Medical Terminology I
Terms
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- dermat-
- skin
- cutane-
- skin
- nephr-
- kidney
- ren-
- kidney
- stomat-
- mouth
- or-
- mouth
- erythr-
- red
- gastr-
- stomach
- hepat-
- liver
- immun-
- immune, immunity, safe
- oste-
- bone
- -itis
- inflammation
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -oma
- tumor
- -an
- without, not
- hyper-
- excessive, above normal
- intra-
- in, within
- para-
- near, beside, beyond
- poly-
- many
- esthes-
- feeling
- therm-
- heat
- muscul-
- muscle
- nas-
- nose
- ur-
- urine
- -ia
- condition
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- enter-
- intestine
- -cyte
- cell
- chondr-
- cartilage
- arthr-
- joint
- hemat-
- blood
- -emesis
- vomiting
- -dynia
- pain
- -logy
- study of
- -centesis
- surgical puncture
- encephal-
- brain
- mening-
- meninges
- -clasis
- to break, surgical fracture
- -desis
- binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
- -ectomy
- excision, removal
- -lysis
- separation, destruction, loosening
- -pexy
- fixation (of an organ)
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- -stomy
- forming an opening (mouth)
- -tome
- instrument to cut
- -tomy
- incision
- -tripsy
- crushing
- -gram
- record, writing
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -meter
- instrument for measuring
- -metry
- act of measuring
- -scope
- instrument for examining
- -scopy
- visual examination
- -algia
- pain
- -cele
- hernia, swelling
- -ectasis
- dilation, expansion
- -edema
- swelling
- -emia
- blood condition
- -gen
- forming, producing, origin
- -genesis
- forming, producing, origin
- -iasis
- abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
- -lith
- stone, calculus
- -malacia
- softening
- -osis
- abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- decrease, deficiency
- -phagia
- eating, swallowing
- -phasia
- speech
- -phobia
- fear
- -plasia
- formation, growth
- -plasm
- formation, growth
- -plegia
- paralysis
- -ptosis
- prolapse, downward displacement
- -rrhage
- bursting forth (of)
- -rrhagia
- bursting forth (of)
- -rrhea
- discharge, flow
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -sclerosis
- abnormal condition of hardening
- -spasm
- involuntary contraction, twitching
- -stenosis
- narrowing, stricture
- -toxic
- poison
- -trophy
- nourishment, development
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ical
- pertaining to
- -ile
- pertaining to
- -ior
- pertaining to
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -tic
- pertaining to
- -esis
- condition
- -ism
- condition
- -iatry
- medicine, treatment
- -ician
- specialist
- -ist
- specialist
- -y
- condition, process
- -icle
- small, minute
- -ole
- small, minute
- -ule
- small, minute
- pre-
- before
- peri-
- around
- nat-
- birth
- post-
- after
- epi-
- above, upon
- hypo-
- under, below, deficient
- infra-
- under, below
- sub-
- under, below
- inter-
- between
- pro-
- before, in front of
- retro-
- backward, behind
- bi-
- two
- dipl-
- double
- diplo-
- double
- hemi-
- one half
- macro-
- large
- micro-
- small
- mono-
- one
- uni-
- mono
- multi-
- many, much
- primi-
- first
- quadri-
- four
- tri-
- three
- ab-
- from, away from
- ad-
- toward
- circum-
- around
- dia-
- through, across
- trans-
- through, across
- ecto-
- outside, outward
- exo-
- outside, outward
- extra-
- outside, outward
- endo-
- in, within
- super-
- upper, above
- supra-
- above, excessive, superior
- ultra-
- excess, beyond
- a-
- without, not
- an-
- without, not
- anti-
- against
- contra-
- against
- brady-
- slow
- dys-
- bad, painful, difficult
- eu-
- good, normal
- hetero-
- different
- homo-
- same
- homeo-
- same
- mal-
- bad
- pan-
- all
- pseudo-
- false
- syn-
- union, together, joined
- tachy-
- rapid
- hist-
- tissue
- kary-
- nucleus
- nucle-
- nucleus
- anter-
- anterior, front
- caud-
- tail
- crani-
- cranium (skull)
- dist-
- far, farthest
- dors-
- back (of body)
- infer-
- lower, below
- later-
- side, to one side
- medi-
- middle
- poster-
- back (of body), behind, posterior
- proxim-
- near, nearest
- ventr-
- belly, belly side
- abdomin
- abdomen
- cervic-
- neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
- ili-
- ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)
- inguin-
- groin
- lumb-
- loins (lower back)
- pelv-
- pelvis
- pelv/i-
- pelvis
- spin-
- spine
- thorac-
- chest
- umbilic-
- umbilicus, navel
- albin-
- white
- chrom-
- color
- cirrh-
- yellow
- jaund-
- yellow
- xanth-
- yellow
- cyan-
- blue
- melan-
- black
- poli-
- gray, gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
- acr-
- extremity
- eti-
- cause
- idi-
- unknown, peculiar
- morph-
- form, shape, struccture
- path-
- disease
- radi-
- radiation, xray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
- somat-
- body
- son-
- sound
- viscer-
- internal organs
- xer-
- dry
- -gnosis
- knowing
- adip-
- fat
- lip-
- fat
- steat-
- fat
- derm-
- skin
- hidr-
- sweat
- sudor-
- sweat
- ichthy-
- dry, scaly
- kerat-
- horny tissue, hard, cornea
- myc-
- fungus (plural, fungi)
- onych-
- nail
- ungu-
- nail
- pil-
- hair
- trich-
- hair
- scler-
- hardening, sclera (white of eye)
- seb-
- sebum, sebaceous
- squam-
- scale
- xen-
- foreign, strange
- -therapy
- treatment
- gloss-
- tongue
- lingu-
- tongue
- bucc-
- cheek
- cheil-
- lip
- labi-
- lip
- dent-
- teeth
- odont-
- teeth
- gingiv-
- gum(s)
- sial-
- saliva, salivary gland
- esophag-
- esophagus
- pharyng-
- pharynx (throat)
- pylor-
- pylorus
- duoden-
- duodenum (first part of small intestine)
- jejun-
- jejunum (second part of small intestine)
- ile-
- ileum (third part of small intestine)
- append-
- appendix
- appendic-
- appendix
- col-
- colon
- colon-
- colon
- sigmoid-
- sigmoid colon
- rect-
- rectum
- proct-
- anus, rectum
- an/o-
- anus
- pancreat-
- pancreas
- cholangi-
- bile vessel
- chol/e
- bile, gall
- cholecyst-
- gallbladder
- choledoch-
- bile duct
- -orexia
- appetite
- -pepsia
- digestion
- =prandial
- meal
- rhin-
- nose
- sept-
- septum
- sinus-
- sinus, cavity
- adenoid-
- adenoids
- tonsill-
- tonsils
- epidlott-
- epiglottis
- laryng-
- larynx (voice box)
- trache-
- trachea (windpipe)
- bronchi-
- bronchus (plural, bronchi_
- bronch-
- bronchus (plural, bronchi_
- bronchiol-
- bronchiole
- alveol-
- alveolus, air sac
- pleur-
- pleura
- pneum-
- air, lung
- pneumon-
-
air, lung
- pulmon-
- lung
- anthrac-
- coal, coal dust
- atel-
- incomplete
- coni-
- dust
- lob-
- lobe
- orth-
- straight
- ox/i-
- oxygen
- ox-
- oxygen
- pector-
- chest
- steth-
- chest
- phren-
- diaphragm, mind
- spir-
- breathe
- -capnia
- CO2
- -osmia
- smell
- -phonia
- voice
- -pnea
- breathing
- -ptysis
- spitting
- -thorax
- chest
- aneurysm-
- widened blood vessel
- angi-
- vessel (usually blood or lymph)
- vascul-
- vessel (usually blood or lymph)
- aort-
- aorta
- arteri-
- artery
- arteriol-
- arteriole
- atri-
- atrium
- ather-
- fatty plaque
- cardi-
- heart
- electr-
- electricity
- embol-
- embolus (plug)
- hemangi-
- blood vessel
- my-
- muscle
- phleb-
- vein
- ven-
- vein
- sphygm-
- pulse
- sten-
- narrowing, stricture
- thromb-
- blood clot
- ventricul-
- ventricle (of the heart of brain)
- -sphyxia
- pulse