Med Terms For Nursing Skills

Front 1

ancath(o)

Back 1

Thorn or spine

Front 2

acous(io)

Back 2

of or relating to hearing

Front 3

acr(o)

Back 3

Extremity, topmost

Front 4

-acusis

Back 4

Hearing

Front 5

aden(o)

Back 5

Of or relating to a gland

Front 6

-aemia

Back 6

Blood condition

Front 7

aer(o)

Back 7

Air, gas

Front 8

aesthesio

Back 8

sensation

Front 9

alb-

Back 9

Denoting a white or pale color

Front 10

alge(si)

Back 10

pain

Front 11

-algia

Back 11

pain

Front 12

all(O)

Back 12

Denoting something as different or addition

Front 13

ambi-

Back 13

Denoting something as positioned on both sides: describing both of two

Front 14

Amni-

Back 14

Pertaining to membranous fetal sac

Front 15

amph(o)

Back 15

on both sides

Front 16

ana-

Back 16

back, again, up

Front 17

an-

Back 17

not without

Front 18

andro

Back 18

Pertaining to man

Front 19

an-Anus

Front 20

Angio-

Back 20

Blood vessel

Front 21

aniso

Back 21

Describing as something as unequal

Front 22

ankyl-

ancyl-

Back 22

Denoting something as crooked or bent

Front 23

ante-

Back 23

Describing something as positioned in front of another thing

Front 24

anti-

Back 24

Describing something as against or opposed to another

Front 25

apo-

Back 25

Away, seperated from, derived from

Front 26

arch-

Back 26

first, primitive

Front 27

arseno-

Back 27

Of or pertaining to male, masculane

Front 28

arthro

Back 28

joints, limbs

Front 29

articulo

Back 29

joint

Front 30

-ary

Back 30

pertaining to

Front 31

-ase

Back 31

ezyme

Front 32

-aasthenia

Back 32

Weakness

Front 33

atelo-

Back 33

imperfect or incomplete development

Front 34

athero

Back 34

fatty deposit, soft gruel- like deposit

Front 35

-ation

Back 35

process

Front 36

atrio-

Back 36

Atrium

Front 37

aur(i)

Back 37

of or pertaining to the ear

Front 38

auto-

Back 38

self

Front 39

auxo-

Back 39

increase; growth

Front 40

axill-

Back 40

Pertaining to armpit

Front 41

azo(to)

Back 41

Nitrogenous compound

Front 42

Balano-

Back 42

of the glans penis, or glans slitoridis

Front 43

blepharo-

Back 43

Of or pertaining to the eyelid

Front 44

bucco-

Back 44

of or pertaining to the cheek

Front 45

burso-

Back 45

Bursa( fluid sac between the bones)

Front 46

capill-

Back 46

of or pertaining to hair

Front 47

capit-

Back 47

pertaining to the head

Front 48

carp(o)

Back 48

wrist

Front 49

cata-

Back 49

down, under

Front 50

-cele

Back 50

pouching, hernia

Front 51

-centesis

Back 51

Surgical puncture for aspiration

Front 52

cerato-

Back 52

of or pertaining to cornu a horn

Front 53

chiro-

cheir-

Back 53

pertaining to hand

Front 54

chloro-

Back 54

green color

Front 55

chole-

Back 55

pertaining to bile

Front 56

cholecysto

Back 56

pertaining to gall bladder

Front 57

chondro

Back 57

cartilage, gristle, granule, granular

Front 58

chrom(ato)

Back 58

color

Front 59

-cidal

Back 59

killing, destroying

Front 60

cili-

Back 60

pertaining to cilia, eyelashed, eyelids

Front 61

circum-

Back 61

Denoting something as 'around' another

Front 62

cis-

Back 62

on this side

Front 63

clast

Back 63

break

Front 64

clostr-

Back 64

spindle

Front 65

co-

Back 65

with, together, in association

Front 66

col-, colo-, colono-

Back 66

Colon

Front 67

colp(o)

Back 67

pertaining to vagina

Front 68

COM-

Back 68

with, together

Front 69

contra-

Back 69

against

Front 70

cor-, core-, coro-

Back 70

pertaining to eye pupil

Front 71

cordi-

Back 71

pertaining to heart

Front 72

cornu-

Back 72

Applied processes and parts of the body describing them likened or similar to horns

Front 73

coron(o)-

Back 73

Pertaining to heart

Front 74

cost(o)

Back 74

pertaining to ribs

Front 75

cox-

Back 75

pertaining to the hip, haunch, or hip- joint

Front 76

-crine

Back 76

to secrete

Front 77

cry(o)-

Back 77

cold

Front 78

cyph(o)-

Back 78

denotes something as bent

Front 79

cysto-

cysti-

Back 79

pertaining to urinary bladder

Front 80

cyto-

cyte-

Back 80

cell

Front 81

dacryo-

Back 81

pertaining to tears

Front 82

-dactyl (o)

Back 82

pertaining to finger or toe

Front 83

de-

Back 83

from, down, or no

Front 84

dent-

Back 84

pertaining to teeth

Front 85

-desis

Back 85

binding

Front 86

dextr(o)-

Back 86

right side

Front 87

di-

Back 87

two

Front 88

di-

Back 88

seperation, apart

Front 89

dia-

Back 89

through, during, across

Front 90

dif-

Back 90

apart, seperation

Front 91

digit-

Back 91

pertaining to the finger

Front 92

-dipsia

Back 92

suffix meaning condition of thirst

Front 93

dorso

Back 93

pertaining to back

Front 94

dromo-

Back 94

running, conduction, course

Front 95

duodeno-

Back 95

duodenum, upper part of the small intestine

Front 96

dynamo-

Back 96

force, energy, power

Front 97

-dynia

Back 97

pain

Front 98

dys-

Back 98

Bad, difficult, defective, abnormal

Front 99

-eal

Back 99

pertaining to

Front 100

ec-

Back 100

out, away

Front 101

ect(o)-

Back 101

outer, outside

Front 102

-ectasia

Back 102

expansion, dilation

Front 103

-ectomy

Back 103

suffix for surgical operation or removal of body part

Front 104

-emesis

Back 104

vomiting condition

Front 105

encephalo-

Back 105

pertaining to the brain

Front 106

endo-

Back 106

inside or within

Front 107

eosino-

Back 107

Red

Front 108

entero0

Back 108

pertaining to intestine

Front 109

epi-

Back 109

on, upon

Front 110

episi

Back 110

pertaining to pubic region, the loins

Front 111

erythro

Back 111

red color

Front 112

-esophageal

Back 112

gullet

Front 113

esthesio-

Back 113

sensation

Front 114

eu-

Back 114

true, good, well, new

Front 115

ex-

Back 115

out of, away from

Front 116

exo-

Back 116

denoted something as outside another

Front 117

extra-

Back 117

outside

Front 118

faci(o)

Back 118

pertaining to face

Front 119

fibro-

Back 119

fiber

Front 120

filli-

Back 120

fine, hair-like

Front 121

-form

Back 121

used to form adjectives indication having the form of

Front 122

fore-

Back 122

before or ahead

Front 123

fossa

Back 123

A hollow or depressed area; trench or channel

Front 124

front-

Back 124

pertaining to forehead

Front 125

galacto-

Back 125

milk

Front 126

- gen

Back 126

denotes the sense born in, from or denotes the sense of a certain kind

Front 127

- genic

Back 127

Formative, pertaining to producing

Front 128

genu-

Back 128

pertaining to knee

Front 129

-geusia

Back 129

taste

Front 130

gingiv-

Back 130

pertaining to gums

Front 131

glauco-

Back 131

denoting a grey or bluish color

Front 132

gloss-

glott-

Back 132

pertaining to tongue

Front 133

gluco

Back 133

sweet

Front 134

glyco

Back 134

sugar

Front 135

gnatho-

Back 135

pertaining to the jaw

Front 136

-gnosis

Back 136

knowledge

Front 137

gono-

Back 137

seed, semen, also reproductive

Front 138

-gram

gramme

Back 138

record or picture

Front 139

-graph

Back 139

instrument used to record data or picture

Front 140

halluc-

Back 140

to wander in mind

Front 141

hemat

Back 141

pertaining to blood

Front 142

hema-

Back 142

blood

Front 143

hemi-

Back 143

One- half

Front 144

Hepat-

Back 144

pertaining to liver

Front 145

hetero-

Back 145

denotes something as the other as an addition or different

Front 146

hidro

Back 146

sweat

Front 147

histo-

Back 147

tissue

Front 148

homeo

Back 148

similar

Front 149

homo

Back 149

the same

Front 150

humero

Back 150

pertaining to the shoulder

Front 151

hydro

Back 151

water

Front 152

hystero

Back 152

pertaining to womb, the uterus

Front 153

-i-asis

Back 153

condition, formation, or the prescence of

Front 154

iatro-

Back 154

pertaining to medicine or a physician

Front 155

-iatry

Back 155

Denotes a field in medicine of a certain body component

Front 156

-ic

Back 156

pertaining to

Front 157

-icle

Back 157

small

Front 158

-ics

Back 158

organized knowledge, treatment

Front 159

idio-

Back 159

self, one's own

Front 160

ileo-

Back 160

ileum

Front 161

infra-

Back 161

below

Front 162

inter-

Back 162

between, among

Front 163

intra-

Back 163

within

Front 164

ipsi-

Back 164

Same

Front 165

irido-

Back 165

iris

Front 166

isch-

Back 166

restriction

Front 167

ischio-

Back 167

pertaining to the ischium. the hip joint

Front 168

-ism

Back 168

condition, disease

Front 169

-ismus

Back 169

spasm, contraction

Front 170

iso-

Back 170

denoting something as equal

Front 171

-ist

Back 171

one who specializes in

Front 172

-ite

Back 172

the nature of, resembling

Front 173

-ium

Back 173

structure, tissue

Front 174

juxta-

Back 174

near to, alongside or next to

Front 175

kal-

Back 175

Potassium

Front 176

karyo-

Back 176

nucleus

Front 177

kerato-

Back 177

cornea

Front 178

jine, kino, kinesi-

Back 178

movement

Front 179

koilo-

Back 179

Hollow

Front 180

kypho-

Back 180

Humped

Front 181

labio-

Back 181

pertaining to lip

Front 182

lacrimo-

Back 182

Tear

Front 183

lacto-

Back 183

milk

Front 184

laparo-

Back 184

pertaining to abdomen- wall. flank

Front 185

laryngo-

Back 185

pertaining to larynx

Front 186

leio-

Back 186

smooth

Front 187

-lespsis

Back 187

attack seizure

Front 188

lepto-

Back 188

light, slender

Front 189

leuco-, lueko-

Back 189

Denoting a white coloer

Front 190

lingua-

Back 190

pertaining to tongue

Front 191

lipo-

Back 191

Fat

Front 192

litho-

Back 192

stone, calculus

Front 193

logo-

Back 193

speech

Front 194

-logist

Back 194

Denotes someone who studies a certain field

Front 195

lyso

Back 195

dissolution

Front 196

-lysis

Back 196

destruction, seperation

Front 197

macro-

Back 197

large, long

Front 198

-malacia

Back 198

softening

Front 199

mammo-

Back 199

breast

Front 200

mammillo-

Back 200

pertaining to nipple

Front 201

manu-

Back 201

pertaining to hand

Front 202

masto-

Back 202

pertaining to breast

Front 203

mega-

Back 203

enlargement

Front 204

malano-

Back 204

black color

Front 205

melos-

Back 205

Extremity

Front 206

meningo-

Back 206

membrane

Front 207

mero-

Back 207

part

Front 208

meso-

Back 208

middle

Front 209

meta-

Back 209

after, beyond or change

Front 210

-meter

Back 210

instrument used to measure or count

Front 211

-metry

Back 211

process of measuring

Front 212

metro-

Back 212

pertaining to conditions or instruments of the uterus

Front 213

milli-

Back 213

thousandth

Front 214

mono-

Back 214

single

Front 215

morpho-

Back 215

Shape

Front 216

myelo-

Back 216

pertaining to spinal cord or bone marrow

Front 217

mylo-

Back 217

relating to molar teeth or lower jaw

Front 218

myri-

Back 218

ten thousand

Front 219

myringo-

Back 219

eardrum

Front 220

myxo-

Back 220

mucus

Front 221

narco-

Back 221

Numb, sleep

Front 222

naso-

Back 222

pertaining to nose

Front 223

necro-

Back 223

death

Front 224

neo-

Back 224

new

Front 225

nephro-

Back 225

kidney

Front 226

nerv-

Back 226

nerves

Front 227

ocul-

Back 227

eye

Front 228

odont-

Back 228

pertaining to teeth

Front 229

odyno-

Back 229

pain

Front 230

oesophageal-

Back 230

gullt

Front 231

-oid

Back 231

resemblance to

Front 232

ole-

Back 232

small or little

Front 233

oligo-

Back 233

denoting something as having too little or too few

Front 234

momo-

Back 234

shoulder

Front 235

-oma

Back 235

tumor

Front 236

omphal-

Back 236

pertaining to naval or umbilicus

Front 237

onco-

Back 237

tumor, bulk, volume

Front 238

onycho-

Back 238

pertaining to the nail

Front 239

oo-

Back 239

pertaining to an egg

Front 240

oophor-

Back 240

woman's ovary

Front 241

optico-

Back 241

of or relating to the chemical properties of the eye

Front 242

oro-

Back 242

pertaining to mouth

Front 243

orchio-, orchido-, orcho-

Back 243

testis

Front 244

ortho-

Back 244

something as straight or correct

Front 245

-osis

Back 245

a condition or a disease

Front 246

osseo-

Back 246

bony

Front 247

ossi-

Back 247

bone

Front 248

osteo

Back 248

bone

Front 249

oto-

Back 249

pertaining to the ear

Front 250

-ous

Back 250

pertaining to

Front 251

ovario-

Back 251

Pertaining the ovaries

Front 252

ovo-

Back 252

Pertaining to the eggs, the ovum

Front 253

pachy-

E

Back 253

thick

Front 254

palprbr-

Back 254

pertaining to eyelid

Front 255

pan-, panto-

Back 255

denoting something as complete or containing everything

Front 256

papill-

Back 256

pertaining to nipple

Front 257

papulo-

Back 257

indicates papulosity, small elevation or swelling in the skin, a pimple, swelling

Front 258

para-

Back 258

alongside of, abnormal

Front 259

-paresis

Back 259

slight paralysis

Front 260

parvo-

Back 260

Small

Front 261

Patho

Back 261

disease

Front 262

-pathy

Back 262

Denotes a disease or disorder

Front 263

Pauci-

Back 263

few

Front 264

pector-

Back 264

Breast or chest

Front 265

-ped

Back 265

pertaining to the foot

Front 266

ped-

Back 266

pertaining to child

Front 267

p-penia

Back 267

deficiency

Front 268

peo-

Back 268

pertaining to penis

Front 269

-pepsia

Back 269

denotes something relating to digestion or digestive tract

Front 270

per-

Back 270

throughout

Front 271

peri-

Back 271

surrounding or around

Front 272

- pexy

Back 272

fixation

Front 273

phaco-

Back 273

Lens- Shaped

Front 274

-phage, phagia

Back 274

relating to eating or digestion

Front 275

paho-

Back 275

Eating , devouring

Front 276

Phagist-

Back 276

feeds on the first element of part of a word

Front 277

-phagy

Back 277

forms nouns that denotes feeding on the first element or part of the word

Front 278

phallo-

Back 278

Phallus

Front 279

--philia

Back 279

attraction for

Front 280

phlebo-

Back 280

pertaining to the veins

Front 281

phono-

Back 281

Sound

Front 282

phos-

Back 282

pertaining to light or its chemical properties, now historic and used rarely

Front 283

photo-

Back 283

Pertaining to light

Front 284

phreno-

Back 284

the mind

Front 285

phyt-

Back 285

to grow

Front 286

piri-

Back 286

pear

Front 287

-plasia

Back 287

Formation or development

Front 288

= plegia

Back 288

paralysis

Front 289

pleio-

Back 289

more, excessive, multiple

Front 290

pleuro

Back 290

pertaining to ribs

Front 291

-plexy

Back 291

stroke or seizure

Front 292

pneumo-

Back 292

pertaining to the lungs

Front 293

pneumato-

Back 293

Air, lung

Front 294

pod-, -pod, -pus

Back 294

pertaining to foot

Front 295

-poiesis

Back 295

Production

Front 296

polio-

Back 296

Denoting a grey color

Front 297

poro-

Back 297

pore, porous

Front 298

porphryo-

Back 298

purple color

Front 299

presbyo-

Back 299

old age

Front 300

prim-

Back 300

first or most important

Front 301

pro-

Back 301

before another

Front 302

procto-

Back 302

anus, rectum

Front 303

prosop-

Back 303

face

Front 304

proto-

Back 304

first or most important

Front 305

pseudo-

Back 305

false or fake

Front 306

psych

Back 306

pertaining to mind

Front 307

pterygo-

Back 307

pertaining to wing

Front 308

psor-

Back 308

itching

Front 309

-ptosis

Back 309

falling, drooping, downward placement, prolapse

Front 310

-ptysis

Back 310

splitting, splitting of blood

Front 311

pyelo-

Back 311

pelvis

Front 312

pykno-

Back 312

to thicken

Front 313

pyo-

Back 313

pus

Front 314

pyro-

Back 314

fever

Front 315

re-

Back 315

again, back

Front 316

recto-

Back 316

Rectum

Front 317

reno-

Back 317

pertaining to kidney

Front 318

reticulo-

Back 318

net

Front 319

retro-

Back 319

backward, behind

Front 320

rhabdo-

Back 320

Rod, wand

Front 321

rhachio-

Back 321

Spine

Front 322

Rhino-

Back 322

pertaining to nose

Front 323

rhodo-

Back 323

rose-red color

Front 324

rrhage

Back 324

Burst forth

Front 325

rrhagia

Back 325

rapid flow of blood

Front 326

rrhaphy

Back 326

surgical suturing

Front 327

rrhea

Back 327

flowing discharge

Front 328

rrhexis

Back 328

Rupture

Front 329

rrhoea

Back 329

flowing discharge

Front 330

rubro

Back 330

pertaining to the red nucleus of the brain

Front 331

-rupt

Back 331

break or burts

Front 332

salpingp-

Back 332

pertaining to tubes

Front 333

sangui

Back 333

pertaining to blood

Front 334

sarco-

Back 334

Muscular, fleshlike

Front 335

schisto-

Back 335

split, cleft

Front 336

Schizo

Back 336

denoting something as split or double sided

Front 337

sclero-

Back 337

hard

Front 338

-sclerosis

Back 338

Hardening

Front 339

scolio-

Back 339

twisted

Front 340

-scope

Back 340

instrument for viewing

Front 341

-scopy

Back 341

use of instrument for viewing

Front 342

scoto-

Back 342

Darkeness

Front 343

semi-

Back 343

One- half, partly

Front 344

sialo-

Back 344

Saliva, salivary glands

Front 345

sigmoido-

Back 345

Sigmoid, S- shaped curvature

Front 346

sinsitro

Back 346

left, left side

Front 347

sito-

Back 347

food, grain

Front 348

somato-

Back 348

Body, bodily

Front 349

-spadias

Back 349

slit, fissuew

Front 350

apasmo-

Back 350

Spasm

Front 351

sperma-

Back 351

Semen

Front 352

splachno-

Back 352

Viscera

Front 353

Spleno

Back 353

Spleen

Front 354

spondylo-

Back 354

pertaining to spine, the vertebra

Front 355

squamoso-

Back 355

Denoting something full or scales or scaly

Front 356

-stalsis

Back 356

Contraction

Front 357

-stasis

Back 357

stopping, standing

Front 358

-staxis

Back 358

dripping, trickling

Front 359

steno

Back 359

denoting something as narrow in shape or pertaining to narrowness

Front 360

-stenosis

Back 360

constriction or narrowing of a passage or orfice

Front 361

tetho-

Back 361

prefix meaning chest

Front 362

stheno-

Back 362

strength, force, power

Front 363

stoma-

Back 363

mouth

Front 364

stomato-

Back 364

pertaining to mouth

Front 365

-stomy

Back 365

creation of opening

Front 366

sub-

Back 366

beneath, under

Front 367

super-

Back 367

excess, above, superior

Front 368

supra-

Back 368

Above excessive

Front 369

sy, syl-, sym, syn-, sys-

Back 369

indicates similarity, likeness, or being together; assimulates before some consonant to sym-

Front 370

-tension

Back 370

pressure

Front 371

tetan-

Back 371

Rigid, tense

Front 372

thec-

Back 372

case, sheath

Front 373

thel-

Back 373

pertaining to nipple

Front 374

thely-

Back 374

Denoting something as relating to a woman or feminine

Front 375

therap-

Back 375

treatment

Front 376

thoraco-

Back 376

pertaining to the upper chest

Front 377

thrombo-

Back 377

relating to a blood clt

Front 378

thyro-

Back 378

thyroid

Front 379

thym-

Back 379

emotions

Front 380

-tic

Back 380

pertaining to

Front 381

toco-

Back 381

Childbirth

Front 382

-tome

Back 382

cutting instrument

Front 383

-tomy

Back 383

act of cutting

Front 384

tono-

Back 384

tone, pressure

Front 385

-tony-

Back 385

tension

Front 386

topo-

Back 386

place, topical

Front 387

torti-

Back 387

twist

Front 388

tox-

Back 388

toxin

Front 389

trachelo-

Back 389

pertaining to neck

Front 390

trans

Back 390

denoting something as moving or situated across or through

Front 391

trichi, trichia-

Back 391

pertaining to hair

Front 392

-tripsy

Back 392

crushing

Front 393

trophy-

Back 393

nourishment, development

Front 394

tympan-

Back 394

eardrum

Front 395

-ula

Back 395

small

Front 396

ultra-

Back 396

beyond, excess

Front 397

umbilic-

Back 397

middle point

Front 398

ungui

Back 398

nail

Front 399

uro-

Back 399

pertaining to urine

Front 400

uric, urico

Back 400

Urine condition

Front 401

vaso-

Back 401

vas deferens

Front 402

ventro-

Back 402

belly

Front 403

-version

Back 403

to turn

Front 404

vesico-

Back 404

pertaining to bladder

Front 405

viscero-

Back 405

internal organ

Front 406

xantho-

Back 406

denoting yellow color