Glossary of Medical Terms PDF

GLOSSARY OF PARTS OF WORDS YOU NEED cac/o bad TO KNOW TO PASS THE SECOND TEST calci/o calcium Word Parts (Greek or cal/e, cal/o warm Latin)...

GLOSSARY OF PARTS OF WORDS YOU NEED cac/o bad TO KNOW TO PASS THE SECOND TEST calci/o calcium Word Parts (Greek or cal/e, cal/o warm Latin) cancer/o, carcin/o cancer, cancerous Root Words capillar/o capillary (tiniest blood vessel) Meaning carb/o carbon (e.g.:aden/o) Prefix or Suffix cardi/o heart (e.g.:ab-, or –aemia) cartilagin/o cartilage a-, ab-, abs- away from cata- down a-, an- an absence of -cele hernia -abilis able cellul/o cell acr/o extremities, arms, legs -centesis surgical puncture ad- toward cephal/o head aden/o gland cerebr/o brain adip/o fat cervic/o neck; cervix -aemia blood condition, presence in cheil/o, chil/o lip blood cheir/o, chir/o hand aesthesi/o sensation chlor/o green alb/o, albin/o white chem/o, chemi/o drug; chemical -algia pain chole- bile; gall -alis, -aris pertaining to chondr/o cartilage all/o other choroid/o choroid layer of eye alveol/o alveolus, air sac chrom/o color ambi-, amphi- around, on both sides chron/o time ana- up, back, again circum- around anc(k)yl/o crooked or bent, stiffening -cisio to cut andr/o male -clasia, -clasis to break angi/o vessel cleid/o, clavicul/o clavicle (collar bone) ante- before; forward cocc/o berry-shaped bacterium anter/o front col/o, colon/o large intestine anthrop/o human con- together, with anti- against coniunctiv/o conjunctiva (lines the eyelids) apo- off, away contra- against; opposite appendic/o appendix corne/o cornea arachn/o spider cortic/o cortex, outer region -aris pertaining to cost/o rib -arium place cox/o hip arteri/o artery crani/o skull arteriol/o small artery cry/o cold arthr/o joint crypt/o hidden -asthenia lack of strength -culus a little one atel/o incomplete cune/i wedge ather/o fatty substance, plaque cutane/o skin audi/o, audit/o hearing cyan/o blue auto- self, own -cyesis pregnancy bacill/o, bacteri/o bacilli (bacteria) cyst/o urinary bladder; cyst; bi- two sac of fluid bi/o life cyt/o cell bili/o bile; gall dacry/o tear blephar/o eyelid dactyl/o fingers; toes brachi/o arm de- lack of; down; less; removal of brachy- short dem/o people brady- slow dent/i, dent/o tooth bronch/o bronchial tube dermat/o, derm/o skin burs/o bursa (sac of fluid near joints) -desis to bind; tie together caec/o cecum (first part of colon) dia- through, complete 1 di-, dicho- double hemi- half digest/o digestion hepat/o liver dips/o thirst hepatic/o hepatic duct dis- apart, to separate hetero- other doch/o duct hidr/o sweat duoden/o duodenum hist/o tissue dors/o back (of body) homo-, hom/e sameness; unchanging; duct/o to lead; carry constant -dynia pain hydr/o water dys- bad, disordered, difficult, hyper- above; excessive; more than abnormal normal e-, ex- out; outside hypn/o sleep -ectasia, -ectasis dilatation; widening hypo- deficient; below; under; less ecto- out; outside than normal -ectomia removal; excision; resection hypophys/o pituitary gland -ectopia dislocation hyster/o uterus; womb embry/o fetus -ia condition, status -eme- vomiting -iasis abnormal condition en- in; within iatr/o physician; treatment encephal/o brain -ibilis able endo- inside, within -iculus small enter/o Intestines, bowels -idalis, -ides, -ideus having the form of, similiar to epi- above; upon; on idio- unknown; individual epiglott/o epiglottis ieiun/o jejunum epitheli/o skin; epithelium ile/o ileum -er one who ili/o ilium erg/o work immun/o immune; protection; safe erythr/o red in-, im-, ir-, il- in; into esthesi/o nervous sensation in- not eti/o cause infra- below; inferior to; beneath eu- good; normal inter- between -eury- widening intra-, intro- within; into exo- out; away from -io process extra-, extro- outside irid/o iris fac/i face isch- suppress, hold back fibr/o fiber -ismus process; condition, idea -formis having the form of intoxication fung/o fungus; mushroom iso- same; equal gastr/o stomach -ista specialist galact/o milk -itis inflammation -genes, -genicus substance that produces, kary/o nucleus produced by or in kerat/o cornea; hard, horny tissue -genesis producing; forming, formation kinesi/o move ger/o, geront/o old age, the aged kyan/o blue geus/o taste labi/o lip gingiv/o gum lacrim/o tear gloss/o tongue lapar/o abdominal wall; abdomen glyc/o glucose; sugar laryng/o larynx (voice box) gnath/o jaw later/o side gon/o knee -lentus full of.. -gramma record, image leuk/o white -graphia process of recording lien/o spleen -graphum, -graphus instrument for recording lig/a ligament -gravida pregnant woman lingu/o tongue gyn/e, gynaec/o female, woman lip/o fat; lipid haemat/o, haem/o blood lith/o, -lithus stone, calculus 2 -logia science or study of (process of) -orec-, -orex- appetite -logus specialist -orium place lymph/o lymph -orius pertaining to -lysis breakdown; separation; orth/o straight, right, correct destroying; loosening -osis condition, usually abnormal, macr/o large, bigger than normal increase mal- bad oste/o bone -malacia softening -osus full of -mania obsessive preoccupation ot/o ear -megalia enlargement ov/o, ovul/o egg mega-, megal/o large ovari/o, oophor/o ovary melan/o black ox/o oxygen men/o menses: menstruation pachy- thick mening/o meninges, membranes covering paed/o child the spinal cord & brain palat/o palate (roof of mouth) ment/o mind pan-, pant/o all, whole meta- change; beyond pancreat/o pancreas -metria process of measuring pancreatic/o pancreatic duct metr/o uterus; womb para- near; beside; abnormal; apart -metrum measuring instrument from; along the side of micro- small, smaller than normal -para to bear, bring forth; woman moll/i soft who gave birth mono- one; single -pathia, path/o disease, illnes, sicknes, morph/o shape; form disorder multi- many -penia deficiency my/o, myos/o muscle -peps-, -pept- digestion myc/o fungus per- through myel/o spinal cord; bone marrow peri- surrounding, around myx/o mucus periodont/o periodontium narc/o numbness; stupor; sleep perioste/o periosteum nas/o nose peritone/o, periton/o peritoneum nat/o birth -pexia, -pexis fixation; to put in place necr/o death phag/o eat; swallow neo- new pharmac/o drug nephr/o kidney pharyng/o throat (pharynx) nerv/o, neur/o nerve -philia, -phil- like; love; attraction to nos/o disease phleb/o vein nucle/o nucleus -phobia fear nud/o naked, nude phon/o voice; sound ocul/o eye phot/o light odont/o tooth phren/o diaphragm odyn/o pain mind oed/o swelling -phylaxis protection oesophag/o esophagus physi/o physical, natural -oideus be like or similar to -physis to grow olig/o scant, few -plas-, -plasia development; formation -olus little; small -plastica surgical repair -oma tumor; mass; fluid collection -plegia, pleg/o paralysis; palsy onc/o tumor pleur/o pleura onych/o nail pneum/o, pneumon/o pneumat/o, lung; air; gas oo/o egg oophor/o ovary pne/o breathing ophthalm/o, opt/o, eye, vision pod/o foot optic/o -poiesis formation -opia, -opsia vision condition, view of poikil/o varied; irregular or/o mouth poli/o gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) 3 poly- many; much sphen/o wedge post- after; behind sphygm/o pulse prae- before; in front of spin/o spinal cord primi- first -spir- to breathe pro- before; forward splanchn/o guts, viscera proct/o rectum splen/o spleen prostat/o prostate gland spondyl/o vertebra (backbone) prot/o first -stasis to stand, stop proxim/o near -stenosis tightening; stricture, narrowing pseudo- false sthen/o strength psych/o mind stomat/o mouth -ptosis droop;prolapse; protrude -stomia condition of the mouth ptyal/o saliva new opening (to form a mouth) -ptysis spitting steat/o fat; lipid pulm/o, pulmon/o lung sub- under; below pulp/o tooth pulp super-, supra- above, beyond pupill/o pupil syn-, sym- together; with pur/u, py/o pus tachy- fast pyel/o renal pelvis tel/e, tel/o distant, complete pyle- portal vein tempor/o period of time, the temples pyr/o fire ten/o, tend/o tendon pyret/o fever tetra- four quadri-, quart- four thanat/o death radicul/o nerve roots -therapia treatment re- back, again, backward therm/o heat ren/o kidney thorac/o chest; pleural cavity retro- behind, back, backward thromb/o clot rhach/i vertebral column thyr/o, thyroid/o thyroid gland rhin/o nose -tomia process of cutting, incision -rrhagia bursting forth (of blood) ton/o tension -rrhaphia suture, stitching tonsill/o tonsil -rrhexis rupture top/o place; position; location -rrhoea flow; discharge tox/o, toxic/o poison rub/o red trache/o trachea (windpipe) saliv/o saliva trans- across; through salping/o Fallopian tube traumat/o trauma, injury, wound Eustachian tube tri- three sarc/o flesh (connective tissue) -tripsia to crush -schisis, schist/o, split, cleft troph/o nourishment; development schiz/o -tum- swelling scler/o sclera (white of eye) tympan/o tympanic membrane -sclerosis hardening typhl/o caecum scoli/o curvature of the vertebral ultra- beyond; excess column -ulus little; small -scopia visual examination uni- one -scopum instrument for visual ureter/o ureter examination urethr/o urethra semi- half -uria condition of urine, presence in seps/o, sept/o infection urine sial/o saliva vesic/o urinary bladder sicc/o dry vir/o virus sinu/o sinus viscer/o internal organs -sis, -sia state of; condition vitre/o glass som/o, somat/o body xanth/o yellow son/o sound xer/o dry spasm/o sudden contraction of muscles zoo- animal 4 5