Chapter 4- Medical Terminology

Front 1

carp/o

Back 1

wrist bones

Front 2

cih/o

Back 2

meals

Front 3

cost/o

Back 3

rib

Front 4

cutane/o

Back 4

skin

Front 5

dactyl/o

Back 5

fingers, toes

Front 6

duct/o

Back 6

to lead/ carry

Front 7

furc/o

Back 7

forking/ branching

Front 8

gloss/o

Back 8

tongue

Front 9

morph/o

Back 9

shape, form

Front 10

nat/i

Back 10

birth

Front 11

nect/o

Back 11

to bond, tie, connect

Front 12

norm/o

Back 12

rule, order

Front 13

pub/o

Back 13

anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone, pubis (pubic bone)

Front 14

seps/o

Back 14

infection

Front 15

son/o

Back 15

sound

Front 16

the/o

Back 16

to put, place

Front 17

thel/o, thelio

Back 17

nipple

Front 18

thyr/o

Back 18

thyroid gland

Front 19

top/o

Back 19

place, position, location

Front 20

-blast

Back 20

embryonic, immature

Front 21

-crine

Back 21

to secrete

Front 22

-drome

Back 22

to run

Front 23

-fusion

Back 23

coming together; to pour

Front 24

-gen

Back 24

substance that produces

Front 25

-lapse

Back 25

to slide, fall, sag

Front 26

-or

Back 26

one who

Front 27

-oxia

Back 27

oxygen

Front 28

-partum

Back 28

birth, labor

Front 29

-physis

Back 29

to grow

Front 30

-plasia

Back 30

development, formation, growth

Front 31

-plasm

Back 31

structure or formation

Front 32

-pnea

Back 32

breathing

Front 33

-ptosis

Back 33

falling, drooping, prolapse

Front 34

-stasis

Back 34

stopping, controlling

Front 35

-trophy

Back 35

development, nourishment

Front 36

ab-

Back 36

away from

Front 37

ad-

Back 37

toward

Front 38

ana-

Back 38

up, apart

Front 39

ante-

Back 39

before, forward

Front 40

brady-

Back 40

slow

Front 41

cata-

Back 41

down

Front 42

de-

Back 42

down, lack of

Front 43

dia-

Back 43

through, complete

Front 44

dys-

Back 44

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Front 45

ec-, ecto-

Back 45

out, outside

Front 46

epi-

Back 46

upon, on, above

Front 47

eu-

Back 47

good, normal

Front 48

hemi-

Back 48

half

Front 49

in-

Back 49

not or... into, within

Front 50

infra-

Back 50

beneath, under

Front 51

intra-

Back 51

in, within, into

Front 52

meta-

Back 52

beyond, change

Front 53

neo-

Back 53

new

Front 54

pan-

Back 54

all

Front 55

para-

Back 55

abnormal, beside, near

Front 56

per-

Back 56

through

Front 57

peri-

Back 57

surrounding

Front 58

pro-

Back 58

before, forward

Front 59

syn-, sym-

Back 59

together, with

Front 60

pros-

Back 60

before, forward

Front 61

re-

Back 61

back, again

Front 62

retro-

Back 62

behind, backward

Front 63

sub-

Back 63

under

Front 64

supra-

Back 64

above, upper

Front 65

tachy-

Back 65

fast

Front 66

ultra-

Back 66

beyond, excess