Medical Terms Unit 1

Front 1

a-, an-

Back 1

without, absence of, lacking, no/none

Front 2

ab-

Back 2

away from

Front 3

abdomin/o

Back 3

abdomen

Front 4

acr/o

Back 4

extremity

Front 5

acute

Back 5

rapid, sharp, severe, immediate

Front 6

ad-, -ad

Back 6

toward

Front 7

alges/i, alges/o

Back 7

sensitivity to pain

Front 8

-algia

Back 8

pain

Front 9

ambi-

Back 9

both, both sides

Front 10

ana-

Back 10

apart from, separate, take apart

Front 11

anatomic(al) position

Back 11

reference body stance: eyes, toes, palms forward

Front 12

ante-

Back 12

before, in front of

Front 13

anter/o

Back 13

front, in front of

Front 14

auscultation

Back 14

listening with a sterhoscope

Front 15

axilla

Back 15

underarm area, armpit

Front 16

brachi/o

Back 16

arm

Front 17

CAT =CT scan

Back 17

computed axial tomography= computed tomography

Front 18

caud/o

Back 18

tail

Front 19

cephal/o

Back 19

head

Front 20

chir/o

Back 20

hand

Front 21

chronic

Back 21

"pertaining to time": long, slow, ongoing

Front 22

circum-

Back 22

around

Front 23

coronal or frontal plane

Back 23

vertical plane seperating front from back

Front 24

corpor/o

Back 24

body

Front 25

cubit/o

Back 25

elbow

Front 26

dactyl/o

Back 26

digits (fingers or toes)

Front 27

de-

Back 27

without, down from

Front 28

dextr/o

Back 28

right

Front 29

dia-, di-

Back 29

through, thorough (complete), around

Front 30

dis-

Back 30

away from

Front 31

dist/o

Back 31

away from the point of origin (distal)

Front 32

dors/o

Back 32

back side of the body

Front 33

-dynia

Back 33

pain

Front 34

ect/o, ecto-

Back 34

outside

Front 35

endo-

Back 35

within, inner, inside

Front 36

epi-

Back 36

over, upon, above, on top

Front 37

ex-, exo-

Back 37

outside, away from, outward

Front 38

extra-

Back 38

outside of, beyond

Front 39

glut/o, glute/o

Back 39

buttock

Front 40

gnos/o

Back 40

knowledge

Front 41

GP

Back 41

general practitioner

Front 42

-gram

Back 42

an image or record

Front 43

-graph

Back 43

instrument that writes, images, or records

Front 44

-graphy

Back 44

process of writing, imaging, or recording

Front 45

hyper-

Back 45

above; excessive, abnormally high

Front 46

hypo-

Back 46

below; insufficient, abnormally low

Front 47

-ia, -ias, -iasis

Back 47

condition, state, or process

Front 48

in-

Back 48

in, into, within; not

Front 49

infer/o

Back 49

below, lower (inferior)

Front 50

infra-

Back 50

below, under

Front 51

inguin/o

Back 51

groin

Front 52

intra-

Back 52

inside, within

Front 53

-itis

Back 53

inflammation (trauma response marked by redness, swelling, heat, and pain)

Front 54

later/o

Back 54

side; lateral; toward the side, away from the midline

Front 55

log/o

Back 55

study of

Front 56

lower extremity

Back 56

the entire leg

Front 57

macro-, macr/o

Back 57

large

Front 58

mal/o, mal-

Back 58

bad or poor

Front 59

medi/o

Back 59

middle, toward the midline

Front 60

megal/o, -megaly

Back 60

enlarged

Front 61

meso-

Back 61

middle

Front 62

-meter

Back 62

instrument for measuring or counting

Front 63

metr/o

Back 63

measurement; uterus or womb

Front 64

micro, micr/o

Back 64

small

Front 65

morbidity

Back 65

illness rate

Front 66

mortality

Back 66

death rate

Front 67

MRI

Back 67

magnetic resonance imaging

Front 68

omphal/o

Back 68

umbilicus (navel)

Front 69

palmar

Back 69

pertaining to the palm of the hand

Front 70

palpation

Back 70

exploratory feeling around

Front 71

para-

Back 71

near, beside, alongside; abnormal

Front 72

path/o, -pathy

Back 72

disease

Front 73

PCP

Back 73

primary care provider

Front 74

pector/o

Back 74

chest

Front 75

ped/i

Back 75

foot

Front 76

per-

Back 76

through

Front 77

peri-

Back 77

around, about

Front 78

PET scan

Back 78

positron emission tomography scan

Front 79

pharmac/o

Back 79

drug, medicine

Front 80

pharmaceutic/o

Back 80

drug, medicine

Front 81

physic/o

Back 81

body

Front 82

plantar

Back 82

pertaining to the sole of the foot

Front 83

pod/o

Back 83

foot

Front 84

popliteal

Back 84

pertaining to the back of the knee

Front 85

post-

Back 85

after, following, behind

Front 86

posteri/o, poster/o

Back 86

back, behind, following, toward the rear

Front 87

pre-

Back 87

before, in front of

Front 88

pro-

Back 88

in front of, preceding, before

Front 89

prone

Back 89

lying face down (also liable to)

Front 90

proxim/o

Back 90

near the point of origin (proximal)

Front 91

pyrexia

Back 91

fever

Front 92

retro-

Back 92

backward, behind

Front 93

sagittal or lateral plane

Back 93

vertical plane seperating left from right

Front 94

scop/o

Back 94

to view or examine

Front 95

-scope

Back 95

instrument for viewing

Front 96

sequelae

Back 96

conditions following and resulting from a disease

Front 97

sign

Back 97

an objectively observable manifestation

Front 98

sinistr/o

Back 98

left

Front 99

-sis, -osis

Back 99

disease, abnormal condition

Front 100

steth/o

Back 100

chest

Front 101

sub-

Back 101

below, beneath, under

Front 102

symptom

Back 102

a subjectively experienced manifestation

Front 103

-therapy

Back 103

treatment

Front 104

super/o, super-

Back 104

above, over; excessive

Front 105

supine

Back 105

lying face up

Front 106

supra-

Back 106

above

Front 107

therm/o

Back 107

heat

Front 108

tom/o

Back 108

cut

Front 109

trans-

Back 109

across, through

Front 110

transverse or horizontal plane

Back 110

horizontal plane seperating top from bottom

Front 111

trauma

Back 111

any wound or injury

Front 112

trunk

Back 112

the torso or core body

Front 113

ultra-

Back 113

above, beyond, excessive

Front 114

umbilic/o

Back 114

umbilicus (navel)

Front 115

upper extremity

Back 115

the entire arm

Front 116

ventr/o

Back 116

front of the body

Front 117

-ous

Back 117

pertaining to, possessing, full of

Front 118

-ist

Back 118

specialist in; one who practices

Front 119

-ician

Back 119

special, expert

Front 120

iatr/o

Back 120

physician; medical treatment

Front 121

-iatric

Back 121

pertaining to a treatment or specialty

Front 122

-iatrist

Back 122

one who practices a treatment or specialty

Front 123

pract/o

Back 123

medical practice

Front 124

practic

Back 124

pertaining to practice