ALL MEDICAL TERMS
Terms
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- -sis
- state of
- opt/o
- vision
- aut/o
- self
- ungu/o
- nail
- -scope
- instrument used for visual examination
- tend/o
- tendon
- antr/o
- antrum
- uvul/o
- uvula
- -stasis
- control; stop
- melan/o
- black
- chir/o
- hand
- valv/o
- valve
- peri-
- surrounding (outer)
- lact/o
- milk
- bucc/o
- cheek
- vas/o
- vessel; duct
- -stenosis
- constriction; narrowing
- ili/o
- ilium
- appendic/o
- appendix
- thym/o
- thymus gland
- pro-
- before
- kal/o
- potassium
- de-
- from; down from; lack of
- staphyl/o
- grapelike clusters
- -scopic
-
visual examination
- rhytid/o
- wrinkles
- ile/o
- ileum
- steth/o
- chest
- para-
- around; beside; beyond
- ot/o
- ear
- clavicul/o
- clavicle (collarbone)
- tom/o
- cut; section
- multi-
- many
- pleur/o
- pleura
- gnath/o
- jaw
- trache/o
- trachea
- -schisis
- split; fissure
- mamm/o
- breast
- esthesi/o
- sensation, sensitivity, feeling
- strept/o
- twisted chains
- retro-
- back; behind
- lob/o
- lobe
- fet/o
- fetus; unborn child
- system/o
- system
- post-
- after
- my/o
- muscle
- epididym/o
- epididymis
- toxic/o
- poison
- nulli-
- none
- myos/o
- muscle
- dacry/o
- tear, tear duct
- xanth/o
- yellow
- -salpinx
- fallopian tube
- organ/o
- organ
- ech/o
- sound
- ur/o
- urine; urinary tract
- -oxia
- oxygen
- pneum/o
- lung; air
- endocrin/o
- endocrine
- ventricul/o
- ventricle
- trans-
- through; across; beyond
- lapar/o
- abdomen
- cec/o
- cecum
- thorac/o
- thorax (chest)
- -agra
- excessive pain
- son/o
- sound
- iatr/o
- medicine; physician
- vesic/o
- bladder;sac
- bin-
- two
- omphal/o
- umbilicu; navel
- derm/o
- skin
- tonsill/o
- tonsils
- -phily
- love
- py/o
- pus
- cortic/o
- cortex (outer layer of body organ)
- urethr/o
- urethra
- infra-
- under; below
- poster/o
- back (of body)
- erythr/o
- red
- viscer/o
- internal organs
- ana-
- up; again; backward
- pulmon/o
- lung
- dipl/o
- two; double
- tympan/o
- eardrum; middle ear
- meso-
- middle
- muc/o
- mucus
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- kerat/o
- horny tissue; hard
- re-
- back
- path/o
- disease
- acr/o
- extremities; height
- lei/o
- smooth
- -ectasis
- stretching out; dilatation; expansion
- sigmoid/o
- sigmoid
- chol/o
- gall; bile
- labi/o
- lips
- bi-
- two
- scoli/o
- crooked, curved
- dors/o
-
back (of the body)
- meat/o
- meatus (opening)
- contra-
- against
- somat/o
- body
- cry/o
- cold
- myring/o
- eardrum
- -ic
- pertaining to
- papill/o
- nipple
- -centesis
- surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
- kary/o
- nucleus
- tachy-
- fast, rapid
- kyph/o
- hump
- arteri/o
- artery
- narc/o
- stupor
- semi-
- half
- phas/o
- speech
- hist/o
- tissue
- mening/o
- meninges
- ultra-
- beyond; excess
- kin/o
- movement
- corne/o
- cornea
- lingu/o
- tongue
- -asthenia
- weakness
- pyel/o
- renal pelvis
- gon/o
- seed
- men/o
- menstruation
- pre-
- before, in front of
- ischi/o
- ischium
- carcin/o
- cancer
- kinesi/o
- movement; motion
- hypo-
- below; incomplete; deficient
- spir/o
- breathe; breathing
- cyan/o
- blue
- oo/o
- egg; ovum
- -ostomy
- creation of an artifical opening
- radi/o
- radius (lower arm bone)
- balan/o
- glans penis
- isch/o
- deficiency; blockage
- -ac
- pertaining to
- labyrinth/o
- labyrinth
- aort/o
- aorta
- myc/o
- fungus
- -ologist
- one who studies and practices (specialist)
- salping/o
- fallopian (uterine) tube
- episi/o
- vulva
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- -morph
- form; shape
- par/o
- bear; give birth to; labor
- atel/o
- imperfect; incomplete
- lith/o
- stone; calculus
- -coccus
- berryshaped (a form bacterium)
- phak/o
- lens of the eye
- gynec/o
- woman
- lord/o
- bent forward
- ad-
- to;toward
- irid/o
- iris
- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- jejun/o
- jejunum
- dia-
- thorough; complete
- pub/o
- pubis
- electr/o
- electricity, electrical activity
- lamin/o
- lamina (think; flat plate or layer)
- cata-
- down
- spondyl/o
- vertebra; spinal or vertebral column
- cervic/o
- cervix
- metr/o
- uterus
- exo-
- outside; outward
- lip/o
- fat
- emmetr/o
- a normal measues
- macr/o
- abnormal largeness
- dys-
- difficult; labored; painful; abnormal
- later/o
- side
- chrom/o
- color
- mastoid/o
- mastoid
- -meter
- instrument used to measure
- pod/o
- foot
- calc/o
- calcium
- laryng/o
- larynx
- -oma
- tumor; swelling
- peritone/o
- peritoneum
- hem/o
- blood
- myelon/o
- bone marrow
- hemi-
- half
- physi/o
- nature
- arthr/o
- joint
- mandibul/o
- mandible (lower jawbone)
- -desis
- surgical fixation; fusion
- orth/o
- straight
- bil/o
- bile
- onc/o
- tumor
- -ar
- pertaining to
- humer/o
- humerus (upper arm bone)
- gloss/o
- tongue
- nat/o
- birth
- endo-
- within
- mast/o
- breast
- dur/o
- hard; dura mater
- lacrim/o
- tear duct, tear
- orrhexis
- rupture
- tars/o
- tarsals (ankle bones)
- heter/o
- other
- sphygm/o
- pulse
- -crit
- to separate
- lymph/o
- lymph
- ganglion/o
- ganglion
- vagin/o
- vagina
- per-
- through
- phot/o
- light
- dis-
- to undo; free from
- clavic/o
- clavicle (collarbone)
- -pepsia
- digestion
- onych/o
- nail
- algesi/o
- pain
- axill/o
- armpit
- -esis
- condition
- myel/o
- bone marrow; spinal cord
- hepat/o
- liver
- ven/o
- vein
- an-
- wihtout or absence of
- is/o
- equal; same
- glyc/o
- sugar
- cyes/o
- pregnancy
- -apheresis
- removal
- ichthy/o
- fish
- aer/o
- air; gas
- poly-
- many; much
- ocul/o
- eye
- disk/o
- intervertebral disk
- valvul/o
- valve
- anti-
- against
- ox/o
- oxygen
- amnion/o
- amnion
- amni/o
- amnion
- eso-
- inward
- mon/o
- one
- -capina
- carbon dioxide
- aur/o
- ear
- -orrhaphy
- suturing; repairing
- sept/o
- septum
- hypn/o
- sleep
- caud/o
- tail; toward the lower part of the body
- -ia
- condition of diseased; abnormal state
- oophor/o
- ovary
- diaphor/o
- sweat
- stomat/o
- mouth
- brady-
- slow
- radic/o
- nerve root
- conjunctiv/o
- conjunctiva
- ather/o
- yellowish; fatty plaque
- -eal
- pertaining to
- ment/o
- mind