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509 ALL MED TERMS
| meaning | prefix/suffix |
|---|---|
| movement | kinesi/o |
| ligament | ligament/o |
| muscle | muscul/o, my/o |
| tendon | tend/o |
| eyelid | blephar/o, palpebra |
| membrane covering the surface of the eyelid | conjunctiva |
| pupil of the eye | core/o |
| outer wall of the eye | cornea |
| tears | dacry/o |
| lacrimal sac | dacryocyst/o |
| iris | irid/o |
| eye | ocul/o, ophthalm/o |
| light | opt/o |
| lens | phak/o, phac/o |
| retina | retin/o |
| sclera | scler/o |
| middle layer of the eye | ove/o |
| condition/defect of the vision of the eye | -opia |
| synonym for dermis | corium |
| skin | cutis, derm/o, dermat/o |
| upon/above/on | epi- |
| follicle | follicul/o |
| horn-like | kerat/o |
| black | melan/o |
| nail | onych/o |
| plant | -phyte |
| sweat | sudor/i |
| dry | xer/o |
| joint | arhtr/o |
| arm | brachi/o |
| wrist | carp/o |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| rib | cost/o |
| cranium or skull | crani/o |
| finger or toe | dactyl/o |
| bone | oste/o |
| correct | orth/o |
| vertebrae | spondyl/o or vertebr/o |
| cervix | cervic/o |
| vagina | vagin/o , colp/o |
| uterus | hyster/o, uter/o |
| menses | mens/o |
| egg | oo |
| ovary | ovari/o, oophor/o |
| testes | orchid/o |
| (fallopian) tube | salping/o |
| sperm | spermat/o |
| bile | chol/e |
| gallbladder | cholecyst/o |
| colon | colon/o |
| duodenum | duoden/o |
| intestine | enter/o |
| esophagus | esophag/o |
| stomach | gastr/o |
| tongue | gloss/o |
| liver | hepat/o |
| jejunum | jejun/o |
| pancreas | pancreat/o |
| saliva or salivary glands | sial/o |
| vessel | angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o |
| artery | arteri/o |
| gruel-like | arther/o |
| expansion or dilation | -ectasis |
| blood | -emia, hem/o, hemat/o |
| vein | phleb/o, ven/o |
| clot | thromb/o |
| dilated | varic/o |
| bronchus | bronchi/o |
| blue | cyan/o |
| larynx | laryng/o |
| nose | rhin/o, nas/o |
| pharynx | pharyng/o |
| diaphragm | phren/o |
| breathing | -pnea |
| lung | pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o, pulmon/o |
| sinus cavity | sinus/o |
| trachea | trache/o |
| bladder | cyst/o |
| stone | lith/o |
| kidney | nephr/o, ren/o |
| renal pelvis | pyel/o |
| ureter | ureter |
| urine | urin/o |
| head | cephal/o |
| cerebellum | cerebell/o |
| cerebrum | cerebr/o |
| outer layer/covering | cortic/o |
| brain | encephal/o |
| ganglia / ganglion | gangli/o |
| membrane (wrt the nervous system) | meningi/o |
| nerve cell/ nervous system | neur/o |
| mind | psych/o |
| spinal cord | spin/o |
| abnormal attraction to / impulse towards an object or thought | -mania |
| fear/ fearing | -phobia |
| gland | aden/o |
| adrenal glands | adren/o |
| endocrine | endocrin/o |
| pituitary gland | hypophys/o |
| parathyroid gland | parathyr/o |
| thyroid | thyroid/o, thyr/o |
| aorta | aort/o |
| atrium | atri/o |
| heart | cardi/o |
| electrical | electrico/o |
| valve | valv/o |
| ventricule | ventricul/o |
| abdomen | abdomin/o |
| chest | thorac/o |
| white | leuk/o |
| lymph or lymphatic system | lymph/o |
| lymph vessels | lymphangi/o |
| immune system | immun/o |
| lymph nodes | lymphaden/o |
| spleen | splen/o |
| palatine tonsill | tonsill/o |
| thymus | thym/o |
| cancer | carcin/o |
| thirst | dips/o |
| red | erythr/o |
| aged | ger/o |
| tissue | hist/o |
| water | hydr/o |
| large | megal/o |
| disease/disease state | path/o |
| eating/swallowing | phag/o |
| pus | py/o |
| heat/fever | pyr/o |
| flesh/muscle | sarc/o |
| two | bi- |
| half | semi- |
| same/equal | homeo- |
| big | macro- |
| small | micro- |
| one | uni- |
| few | oligo- |
| all/everywhere | pan- |
| many/much | poly- |
| four | quadri- |
| three | tri- |
| surgical puncture | -centesis |
| fuse/bind/immobilize | -desis |
| surgical removal | -ectomy |
| origin/producing | -genesis |
| written/pictorial record | -gram |
| device for graphic/pictorial recording | -graph |
| act of graphic/pictorial recording | -graphy |
| device for measuring | -meter |
| act of measuring | -metry |
| surgical fixation | -pexy |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| suture | -rrhaphy |
| device for viewing | -scope |
| act of viewing | -scopy |
| incision | -tomy |
| crushing | -tripsy |
| cell | -cyte |
| excessive fluid in intracellular tissues | -edema |
| vomiting | -emesis |
| protein | -globin |
| practice/doctrine | -ism |
| stone | -lith |
| disintegration | -lysis |
| visual examination | -opsy |
| loving | -phillic |
| producing/formation | -poiesis |
| hard | -sclerosis |
| condition | -ism, -sis, -sia |
| level/unchanging | -stasis |
| permanent opening | -stomy |
| instrument for cutting | -tome |
| nourishment/stimulation | -tropin |
| pain | -algia, -dynia |
| inflammation | -itis |
| study of | -logy |
| development/nourishment | -trophy |
| weakness | -asthen |
| protrusion/hernia | -cele |
| expansion/dilation | -ectasis |
| condition/state | -iasis |
| softening | -malacia |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| shape of/like | -oid |
| tumor | -oma |
| reduction of size or quantity | -penia |
| growth/formation/development | -plasia |
| substance/matter | -plasm |
| paralysis | -plegia |
| downward displacement | -ptosis |
| flowing forth | -rrhage |
| without/not | a- |
| against/resisting | -anti |
| before | pre-, ante- |
| abnormally slow rate of speed | brady- |
| bad/painful/difficult/abnormal | -dys |
| normal/good | eu- |
| bad | mal- |
| new | neo- |
| after | post- |
| rapid | tachy- |
| away from | ab-, ef- |
| toward/near to | ad- |
| with/together | con- , sym-, syn- |
| outside | ec-, ecto-, ex-, exo- |
| inside | en- |
| inner/within | endo- |
| beyond | extra-, meta- |
| above (beyond normal) | hyper- |
| below (below normal) | hypo- |
| below or inside | infra- |
| between | inter- |
| inside | intra- |
| middle | meso- |
| alongside/like | para- |
| around/surronding | peri- |
| backward/behind | retro- |
| below | sub- |
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