Medical Terminology T - Z

Front 1

tachy-

Back 1

rapid, fast

Hint 1

TachyphagIa (boltIng one’s food)
Tachylogia (rapid speech)

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tal/o-

Back 2

ankle or ankle bone

Hint 2

Talocalcaneal

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tars/o-

Back 3

instep of foot or eyelid edge

Hint 3

Tarsomalacia

Front 4

tel/e-, tel/o-

Back 4

distant, end

Hint 4

Telalgia (pain from another area)
Telencephalon (end brain)

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tend/o-, ten/-o, tenont/o-, tendin/o-

Back 5

tendon

Hint 5

Tenosynovitis

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test/o

Back 6

testis, testicle

Hint 6

Testitis (inflammation of the testes)

Front 7

tetra-

Back 7

four

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Tetradactyly (having only 4 fingers on each hand or 4 toes
on each foot)

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thel/o-

Back 8

nipple

Hint 8

Theleplasty

Front 9

therm/o-

Back 9

heat

Hint 9

Thermogenic (producing heat)
Thermolabile (alteration or destruction by heat)

Front 10

thorac/o-

Back 10

chest or thorax

Hint 10

Thoracentesis

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-thorax

Back 11

chest

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Pneumothorax (air in the chest)

Front 12

thromb/o

Back 12

clot

Hint 12

Thrombosis (abnormal development of a clot within a blood vessel)

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thym/o-

Back 13

thymus gland

Hint 13

Thymoma

Front 14

thyr/o-, thyroid/o-

Back 14

thyroid gland

Hint 14

Thyroaplasia

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tibi/o-

Back 15

tibia

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Tibial

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-tic

Back 16

pertaining to

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Acoustic (pertaining to sound)

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-tion

Back 17

state or condition

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Inhalation (state of inhaling)

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-tocia

Back 18

birth, labor

Hint 18

Embryotocia (birth of an embryo)

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-tome

Back 19

cutting instrument

Hint 19

Cystotome (cutting into bladder)
Neurotome (dissecting nerves)

Front 20

tom/o

Back 20

cut. section

Hint 20

Dermatome (instrument used to cut thin slices of skin for grafting)

Front 21

-tomy

Back 21

Cutting, incision

Hint 21

Cystotomy (of urinary bladder)
Phlebotomy (incision of vein)

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ton/o

Back 22

tension, pressure

Hint 22

Tonometry (measurement of pressure within the eye)

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tonsill/o

Back 23

tonsils

Hint 23

Tonsillitis (inflammation of the tonsils)

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top/o-

Back 24

place, location

Hint 24

Topalgia (localized pain)
Toponarcosis (localized anesthesia)

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toxic/o

Back 25

poison

Hint 25

Toxicosis (a disease condition caused by poisons)

Front 26

trachel/o-

Back 26

neck or necklike structure

Hint 26

Tracheloschisis

Front 27

trache/o-

Back 27

trachea

Hint 27

Tracheomalacia

Front 28

trans-

Back 28

across, through

Hint 28

Transection (cut across)
Transaortic (through the aorta)

Front 29

tri-

Back 29

three

Hint 29

Tricuspid (having 3 points or cusps)

Front 30

trich/o-

Back 30

hair or hairlike structure

Hint 30

Trichopathy

Front 31

-tripsy

Back 31

surgical crushing

Hint 31

Lithotripsy (surgical crushing of a stone)

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troph/o-

Back 32

nourishment, food

Hint 32

Trophism (nutrition)
Dystrophy (defecticve nutrition)

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-trophy

Back 33

nourishment development

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Nephrohypertrophy (excessive development of the kidney)

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tympan/o-

Back 34

eardrum (middle ear)

Hint 34

Tympanoplasty

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-ule, -ulum, -ulus

Back 35

small

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Nodule (small node)
Ovulum (small egglike structure)
Homunculus (small human)

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uln/o

Back 36

ulna (lower arm bone)

Hint 36

Ulnar (relating to the ulna)

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ultra-

Back 37

beyond, excess

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Ultravirus (very small virus)
Ultrasonic (beyond the upper limit of human hearing)

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ungu/o-

Back 38

nail or nails

Hint 38

Ungual

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uni-

Back 39

one

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Unilateral (involving only 1 side)

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ureter/o-

Back 40

ureter

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Ureterostenosis

Front 41

urethr/o-

Back 41

urethra (tube from bladder to outside)

Hint 41

Urethrocystitis

Front 42

ur/e-, ure/a-, ure/o-, urin/o-, ur/o-

Back 42

urine, urea

Hint 42

Urobilinuria

Front 43

-uria

Back 43

urine, urination

Hint 43

Pyuria (pus in the urine)

Front 44

uter/o-

Back 44

uterus

Hint 44

Uterotomy

Front 45

uvul/o

Back 45

uvula

Hint 45

Uvulectomy (surgical removal or the uvula)

Front 46

vagin/o

Back 46

vagina

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Vaginography (radiographic examination of the vagina)

Front 47

valv/o. valvul/o

Back 47

valve

Hint 47

Valvotomy (incision into a valve)

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vas/o-

Back 48

vessel or duct

Hint 48

Vasodilation

Front 49

ven/e-. ven/i·, ven/o-

Back 49

vein or veins

Hint 49

Venoatrial

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ventricul/o

Back 50

ventricle

Hint 50

Ventriculography (xray examination of a ventricle)

Front 51

ventr/i-, ventr/o-

Back 51

front of body or belly

Hint 51

Ventrolateral

Front 52

vertebr/o

Back 52

vertebra, spinal or vertebral column

Hint 52

Vertebrocostal (pentaining to the vertebrae and ribs)

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vesic/o-

Back 53

bladder or blister

Hint 53

Vesicoureteral

Front 54

vesicul/o

Back 54

seminal vesicles

Hint 54

Vesiculography (radiologic examination of the seminal vesicles)

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viscer/o-

Back 55

viscera

Hint 55

Viscerosomatic

Front 56

vulv/o

Back 56

vulva

Hint 56

Vulvovaginitis (inflammation of the vulva and vagina)

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xanth/o-

Back 57

yellow, yellowish

Hint 57

Xanthoma

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xer/o-

Back 58

dry

Hint 58

Xerostomia (dry month)
Xerochilia (dry lips)

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-y

Back 59

state or condition

Hint 59

Therapy (treatment condition)

Front 60

tacti-

Back 60

touch

Front 61

tele-, tel/o

Back 61

distant

Front 62

therm-, -thermy

Back 62

heat

Front 63

-tome

Back 63

cutting instrument

Front 64

-tomy

Back 64

incise, cut into

Front 65

toxi-, tox/o

Back 65

poison

Front 66

-version

Back 66

to turn

Front 67

vir/o

Back 67

virus

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xen/o

Back 68

strange, foreign

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zoo-

Back 69

animal