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Title: AHC Medical Terminology

Description: Medical Abbreviations - Advanced Health Careers

Total Flash Cards: 208

Created: 02/28/2008 20:35:53

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Term
a, an
 Definition
without, not
Term

ab-

 Definition
from, away
Term

-able

 Definition
capable
Term
-ac, -ic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremities, arms and legs
Term
ad-
 Definition
to, toward
Term
aden-, aden-
 Definition
gland, glandular
Term
adren/o
 Definition

adrenal gland
Term
aer-, aero-
 Definition
air
Term
-al
 Definition
like, similar, pertaining to
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alges-, algesi-
 Definition
oversensitivity to pain
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
alveoi/o
 Definition
alveoli
Term
ambly/o, ambli-
 Definition
both, both sides
Term
amni-, amini/o
 Definition
amniotic fulid, "lamb"
Term
andro
 Definition
male
Term
angi-, angio-
 Definition
vessel
Term
ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked, looped, immovable, fixed
Term
ante-
 Definition
before
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antero-
 Definition
in front of, ahead of
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anti-
 Definition
against
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append-, appendo-

 Definition
appendix
Term
arche
 Definition
first or original
Term
arter-, arterio-
 Definition
artery
Term
arth-, arthro-
 Definition
joint
Term
articuo-
 Definition
junction of two bones
Term

-ase

 Definition
enzyme
Term
-asis
 Definition
condition of
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness, lack of strength
Term
arther-, athero-
 Definition
fatty, lipid
Term
atresia-
 Definition
closure of a tubular structure
Term
audi-, audio-
 Definition
sound, hearing, dealing with the ear
Term
aur-
 Definition
ear
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
balan
 Definition
glans penis/clitoridis
Term
bi, bis-
 Definition
twice, double, both
Term
bio-
 Definition
life
Term
-blast
 Definition
germ cell, embryonic
Term
blephar- blepharo-
 Definition
eyelids
Term
brachi-
 Definition
arm
Term
brachy-
 Definition
short
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
bronch-, bronchi-
 Definition
air tubes in the lungs, bronchi
Term
bucc/o
 Definition
cheek
Term
calc-, calculus-
Definition
stone
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
cardi-, cardia-, cardio-
 Definition
pertaining to the heart
Term
carp-, carpo-
 Definition
wrist
Term
ceco-
 Definition
pouch of large intestine at the ileo juncture
Term
-cele
 Definition
swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical procedure to remove fluid
Term
cephal-,cephalo-
 Definition
head, pertaining to the head
Term
cerebro-
 Definition
brain
Term
cervic/o
 Definition
neck, neck of uterus
Term
cheil/o, labi/o
 Definition
lip
Term
chem-, chemo-
 Definition
drug, chemical
Term
chir-, chiro-
 Definition
hand
Term
chlor-,chloro
 Definition
green
Term
chol-, chole-, cholo-
 Definition
bile or gall, gallbladder
Term
chrom-, chromo-
 Definition
color
Term
chondro-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
-cide
 Definition
causing death
Term
-clysis
 Definition
washing or irrigation
Term
-coccus
 Definition
round
Term
cochle/o
 Definition
cochlea
Term
coele-
 Definition
chamber, enlarged space
Term
circum-
 Definition
around, about
Term
col-, colo-
 Definition
colon, bowel, large intestine
Term
colp-, colpo-
 Definition
vagina
Term
con-, co-
 Definition
with, together
Term
contra-
 Definition
against, counter
Term
costa-
 Definition
rib
Term
crani-, cranio-
 Definition
pertaining to the skull
Term
-crine
 Definition
secrete
Term
cry/o
 Definition
cold
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
Term
cusis-
 Definition
hearing
Term
cut-
 Definition
skin
Term
cyan-, cyano-
 Definition
blue
Term
cye-
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
cyst-, cysto-, cysti-
 Definition
bladder, bag, sac
Term
-cyte, cyt-, cyto-
 Definition
cell
Term
cent-
 Definition
100
Term
dacry-
 Definition
tear
Term
dactyl/o
 Definition
finger, toe
Term
dec-, deca-, deci-
 Definition
ten
Term
demi-
 Definition
half
Term
dent/o, odont/o
 Definition
tooth
Term
derm-, derma-, dermo-, dermat-
 Definition
pertaining to skin
Term
-desis
 Definition
surgical union or fixation
Term
dextro-
 Definition
to the right
Term
di-, diplo-
 Definition
double, twice
Term
doch-
 Definition
duct
Term
dorsi-, dorso-
 Definition
to the back, back
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, between,part
Term
dis-, disto-
 Definition
separation, away from
Term
duoden-, duodeno-
 Definition
duodenum, first part of the small intestine
Term
-dynia, -dynic
 Definition
pain
Term
dys-
 Definition
difficult, painful, bad
Term
e-, ec-
 Definition
without
Term
-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
expansion, dialation, stretching
Term
ec-, ecto-
 Definition
outside, external
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal of
Term
electr, electro-
 Definition
electrical
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomit
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood
Term
encephal-, encephalo-
 Definition
brain, pertaining to the brain
Term
endo-
 Definition
within, innermost
Term
enter-, entero-
 Definition
intestine, pertaining to the intestine
Term
enur-
 Definition
to void
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon, over, upper
Term
episi/o
 Definition
on the perineum
Term
erythro-
 Definition
red
Term
-esis
 Definition
condition of
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eso
Definition
toward
Term
-esthesia, aesthesio-
 Definition
sensation, perception, feel
Term
eup-, eu-
 Definition
well, easy
Term
ex-, exo-
 Definition
outsides of, beyond
Term
-fasci/o
 Definition
fibrous band
Term
-ferous
 Definition
producing
Term
fibr/o
 Definition
fiber, fibrous, connective tissue
Term
fore-
 Definition
in front of
Term
-form
 Definition
having the form of, shape
Term
-fuge
 Definition
driving away or expelling
Term
galacto-
 Definition
milk, glactose (milk sugar)
Term
gasti-, gastro-
 Definition
stomach
Term
-genetic, -genic, gensis (S)
 Definition
origin, producing, causing
Term
genito-
 Definition
organs of reproduction
Term
-genous
 Definition
kind or type
Term
geo-
 Definition
earth
Term
genront-, geronto-
 Definition
old age, elderly
Term
gingiv/o
 Definition
gums, gingiva
Term
gloss-, glosso-
 Definition
tongue
Term
gluc-, gluco-
 Definition
sweetness, sugar, glucose
Term
gly-, glyco-
 Definition
sugar
Term
gonad/o
 Definition
genitals
Term
-gram
 Definition
tracing, picture, record
Term
-graph
 Definition
diagram, instrument for recording
Term
gravid-
 Definition
live birth
Term
gyn-, gynec-, gyno-
 Definition
women, female
Term
hem-, hema-, hemo-, hemato-
 Definition
blood
Term
hemi-
 Definition
half
Term
hepato-
 Definition
liver
Term
herni-
 Definition
rupture
Term
hetero-
 Definition
other, unlike, different
Term
hist/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
homo-, homeo-
 Definition
same or like
Term
hydro-
 Definition
water
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, high, over, increased, more than normal
Term
hyster-, hystero-
 Definition
uterus
Term
hypno-
 Definition
sleep
Term
hypo-
 Definition
decreased, deficient, less than normal, low, under
Term
-ia, -iasis
 Definition
condition of, abnormal or pathological state
Term
-ic, -ac
 Definition
pertaiing to
Term
idio-
 Definition
peculiar to an individual, self originating
Term
ile-, ileo-
 Definition
ileum, last part of the small intestine
Term
infra-
 Definition
beneath, below
Term
inter-
 Definition
between, among
Term
irid/o
 Definition
colored circle
Term
intra-
 Definition
within, into, inside
Term
-ism
 Definition
condition, theory, state of being
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal, alike, same
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation, inflammation of
Term
kerat-, kerato-
 Definition
cornea of the eye
Term
-kenesis, kinetic-
 Definition
motion
Term
labi-, labia-, labio-
 Definition
lip
Term
labyrinth/o
 Definition
labyrinth (of the ear)
Term
lacrim/o
 Definition
tears
Term
lact-. lacto-
 Definition
milk
Term
lapar-, laparo-
 Definition
abdomen, abdominal wall
Term
laryng-, laryngo-
 Definition
larynx, voicebox
Term
latero-
 Definition
side
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure, convulsion
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
lingua-, linguo-
 Definition
tongue
Term
lip-, lipo-
 Definition
fat, lipids
Term
lith-, litho-
 Definition
stone, calculus
Term
logist
 Definition
one who studies (S)
Term
-logy, -ology
 Definition
study of or science of
Term
lymph-, lympho-
 Definition
lymph tissue
Term
-lys, -lysis, -lyso
 Definition
destruction or dissolving of
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lysis-
 Definition
dissolution or death of cells
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad, abnormal, disordered, poor
Term
malac-, -malacia
 Definition
softening of a tissue
Term
mamm-, mammo-
 Definition
breast or mammary glands
Term
-mania
 Definition
insanity, mental disorder
Term
mast- masto-
 Definition
breast
Term
mastoid/o
 Definition
mastoid bone
Term
-megaly, mega-, megalo-
 Definition
large, enlarged
Term
melan-, melano-
 Definition
black
Term
mening-, meningo-
 Definition
membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
Term
meno-
 Definition
monthly or menstruation
Term
mes-, meso-
 Definition
middle, midline
Term
-meter
 Definition
measuring instrument, measure
Term
-metry
 Definition
measurement
Term
mi/o
 Definition
less or fewer
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
mono-
 Definition
one single
Term
-mortem
 Definition
death
Term
muc-, muco-
 Definition
mucus, secretion of mucous membrane
Term
multi-
 Definition
many, much, a large amount
Term
my-, myo-
 Definition
muscle
Term
myc-, myco-
 Definition
fungus
Term
mydr/o
 Definition
pupil dilation
Term
myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow, spinal cord
Term
myring-, myringo-
 Definition
eardrum