Medical Terminology class
Terms
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- gloss/o
- tongue
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -itis
- inflammation
- bi-
- two
- lingu/o
- tongue
- -al
- pertaining to
- sub-
- under
- arthr/o
- joint
- gastr/o
- stomach
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- ot/o
- ear
- rhin/o
- nose
- -algia
- pain
- -tomy
- incision
- -scope
- instrument to view
- -logy
- the study of
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -icle
- small, tiny
- cut/o
- skin
- -is
- structure, thing
- hypo-
- under, below
- derm/o
- skin
- -ole
- small, tiny
- arteri/o
- artery
- -ule
- small, tiny
- ven/o
- vein
- -um
- structure, thing, membrane
- endo-
- within
- cardi/o
- heart
- -ac
- pertaining to
- cervic/o
- neck
- -ar
- pertaining to
- valvul/o
- valve
- coron/o
- heart, crown
- -eal
- pertaining to
- esophag/o
- esophagus
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ous
- pertaining to
- cephal/o
- head
- -cele
- herniation
- cyst/o
- bladder, sac
- -emia
- blood condition
- hyper-
- excessive, above
- lipid/o
- fats
- -ia
- condition
- a-
- without
- enter/o
- small intestine
- -malacia
- softening
- chrondr/o
- cartilage
- -megaly
- enlargement
- splen/o
- spleen
- -oma
- tumor, mass
- oste/o
- bone
- -osis
- abnormal condition
- necr/o
- dead, death
- -pathy
- disease process
- -ptosis
- prolapse, drooping, sagging
- hyster/o
- uterus
- -rrhage, rrhagia
- bursting forth
- hem/o
- blood
- -rrhea
- discharge, flow
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- -stenosis
- narrowing
- trache/o
- trachea, windpipe
- -graphy
- process of recording
- mamm/o
- breast
- -metry
- process of measurement
- spir/o
- breathing
- -opsy
- process of viewing
- bi/o
- living, life
- -scopy
- process of viewing
- duoden/o
- duodenum
- -ectomy
- removal, resection
- tonsill/o
- tonsil
- -rraphy
- suture
- -stomy
- new opening
- col/o
- colon, large intestine
- -tripsy
- crushing
- lith/o
- stone
- -graph
- instrument to record
- electr/o
- electricity
- -meter
- instrument to measure
- therm/o
- temperature, heat
- -tome
- instrument to cut
- -tripter
- machine to crush
- -trite
- instrument to crush
- -er
- one who
- -poly
- many
- somn/o
- sleep
- -iatrician
- one who specializes in treatment
- ped/o
- children
- -iatrics
- treatment
- -iatrist
- one who specializes in treatment
- psych/o
- mind
- -iatry
- process of treatment
- -ist
- one who specializes
- dent/i
- teeth
- -logist
- one who specializes in the study of
- neo-
- new
- nat/o
- born, birth
- pne/o
- breathing
- an-
- no, not, without
- ante-
- forward, in front of, before
- vers/o
- turning
- anti-
- against
- bacteri/o
- bacteria
- dys-
- abnormal, difficult, bad
- -trophy
- process of nourishment
- endo-, end-
- within
- epi-
- above, upon
- glyc/o
- sugar
- inter-
- between
- vertebr/o
- vertebra, backbone
- intra-
- within
- muscul/o
- skin
- par-
- near
- para-
- abnormal
- phil/o
- attraction
- per-
- through
- cutane/o
- skin
- peri-
- surrounding, around
- neur/o
- nerve
- post-
- after, behind
- pre-
- before, in front of
- trans-
- through, across
- hepat/o
- liver
- urethr/o
- urethra