LPN Medical Terminology 1
Terms
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- a-
- Without, not, lack of
- ab-
- From, away from
- -ac
- pertaining to
- acet
- vinigar
- acou-,acousti-, audi
- hear
- acr/o-
- extremity
- actin
- ray, radius
- ad-
- to, toward, near
- aden/o
- gland
- adip/o, lip
- fat
- aer/o
- air
- agglutin/o
- clumping
- -al
- pertaining to, connected with
- alb, leuko, albin/o
- white
- -algesi/o, algia
- pain, sensitivity
- aliment/o
- nourish
- amphi-, ambi
- on both sides, both
- amyl/o
- starch
- -an-
- without, not, lack of
- ana
- up, positive
- andr/o
- male
- angi/o
- vessel
- aniso
- unequal
- ankyl/o
- stiff joint, fusion or growing together of parts
- an/o
- anus, opening of the rectum
- ante-, anter/o
- before, infront of , front
- anti-
- against
- antro
- antrum chamber, sinus, cavity, cavern
- aort/o
- aorta
- aque/o
- water
- arachn
- spide
- -arche
- beginning
- anteri/o
- little artery, arteriole, artery
- arthr/o, articul
- joint
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -asthenia
- without strength, weakness
- asthesi/o
- sensation, feeling
- ather/o
- fatty deposit, plaque
- audi/o
- hearing
- aur/o
- ear
- auto
- self
- axill/o
- armpit
- ba
- go, walk
- bacteri/o
- bacteria
- Balan/o
- Glans penis
- baro
- pressure, weight
- bas/o
- basic or alkaline
- bi-, bis
- two
- bil/i
- bile, gall
- bio
- life
- -blast, -blast/o
- embryonic, primitive, cell
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- brachi/o
- arm
- brady-
- slow
- bronch/o, bronchus
- bronchus (pl. bronchi), windpipe
- bucc/o
- cheek
- burs/o
- sac
- cac
- bad, abnormal
- cal.
- calorie
- calc/i, calc/o
- calcium
- calcane/o
- calcaneum, heel bone, stone
- calor, thermo
- heat
- capit, cephal
- head
- -capnia
- carbon dioxide, CO2
- carcin/o
- cancer, crab
- cardi/o
- heart
- carp/o
- wrist, carpus
- caud
- tail
- caus/o
- burn, burning
- -cele
- tumor, hernia, swelling, protrusion
- celi/o
- abdomen
- cent
- 100
- cente, -centesis
- to puncture, puncture to withdraw fluid
- centr
- point, center
- cephal/o
- head
- cept
- take, receive
- cer
- wax
- cerebell/o
- cerebellum
- cerebr/o
- cerebrum
- cervic/o, trache
- neck, cervix
- -chalasis
- relaxation
- cheil/o, labi
- lip
- cheir, chir
- hand
- chem/o
- chemical drug
- chlor/o
- green
- cholangi/o
- bile duct
- chol/e, cholo
- bile, gall
- cholecyst/o
- gallbladder
- choledoch/e
- common, bile duct
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- -chrome, -chrom/o
- color
- -cide
- cut, kill
- circum-
- around
- cirrh/o
- yellow, tawny
- -cis/o
- to cut
- coagul/o
- clotting
- clasis
- breakdown
- clavic
- collar bone
- clysis
- irrigate, wash, break down
- co, com, con
- with, together, cohesion
- -cocc, coccus
- round bacteria, berry-shaped
- col/o
- colon
- colp/o
- vagina
- contra-
- against
- coron/o
- heart
- corpor
- body
- cost/o
- ribs
- crani/o
- skull bones, cranium, skull
- -crin/o
- to secrete
- cry/o
- cold
- crypt/o
- hidden
- -cusis
- hearing
- cutane/o
- skin
- cyan/o
- blue
- cyst/o
- bladder, sac, cyst
- cyt/o, cyte
- cell
- dacry/o
- tear, tear duct
- dactyl/o, digit
- appendage (finder or toe)
- de
- away from, down from
- deca
- ten
- dent/o, odont, dent/i
- tooth
- -derm/o, dermat/o
- skin
- -desis
- binding, stabalization, fusion
- dextr/o
- to the right of, right-handed
- di-
- two, twice
- dia-
- through, across, apart and separate
- diaphor/o
- profuse sweating
- diplo-
- double
- -dips/o
- thirst
- dis
- separate, free, undo, from, apart, twice, doubly
- disco
- disk
- dist/o
- away from
- dors/o
- back of body
- duoden/o
- duodenum
- dur/o
- hard
- -dynia, dyno, dys
- pain, bad, difficult
- e, ec
- out from
- ectasis
- dilation, expansion
- ecto-
- outside
- -ectomy
- excision, removal
- -ectopo, ectopia
- misplaced, displaced
- ede
- swell
- electro
- electricity
- em, en, im, in
- in, within, inside
- -emesis, emetic
- vomit
- -emia
- blood condition (of)
- encephal/o
- brain
- endo-
- in, within, inner
- enter/o
- small intestines
- eosin/o
- red, rosy, dawn-colored
- epi-
- uppon, over, in addition to, above
- episi/o
- vulva
- erythem/o, erythro
- redness
- erythrocyt/o
- red cell
- erg/o
- work
- escent
- beginning to be
- esis
- action, process, result, condition
- esophag-
- esophagus
- -esthesia
- feeling, sensation
- estr/o
- female
- eu-
- good, easy, well, normal
- ex, externo, extro, exto, exo
- out, out from, out of, away from
- faci
- face
- febr
- fever, fiber
- ferent
- carry, bear, information
- ferr
- iron
- fet/i, fet/o
- fetus
- fibrin/o
- fiber, connective tissue
- fiss
- split
- flex/o
- to bend
- fluoro
- fluorescence
- funct
- perform, serve
- galact/o
- milk
- gangli/o
- swelling, ganglion
- gastr/o
- stomach
- -gen
- to produce, generate
- gen, geron
- old
- -genesis
- origin, beginning, reproducing, development
- gest
- bear, carry
- gingiv/o
- gum
- -globin, globulin
- protein
- gloss/o
- tongue
- gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o
- sugar, sweetness
- gnoso, gnosis
- know, discern, knowledge
- gonad/o
- sex gland
- -gram
- a writing, record, draw, letter
- -graph
- instrument, used for recording; to write
- -gravida
- pregnancy, heavy
- gynec/o
- woman, female
- hemi-
- half, partial
- hem, hemat, hem/o
- blood
- hemangi/o
- blood vessel
- hepat/o
- liver
- heter/o
- different, the other
- hidr/o
- sweat
- hist/o, histi/o
- tissue
- home/o
- likeness, resemblance, common, same
- horm/o
- impulse, impetus
- hydr/o, hydra
- water
- hyper-
- over, above, excessive, beyond, too much
- hypn/o
- sleep
- hypo-
- under, below, beneath, less, decreased
- hyster/o
- uterus, womb
- -ia, ity
- condition (of), process, state
- -iasis
- abnormal condition, formation of, presence of
- -iatric
- medicine, physician
- iatro
- treatment physician
- -ic, -ical, -iac, -ile, -ior
- pertaining to
- ichthyl/o
- scaly, dry
- ician
- specialist
- ile/o
- lower abdomen
- ili/o
- ilium, hip
- im-, in-
- not, in, on
- infra-, infer/o
- under, below, beneath, after
- inguin/o
- groin
- inter-
- between, among
- intestin/o
- intestines
- intra-, intro
- in, within, inside
- is/o
- equal, same
- ischi/o
- ischium, hip
- -ism
- condition, state of being, practice of
- -ist
- one who specializes
- -itis
- inflammation
- -ize
- to make, to use
- ject
- throw
- jejun/o
- jejunum
- kal/i
- potassium
- kerat/o
- cornea; hornlike
- kilo
- 1,000
- kinesi/o, kine, kinesia
- movement
- kyph/o
- hump
- labi/o
- lip
- lacrim/o
- tear
- lact/o
- milk
- lapar/o
- abdominal wall, abdomin, loin, flank