Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
medical terminology
med terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| word root | core component of many words. |
| prefix | comes before a word root |
| suffix | comes after a word root |
| aden | gland |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| thyr | thyroid gland |
| hem, hemat | blood |
| phleb | vein |
| thromb | clot |
| my | muscle |
| oste | bone |
| pod | foot |
| sacr | sacrum (lower backbone) |
| spondyl | vertebra (backbone) |
| ten, tendin | tendon |
| vertebr | vertebra |
| arthr | joint |
| brachi | arm |
| cervic | neck |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cost | rib |
| crani | skull |
| dactyl | finger, toe |
| fibr | connective tissue |
| abdomin | abdomen |
| an | anus |
| appendic | appendix |
| bil. chol | bile, gall |
| col | colon (large intestine) |
| dent | teeth |
| enter | intestines |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gastr | stomach |
| gingiv | gums |
| gloss | tongue |
| hepat | liver |
| icter | jaundice |
| ile | ileum (small intestine) |
| lapar | abdominal wall |
| lingu | tongue |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phag | eating, swallowing |
| proct | rectum |
| splen | spleen |
| stomat | mouth |
| andr | men |
| colp | vagina |
| cyst | bladder |
| gravid | pregnant |
| gynec | woman |
| hyster | uterus (womb) |
| mamm, mast | breast |
| metr | uterus |
| nephr | kidney |
| ov | ovum (egg) |
| oophor | ovary |
| orchid | testicles |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| pyel | pelvis of the kidney |
| ren | renal (kidney) |
| salping | fallopian tube |
| ureter | ureters |
| ur | urinary |
| vesic | bladder |
| bronch | bronchial |
| laryng | larynx |
| nas | nose |
| pleur | pleura |
| pneum, pneumon | lungs, air |
| pulmon | lung |
| rhin | nose |
| steth | chest |
| thorac | thorax (Chest) |
| trache | trachea (airway, windpipe) |
| derm, dermat | skin |
| hidr | sweat |
| trich | hair |
| onych | nail |
| xer | dry |
| angi | blood vessel |
| ateri, arter | artery |
| cardi | heart |
| vas | vessel |
| ven | vein |
| blephar | eyelid |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr | cerebrum (part of the brain) |
| encephal | brain |
| esthesi | sensation |
| irid, ir | iris |
| mening, meningi | membranes, meninges |
| myel | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| neur | nerve |
| ocul, ophtalm | eye |
| ot | ear |
| lip, adip | fat |
| bio | life |
| carcin | cancer |
| cry | cold |
| dors | back portion of the body |
| gluc, glyc | sugar |
| herni | hernia |
| hist | tissue |
| hydra | water |
| lact | milk |
| later | side |
| lith | stone |
| med,medi | middle |
| narc | numbness, stupor, sleep |
| necr | death |
| onc | tumor |
| path | disease |
| ped | child, foot |
| psych | mind |
| pyo | pus |
| pyr | fever, heat |
| septic | infection |
| therm | heat |
| a-, an- | without |
| ab- | away, from |
| ad- | toward |
| ambi- | both |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two, twice, double |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down |
| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, bad |
| endo- | within, inside |
| epi- | above, on |
| eu- | normal, good |
| ex, extra, exo- | outside of |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above, excessive, increased |
| hypo- | below, decreased, insufficient |
| infra- | beneath |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within, during |
| levo- | to the left |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| mega- | exceptionally large |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | over, beyond |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre-, pro- | before, in front of |
| presby- | older age |
| primi- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| quadri- | four |
| retro- | behind, in back of |
| sten | narrowed |
| sub- | under |
| super-, supra- | above, excess |
| sym-, syn- | together, with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| -age | related to |
| -cidal, -cide | pertaining to killing |
| -form | shape |
| -fuge | driving away |
| -iatry, iatrist | healing by a provider, healer |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -logy, -logist | study of, one who studies |
| -ole | little, small |
| -opia | |
| -phylaxis | protection, prevention |
| -pnea | berathing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -uria | urine |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cise | cut, remove |
| -clasis | break down |
| -desis | stabilization, binding |
| -ectomy | removal, excision |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -ion | process |
| -lepsy | seizure, convulsion |
| -lysis | destruction, separation |
| -meter | device for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -pexy | fixation, to put in place |
| -plasty | surgical repair, reformation |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary twitch, contraction |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| -stomy | a new opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | swelling, herniation |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood conditon |
| -gen | producing |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -iasis | presence of, formation of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | weakening of, softening of |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | seeming like |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disorder, disease |
| -penia | deficiency, decrease |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation of |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | drooping, falling |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -slerosis | hardening condtion |
| -trophy | development |
Created by:
elshalance
Popular Medical sets