Medical Terminology Final

Front 1

a-

Back 1

not, without

Front 2

an-

Back 2

not, without

Front 3

an/o

Back 3

anus

Front 4

ab-

Back 4

away, away from

Front 5

abdomin/o

Back 5

abdomen

Front 6

acr/o

Back 6

extremities, arms and legs, limbs, appendages

Front 7

ad-

Back 7

toward, towards, near

Front 8

aden/o

Back 8

gland, glands

Front 9

adren/o

Back 9

adrenal, adrenals, adrenal gland, adrenal glands

Front 10

aer/o

Back 10

air, gas

Front 11

-algesia

Back 11

pain, pain sensitivity, sensitivity to pain, pain sensation

Front 12

-algia

Back 12

pain

Front 13

alveol/o

Back 13

microscopic air sacs of the lung, socket of a tooth

Front 14

ambi-

Back 14

around, on both sides, about, both sides, both

Front 15

ambul/o

Back 15

walk, to walk, walking

Front 16

amni/o

Back 16

amnion, sac around fetus

Front 17

angi/o

Back 17

vessel

Front 18

anis/o

Back 18

unequal, not equal

Front 19

ankyl/o

Back 19

stiff, crooked, bent, immoveable, fixed

Front 20

ante-

Back 20

before, forward, front

Front 21

anter/o

Back 21

front, towards the front

Front 22

anti-

Back 22

against

Front 23

antr/o

Back 23

a closed cavity or chamber

Front 24

arteri/o

Back 24

artery

Front 25

arthr/o

Back 25

joint

Front 26

articul/o

Back 26

joint, articulation

Front 27

ather/o

Back 27

fatty, fatty substance, plaque, porridge, fat

Front 28

audi/o

Back 28

hearing

Front 29

auto-

Back 29

self

Front 30

balan/o

Back 30

glan penis, penis

Front 31

bi-

Back 31

two

Front 32

bi/o

Back 32

life

Front 33

-blast

Back 33

early, embryonic, immature

Front 34

blephar/o

Back 34

eyelid

Front 35

brachi/o

Back 35

arm

Front 36

brady-

Back 36

slow

Front 37

burs/o

Back 37

bursa, bursae, sac around a joint, serous sac

Front 38

calcane/o

Back 38

heel, heel bone, calcaneus

Front 39

calc

Back 39

stone, pertains to calcium

Front 40

carcin/o

Back 40

cancer

Front 41

cardi/o

Back 41

heart

Front 42

carp/o

Back 42

wrist

Front 43

cath-

Back 43

downward

Front 44

caud/o

Back 44

tail

Front 45

-cele

Back 45

hernia, swelling, abnormal protrusion

Front 46

-centesis

Back 46

puncture, surgical puncture

Front 47

cephal/o

Back 47

head

Front 48

cerebr/o

Back 48

brain, cerebrum

Front 49

cervic/o

Back 49

neck, cervix

Front 50

cheil/o

Back 50

lip, lips

Front 51

chir/o

Back 51

hand, hands

Front 52

chlor/o

Back 52

green

Front 53

chol/e

Back 53

gall, bile

Front 54

chondr/o

Back 54

cartilage

Front 55

chrom/o

Back 55

color

Front 56

-cide

Back 56

kill, killing, kills

Front 57

circum-

Back 57

around, encircling

Front 58

-clysis

Back 58

washing, irrigating, irrigation

Front 59

col/o

Back 59

colon, large intestine

Front 60

colp/o

Back 60

vagina

Front 61

con-

Back 61

with, together

Front 62

conjunctiv/o

Back 62

conjunctiva, lining of eyelid

Front 63

contra-

Back 63

against, opposite

Front 64

core/o

Back 64

pupil

Front 65

corne/o

Back 65

cornea

Front 66

cost/o

Back 66

ribs

Front 67

crani/o

Back 67

skull

Front 68

crypt/o

Back 68

hidden, concealed

Front 69

cutane/o

Back 69

skin

Front 70

cyan/o

Back 70

blue

Front 71

cyst/o

Back 71

bladder, sac filled with fluid, urinary bladder

Front 72

cyt/o

Back 72

cell

Front 73

-cyte

Back 73

cell

Front 74

dacry/o

Back 74

tear, tears

Front 75

dactyl/o

Back 75

fingers or toes, fingers and toes, digits, finger or toe, finger and toe

Front 76

deca-

Back 76

ten, 10

Front 77

deci-

Back 77

one tenth, 1/10

Front 78

dent/o

Back 78

teeth, tooth

Front 79

derm/o

Back 79

skin

Front 80

dermat/o

Back 80

skin

Front 81

dextr/o

Back 81

right

Front 82

dia-

Back 82

through, throughout, across

Front 83

dipl/o

Back 83

double, pairs, pair, two

Front 84

dips/o

Back 84

thirst

Front 85

dis-

Back 85

apart, undo, separate, to separate, free from

Front 86

dist/o

Back 86

farther from origin, farther from point of attachment

Front 87

dors/o

Back 87

back, behind

Front 88

duct/o

Back 88

lead, move, to lead, to move

Front 89

duoden/o

Back 89

duodenum, first part of small intestine

Front 90

-dynia

Back 90

pain

Front 91

dys-

Back 91

bad, difficult, painful, faulty, poor, harmful

Front 92

echo-

Back 92

reverberating sound

Front 93

-ectasis

Back 93

dilation, dilatation, expansion, increase in diameter

Front 94

ecto-

Back 94

outside, out

Front 95

-ectomy

Back 95

remove, removal, cut out, excision, take out, surgical removal

Front 96

-emesis

Back 96

vomiting, vomit

Front 97

-emia

Back 97

blood, blood condition

Front 98

endo-

Back 98

inside, within, inner

Front 99

encephal/o

Back 99

brain

Front 100

enter/o

Back 100

intestine, intestines, small intestine, small intestines

Front 101

epi-

Back 101

over, above, upon

Front 102

-er

Back 102

one who

Front 103

erythr/o

Back 103

red

Front 104

esthesi/o

Back 104

feeling, sensation

Front 105

eu-

Back 105

good, normal, well

Front 106

ex-

Back 106

out, away from

Front 107

extra-

Back 107

outside, in addition

Front 108

febr/i

Back 108

fever

Front 109

femor/o

Back 109

femur, thigh bone

Front 110

flex/o

Back 110

flexion, bend, to bend

Front 111

furc/o

Back 111

branch, divide, fork

Front 112

fusi/o

Back 112

to join

Front 113

gangli/o

Back 113

ganglion, collection of nerve cells

Front 114

gastr/o

Back 114

stomach

Front 115

-gen/o

Back 115

producing, generating, creation, formation

Front 116

-genesis

Back 116

producing, generating, creation, formation

Front 117

-genic

Back 117

produced, produced by, forming, formation

Front 118

genit/o

Back 118

reproduction

Front 119

gingiv/o

Back 119

gums

Front 120

gloss/o

Back 120

tongue

Front 121

gluc/o

Back 121

sugar, glucose

Front 122

glyc/o

Back 122

sugar, glucose, glycose

Front 123

-gram

Back 123

written record, record, recording

Front 124

-graph

Back 124

instrument for recording, recording instrument, recording, record

Front 125

-graphy

Back 125

process of recording

Front 126

-gravida

Back 126

pregnant

Front 127

gynec/o

Back 127

woman, female

Front 128

hemi-

Back 128

half

Front 129

hem/o

Back 129

blood

Front 130

hemat/o

Back 130

blood

Front 131

hepat/o

Back 131

liver

Front 132

hetero-

Back 132

different, other

Front 133

hidr/o

Back 133

sweat

Front 134

hist/o

Back 134

tissue

Front 135

homo-

Back 135

same, similar

Front 136

hydro-

Back 136

water, liquid

Front 137

hyper-

Back 137

above, excessive, beyond, over

Front 138

hypo-

Back 138

under, deficient, less, lower, below

Front 139

hyster/o

Back 139

uterus

Front 140

iatr/o, -iatrist, -iatry

Back 140

physician or medical professional, physician specialist, medical specialty

Front 141

ile/o

Back 141

ileum, last part of the small intestines

Front 142

ili/o

Back 142

ilium, hip bone

Front 143

infr/a

Back 143

below, beneath

Front 144

inter-

Back 144

between

Front 145

intra-

Back 145

inside, within

Front 146

irid/o

Back 146

iris

Front 147

is/o

Back 147

equal

Front 148

-ist

Back 148

specialist

Front 149

-itis

Back 149

inflammation

Front 150

jejun/o

Back 150

jejunum, second part of small intestine

Front 151

kal/o

Back 151

pertains to potassium

Front 152

kerat/o

Back 152

cornea

Front 153

kinesi/o

Back 153

movement

Front 154

lacrim/o

Back 154

tear, tears, tear duct, lacrimal duct

Front 155

lact/o

Back 155

milk

Front 156

lamin/o

Back 156

lamina, thin sheet

Front 157

lapar/o

Back 157

abdomen, abdominal wall

Front 158

laryng/o

Back 158

larynx, voice box

Front 159

later/o

Back 159

side, away from midline

Front 160

lei/o

Back 160

smooth

Front 161

-lepsy

Back 161

seizure

Front 162

leuk/o

Back 162

white

Front 163

lingu/o

Back 163

tongue

Front 164

lip/o

Back 164

fat

Front 165

lith/o

Back 165

stone, calculus

Front 166

-logist

Back 166

specialist, one who studies

Front 167

-logy

Back 167

study of, the study of, study

Front 168

lumb/o

Back 168

lower back, lumbar, loins, loin

Front 169

lumin/o

Back 169

inside measurement of tube or vessel, light

Front 170

-lysis

Back 170

dissolution, breakdown, destruction

Front 171

macro-

Back 171

large, big

Front 172

mal-

Back 172

bad, poor

Front 173

-malacia

Back 173

soft, softening

Front 174

mamm/o

Back 174

breast

Front 175

-mania

Back 175

madness, obsessive preoccupation

Front 176

medi/o

Back 176

middle, midline

Front 177

-megaly

Back 177

enlargement, large

Front 178

melan/o

Back 178

black

Front 179

men/o

Back 179

menses, month, menstruation

Front 180

mening/o

Back 180

meninges, membranes around the brain and spinal chord

Front 181

ment/o

Back 181

mind, chin

Front 182

meso-

Back 182

middle

Front 183

meta-

Back 183

after, beyond, change, occurring later in series

Front 184

-meter

Back 184

measure, measuring, instrument used for measuring

Front 185

metr/o

Back 185

uterus, uterine tissues, womb

Front 186

micro-

Back 186

small, one millionth

Front 187

mono-

Back 187

one

Front 188

mort/o

Back 188

death, dead

Front 189

muc/o

Back 189

mucus, mucous

Front 190

my/o

Back 190

muscle

Front 191

myc/o

Back 191

fungus, fungi

Front 192

myel/o

Back 192

bone marrow, spinal chord

Front 193

myring/o

Back 193

eardrum

Front 194

narc/o

Back 194

numbness, sleep

Front 195

nas/o

Back 195

nose

Front 196

nat/o

Back 196

birth, born

Front 197

necr/o

Back 197

death, dead

Front 198

neo-

Back 198

new

Front 199

nephr/o

Back 199

kidney

Front 200

neur/o

Back 200

nerve, nerves

Front 201

noct/i

Back 201

night

Front 202

nulli-

Back 202

none, no

Front 203

nyct/o

Back 203

night

Front 204

ocul/o

Back 204

eye

Front 205

odont/o

Back 205

tooth, teeth, shaped like a tooth

Front 206

-oid

Back 206

like, resembling

Front 207

olig/o

Back 207

scant, scanty, few, little

Front 208

-oma

Back 208

tumor, mass

Front 209

omphal/o

Back 209

navel

Front 210

onc/o

Back 210

tumor, mass

Front 211

onych/o

Back 211

nail, nails

Front 212

oophor/o

Back 212

ovary

Front 213

opthalm/o

Back 213

eye, eyes

Front 214

-opia

Back 214

vision

Front 215

orchid/o

Back 215

testis, testes, testicle

Front 216

orth/o

Back 216

straight, normal, correct

Front 217

-osis

Back 217

condition, status, abnormal increase

Front 218

oste/o

Back 218

bone, bones

Front 219

-ostomy

Back 219

opening, form an opening, create a new opening

Front 220

ot/o

Back 220

ear

Front 221

palat/o

Back 221

palate, roof of mouth

Front 222

para-, par-

Back 222

beside, near, alongside, beyond, abnormal

Front 223

pariet/o

Back 223

wall

Front 224

-parous, -para, par/o

Back 224

to bear, bring forth, live birth

Front 225

-partum

Back 225

childbirth, labor

Front 226

path/o

Back 226

disease

Front 227

ped/o

Back 227

foot, feet, child

Front 228

-penia

Back 228

decrease, deficiency, poverty

Front 229

-pepsia

Back 229

digestion

Front 230

per-

Back 230

through, across, throughout

Front 231

peri-

Back 231

around, surrounding

Front 232

peritone/o

Back 232

peritoneum, membrane around abdominal organs

Front 233

-pexy

Back 233

fixation, attached, surgical fixation, surgical attachment

Front 234

phac/o

Back 234

lens

Front 235

phag/o, -phagia

Back 235

eat, eating, swallow, ingestion, biting

Front 236

phalang/o

Back 236

phalanges, bones of fingers and toes

Front 237

pharmac/o

Back 237

drug, drugs

Front 238

phas/o, -phasia

Back 238

speech

Front 239

-phile, -philia

Back 239

loves, attracted to, tendency towards, abnormal attraction

Front 240

phleb/o

Back 240

vein

Front 241

-phobia

Back 241

fear, aversion

Front 242

phon/o

Back 242

voice, sound

Front 243

phor/o

Back 243

carry or bear

Front 244

phren/o

Back 244

mind, diaphragm

Front 245

-plasia

Back 245

formation, growth, development

Front 246

plasm/o, -plasm

Back 246

material forming cells, plasma

Front 247

-plasty

Back 247

surgical repair, surgical correction, repair

Front 248

-plegia

Back 248

paralysis

Front 249

pleur/o

Back 249

pleura, membrane around lungs

Front 250

-pnea

Back 250

breathe, breathing

Front 251

pneum/o

Back 251

lung, lungs, air

Front 252

pneumon/o

Back 252

lung, lungs, air

Front 253

pod/o

Back 253

foot, feet

Front 254

poly-

Back 254

many, much, excessive

Front 255

por/o

Back 255

openings, opening, passageways, passageway, porous

Front 256

post-

Back 256

after, behind

Front 257

-practor

Back 257

one who practices

Front 258

pre-

Back 258

before, in front of, front, in front

Front 259

presby-

Back 259

old, aging, elderly

Front 260

primi-

Back 260

first

Front 261

pro-

Back 261

before, front, in front

Front 262

proct/o

Back 262

rectum, anus, rectum or anus

Front 263

proxim/o

Back 263

near, close, near origin, near attachment

Front 264

pseudo-

Back 264

false

Front 265

psych/o

Back 265

mind

Front 266

-ptosis

Back 266

prolapsed, drooping, falling, prolapse

Front 267

pulmon/o

Back 267

lung, lungs

Front 268

py/o

Back 268

pus

Front 269

pyel/o

Back 269

renal pelvis

Front 270

pyr/o

Back 270

fever, heat, fire

Front 271

quad-

Back 271

four

Front 272

quint-

Back 272

five

Front 273

rachi/o

Back 273

spine, spinal column, vertebral column

Front 274

radi/o

Back 274

x-ray, radius

Front 275

rect/o

Back 275

rectum

Front 276

ren/o

Back 276

kidney

Front 277

retin/o

Back 277

retina

Front 278

retr/o

Back 278

behind, backwards

Front 279

rheumatic

Back 279

pertaining to rheumatism

Front 280

rhin/o

Back 280

nose

Front 281

-rrhagia

Back 281

hemorrhage, excessive flow, profuse bleeding, bleeding, profuse discharge

Front 282

-rrhaphy

Back 282

stitching, suture

Front 283

-rrhea

Back 283

flow, discharge, runny

Front 284

-rrhexis

Back 284

rupture

Front 285

salping/o

Back 285

fallopian tube, fallopian tubes, oviducts, uterine tube, uterine tubes

Front 286

sanguin/o

Back 286

blood, bloody

Front 287

sarc/o

Back 287

flesh, connective tissue

Front 288

schist/o

Back 288

split, cleft, fissure

Front 289

-schiz/o

Back 289

split, cleft, fissure

Front 290

scler/o

Back 290

hard, sclera

Front 291

-scope

Back 291

instrument to observe, instrument to view, instrument to look

Front 292

semi-

Back 292

half

Front 293

-sepsis

Back 293

infection, infected, poison, putrefaction, putrefying

Front 294

sinistr/o

Back 294

left

Front 295

somn/i

Back 295

sleep

Front 296

son/o

Back 296

sound

Front 297

spasm/o

Back 297

involuntary

Front 298

spin/o

Back 298

spine

Front 299

spir/o

Back 299

breathe, breathing

Front 300

splen/o

Back 300

spleen

Front 301

spondyl/o

Back 301

vertebrae, spinal column, spine

Front 302

staphyl/o

Back 302

uvula, grape like clusters

Front 303

-stasis

Back 303

standing, standing still, control, one place, stationary

Front 304

sten/o

Back 304

narrow, narrowed, constricted, constriction

Front 305

stern/o

Back 305

sternum, breast bone

Front 306

stomat/o

Back 306

mouth

Front 307

-stoma

Back 307

opening, mouth

Front 308

sub-

Back 308

under, beneath, below

Front 309

supra-

Back 309

above, beyond

Front 310

sym-

Back 310

with, together, joined

Front 311

syn-

Back 311

with, together, joined

Front 312

tachy-

Back 312

fast, rapid

Front 313

ten/o

Back 313

tendon

Front 314

than/o, -thanasia

Back 314

death, dead

Front 315

therm/o

Back 315

heat

Front 316

thorac/o

Back 316

chest, thorax

Front 317

thromb/o

Back 317

clot, blood clot

Front 318

-tocia

Back 318

childbirth, labor

Front 319

-tomy

Back 319

surgical incision, incision, cut into

Front 320

tonsill/o

Back 320

tonsils

Front 321

trache/o

Back 321

trachea, windpipe

Front 322

trans-

Back 322

through, across

Front 323

traumat/o

Back 323

trauma, wound, injury

Front 324

tri-

Back 324

three

Front 325

-tripsy

Back 325

crush, break, rubbing, friction

Front 326

-trophy

Back 326

development, nourishment, growth

Front 327

-tropia

Back 327

turning

Front 328

-tropic

Back 328

to influence or affect

Front 329

tympan/o

Back 329

eardrum, tympanic membrane

Front 330

uni-

Back 330

one

Front 331

ureter/o

Back 331

ureter

Front 332

urethr/o

Back 332

urethra

Front 333

ur/o

Back 333

urine, urinary

Front 334

uter/o

Back 334

uterus

Front 335

uvul/o

Back 335

uvula

Front 336

vas/o

Back 336

vessel, vas deferens

Front 337

vascul/o

Back 337

vessel

Front 338

ven/o

Back 338

vein

Front 339

ventr/o

Back 339

belly, belly side, front, front of the body

Front 340

viscer/o

Back 340

organ, organs, internal organs

Front 341

xanth/o

Back 341

yellow