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Medical Terminology; Completed 4/25/24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| celi, lapar | abdomen (2) |
| ablat (2) | to remove, take away |
| abrad, abras | to scrape off (2) |
| acar | mites |
| acr | extremities |
| acou, acous, audi, audit | hearing (4) |
| aden | gland |
| adip, lip, pimel, steat | fat (4) |
| actin (2) | radiation, ray |
| aer (2) | air, gas |
| agglutin | clumping |
| ambul | to walk |
| amyl | starch |
| andr | male |
| angi, vas | vessel (2) |
| anter | front |
| anthrac (3) | carbon, carbuncle, coal |
| anthrop (2) | human being, man |
| aphth, helc | ulcer (2) |
| apic | apex |
| arch(e/i), prim(i), prot(o) | first (3) |
| arthr, articul | joint (2) |
| aspir, aspirat | removal (2) |
| ather (2) | fatty substance, yellow plaque |
| aque, hydr | water (2) |
| aur(i/o), auricul, ot | ear (3) |
| auscult, auscultat | to listen (2) |
| aux (2) | acceleration, growth |
| axill | armpit |
| azot (2) | nitrogen, urea |
| balan | glans penis |
| bar (2) | pressure, weight |
| bi, vit, viv(i) | life (3) |
| blast (2) | embryo, immature |
| blephar, palpebr | eyelid (2) |
| brachi (2) | arm, upper extremity |
| bucc | cheek |
| cali | calyx |
| capn | carbon dioxide |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi, coron | heart (2) |
| carp | wrist |
| cathar, cathart (2) | cleansing, purging (2) |
| caud | tail |
| cephal | head |
| cheil, chil, labi | lip (3) |
| cheir, chir | hand |
| chol (2) | bile, gall |
| cholangi | bile duct |
| cholecyst | gall bladder |
| choledoch | common bile duct |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | colors |
| chron (2) | time, timing |
| cis | to cut |
| cleid | clavicle |
| colp, vagin | vagina (2) |
| coni | dust |
| consci | awareness |
| contus | to bruise |
| corp, scat, sterc | feces |
| corpor, somat | body (2) |
| cortic | cortex |
| cost | rib |
| cox | hip |
| crin (2) | secrete, separate |
| cubit (2) | elbow, forearm |
| culd | retrouterine pouch (cul-de-sac) |
| cupr | copper |
| cutane, demat, derat, derm | skin (4) |
| cyes(i/o), gravid(a) | pregnancy (2) |
| cyst | bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| dacry, lacrim | tear duct (2) |
| dactyl | digit (finger or toe) |
| dem | people |
| dent(i/o), odont | tooth (2) |
| deuter | second |
| dextr | right |
| diaphor | profuse sweating |
| didym (2) | testis, twin |
| dipl | double |
| dips | thirst |
| dolor | pain |
| dors | back |
| drom | running |
| duct | to lead |
| dynam, sthen (2) | power, strength (2) |
| ectr | congenital absence |
| ele, ole, seb | oil (3) |
| enanti (2) | opposed, opposite |
| enchephal | brain |
| enter | small intestine |
| eschar | scab |
| eti | cause |
| excit | arouse |
| faci, op, prosop | face (3) |
| febr(i), pyr, pyret, pyrex | fever (4) |
| ferr(i/o) | iron |
| flect, flex | bend (2) |
| flu, flux | to flow (2) |
| funct | performance |
| galact, lact | milk (2) |
| gastr | stomach |
| gel (2) | congeal, freeze |
| gemell | twins |
| gen (2) | generating, producing |
| geni | chin |
| ger, geront, presby, senil (2) | aged, old age (4) |
| gest, gestat | to bear |
| gingiv | gum |
| gli | supportive tissues of the nervous system |
| gloss, lingu | tongue (2) |
| gluc, glyc, sacchar | sugar (3) |
| gnath | jaw |
| gnos | knowledge |
| gon (2) | genitals, semen |
| goni | angle |
| graph | writing |
| gravid | pregnancy |
| gust, gustat | taste (2) |
| gyn, gynec (2) | female, woman (2) |
| haph(e), pselaphes, tact, thigm | touch (4) |
| hapl (2) | simple, single |
| helminth, scolec, verm(i) | worm (3) |
| hem, hemat | blood (2) |
| hepat | liver |
| hidr, sud | sweat (2) |
| hist | tissue |
| hirud(i), hirudin(i) | leech (2) |
| hygr | moisture |
| hypn, somn(i) | sleep (2) |
| iatr (2) | physician, treatment |
| icter | jaundice |
| idi (3) | distinct, individual, unknown |
| immune (2) | protection, safe |
| inguin | groin |
| is | equal |
| isch (2) | restrain, suppress |
| ixod(i) | ticks |
| kal(i) | potassium |
| kel (3) | fibrous, growth, tumor |
| kinesi | movement |
| kyph | humpback |
| lal (2) | babble, speech |
| later | side |
| lecith (2) | ovum, yolk |
| letharg | drowsiness |
| lien | spleen |
| ligat (2) | binding, tying |
| lim | hunger |
| lith, petr (2) | calculus, stone (2) |
| log (3) | speech, thought, word |
| logad | whites of the eyes |
| loph | ridge |
| luc, lumin, phot | light (3) |
| lumb | loin |
| luxat | dislocate |
| ly (2) | dissolve, loosen |
| mamm, mast | breast (2) |
| medic (2) | heal, healing |
| mel | limb(s) |
| mening (2) | membrane, meninges |
| ment, phren, psych | mind (3) |
| mer | part |
| method (2) | procedure, technique |
| mis (2) | aversion, hatred of |
| mort, necr, thanat | death (3) |
| myc | fungus |
| myel (2) | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| nas, rhin | nose (2) |
| nat(i/o) | birth |
| natr | sodium |
| nephr, ren | kidney (2) |
| neur | nerve |
| nev (2) | birthmark, mole |
| nod | knot |
| noct(i/o), nyct | night (2) |
| nos, path | disease (2) |
| not | the back |
| o, ov(i/o), ovul (2) | egg, ovum (3) |
| obstetr | midwife |
| ocul, ophthalm | eyes (2) |
| olfact, osm, osphresi | smell (3) |
| om | shoulder |
| omphal, umbilic (2) | navel, umbilicus (2) |
| onc (3) | mass, swelling, tumor |
| onych, ungu | nail (2) |
| ophry | eyebrow |
| opsith, poster (2) | behind, towards the back (2) |
| opt (2) | eye, vision |
| or, stomat | mouth (2) |
| orth | straight |
| oscill | to swing |
| oste | bone |
| palp, palpat | to touch gently (2) |
| pector, steth, thorac | chest (3) |
| ped (2) | child, foot |
| pedicul | louse |
| peps(ia/o) | digestion |
| percuss | to tap |
| perspir | breath through |
| phac, phak | lens of the eye (2) |
| phag | to eat |
| pharmac | drugs |
| pharyng | throat |
| phas | speech |
| phen | appearance |
| phil | attraction |
| phob (2) | aversion, fear |
| phon (2) | sound, voice |
| phren | diaphragm |
| phys (2) | air, gas |
| physi | nature |
| phyt | plant |
| pil, trich | hair (2) |
| pin | to drink |
| pne (2) | air, breathing |
| pod | foot |
| poli | gray matter |
| pont | pons |
| plant | sole of the foot |
| pneum, pneumon (2) | air, lung (2) |
| proct (2) | anus, rectum |
| pros (2) | anterior, forward |
| puerper | childbirth |
| pulmon | lungs |
| puls, pulsat (2) | beating, to beat (2) |
| purgat | cleansing |
| purul | pus formation |
| ptyal, sial | saliva (2) |
| py | pus |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| pyg | buttocks |
| pyl(e) | portal vein |
| pyr | fire |
| rachi, spin, spondyl (2) | vertebras, spinal column (3) |
| radicul | nerve root |
| reflect, reflex | to bend back (2) |
| registrat | recording |
| relaps | to slide back |
| respir, respirat, spir | breathe (3) |
| resuscit | revive |
| retract | drawing back |
| rhabdomy | skeletal or striated muscle |
| rhe (3) | current, flow, stream |
| rhytid | wrinkle |
| rot, rotat (2) | revolve, turn (2) |
| salping | fallopian tube |
| sanit(a) | health |
| sarc | flesh |
| scel | leg |
| schist (2) | cleft, split |
| schiz (2) | division, split |
| sedat | to calm |
| semin(i) | semen |
| septic | putrifying |
| sept | partition |
| sider | iron |
| sinistr | left |
| solut | dissolved |
| son, phon | sound (2) |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| sphygm | pulse |
| splanchn | viscera |
| stich | rows |
| stigmat (2) | mark, point |
| strat(i) | layer |
| stict (2) | bind, to tighten |
| symptom | occurrence |
| synaps, synapt (2) | point of contact, to join |
| syring (2) | fistula, tube |
| systol | contraction |
| syzygi, zyg (2) | junction, union (2) |
| taph | grave |
| tapin | low |
| tax (2) | arrangement, coordination |
| tel(e) (2) | distant, end |
| tel, tele (2) | complete |
| terat | monster |
| termin (2) | boundary, limit |
| thec | sheath |
| thel | nipple |
| therap, therapeut | treatment (2) |
| thromb | clot |
| toc (2) | childbirth, labor |
| tom | a cutting of a section or layer |
| tox | poison |
| trachel | neck |
| tri (2) | sorting, to sort out |
| troph (2) | growth, nourishment |
| tumesc | swelling |
| turg, turgid (2) | swollen, to swell (2) |
| typ (2) | class, representative form |
| ul (2) | scar, scarring |
| uve (3) | choroids, ciliary body, iris |
| venere | sexual intercourse |
| ventil (2) | oxygenate, to aerate |
| ventr (2) | belly, front of the body |
| verruc(i) | wart |
| vers (2) | turn, turning |
| viscer (2) | gut, internal organs |
| vit, vital | life (2) |
| viv(i) (2) | alive, life |
| vulv, volut | to roll (2) |
| xen (2) | foreign matter, strange |
| zym (2) | enzyme, ferment |
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