Medical Notes L-Z

Front 1

Lapar (o)-

Back 1

Of or pertaining to the abdominal wall

Front 2

Laryng (o)

Back 2

Of or pertaining to the larynx

Front 3

Lip (o)

Back 3

Fat

Front 4

Lymph (o)

Back 4

Lymph

Front 5

-lysis

Back 5

Destruction, separation

Front 6

Macr (o)-

Back 6

Large, long

Front 7

-malacia

Back 7

Softening

Front 8

Meg (a)- megal (o)- -megaly

Back 8

Enlargement

Front 9

Morph (o)

Back 9

Form, shape

Front 10

Necr (o)

Back 10

Death

Front 11

Nephr (o)

Back 11

Of or pertaining to the kidney

Front 12

Neur (i)- neur (o)-

Back 12

Of or pertsining to nerve/nervous system

Front 13

Normo-

Back 13

Normal

Front 14

Onco-

Back 14

Tumour, bulk, volume

Front 15

Or (o)

Back 15

Of or pertaining to the mouth

Front 16

Osseo-

Back 16

Bony

Front 17

Ossi-

Back 17

Bone

Front 18

Ost (e)- oste (o)

Back 18

Bone

Front 19

Path (o)

Back 19

Disease

Front 20

-pathy

Back 20

Denotes a disease or disorder

Front 21

-penia

Back 21

Deficiency

Front 22

-pepsia

Back 22

Denotes something relating to digestion, or the digestice tract

Front 23

-phage -Phagia

Back 23

Forms denoting conditions relating to or eating or digestion

Front 24

Pharmaco-

Back 24

Drug, medication

Front 25

Phleb (o)

Back 25

Of ornpertaining to the (blood) veins, or a vein

Front 26

-plasia

Back 26

Formation, development

Front 27

-plasty

Back 27

Surgical repair, reconstruction

Front 28

-plegia

Back 28

Paralysis

Front 29

Pleur (o)- pleur (a)

Back 29

Of or pertaining to the ribs

Front 30

-plexy

Back 30

Stroke or seizure

Front 31

Pneum (o)

Back 31

Of or pertaining to the lungs

Front 32

Pneumat (o)

Back 32

Air, lung

Front 33

Pod- -pod- -pus

Back 33

Of or pertaining to the foot

Front 34

-poiesis

Back 34

Production

Front 35

Poly-

Back 35

Denotes a plurality of something

Front 36

Post-

Back 36

After or behind

Front 37

Pro-

Back 37

Before

Front 38

-ptysis

Back 38

Spitting, hemoptysis, the spitting of blood derived from lungs or bronchial tubes

Front 39

Pulmon- pulmo-

Back 39

Of or relating to the lungs

Front 40

Pyel (o)

Back 40

Pelvis

Front 41

Pyro-

Back 41

Fever

Front 42

Ren (o)

Back 42

Of or pertaining to the kidney

Front 43

Retro-

Back 43

Backward, behind

Front 44

-rrhagia

Back 44

Rapid flow of blood

Front 45

-rrhoea

Back 45

Flowing, discharge

Front 46

Scler (o)

Back 46

Hardness

Front 47

-scopy

Back 47

use of instrument for veiwing

Front 48

-sis

Back 48

Condition of

Front 49

Splanchn (i)- splanchn (o)

Back 49

Viscera

Front 50

Splen (o)

Back 50

Spleen

Front 51

-stasis

Back 51

Stop, stand

Front 52

Sten (o)

Back 52

Narrow in shape

Front 53

Stom (a)

Back 53

Mouth

Front 54

Stomat(o)

Back 54

Of or pertaining to the mouth

Front 55

-stomy

Back 55

Creation of an opening

Front 56

Sub-

Back 56

Beneath

Front 57

Super-

Back 57

In excess, above, superior

Front 58

Supra-

Back 58

Above, excessive

Front 59

Tachy-

Back 59

Denoting something as fast

Front 60

-tension, -tensive

Back 60

Pressure

Front 61

Thromb (o)

Back 61

Of or relating to a blood clot, clotting in the blood

Front 62

-tomy

Back 62

Act of cutting; incising, incision

Front 63

Vas (o)

Back 63

Duct, blood vessel

Front 64

Vasculo-

Back 64

Blood vessel

Front 65

Viscer (o)

Back 65

Of or pertaining to the internal organs, the viscera