Anatomy & Physiology

Front 1

•ante-
•ante/partum

Back 1

•before, in front of, ahead of.
•before labor or childbirth

Front 2

• -asis
• chole/lithi/asis

Back 2

• condition of
• condition of stones in the gallbladder.

Front 3

• angi-
• angio/pathy

Back 3

• vessel
• disease of vessels

Front 4

• append-
• append/ectomy

Back 4

• appendix
• surgical removal of the appendix

Front 5

• ankyl-
• ankyl/osis

Back 5

• crooked, looped, fixed, immovable
• stiffness or fixation of a joint.

Front 6

• alges-
• algesi/meter

Back 6

• pain
• instrument for measuring pain.

Front 7

• an-
• ano/scope

Back 7

• anus (opening to rectum)
• an instrument for examining the anus & rectum

Front 8

• -ac, - ic
• cardi/ac

Back 8

• pertaining to
• pertaining to the heart

Front 9

• audi-
• audio/meter

Back 9

• sound, hearing
• an instrument to measure sound or hearing

Front 10

• algia-
• my/ algia

Back 10

• pain
• muscle pain

Front 11

• alba-, albi-
• albi/no

Back 11

• white
• an organism deficient in pigment, white

Front 12

• aden-
• adeno/cele

Back 12

• gland, glandular
• a tumor of a gland

Front 13

• aer-
• aero/cele

Back 13

• air
• a cavity or pouch swollen with gas or air

Front 14

• a-, an-
• a/pnea

Back 14

• without, lack of
• without or lack of breathing

Front 15

• aur-
• aur/al

Back 15

• ear
• pertaining to the ear

Front 16

• adren-
• adreno/pathy

Back 16

• adrenal gland
• disease of the adrenal gland

Front 17

• arter-
• arterio/gram

Back 17

• artery
• tracing or picture of the arteries.

Front 18

• auto-
• auto/phobia

Back 18

• self
• a fear of being by oneself or alone

Front 19

• bi-
• bi/lateral

Back 19

• twice, double, both
• two sides

Front 20

• arthr-
• arthr/itis

Back 20

•joint
• inflammation of a joint

Front 21

• -al
• neur/al

Back 21

• like, similar, pertaining to
• pertaining to a nerve

Front 22

• anti-
• anti/bacterial

Back 22

• against
• against bacteria

Front 23

• ab-
• ab/duct

Back 23

• from, away
• to move away from the body

Front 24

• ambi-
• ambi/lateral

Back 24

• both, both sides
• both sides

Front 25

• ad-
• ad/duct

Back 25

• to, toward, near
• to move towards the body

Front 26

• bio-
• bio/logy

Back 26

• life
• the study of science life

Front 27

• acr-
• acro/cyan/osis

Back 27

• extremities (arms & legs)
• condition of blueness of the extremities

Front 28

• ather-
• athero/sclerosis

Back 28

• fatty, lipids
• a fatty hardening

Front 29

• -asthenia
• my/asthenia

Back 29

• weakness, lack of strength
• weakness in a muscle

Front 30

• -ase
• peptid/ase

Back 30

• enzyme
• an enzyme that aids in the digestion of proteins

Front 31

• -blast
• hemo/cyto/blast

Back 31

• germ/embryonic cell
• an embryonic or stem cell for blood cells

Front 32

• blephar-
• blepharo/plasty

Back 32

• eyelid
• plastic surgery on an eyelid

Front 33

• brachi-
• brachi/algia

Back 33

• arm
• arm pain

Front 34

• brachy-
• brachy/dactyl/ic

Back 34

• short
• condition of having short fingers

Front 35

• brady-
• brady/cardia

Back 35

• slow
• slow heart

Front 36

• bronch-
• bronch/itis

Back 36

• air tubes in lungs
• inflammation of the air tubes in the lungs

Front 37

• bucc-
• bucco/lingu/al

Back 37

• cheek
• pertaining to the cheek & tongue

Front 38

• calc-
• calcul/osis

Back 38

• stone
• condition of having a stone

Front 39

• carcin-
• carcin/oma

Back 39

• cancer, malignancy
• cancerous tumor

Front 40

• cardi-
• cardi/ologist

Back 40

• pertaining to the heart
• physician who studies & treats heart disease.

Front 41

• chrom-
• chromato/meter

Back 41

•color
•an instrument for measuring color

Front 42

• circum-
• circum/duction

Back 42

• around, about
• movement in circular motion

Front 43

• carp-
• carp/itis

Back 43

• wrist
• inflammation of the wrist

Front 44

• -cele, -coele
• meningo/cele

Back 44

• swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia
• swelling or tumor of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord.

Front 45

• cent-
• centi/meter

Back 45

• one hundred
• hundred part of a meter (unit of measurement)

Front 46

• -centesis
• thora/centesis

Back 46

• surgical puncture to remove fluid.
• surgical puncture to remove fluid from chest

Front 47

• cephal-
• cephal/algia

Back 47

• head, pertaining to head
• pain in the head, headache

Front 48

• cerebro-
• cerebro/spin/al

Back 48

• brain
• pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

Front 49

• cerv-
• cervio/facial

Back 49

• neck, neck of uterus
• relating to the neck & face

Front 50

• cheil-
• cheilo/plasty

Back 50

• lip
• plastic surgery to repair lip defects

Front 51

• chem-
• chemo/therapy

Back 51

• drug, chemical
• treatment with drugs or chemicals

Front 52

• chlor-
• chlor/opsia

Back 52

• green
• a visual defect in which all object appear green

Front 53

• chol-
• chole/cyst/ic

Back 53

• bile, gallbladder
• pertaining to the gallbladder or bag

Front 54

• chond-
• chondr/itis

Back 54

• cartilage
• inflammation of cartilage

Front 55

• -cide
• germi/cide

Back 55

• causing death
•causing death to germs

Front 56

• -cise
• ex/cise

Back 56

• cut
• cut out

Front 57

• co-
• co/chromato/graphy

Back 57

• with, together
• identifying a substance by comparing color hues with a known substance.

Front 58

• -coccus
• strepto/coccus

Back 58

• round
•round germ causing strep infection

Front 59

• col-
• col/ostomy

Back 59

• colon, bowel, large intestine
• creating an opening into the colon or large intestine.

Front 60

• colp-
• colp/orrhaphy

Back 60

• vagina
• surgical repair of the vaginal wall

Front 61

• contra-
• contra/ stimulant

Back 61

• against, counter
• against a stimulant

Front 62

• cost-
• cost/ectomy

Back 62

• rib
• surgical removal of a rib

Front 63

• crani-
• crani/otomy

Back 63

• pertaining to the skull
• cutting into the skull

Front 64

• -crine
• exo/crine

Back 64

• secrete
• secrete outside of

Front 65

• cryo-
• cryo/therapy

Back 65

• cold
•treatment with cold

Front 66

• crypt-
• crypto/genic

Back 66

• hidden, obscure
• obscure or unknown orgin

Front 67

• cut-
• cutane/ous

Back 67

• skin
• pertaining to the skin

Front 68

• cyan-
• cyan/osis

Back 68

• blue
• condition of blueness

Front 69

• cyst-
• cyst/itis

Back 69

• bladder, bag, sac
• inflammation of the bladder

Front 70

• cyt-
• cyt/ology

Back 70

• cell
• study of cells

Front 71

• dacry-
• dacryo/cyst/itis

Back 71

• tear duct, tear
• inflammation of the lacrimal (tear duct) sac

Front 72

• dactyl-
• dactyl/oscopy

Back 72

• finger, toe
•the scientific study of fingerprints

Front 73

• dec-
•deci/meter

Back 73

• ten
• tenth part of a meter (unit of measurement)

Front 74

• dent-
• dent/al

Back 74

• tooth
•pertaining to teeth

Front 75

• derm-
• dermat/itis

Back 75

• pertaining to skin
• inflammation of the skin

Front 76

• -desis
• arthro/desis

Back 76

• surgical union or fixation
• surgical immobilization of a joint to allow the bones to grow together

Front 77

• dextr-
• dextro/ocular

Back 77

• to the right
• right eye

Front 78

• di-
• diplo/coccus

Back 78

• double, twice
• two round circles

Front 79

• dia-
• dia/dermal

Back 79

• through, between, part
• cutting through the skin

Front 80

• dis-
• dis/infect

Back 80

• separation, away from
• to separate or free from infection

Front 81

• dors-
• dors/al

Back 81

• to the back, back
• pertaining to the back

Front 82

• duoden-
• duoden/ectomy

Back 82

• duodenum
• surgical removal of all or part of the duodenum

Front 83

• dys-
• dys/uria

Back 83

• difficult, painful, bad
• difficult or painful urination

Front 84

• e-
• e/dentu/lous

Back 84

• without
• condition of being without teeth

Front 85

• ec-
• ecto/genous

Back 85

• outside, external
• capable of developing away from the host.

Front 86

• -ectasis
• bronchi/ectasis

Back 86

• expansion, dilation, stretching
• dilation or expansion of air tubes in lungs.

Front 87

• -ectomy
• tonsil/ectomy

Back 87

• surgical removal of
• surgical removal of the tonsils

Front 88

• electr-
• electro/cardio/gram

Back 88

• electrical
• recording of electrical activity in the heart

Front 89

• -emesis
• hemat/emesis

Back 89

• vomit
• vomiting blood

Front 90

• -emia
• glyc/emia

Back 90

• blood
• sugar in blood

Front 91

• encephal-
• encephal/itis

Back 91

• brain
• inflammation of the brain

Front 92

• endo-
• endo/crine

Back 92

• within, innermost
• secrete within

Front 93

• enter-
• enter/itis

Back 93

• intestine
• inflammation of the intestines

Front 94

• epi-
• epi/gastric

Back 94

• upon, upper, over
• above the stomach

Front 95

• erythro-
• erythro/cyte

Back 95

• red
• red (blood) cell

Front 96

• -esis
• par/esis

Back 96

• condition of
• condition of paralysis

Front 97

• -esthesia
• an/esthesia

Back 97

• sensation, perception, feel
• without feeling

Front 98

• eu-
• eu/pnea

Back 98

• well, easy, normal
• normal respiration or breathing

Front 99

• ex-
• exo/path/ic

Back 99

• outside of, beyond
• disease that originates outside the body

Front 100

• faci-
• facio/plegia

Back 100

• face
• paralysis of the face

Front 101

• -fascia
• myo/fascial

Back 101

• fibrous brand
• muscle fiber

Front 102

• fibr-
• fibr/oma

Back 102

• fiber, connective tissue
• tumor of fibrous tissue

Front 103

• fore-
• fore/arm

Back 103

• in front of
• the front part of the arm

Front 104

• -form
•uni/form

Back 104

• having the form of, shape
• one shape or form

Front 105

• -fuge
• centri/fuge

Back 105

• driving away, expelling
• driving away from the center

Front 106

• galacto-
• galact/orrhea

Back 106

• milk, galactose (milk & sugar)
• flow of milk

Front 107

• gast-
• gastr/itis

Back 107

• stomach
• inflammation of the stomach

Front 108

• -genesis
• fibro/genesis

Back 108

• development, production, creation
• the development of fibrous tissue

Front 109

• -genetic, -genic
• cyto/genic

Back 109

• origin, producing, causing
• origin of cells

Front 110

• genito-
• genito/urinary

Back 110

• Organs of reproduction
• organs of reproduction and urinary systems

Front 111

• -genous
• exo/genous

Back 111

• kind, type
• outside kind or type

Front 112

• geront-
• geront/ology

Back 112

• old age, elderly
• study of the eldery

Front 113

• gingiv
• gingiv/itis

Back 113

• gums, gingiva
• inflammation of the gums

Front 114

• gloss-
• glosso/graph

Back 114

• tongue
• instrument for recording movements of the tongue

Front 115

• gluc-
• gluco/lipid

Back 115

• sweetness, sugar, glucose
• sugar fat

Front 116

• gly-
• glyc/emia

Back 116

• sugar
• sugar in blood

Front 117

• -gram
• electro/cardio/gram

Back 117

• tracing, picture, record
• tracing of the electrical activity in the heart.

Front 118

• -graph
• electro/cardio/graph

Back 118

• diagram x instrument for recording
• instrument for recording electrical activity in the heart

Front 119

• gyn-
• gynec/ology

Back 119

• woman, female
• the study of women

Front 120

• hem-
• hemat/ology

Back 120

• blood
• study of blood

Front 121

• hemi-
• hemi/plegia

Back 121

• half
• paralysis on half of the body

Front 122

• hepat-
• hepat/itis

Back 122

• liver
• inflammation of the liver

Front 123

• herni-
• hernio/plasty

Back 123

• rupture
• surgical repair of a rupture

Front 124

• hetero-
• hetero/genous

Back 124

• other, unlike, different
• different kind or type

Front 125

• hist-
• hist/ologist

Back 125

• tissue
• person who studies tissue

Front 126

• hom-
• homeo/stasis

Back 126

• same, like
• maintaining a constant level

Front 127

• hydro-
• hydro/therapy

Back 127

• water
• water treatment

Front 128

•hyper-
• hyper/tension

Back 128

• excessive, high, over, increased, more than normal
• high blood pressure

Front 129

• hypno-
• hypno/sis

Back 129

• sleep
•process of sleep

Front 130

•hypo-
• hypo/tension

Back 130

• decreased, deficient, low, under, less than normal
• low blood pressure

Front 131

• hyster-
• hyster/ectomy

Back 131

• uterus
• surgical removal of the uterus

Front 132

• -ia, -iasis
• pneunom/ia

Back 132

• condition of, abnormal/pathological state
• abnormal condition of the lung

Front 133

• -ic, -ac
• thorac/ic

Back 133

• pertaining to
• pertaining to the chest

Front 134

• idio-
• idio/pathic

Back 134

• peculiar to an individual, self - originating
• disease arising by itself or from an unknown cause

Front 135

• ile-
• ileo/stomy

Back 135

• ileum
• creating an artificial opening into the ileum.

Front 136

• infra-
• infra/sonic

Back 136

• beneath, below
• sound waves below thw frequency of the human ear.

Front 137

• inter-
• inter/costal

Back 137

• between among
• between the ribs

Front 138

• intra-
• intra/ven/ous

Back 138

• within, into, inside
•into a vein

Front 139

• -ism
• albin/ism

Back 139

• condition, theory, state of being
• condition of being white

Front 140

• iso-
• iso/chromatic

Back 140

• equal, alike, same
• constant or same color

Front 141

• -itis
• pharyng/itis

Back 141

• inflammation, inflammation of
• inflammation of the heart

Front 142

• kerat-
• kerato/meter

Back 142

• cornea of the eye
• instrument to measure the curvature of the cornea.

Front 143

• -kinesis, -kinetic
• dys/kinetic

Back 143

• motion
• difficult movement

Front 144

• labi-
• labio/lingual

Back 144

• lip
• pertaining to the lips and tongue

Front 145

• lacrima-
• lacrima/tion

Back 145

• tears
• secretion of tears

Front 146

• lact-
• lacto/genesis

Back 146

• milk
• production of milk

Front 147

• lapar-
• lapar/otomy

Back 147

• abdomen, abdominal wall
• cutting into the abdomen

Front 148

• laryng
• laryng/itis

Back 148

• larynx (voicebox)
• inflammation of the voicebox

Front 149

• latero-
• ambi/lateral

Back 149

• side
• both sides

Front 150

• -lepsy
• narco/lepsy

Back 150

• seizure, convulsion
• sleep seizure

Front 151

• leuco-, leuko
• leuko/cyte

Back 151

• white
• white (blood) cell

Front 152

• lingu-
• lingu/al

Back 152

• tongue
• pertaining to the tongue

Front 153

• lip
• lipo/cyte

Back 153

• fat, lipids
• fat cell

Front 154

• lith-
• litho/tripsy

Back 154

• stone, calculus
• crushing a stone

Front 155

• -logy
• bio/logy

Back 155

• study of, science of
• study or science of

Front 156

• lymph-
• lymph/oma

Back 156

• lymph tissue
• tumor of lymph tissue

Front 157

• -lys
• thrombo/lysis

Back 157

• destruction, dissolving of
• destruction or dissolving of clots

Front 158

• macro-
• macro/cyte

Back 158

• large
• large cell

Front 159

• mal-
• mal/nutrition

Back 159

• bad, abnormal, disordered, poor
• poor nutrition

Front 160

• malac-
• malac/ia

Back 160

• softening of a tissue
• tissue softening

Front 161

• mamm-
• mammo/gram

Back 161

• breast, mammary glands
• radiographic (X-ray) image of the breast.

Front 162

• -mania
• pyro/mania

Back 162

• insanity, mental disorder
• individual with the insane desire to start fires

Front 163

• mast-
• masto/pathy

Back 163

• breast
• disorder of the breast

Front 164

• med-
• medio/carpal

Back 164

• middle, midline
• in the middle of or between the two rows of carpals (wrist bones)

Front 165

• -megaly, mega-
• cardio/megaly

Back 165

• large, enlarged
• enlarged heart

Front 166

• melan-
• melan/oma

Back 166

• black
• black cancer

Front 167

• mening-
• mening/itis

Back 167

• membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
• inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord

Front 168

• meno-
• meno/rrhea

Back 168

• monthly, menstruation monthly flow or discharge
•

Front 169

• mes-
• meso/cephal/ic

Back 169

• middle, midline
• condition of having a head of medium proportions

Front 170

• -meter
• urino/meter

Back 170

• measuring instrument, measure
• instrument to measure urine

Front 171

• -metry
• audio/metry

Back 171

• measurement
• measurement of hearing activity

Front 172

• micro-
• micro/scope

Back 172

• small
• instrument to examine small things

Front 173

• mono-
• mono/cyte

Back 173

• one, single
• single cell

Front 174

• -mortem
• post/mortem

Back 174

• death
• after death

Front 175

• muc-
• muco/static

Back 175

• mucus, secretion of mucous
• stopping the secretion of mucus

Front 176

• multi-
• multi/para

Back 176

• many, much, a large amount
• woman who has borne more than one child.

Front 177

• my-
• my/algia

Back 177

• muscle
• muscle pain

Front 178

• myc-
• myco/cide

Back 178

• fungus
• substance that kills fungus

Front 179

• myel-
• myelo/blast

Back 179

• bone marrow, spinal cord
• bone marrow cell

Front 180

• myring-
• myring/otomy

Back 180

• eardrum, tympanic membrane
• cutting into the eardrum

Front 181

• narc-
• narco/lepsy

Back 181

• sleep, numb, stupor
• sleep seizure

Front 182

• nas-
• nas/al

Back 182

• nose
• pertaining to the nose

Front 183

• -natal
• pre/natal

Back 183

• birth
• before birth

Front 184

• necr-
• necr/osis

Back 184

• death
• condition or process of death

Front 185

• neo-
• neo/natal

Back 185

• new
• newborn (infant)

Front 186

• neph-
• nephro/lith

Back 186

• kidney
• kidney stone

Front 187

• neur-
• neur/algia

Back 187

• nerve, nervous system
• nerve pain

Front 188

• noct-
• noct/uria

Back 188

• night, at night
• urination at night

Front 189

• non-
• non/toxic

Back 189

• no, none
• not poison

Front 190

• ocul-
• oculo/graph

Back 190

• eye
• machine to measure eye (movement)

Front 191

• odont-
• odont/algia

Back 191

• tooth
• pain in a tooth, toothache

Front 192

• olig-
• olig/uria

Back 192

• few, less than normal, small
• less than normal (amounts of) urine

Front 193

• -ologist
• radi/ologist

Back 193

• person who does/studies
• person who studies radiographs

Front 194

• -ology
• hemat/ology

Back 194

• study of, science of
• study of blood

Front 195

• -oma
• carcin/oma

Back 195

• tumor, a swelling
• cancerous tumor

Front 196

• onco-
• oncol/ogist

Back 196

• mass, bulk, tumor
• physician who studies cancer

Front 197

• oophor-
• oophor/ectomy

Back 197

• ovary, female egg cell
• surgical removal of ovaries

Front 198

• ophthalm-
• ophthalmo/scope

Back 198

• eye
• instrument for measuring the eye

Front 199

• -opia
• dipl/opia

Back 199

• vision
• double vision

Front 200

• -opsy
• aut/opia

Back 200

• to view
• view internal organs of a dead person

Front 201

• opt-
• optic/al

Back 201

• vision, eye
• pertaining to the eye

Front 202

• or-
• or/al

Back 202

• mouth
• pertaining to the mouth

Front 203

• orch-
• orch/itis

Back 203

• testicles, testes
• inflammation of a testis

Front 204

• -orrhea
• rhin/orrhea

Back 204

• flow, discharge
• flow or discharge from the nose

Front 205

• orth-
• ortho/dontics

Back 205

• normal straight
• branch of dentistry involved with aligning or straightening teeth

Front 206

• ost-
• osteo/genesis

Back 206

• bone
• formation of bone

Front 207

• -oscopy
• colon/oscopy

Back 207

• diagnostic examination
•diagnostic examination of the colon or large intestine

Front 208

• -osis
• necr/osis

Back 208

• condition, state, process
• condition or process of death

Front 209

• ot-
• oto/scope

Back 209

• ear
• instrument for examining the ear

Front 210

• -otic
• leuko/cyt/otic

Back 210

• pertaining to a condition
• condition of white blood cell

Front 211

• -otomy
• crani/otomy

Back 211

• cutting into
• cutting into the skull

Front 212

• -ous

• ven/ous

Back 212

• full of, containing, pertaining to, condition

• pertaining to a vein

Front 213

• -ovi, ovario-

• ovari/ectomy

Back 213

• egg, female sex gland, ovary

• surgical removal of an ovary

Front 214

• pan-

• pan/ater/itis

Back 214

• all, complete, entire

• inflammation of all layers of an artery

Front 215

• pancreat-

• pancreat/itis

Back 215

• pancreas

• inflammation of the pancreas

Front 216

• para-

• para/plegia

Back 216

• near, beside, beyond, abnormal,lower half of the body

• paralysis of the lower half of the body

Front 217

• -paresis

• hemi/paresis

Back 217

• paralysis

• paralysis on one side of the body

Front 218

• -partum

• post/partum

Back 218

• birth, labor

• after birth

Front 219

• path-

• path/ology

Back 219

• disease, abnormal condition

• study if disease

Front 220

• ped-

• pedia/tric

Back 220

• child

• pertaining to children

Front 221

• -penia

• erythro/cyto/penia

Back 221

• lack of, abnormal reduction in number, deficiency

• deficiency of red blood cells

Front 222

• pent-

• penta/dactyl

Back 222

• five

• having five digits

Front 223

• -pepsia, -pepsis

• dys/pepsia

Back 223

• digestion

• difficult digestion

Front 224

• per-

• per/axillary

Back 224

• through, by, excessive

• through the axilla or armpit

Front 225

• peri-

• peri/cardi/al

Back 225

• around

• pertaining to the area around the heart

Front 226

• -pexy

• gastro/pexy

Back 226

• fixation

• surgical operation a in which the stomach is sutured or fixed to thw abdominal wall

Front 227

• phag-

• phago/cyt/osis

Back 227

• eat, ingest

• process of cells engulfing and destroying microorganisms

Front 228

• -phage, -phagia

• dys/ phagia

Back 228

• to eat, consume, swallow

• difficult or painful swallowing

Front 229

• pharyng-

• pharyng/itis

Back 229

• pharynx, throat

• inflammation of the throat or pharynx

Front 230

• -phas, -phasia

• a/phasia

Back 230

• speech

• without speech

Front 231

• -philia, -philic

•

Back 231

• affinity for, attracted to

• attracted to or unusual interest in death

Front 232

• phleb-

• phleb/otomy

Back 232

• vein

• cutting into a vein

Front 233

• -phobia

• hydro/phobia

Back 233

• fear

• fear of water

Front 234

• phon-

• phon/asthenia

Back 234

• sound, voice

• weakness or hoarseness of the voice

Front 235

• -phylaxis

• pro/phylaxis

Back 235

• protection, prevention

• for prevention

Front 236

• -plasty

• chondro/plasty

Back 236

• surgical correction or repair

• surgical repair of cartilage

Front 237

• -plegia

• hemi/plegia

Back 237

• paralysis

• paralysis of half the body

Front 238

• pleuro-

• pleur/itis

Back 238

• side, rib

• inflammation of the pleural membranes lining the side of the thorax

Front 239

• -pnea

• a/pnea

Back 239

• breathing

• without breathing

Front 240

• pneum-

• pneumon/ectomy

Back 240

• lung, pertaining to the lungs, air

• surgical removal of a lung

Front 241

• pod-

• pod/algia

Back 241

• foot

• foot pain

Front 242

• poly-

• poly/uria

Back 242

• many, much

• much urine

Front 243

• post-

• post/operative

Back 243

• after, behind

• after an operation

Front 244

• pre-

• pre/operative

Back 244

• before, in front of

• before an operation

Front 245

• pro-

• pro/cephalic

Back 245

• in front of, forward

• in front of the head

Front 246

• proct-

• procto/scope

Back 246

• rectum, rectal, anus

• instrument for examining the rectum

Front 247

• pseudo-

• pseudo/appendic/itis

Back 247

• false

• false inflammation of the appendix

Front 248

• psych-

• psych/ology

Back 248

• pertaining to the mind

• study of the mind

Front 249

• -ptosis

• visero/ptosis

Back 249

• drooping down, sagging, downward displacement

• drooping down or displacement of internal organs

Front 250

• pulmon-

• pulmon/ary

Back 250

• lung

• pertaining to the lung

Front 251

• py-

• pyo/genic

Back 251

• pus

• producing pus

Front 252

• pyel-

• pyelo/lith/otomy

Back 252

• renal pelvis of kidney

• surgical incision of the renal pelvis to remove a stone

Front 253

• pyr-

• pyro/genic

Back 253

• heat, fever

• produced by a fever

Front 254

• quad-

• quadra/plegia

Back 254

• four

• paralysis of four extremeities

Front 255

• radi-

• radi/ologist

Back 255

• radiograph, radiation

• person who studies radiographs

Front 256

• rect-

• recto/cele

Back 256

• rectum

• rupture of the rectum

Front 257

• ren-

• ren/al

Back 257

• kidney

• pertaining to the kidney

Front 258

• retro-

• retro/lingual

Back 258

• backward, in back, behind

• occurring behind or near the base of the tongue

Front 259

• rhin-

• rhino/plasty

Back 259

• nose, pertaining to the nose

• surgical correction of the nose

Front 260

• -rraphy

• angio/rraphy

Back 260

• suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect

• sewing a gap or defect in a vessel

Front 261

• -rrhagia

• rhino/plasty

Back 261

• Sudden or excessive flow

• sudden flow from the nose

Front 262

• -rrhea

• meno/rrhea

Back 262

• flow, discharge

• monthly flow or discharge

Front 263

• -rrhexis

• hystero/rrhexis

Back 263

• rupture of, bursting

• rupture of the uterus

Front 264

• salping-

• salping/ectomy

Back 264

• tube, fallopian tube

• surgical removal of a fallopian tube

Front 265

• sanguin-

• sanguino/purulant

Back 265

• blood

• containing blood and pus

Front 266

• sarc-

• sarc/oma

Back 266

• malignant connective tissue

• cancerous tumor of connective tissue

Front 267

• -sarcoma

• adeno/sarcoma

Back 267

• tumor, cancer

• cancerous tumor of a gland

Front 268

• scler-

• sclero/derma

Back 268

• hardening

• thickening or hardening of the skin

Front 269

• -scope

• oto/scope

Back 269

• examining instrument

• instrument for examining the ear

Front 270

• -scopy

• procto/scopy

Back 270

• observation

• examination of the rectum

Front 271

• -sect

• bi/sect

Back 271

• cut

• to cut into parts

Front 272

• semi-

• semi/cartilagin/ous

Back 272

• half, part

• partly of the cartilage

Front 273

• sep-

• septic/emia

Back 273

• poison, rot, infection

• blood infection

Front 274

• sinistr-

• sinistr/ocular

Back 274

• left

• left eye

Front 275

• soma-

• somato/genic

Back 275

• body

• originating in the body

Front 276

• son-

• sono/gram

Back 276

• sound

• an image produced by sound waves

Front 277

• -spasm

• myo/spasm

Back 277

• involuntary contraction

• contraction of muscle

Front 278

• sperm-

• spremat/uria

Back 278

• spermatoza, male germ (sex) cell

• discharge of sperm in the urine

Front 279

• splen-

• spleno/megaly

Back 279

• spleen

• abnormal enlargement of the spleen

Front 280

• -stasis

• homeo/stasis

Back 280

• stoppage, maintaining a constant level

• maintaining the same constant level

Front 281

• steno-

• steno/sis

Back 281

• contracted, narrow

• contraction of narrowing

Front 282

• stern-

• sterno/cost/al

Back 282

• sternum, breast bone

• pertaining to the ribs and breast bone

Front 283

• stoma-

• stomat/ology

Back 283

• mouth

• scientific study of the mouth and it's disorders

Front 284

• -stomy

• colo/stomy

Back 284

• artificial opening

• creating an opening into the colon or large intestines

Front 285

• sub-

• sub/lingual

Back 285

• less, under, below

• under the tongue

Front 286

• sup-

• supra/thorac/ic

Back 286

• above, upon, over, higher, on posistion

• pertaining to the area in the upper part of the chest

Front 287

• sym-, syn-

• syn/dactyl

Back 287

• joined, fused, together

• two or more digits joined together

Front 288

• tach-

• tachy/cardia

Back 288

• rapid, fast

• fast or rapid heart

Front 289

• ten-

• tendon/itis

Back 289

• tendon

• inflammation of the tendon

Front 290

• tetra-

• tetra/paresis

Back 290

• four

• weakness or paralysis of all four limbs

Front 291

• -therapy

• chemo/therapy

Back 291

• treatment

• treatment with drugs or chemicals.

Front 292

• threm-

• threm/algesia

Back 292

• heat

• sensitive to heat

Front 293

• thorac-

• thorac/otomy

Back 293

• thorax, chest

• cutting into the chest

Front 294

• thromb-

• thrombo/lysis

Back 294

• clot, thrombus

• dissolving or destruction of clots.