |
menisc/o | meniscus (crescent) |
anlyl/o | crooked, stiff, bent |
ten/o, tend/o, tentin/o | tendon |
kyph/o | hump |
kinesi/o | movement, motion |
lord/o | bent forward |
lamin/o | lamina (thin flat plate or layer) |