Section II/English>Medical Terminology (Glossary of Words)
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- abdomen
- abdomin/o (use with -al, -centesis)
- abnormal
- -osis
- condition
- -ation, -ia, ism, -osis, -sis, -y
- above
- epi-, hyper
- across
- trans
- adrenal gland
- adren/o
- after
- post
- against
- anti
- air
- pneum/o
- air sac
- alveol/o
- along the side of
- para
- alveolus
- alveol/o
- amnion
- amni/o
- anus
- an/o
- anus and rectum
- proct/o
- apart
- ana
- appendix
- append/o (use with -ectomy)
- armpit
- axill/o
- artery
- arteri/o
- attraction to
- -philia
- away from
- ab
- backbone
- spin/o (use with -al)
- bacteria (berry- shaped)
- -coccus (pl. -cocci)
- bad
- dys-, mal
- before
- ante-, pre-, pro-, pros
- behind
- post-, re-, retro
- below
- hypo-, sub
- beside
- para
- between
- inter
- beyond
- meta-, ultra
- birth
- nat/i, -partum
- bladder (urinary)
- cyst/o (use with -ic, -itis, -cele, -gram, -scopy)
- blood
- hem/o (use with -cyte, -dialysis, -globin, -lysis,
- -oma,
- blood condition
- -emia
- blood vessel
- angi/o (use with -ectomy, -dysplasia, -genesis, -gram, -graphy, -oma, -plasty, -spasm)
- body
- -somatic
- bone
- oste/o
- bone marrow
- myel/o
- brain
- encephal/o
- breakdown
- -lysis, lys/o
- breast
- mamm/o (use with -ary, -gram, -graphy, -plasty)
- breast bone
- stern/o
- breathing
- -pnea
- bronchial tube
- bronch/o
- bronchiole
- bronchiol/o
- bursting forth of blood
- -rrhage, -rrhagia
- calcaneus
- calcane/o
- cancer
- carcin/o
- cancerous
- carcin/o
- capillary
- capillar/o
- care for (to)
- comi/o
- carpals
- carp/o
- cartilage
- chondr/o
- cell
- -cyte, cyt/o
- cerebellum
- cerebell/o
- cerebrum
- cerehr/o
- change
- meta
- chemical
- chem/o
- chest
- thorac/o
- child
- ped/o
- clavicle
- clavicul/o
- clot
- thromb/o
- cold
- cry/o
- collarbone
- clavicul/o
- colon
- col/o (use with -ectomy, -itis, -stomy)
- common bile duct
- choledoch/o
- complete
- dia-
- constriction
- -spasm
- control
- -stasis, -stat
- cut
- -cision, cis/o, -section, -tomy
- death
- -mortem, necr/o
- deficient
- hypo-
- destroy
- lys/o, -lysis
- development
- troph/o, -trophy
- diaphragm
- phren/0
- difficult
- dys-
- discharge
- -rrhea
- disease
- path/o, -pathy; nos/o
- drug
- chem/o
- dura mater
- dur/o
- dust
- coni/o
- dust condition
- -coniosis
- ear
- ot/o
- eardrum
- myring/o (use with -ectomy, -itis, -tomy)
- electricity
- electr/o
- endocrine gland
- endocrin/o
- endometrium
- endometr/o
- enlargement
- -megaly
- epiglottis
- epiglott/o
- esophagus
- esophag/o
- eustachian tube
- salping/o
- excessive
- hyper-
- eye
- ocul/o (use with -ar, -facial, -motor)
- fallopian tube
- salping/o, -salpinx
- fast
- tachy
- female
- gynec/o
- femur
- femor/o
- fibula
- fibul/o, perone/o
- fixation (surgical)
- -pexy
- flesh
- sarc/o
- flow
- -rrhea
- fluid
- rheumat/o
- foot bones
- metatars/o
- formation
- plas/o, -plasm, -poiesis, -genesis
- forward
- ante-, pro-, pros
- gallbladder
- cholecyst/o
- gland
- aden/o
- groin
- inguin/o
- growth
- plas/o, -plasm
- hand bones
- metacarp/o
- hardening
- -sclerosis
- head
- cephal/o
- heart
- cardi/o (use with -ac, -graphy, -logy, -logist, -megaly, -pathy, -vascular)
- heelbone
- calcane/o
- hernia
- -cele
- hip bone
- pelv/o
- hold back
- isch/o
- humerus
- humer/o
- ileum
- ile/o
- ilium
- ili/o
- in, into
- in-, en
- incision
- -tomy, -section
- infection
- sept/o, septic/o
- inflammation
- -itis
- inner
- endo
- instrument to record
- -graph
- instrument to view
- -scope
- intestines (small)
- enter/o
- joint
- arthr/o
- kidney
- nephr/o (use with -algia, -ectomy, -ic, -itis, -lith, -megaly,-oma, -osis, -pathy, -ptosis, -sclerosis, -stomy, -tomy)
- kidney (central section)
- pyel/o
- knowledge
- gnos/o
- larynx
- laryng/o
- life
- bi/o
- liver
- hepat/o
- loin
- lumb/o
- lung
- pneum/o (use with -coccus, -coniosis)
- pneumon/o
- (use with -ectomy, -ia, -ic, -itis, -pathy, -therapy, -thorax)
- lymph
- lymph/o
- lymph node
- lymphaden/o
- lymph vessel
- lymphangi/o
- mass
- -oma
- measure
- metr/o, -meter, -metry
- mediastinum
- mediastin/o
- medulla oblongata
- medull/o
- meninges
- mening/o
- menstruation
- men/o
- metacarpals
- metacarp/o
- metatarsals
- metatars/o
- midwife
- obstetr/o
- mind
- psych/o
- mouth
- or/o (use with -al)
- movement
- -motor
- muscle
- muscul/o (use with -ar, -skeletal)
- near
- para
- neck
- cervic/o
- nerve
- neur/o
- new
- neo-
- nipple
- theli/o
- no, not
- a-, an
- nose
- nas/o (use with -al)
- nourishment
- troph/o, -trophy
- old age
- ger/o
- one
- uni
- opening
- -stomy
- out, outside
- ec-, ecto-, ex-, extra.
- ovary
- oophor/o (use with -itis, -ectomy, -pexy, -plasty, -tomy)
- pain
- -algia
- painful
- dys
- pancreas
- pancreat/o
- paralysis
- -plegia
- pelvis
- pelv/o
- pelvis (renal)
- pyel/o
- penis
- balan/o
- peritoneum
- peritone/o
- pertaining to
- -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ine, -ior, -ous, -tic
- phalanges
- phalang/o
- pharynx
- pharyng/o
- pituitary gland
- hypophys/o
- place
- top/o; -stasis
- pleura
- pleur/o
- pressure
- -tension
- process
- -ation, -ism, -y
- process of cutting
- -cision, -tomy, -section
- process of recording
- -graphy
- process of viewing
- -opsy, -scopy
- produce (to)
- -gen, gen/o
- produced by
- -genic
- producing
- -genic, -genesis
- prolapse
- -ptosis
- prostate gland
- prostat/o
- puncture to remove fluid
- -centesis
- put, place
- top/o, -thesis
- radius (lower arm bone)
- radi/o
- record
- -gram
- recording (process)
- -graphy
- rectum
- rect/o
- red
- erythr/o
- repair
- -plasty
- retina
- retin/o
- rib
- cost/o
- sacrum
- sacr/o
- sagging
- -ptosis
- scapula
- scapul/o
- scrotum
- scrot/o
- secrete, secretion
- -crine, crin/o
- sensation
- esthesi/o
- separation
- -crit, -lysis
- shin bone
- tibi/o
- shoulder blade
- scapul/o
- side
- later/o
- skin
- cutane/o (use with -ous)
- skull
- crani/o
- slip (to)
- -listhesis
- slow
- brady
- small artery
- arteri/o
- small intestine
- enter/o
- sound
- son/o
- specialist
- -ist
- spinal cord
- myel/o
- spine
- spin/o
- spitting
- -ptysis
- spleen
- splen/o
- stand (to)
- -stasis
- sternum
- stern/o
- stomach
- gastr/o
- stone
- lith/o, -lith
- stop
- -stasis, -stat
- straight
- orth/o
- structure
- -um
- study of
- -logy
- sugar
- glyc/o
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
- -centesis
- surgical repair
- -plasty
- surrounding
- peri
- swelling
- -oma
- tailbone
- coccyg/o
- testicle, testis
- orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
- thigh bone
- femor/o
- throat
- pharyng/o
- three
- tri
- through
- dia-, per-, trans
- thymus gland
- thym/o
- thyroid gland
- thyr/o, thyroid/o
- tibia
- tibi/o
- time
- chron/o
- together
- con-, syn