Cohen Med Term- Final
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- a-
- without, not, lack of, absence
- ab-
- away from
- abdomino/o
- abdomen
- -ac
- pertaining to
- acous, acus
- sound, hearing
- acro-
- extremity, end
- ad-
- toward, near
- aden/o
- gland
- adip/o
- fat
- adren/o
- adrenal gland, epinephrine
- adrenal/o
- adrenal gland
- adrenocortic/o
- adrenal cortex
- aer/o
- air, gas
- alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o
- pain
- -algesia
- pain
- -algia
- pain
- ambly-
- dim
- amnio
- amnion
- amyl/o
- starch
- an-
- not, without, lack of, absence
- andr/o
- male
- angi/o
- vessel
- an/o
- anus
- ante-
- before
- anti-
- against
- aort/o
- aorta
- -ar
- pertaining to
- arter/o, arteri/o
- artery
- arteriol/o
- arteriole
- arthr/o
- joint
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -ase
- enzyme
- atel/o
- incomplete
- atlant/o
- atlas
- atri/o
- atrium
- audi/o
- hearing
- auto-
- self
- azo, azot/o
- nitrogenous compounds
- bacill/i, bacill/o
- bacillus
- bacteri/o
- bacterium
- balan/o
- glans penis
- bar/o
- pressure
- bi-
- two, twice
- bili
- bile
- blast/o, -blast
- immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- brachi/o
- arm
- brachy-
- short
- dacry/o
- tear, lacrimal apparatus
- dacryocyst/o
- lacrimal sac
- dactyl/o
- finger, toe
- de-
- down, without, removal, loss
- dent/o, dent/i
- tooth, teeth
- derm/o, dermat/o
- skin
- -desis
- binding, fusion
- dextr/o
- right
- di-
- two, twice
- dia-
- through
- dilation, dilatation
- expansion, widening
- dipl/o-
- double
- dis-
- absence, removal, separation
- duoden/o
- duodenum
- dys-
- abnormal, painful, difficult
- ec-
- out, outside
- ectasia, ectasis
- dilation, dilatation, distension
- ecto-
- out, outside
- -ectomy
- excision, surgical removal
- edema
- accumulation of fluid, swelling
- electr/o
- electricity
- embry/o
- embryo
- emesis
- vomiting
- -emia
- condition of the blood
- encephal/o
- brain
- end/o-
- in, within
- endocrin/o
- endocrine
- enter/o
- intestine
- epi-
- on, over
- epididym/o
- epididymis
- episi/o
- vulva
- equi-
- equal, same
- erg/o
- work
- erythr/o-
- red, red blood cell
- erythrocyt/o
- red blood cell
- esophag/o
- esophagus
- -esthesia, -esthei/o
- sensation
- eu-
- true, good, easy, normal
- ex/o-
- away from, outside
- extra-
- outside
- fasci/o
- fascia
- fer
- to carry
- ferr/i, ferr/o
- iron
- fet/o
- fetus
- fibr/o
- fiber
- -form
- like, resembling
- galact/o
- milk
- gangli/o, ganglion/o
- ganglion
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gen, genesis
- origin, formation
- ger/e, ger/o
- old age
- -geusia
- sense of taste
- gingiv/o
- gumm, gingiva
- gli/o
- neuroglia
- glomerul/o
- glomerulus
- gloss/o
- tongue
- gluc/o
- glucose
- glyc/o
- sugar, glucose
- gnath/o
- jaw
- goni/o
- angle
- -gram
- record of data
- -graph
- instrument for recording data
- -graphy
- act of recording data
- gravida
- pregnant woman
- gyn/o, gynec/o
- woman
- hem/o, hemat/o
- blood
- hemi-
- half, one side
- -hemia
- condition of blood
- hepat/o
- liver
- hetero-
- other, different, unequal
- hidr/o
- sweat, perspiration
- hist/o, histi/o
- tissue
- homo-, homeo-
- same, unchanging
- hydr/o
- water, fluid
- hyper-
- over, excess, increased, abnormally high
- hypn/o
- sleep
- hypo-
- under, below, decreased, abnormally low
- hypophys
- pituitary, hypophysis
- hyster/o
- uterus
- -ia
- condition of
- -ian
- specialist
- -ia/sis
- condition of
- -iatrics
- medical specialty
- -iatr/o
- physician
- -iatry
- medical specialty
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ical
- pertaining to
- -ics
- medical specialty
- -ile
- pertaining to
- ile/o
- ileum
- ili/o
- ilium
- im-
- not
- immun/o
- immunity, immune system
- in-
- not
- infra-
- below
- in/o
- fiber, muscle fiber
- insul/o
- pancreatic islets
- inter-
- between
- intra-
- in, within
- ir, irit/o, irid/o
- iris
- -ism
- condition of
- iso-
- equal, same
- -ist
- specialist
- -itis
- inflammation
- jejun/o
- jejunum
- juxta-
- near, beside
- kali
- potassium
- kary/o
- nucleus
- kerat/o
- cornea, keratin, horny layer of skin
- kin/o, kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o
- movement
- labi/o
- lip
- labyrinth/o
- labyrinth (inner ear)
- lacrim/o
- tear, lacrimal apparatus
- lact/o
- milk
- -lalia
- speech, babble
- lapar/o
- abdominal wall
- laryng/o
- larynx
- lent/i
- lens
- -lepsy
- seizure
- leuk/o-
- white, colorless, white blood cell
- leukocyt/o
- white blood cell
- -lexia
- reading
- lingu/o
- tongue
- lip/o
- fat, lipid
- -listhesis
- slipping
- lith
- calculus, stone
- -logy
- study of
- lumb/o
- lumbar region, lower back
- lymphaden/o
- lymph node
- lymphangi/o
- lymphatic vessel
- lymph/o
- lymph, lymphatic system, lymphocyte
- lymphocyt/o
- lymphocyte
- -lysis
- separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
- -lytic
- dissolving, reducing, loosening
- macro-
- large, abnormally large
- mal-
- bad, poor
- malacia
- softening
- mamm/o
- breast, mammary gland
- -mania
- excited state, obsession
- mast/o
- breast, mammary gland
- medull/o
- inner part, medulla oblongata, spinal cord
- mega-, megalo-
- large, abnormally large
- -megaly
- enlargement
- melan/o-
- black, dark, melanin
- mening/o, meninge/o
- meninges
- men/o, mens
- month, menstruation
- mes/o-
- middle
- -meter
- instrument for measuring
- metr/o
- measure
- metr/o, metr/i
- uterus
- -metry
- measurement of
- micro-
- small, one millionth
- -mimetic
- mimicking, simulating
- mon/o-
- one
- morph/o
- form, structure
- muc/o
- mucus, mucous membrane
- multi-
- many
- muscul/o
- muscle
- myc/o
- fungus, mold
- myel/o
- bone marrow, spinal cord
- my/o
- muscle
- myring/o
- tympanic membrane
- myx/o
- mucus
- narc/o
- stupor, unconsciousness
- nas/o
- nose
- nat/i
- birth
- natri
- sodium
- necrosis
- death of tissue
- neo-
- new
- nephr/o
- kidney
- neur/o, neur/i
- nervous system, nerve
- noct/i
- night
- non-
- not
- normo-
- normal
- nucle/o
- nucleus
- nyct/o
- night, darkness
- ocul/o
- eye
- odont/o
- tooth, teeth
- -odynia
- pain
- -oid
- like, resembling
- olig/o-
- few, scanty, deficiency of
- -oma
- tumor
- onc/o
- tumor
- onych/o
- nail
- oo
- ovum
- oophor/o
- ovary
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- -opia
- eye, vision
- -opsia
- vision
- opt/o
- eye, vision
- orchid/o, orchi/o
- testis
- or/o
- mouth
- ortho-
- straight, correct, upright
- -ory
- pertaining to
- osche/o
- scrotum
- -ose
- sugar
- -o/sis
- condition of
- -osmia
- sense of smell
- oste/o
- bone
- ot/o
- ear
- -ous
- pertaining to
- ovari/o
- ovary
- ov/o, ovul/o
- ovum
- -oxia
- oxygen (level of)
- ox/y
- oxygen, sharp, acute
- pachy-
- thick
- palat/o
- palate
- palpebr/o
- eyelid
- pan-
- all
- pancreat/o
- pancreas
- papill/o
- nipple
- para-
- near, beside, abnormal
- para
- woman who has given birth
- parathyr/o, parathyroid/o
- parathyroid
- -paresis
- partial paralysis
- path/o, -pathy
- disease, any disease of
- ped/o
- foot, child
- pelvi/o
- pelvis
- -penia
- decrease in, deficiency of
- pe0
- through
- peri-
- around
- perine/o
- perineum
- periton, peritone/o
- peritoneum
- -pexy
- surgical fixation
- phac/o, phak/o
- lens
- phag/o
- eat, ingest
- pharm, pharmac/o
- drug, medicine
- pharyng/o
- pharynx
- -phasia
- speech
- phil, -philic
- attracting, absorbing
- phleb/o
- vein
- -phobia
- fear
- phon/o
- sound, voice
- -phonia
- voice
- phot/o
- light
- phren/o
- diaphragm
- phrenic/o
- phrenic nerve
- phyt/o
- plant
- pituitar
- pituitary, hypophysis
- plas, -plasia
- formation, molding, development
- -plasty
- plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
- -plegia
- paralysis
- pleur/o
- pleura
- -pnea
- breathing
- pneum/o, pneumat/o
- air, gas, lung, respiration
- pneumon/o
- lung
- pod/o
- foot
- -poiesis
- formation, production
- poikilo-
- varied, irregular
- poly-
- many, much
- post-
- after, behind
- pre-
- before, in front of
- presby-
- old
- prim/i-
- first
- pro-
- before, in front of
- proct/o
- rectum
- prostat/o
- prostate
- prote/o
- protein
- pseudo-
- false
- psych/o
- mind
- ptosis
- dropping, downward displacement, prolapse
- ptysis
- spitting
- puer
- child
- pulm/o, pulmon/o
- lung
- pupill/o
- pupil
- pyel/o
- renal pelvis
- pylor/o
- pylorus
- py/o
- pus
- pyr/o, pyret/o
- fever, fire
- quadr/i-
- four
- rachi/o
- spine
- radicul/o
- root of spinal nerve
- radi/o
- radiation, x-ray
- re-
- again, back
- rect/o
- rectum
- ren/o
- kidney
- reticul/o
- network
- retin/o
- retina
- retro-
- behind, backward
- rhabd/o
- rod, muscle cell
- -rhage, -rhagia
- bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
- -rhaphy
- surgical repair, suture
- -rhea
- flow, discharge
- -rhexis
- rupture
- rhin/o
- nose
- sacchar/o
- sugar
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- salping/o
- tube, oviduct, eustachian (auditory) tube
- -schisis
- fissure, splitting
- scler/o
- hard, sclera (of eye)
- sclerosis
- hardening
- -scope
- instrument for viewing or examining
- -scopy
- examination of
- seb/o
- sebum, sebaceous gland
- semi-
- half, partial
- semin
- semen
- sept/o
- septum, dividing wall, partition
- sial/o
- saliva, salivary gland, salivary duct
- sider/o
- iron
- sigmoid/o
- sigmoid colon
- sinistr/o
- left
- -sis
- condition of
- somat/o
- body
- -some
- body, small body
- somn/i, somn/o
- sleep
- son/o
- sound, ultrasound
- spasm
- sudden contraction, cramp
- sperm/i
- semen, spermatozoa
- spermat/o
- semen, spermatozoa
- -spermia
- condition of semen
- spir/o
- breathing
- splen/o
- spleen
- spondyl/o
- vertebra
- staped/o, stapedi/o
- stapes, stirrup
- stapyl/o
- grapelike cluster, staphylococcus
- stasis
- suppression, stoppage
- steat/o
- fatty
- stenosis
- narrowing, constriction
- steth/o
- chest
- sthen/o
- strength
- stoma, stomat/o
- mouth
- -ostomy
- surgical creation of an opening
- strept/o-
- twisted chain, streptococcus
- sub-
- below, under
- super-
- above, excess
- supra-
- above
- syn-, sum-
- together
- synov/i
- synovial joint, synovial membrane
- tachy-
- rapid
- tax/o
- order, arrangement
- tel/e-, tel/o-
- end
- ten/o, tendin/o
- tendon
- terat/o
- malformed fetus
- tetra-
- four
- thalam/o
- thalamus
- therm/o
- heat, temperature
- thorac/o
- chest, thorax
- thromb/o
- blood clot
- thrombocyt/o
- platelet, thrombocyte
- thym/o
- thymus gland
- thyr/o, thyroid/o
- thyroid
- toc/o
- labor
- -tome
- instrument for incising
- -tomy
- incision, cutting
- ton/o
- tone
- tonsill/o
- tonsil
- tox/o, toxic/o
- poison, toxin
- trache/o
- trachea
- trans-
- through
- tri-
- three
- trich/o
- hair
- -tripsy
- crushing
- trop, -tropic
- act(ing) on, affect(ing)
- troph/o, -trophy, -trophia
- feeding, growth, nourishment
- tympan/o
- tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane
- un-
- not
- uni-
- one
- -uresis
- urination
- ureter/o
- ureter
- urethr/o
- urethra
- -uria
- condition of urine, urination
- ur/o
- urine, urinary tract
- urin/o
- urine
- uter/o
- uterus
- uve/o
- uvea (of eye)
- uvul/o
- uvula
- vagin/o
- sheath, vagina
- valv/o, valvul/o
- valve
- varic/o
- twisted and swollen vein, varix
- vascul/o
- vessel
- vas/o
- vessel, duct, vas deferens
- ven/o, ven/i
- vein
- ventricul/o
- cavity, ventricle
- vertebr/o
- vertebra, spinal column
- vesic/o
- urinary bladder
- vesicul/o
- seminal vesicle
- vestibul/o
- vestibule, vestibular apparatus (of ear)
- vir/o
- virus
- vulv/o
- vulva
- xanth/o-
- yellow
- xen/o
- foreign, strange
- xero-
- dry
- -y
- condition of