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Medical Terminology Set 3
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Undergraduate 3
12/02/2009

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Term
-PENIA
Definition
decrease in number
leuko/cyto/penia (white blood cell decrease)
Term
PENT/A-
Definition
five
Term
PEPS/O-
Definition
digestion
Term
PER-
Definition
through
per/cutane/ous
through/skin/state of
permeate
Term
PERI-
Definition
around
pericardium
perstalsis
Term
PERINE/O-
Definition
base or floor

perin/eal
base or floor/refers to (area b/w anus and external genital organs)
Term
PERITON/E-
Definition
that which holds the lower viscera
Term
PERONEO-
Definition
pin or concerning the lower outside let bone

peroneus (one of the several leg muscles that move the foot)
Term
PES
Definition
food
Term
PES
Definition
food
Term
PETECH/I-
Definition
small
petech/ial (usually refers to small hemorrhages or spots on skin or brain)
Term
PETECH/I-
Definition
small
petech/ial (usually refers to small hemorrhages or spots on skin or brain)
Term
PETIT
Definition
little illness
petit mal
little illness/bad
Term
PETRO-
Definition
rock, stone, hard

petro/derma
rock,stone,hard/skin
Term
PHAGO-
Definition
eat, eating, perverse appetite
Term
PHALANG/O-
Definition
close knit row (fingers and toes)
Term
PHARMAC/O-
Definition
drug relationship, to drug, medicine
Term
PHARYNG/O-
Definition
throat
Term
PHAS/O-
Definition
speech or speaking
dys/phas/ia
difficult or faulty/ speech/ refers to
Term
-PHASE
Definition
stage
metaphase
Term
-PHASE
Definition
stage
metaphase
Term
-PHERESIS
Definition
withdrawal or to separate
hemato/pheresis
blood/to separate
Term
-PHILE
Definition
love of, to love, love for
eosinophilia
Term
-PHILE
Definition
love of, to love, love for
eosinophilia
Term
PHIM/O-
Definition
to muzzle or muzzling
phimosis
Term
PHLEB/O-
Definition
vein
phlebitis
phlebotomist
Term
PHOB/O-
Definition
fear
Term
PHOC/O-
Definition
seal
phoco/mel/ia
seal/limbs/refers to
Term
PHON/O-
Definition
voice or sound
Term
PHOR/O-
Definition
feeling (mental)
euphoria
Term
-PHORESIS
Definition
migration, transport, move or carry

aphoresis, hemophoresis, chemaphoresis
Term
PHOT/O-
Definition
light
Term
PHRAG/O-
Definition
wall or partition

diagphragm
Term
PHRASO-
Definition
speech or talk
aphrasia
without/speech/refers to
Term
-PHRAXIA
Definition
stoppage or obstruction
hemophraxia
Term
PHREN/O-
Definition
mind or diaphragm
phren/ia
mind/pertains to
phren/ic
diaphragm/ pertains to
Term
-PHYLAXIS
Definition
protection or guard
prophylaxis
before/protection or guard
Term
PHYSI/O-
Definition
function of or nature of
Term
-PHYSIS
Definition
growth of nature of
sym/physis
together/growth or nature of
Term
PHYTO-
Definition
plant
Term
PIA-
Definition
gentle
pia mater
soft or gentle
Term
PIL/O-
Definition
hair
pil/oma
hair/swelling or tumor-like
Term
PINN/A-
Definition
feather or feather like
pinna/form
feather like/shape
Term
PITUIT/O-
Definition
phlegm or glue like mucus
Term
PITYR/I-
Definition
bran (cereal like scales on skin
pityri/asis
Term
PLACENT/A-
Definition
cake
placent/itis
cake/inflamed
Term
-PLAKIA
Definition
plate or plate-like
leuko/plakia
white/plate (pre-cancerous lesions on a membrane or the skin)
Term
PLAN/O-
Definition
flat or a plain
plan/us
flat footed
Term
PLANT/O-
Definition
sole of foot
Term
PLAS-
Definition
growth, development, formation
hyperplasia
Term
-PLEG/IA
Definition
paralysis
quadriplegia
Term
PLEUR/O-
Definition
side or rib
pleur/itis
side or rib/inflamed
Term
-PLEXY
Definition
paralysis
neuro/plexy
nerve/paralysis
Term
-PNEA
Definition
breathe or breathing
apnea
Term
PNEUM/O-
Definition
lung, air, respiration
Term
-POIE/SIS
Definition
to make, form, produce
hemato/poie/sis
blood/to make, form, produce/condition or state of
Term
POIKIL/O-
Definition
irregular or varied shape
poikilio/cytic
irregular or varied shape/cell
Term
POLI/O-
Definition
gray
polio/myel/itis
gray/spinal cord/inflamed
Term
POLLEX-
Definition
thumb
pollex/ectomy
thumb/removal
Term
POLY-
Definition
many
Term
PONS
Definition
bridge
pons in the brain
Term
POR/O-
Definition
cavity or passage (porous)
osteo/por/o/sis
Term
POST-
Definition
after or behind
Term
-POX
Definition
pits
Term
PRAND/I-
Definition
meal or breakfast
prandi/al
Term
-PRAX/IA
Definition
movement or action
pharmaco/prax/ia
Term
PRE-
Definition
before
Term
PREPUCE
Definition
foreskin or hood
PENIS!!!
Term
PRESBYO-
Definition
old
Term
PRIM/I-
Definition
first
Term
PRO-
Definition
before
Term
PROCT/O-
Definition
rectum or anus
Term
PRONE-
Definition
to bend forward
pronation
Term
PROPRI/O-
Definition
property (nerve stimuli or information)
proprioceptor
Term
PROSTAT/O-
Definition
one who lies before
prostat/ectomy
prostate gland lies in front of urinary bladder
Term
PROT/O-
Definition
first
protozoan
Term
PROXIM/O-
Definition
close or closest
Term
PRUR/I-
Definition
itch or itching
Term
PSUED/O-
Definition
false
Term
PSOAS
Definition
loin (lumbar)
Term
PSOR/I
Definition
to itch
Term
PSYCH/O-
Definition
mind
Term
PTERYG/O-
Definition
winged
Term
-PTOSIS
Definition
to drop, fall, displace
Term
PUB/O-
Definition
private parts
Term
PULMON/O-
Definition
lung
Term
PULP/O-
Definition
solid flesh
pulp/itis
solid flesh/inflamed
Term
PUPILL/O-
Definition
pupil
Term
PURPUR/O-
Definition
purple!!!
Term
PYEL/O-
Definition
pelvis or kidney
Term
PYKN/O-
Definition
thick, dense, compact
pyknemia
thick/refers to blood
Term
PYL/O
Definition
gatekeeper
pyloric
Term
PYO-
Definition
pus
pyogenic
pus/produce/refers to
Term
PYRET/O-
Definition
fever
Term
QUADR/I-
Definition
four
Term
QUINT/I-
Definition
five
Term
RADI/O-
Definition
ray, spoke, x-ray, radio activity
Term
RADIC/O-
Definition
nerve root or spinal nerve
Term
RAY-
Definition
spoke or wave length
Term
RE-
Definition
again
Term
RECT/O-
Definition
rectum or straight
Term
REN/O-
Definition
kidney
Term
RETICUL/O-
Definition
network
reticul/ation
network/process of
Term
RETINA
Definition
net or net like
retin/itis (appearance of blood vessels on the thin inner eye layer at the back of the eyeball)
Term
RETR/O-
Definition
back of, behind, backward, after
Term
RHACHI/O-
Definition
jointed vertebrae, spine, spinal column
Term
RHEUMAT/O-
Definition
discharge or flow through
Term
RHIN/O-
Definition
nose
Term
RHOMB/O-
Definition
parallelogram or diamond shape
Term
RHYTID/O-
Definition
wrinkles
Term
RICHETTS/IA-
Definition
rickets like symptoms in joints
Term
ROENT/O-
Definition
X-ray
roent/gen/ic
Term
ROTAT/O-
Definition
to turn or swing around
Term
-RRHYTHM
Definition
rhythm or contraction
Term
RUBE/O-
Definition
red
Term
RUG/A-
Definition
folds
Term
SACCHAR/O-
Definition
sugar
Term
SACR/O-
Definition
saucer or sacred bone
sacral
Term
SAGITT/O-
Definition
arrow or arrow like
Term
SALIV/O-
Definition
spit
Term
SALPING/O-
Definition
tube, duct, canal
salpingitis
Term
SARC/O-
Definition
fleshy
sarcoma
fleshy/tumor
Term
SCAB/O-
Definition
to itch
scab/ies
to itch/condition of
Term
SCAPUL/O-
Definition
shoulder blade
scapul/ectomy
shoulder blade/removal
Term
SCHIZ/O-
Definition
split or splitting
schizophrenia
Term
SCLER/O
Definition
hardening
scler/itis
hard/inflammation
Term
SCOLI/O-
Definition
crooked or twisted
Term
-SCOP/E
Definition
to view or examine/instrument
Term
-SCOPY
Definition
to examine or view
Term
SCOT/O-
Definition
darkness
scot/oma
darkness (blind spot)/swelling or tumor
Term
SCROT/O-
Definition
sac or pouch
Term
SCURVY
Definition
to scratch
vitamin c deficiency
Term
SEB/O-
Definition
oil
Term
SECRETO-
Definition
separating or to separate
Term
SECT/O-
Definition
to cut
Term
SEMI-
Definition
half
Term
SEMIN/O-
Definition
seed or seed producer
Term
SENIL/E-
Definition
old
Term
SEPT/A-
Definition
partition or wall
septum
wall dividing nose or heart
Term
SEPT/I-
Definition
seventh
Term
SEPT/O-
Definition
poison, infection, decay, putrefy
Term
SIAL/O-
Definition
saliva or spit
Term
SIDER/O-
Definition
iron
sidero/cyte
iron/cell
Term
SILIC/O-
Definition
silicon carbon particles
Term
SIN/O-
Definition
cavity
sin/us
Term
SINISTR/O-
Definition
to the left or left
sinistro/card/ia
to the left/heart/refers to
Term
SKELET/O-
Definition
dried up or to attach
skeletal
Term
SOLE-
Definition
the sole of the foot
Term
-SOL
Definition
in solution or solution
Term
SOM/O-
Definition
body
psycho/somat/ic
mind/body/refer to
Term
SOMN/O-
Definition
sleep
Term
SON/O-
Definition
sound
Term
SPAD/I-
Definition
to tear
epi/spad/ism
upon/to tear/state of
(usually abnormal opening on the upper side of the penis or shaft)
Term
-SPASM
Definition
involuntary contraction
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