Medical Vocab Exam 1

Front 1

Acanth-

Back 1

thorn, spine

Front 2

Alg-

Back 2

pain

Front 3

Alges-

Back 3

sensitivity to pain

Front 4

All-

Back 4

other, divergence, difference from

Front 5

Angi-

Back 5

(blood) vessel, duct

Front 6

arteri-

Back 6

(air passage) artery

Front 7

arthr-

Back 7

joint

Front 8

bi-

Back 8

life

Front 9

brady-

Back 9

slow

Front 10

cardi-

Back 10

heart

Front 11

cephal-

Back 11

head

Front 12

crani-

Back 12

skull

Front 13

cyt-

Back 13

(hollow container) cell

Front 14

encephal-

Back 14

brain

Front 15

Erythr-

Back 15

red, red blood cell

Front 16

lept-

Back 16

thin, fine, slight

Front 17

leuk-

Back 17

white, white blood cell

Front 18

lith-

Back 18

stone, calculus

Front 19

log-

Back 19

word, study

Front 20

malac-

Back 20

soft

Front 21

mes-

Back 21

middle, secondary, partial, mesentery

Front 22

-meter, metr-

Back 22

measure, measuring device (words ending in meter indicate instruments for measuring)

Front 23

nephr-

Back 23

kidney

Front 24

neur-

Back 24

(tendon) nerve, nervous system

Front 25

oste-

Back 25

bone

Front 26

prosop-

Back 26

face

Front 27

prot-

Back 27

first, primitive, early

Front 28

scler-

Back 28

hard

Front 29

sten-

Back 29

narrow

Front 30

stere-

Back 30

solid, having three dimensions

Front 31

tachy-

Back 31

rapid

Front 32

tox(i)-

Back 32

poison

Front 33

Acr-

Back 33

(highest point) extremities (particularly the hands and feet)

Front 34

Ambly-

Back 34

dull faint

Front 35

carcin-

Back 35

(crab) carcinoma,, cancer

Front 36

-cel-

Back 36

hernia, tumor, swelling

Front 37

cheir-, chir-

Back 37

hand

Front 38

Chol(e)-

Back 38

bile, gall

Front 39

col(i)-, colon-

Back 39

colon

Front 40

cyan-

Back 40

blue

Front 41

cyst(i)-, -cystis

Back 41

bladder, cyst

Front 42

diplo-

Back 42

double, twin

Front 43

enter-

Back 43

(small) intestine

Front 44

erg-

Back 44

action, work

Front 45

gastr-

Back 45

stomach

Front 46

hem-, hemat-, -em-

Back 46

blood

Front 47

hepar-, hepat-

Back 47

liver

Front 48

lip-

Back 48

fat

Front 49

macr-

Back 49

(abnormally) large or long

Front 50

mega-, megal-

Back 50

(abnormally) large or long

Front 51

melan-

Back 51

dark, black

Front 52

micr-

Back 52

(abnormally) small

Front 53

nyct-

Back 53

night

Front 54

odyn-

Back 54

pain

Front 55

onc-

Back 55

tumor

Front 56

pachy-

Back 56

thick

Front 57

pseud-

Back 57

false

Front 58

py-

Back 58

pus

Front 59

sarc-

Back 59

flesh, soft tissue

Front 60

spasm-

Back 60

spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

Front 61

splen-

Back 61

spleen

Front 62

stom-, stomat-

Back 62

mouth, opening

Front 63

arachn-

Back 63

spider, web; arachnoid membrane

Front 64

chlor-

Back 64

green

Front 65

chondr-

Back 65

cartilage

Front 66

dactyl-

Back 66

fingers or toes

Front 67

derm(at)-, -Derma

Back 67

skin

Front 68

(H)elc-

Back 68

ulcer

Front 69

Hidr(ot)-, -idr-

Back 69

sweat

Front 70

Hist(i)-

Back 70

(web) tissue

Front 71

hydr-

Back 71

water, fluid

Front 72

hypn-

Back 72

sleep

Front 73

icter-

Back 73

jaundice

Front 74

in- , inos-

Back 74

fiber, muscle

Front 75

is-

Back 75

equal, same, similar, alike

Front 76

mening-, -meninx

Back 76

meningeal membrane, meninges

Front 77

my(s)-

Back 77

(mouse) muscle

Front 78

myc(et)-

Back 78

(mushroom) fungus

Front 79

myel-

Back 79

bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 80

narc-

Back 80

stupor, numbness

Front 81

necr-

Back 81

corpse; death

Front 82

olig-

Back 82

few, deficient

Front 83

onych-

Back 83

fingernail, toe nail

Front 84

pod-

Back 84

foot

Front 85

poli-

Back 85

(gray) gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

Front 86

poly-

Back 86

many, excessive

Front 87

Por-

Back 87

passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

Front 88

psych-

Back 88

(soul), mind

Front 89

som(at)-, -soma

Back 89

body

Front 90

sthen-

Back 90

strength

Front 91

trachel-

Back 91

neck, cervix

Front 92

xanth-

Back 92

yellow

Front 93

aut-

Back 93

self

Front 94

crin-

Back 94

(seperate) secrete, secretion

Front 95

esthe(s)-

Back 95

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 96

gen(e)-, -gen

Back 96

come into being, produce

Front 97

gram-

Back 97

(something written) a record

Front 98

graph-

Back 98

write, record

Front 99

iatr-

Back 99

healer, physician, treatment

Front 100

idi-

Back 100

of one's self

Front 101

kine-

Back 101

move

Front 102

kines(i)-

Back 102

movement, motion

Front 103

ly(s)

Back 103

destroy, break down

Front 104

myx-

Back 104

mucus

Front 105

orth-

Back 105

straight, erect; normal

Front 106

ot-

Back 106

ear

Front 107

path-

Back 107

(suffering) disease

Front 108

phil-

Back 108

love; have an affinity for

Front 109

pt-

Back 109

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 110

pyr-

Back 110

(fire) fever, burning

Front 111

pyret-

Back 111

fever

Front 112

pyrex-

Back 112

be feverish

Front 113

rhe-

Back 113

(run) flow, secrete

Front 114

rhag-

Back 114

(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 115

rhex-

Back 115

rupture

Front 116

rhin-

Back 116

nose

Front 117

scop-

Back 117

look at, examine

Front 118

sep-

Back 118

(be putrid) be infected

Front 119

ta-

Back 119

stretching

Front 120

tel-

Back 120

end, completion

Front 121

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 121

tendon

Front 122

therap(eu)-

Back 122

treat medically, heal

Front 123

tom-

Back 123

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 124

ton-

Back 124

(a stretching) muscular tone, tension

Front 125

acou(s)-, Acu(s)-

Back 125

hear

Front 126

amni-

Back 126

fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion

Front 127

-asc-, ascit-

Back 127

(leather bag) bladder, sac, bag

Front 128

bary-

Back 128

heavy, dull, hard

Front 129

cente-

Back 129

pierce

Front 130

chrom-, chroma-, chromat-

Back 130

color, pigment

Front 131

dips-

Back 131

thirst

Front 132

echo-

Back 132

reverberating sound, echo

Front 133

edema-, edemat-

Back 133

swelling

Front 134

eme-

Back 134

vomit

Front 135

gno(s)

Back 135

know

Front 136

lal-

Back 136

talk

Front 137

lapar-

Back 137

abdomen, abdominal wall

Front 138

lex-

Back 138

read

Front 139

mne-

Back 139

remember

Front 140

ne-

Back 140

new

Front 141

no-

Back 141

mind, mental activity, comprehension

Front 142

orec-, orex-

Back 142

have an appetite

Front 143

ox(y)-

Back 143

acute, pointed; rapid; acid; oxygen

Front 144

pha-

Back 144

speak, communicate

Front 145

phag-

Back 145

swallow, eat

Front 146

pharmac(eu)-

Back 146

medicine, drug

Front 147

-phem-

Back 147

speech

Front 148

phob-

Back 148

(abnormal) fear

Front 149

phon-

Back 149

voice, sound

Front 150

phrac-, phrag-

Back 150

enclose, obstruct

Front 151

phras-

Back 151

speak

Front 152

phren-

Back 152

mind; diaphragm

Front 153

phylac-

Back 153

protection (against disease) p

Front 154

phys(i)-

Back 154

nature, appearance

Front 155

-phyt-

Back 155

plante (organism), growth

Front 156

-poie-

Back 156

produce, make

Front 157

sapr-

Back 157

rotten, putrid, decaying

Front 158

stear-, steat-

Back 158

fat, sebum, sebaceous gland

Front 159

andr-

Back 159

man, male

Front 160

ankyl, ancyl

Back 160

fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

Front 161

Aphrodis(i)

Back 161

sexual desire

Front 162

brachy-

Back 162

short

Front 163

crypt-

Back 163

hidden, latent

Front 164

dem-

Back 164

people, population

Front 165

dolich-

Back 165

long, narrow, slender

Front 166

drom-

Back 166

a running

Front 167

er-, erot-

Back 167

sexual desire

Front 168

gyn(ec)-

Back 168

woman, female

Front 169

helmint(h)-

Back 169

(intestinal) worm

Front 170

nemat-

Back 170

thread (worm)

Front 171

nos-

Back 171

disease, illness

Front 172

odont-

Back 172

tooth

Front 173

pali(n)-

Back 173

back, again

Front 174

pan(t)-

Back 174

all, entire, every

Front 175

phor-

Back 175

bearing, carrying

Front 176

phos-, phot-

Back 176

light, daylight

Front 177

plec-, pleg-

Back 177

strike, paralyze

Front 178

R(h)achi-

Back 178

spine

Front 179

schiz-, schist-, -schisis

Back 179

split, cleft, fissure

Front 180

spondyl-

Back 180

vertebra

Front 181

-staxis, -staxia

Back 181

dripping, oozing (of blood)

Front 182

Than(at)-

Back 182

death

Front 183

the-

Back 183

place, put

Front 184

trich-

Back 184

hair

Front 185

troph-

Back 185

nourishment

Front 186

aden-

Back 186

gland

Front 187

aer-

Back 187

air, gas

Front 188

blenn-

Back 188

mucus

Front 189

cel(i)-

Back 189

abdomen

Front 190

ch(e)il-

Back 190

lip

Front 191

chron-

Back 191

time, timing

Front 192

cla(s)- , -clast

Back 192

break (up), destroy

Front 193

-desis

Back 193

binding

Front 194

desm-

Back 194

(binding) ligament, connective tissue

Front 195

dynam-

Back 195

force, power, energy

Front 196

ger-

Back 196

old age

Front 197

gnath-

Back 197

(lower) jaw

Front 198

isch-, -sche-

Back 198

suppress, check

Front 199

klept-

Back 199

steal

Front 200

lei-

Back 200

smooth

Front 201

lep-

Back 201

attack, seizure

Front 202

man-

Back 202

be mad

Front 203

mel-

Back 203

limb

Front 204

morph-

Back 204

form, shape

Front 205

nom-

Back 205

law

Front 206

omphal-

Back 206

navel, umbilicus

Front 207

ped-

Back 207

child

Front 208

pen-

Back 208

decrease, deficiency

Front 209

-pex-

Back 209

fixing, (surgical) attachment

Front 210

plas(t)-

Back 210

form, developp

Front 211

presby-

Back 211

old, old age

Front 212

prostat-

Back 212

(one who stand before) prostate gland

Front 213

pty-

Back 213

spit

Front 214

ptyal-

Back 214

saliva

Front 215

-rrhaph-

Back 215

suture

Front 216

sit-

Back 216

food

Front 217

-sta(t)-

Back 217

stand, stop

Front 218

tax-

Back 218

(muscular) coordination

Front 219

therm-

Back 219

heat, (body) temperature

Front 220

trop-

Back 220

turning

Front 221

Abdomin-

Back 221

belly, abdomen

Front 222

adip-

Back 222

fat

Front 223

aur-

Back 223

ear

Front 224

bacill-

Back 224

(rod, staff) bacillus

Front 225

burs-

Back 225

(leather sac) bursa

Front 226

calc-

Back 226

stone, calcium, lime (salts)

Front 227

calor-

Back 227

heat, energy

Front 228

capit-

Back 228

head

Front 229

cerebr-

Back 229

brain

Front 230

cost-

Back 230

rib

Front 231

dent-

Back 231

tooth

Front 232

dors-

Back 232

back (of the body)

Front 233

extern-

Back 233

outer

Front 234

fibr-

Back 234

fiber, filament

Front 235

fistul-

Back 235

(tube, pipe) fistula, an abnormal tubelike passage in the body

Front 236

frig-, frigor-

Back 236

cold

Front 237

insul-

Back 237

island

Front 238

intern-

Back 238

inner

Front 239

meat-

Back 239

passage, opening, meatus

Front 240

nas-

Back 240

nose

Front 241

pur-

Back 241

pus

Front 242

radic-, radix-, rad-

Back 242

root

Front 243

ren-

Back 243

kidney

Front 244

sangui(n)

Back 244

blood

Front 245

son-

Back 245

sound

Front 246

synov-

Back 246

synovial fluid, synovial membrane or sac

Front 247

tub-

Back 247

(trumpet) tube

Front 248

tuss-

Back 248

cough

Front 249

vacc-

Back 249

cow

Front 250

vir-, virus-

Back 250

(poison, venom) virus

Front 251

viscer-

Back 251

internal organs