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Title

Medical Terminology

Description

1000 terms

Total Cards

1000

Subject

Medical

Level

Undergraduate 4

Created

03/22/2008

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Term

A-

Definition

without or lack of

Term

Ab-

Definition

away (away from)

Term

-able

Definition

capable of or ability to

Term

Abort/io-

Definition

to miscarry (natural or induced)

Term

Abrupt/io-

Definition

to tear away from

Term

Abscess

Definition

a going away

Term

Acne

Definition

pointed

Term

Acoust/i-

Definition

hearing

Term

Acr/o-

Definition

extremities, height, and pointed

Term

Actin/o-

Definition

sun, ray, radium

Term

Acu-

Definition

sharp

Term

-ac

Definition

refers to, pertains to, or state of

Term

Ad-

Definition

near or beside

Term

Aden/o-

Definition

gland

Term

Adip/o-

Definition

fat

Term

Aer/o-

Definition

air or gas

Term

Af-

Definition

toward

Term

Alb/o-

Definition

white

Term

Alges/i-

Definition

pain

Term

-algia

Definition

pain

Term

Alopec/i-

Definition

fox mange or baldness

Term

Alveol/i-

Definition

cavity

Term

Ambi-

Definition

both

Term

Ambul/o-

Definition

to walk

Term

Amphi-

Definition

both

Term

Amylo-

Definition

starch

Term

An-

Definition

lack of or without

Term

An/o-

Definition

ring

Term

Ana-

Definition

apart or up

Term

Angi/o-

Definition

vessel

Term

Angin/o-

Definition

vessel

Term

Ankyl/o-

Definition

fuse or bind

Term

Ante-

Definition

before

Term

Anter/o-

Definition

before or foremost

Term

Anthrax

Definition

coal or carbuncle

Term

Anti-

Definition

against

Term

Aneurysm-

Definition

dilation or ballooning

Term

-apheresis

Definition

to remove or seperate

Term

Apo-

Definition

above or upon

Term

Aqua-

Definition

water

Term

Arachino-

Definition

spider

Term

Arche/o-

Definition

first

Term

-aria

Definition

air

Term

Arteri/o-

Definition

artery

Term

Arthr/o-

Definition

joint

Term

Articul/o-

Definition

jointed

Term

-ar

Definition

refers to or pertains to

Term

Ascar/i-

Definition

worm

Term

-ase

Definition

enzyme

Term

-asthenia

Definition

weakness

Term

Asthma-

Definition

panting

Term

Atelo-

Definition

incomplete, without end, imperfect ending

Term

Athero-

Definition

porridge or yellow fat

Term

-ation

Definition

process of or procedure of

Term

-atresia

Definition

closure

Term

Atri/o

Definition

chamber

Term

Attrit/i-

Definition

wearing out

Term

Audi-

Definition

hearing

Term

Aur/i

Definition

ear

Term

Auscult/o-

Definition

to listen

Term

Auto-

Definition

self

Term

Avuls/i-

Definition

to tear

Term

Bacill/o-

Definition

rod-like

Term

Bacteri/o

Definition

rod

Term

Balan/o-

Definition

penis

Term

Baro-

Definition

weight

Term

Bas/o-

Definition

basic or at base

Term

Bene-

Definition

good or normal

Term

Benign-

Definition

kind

Term

Beri-

Definition

weakness

Term

Bi-

Definition

two

Term

Bil/i

Definition

Bile or gall

Term

Bin

Definition

two

Term

Bio-

Definition

life

Term

-blast

Definition

beginning or young

Term

Bleb/o-

Definition

blister

Term

Blenno-

Definition

mucus

Term

Blepharo-

Definition

eyelid

Term

Bol/o

Definition

lump or ball

Term

Brach/i-

Definition

arm

Term

Brachy-

Definition

short

Term

Brady-

Definition

slow

Term

Brevi-

Definition

short

Term

Bronch/i-

Definition

windpipe or trachea like

Term

Brux-

Definition

grinding

Term

Bucca-

Definition

cheek

Term

Bulba-

Definition

blister or vesicle

Term

Bulimo-

Definition

hunger

Term

Burs/o-

Definition

sac, wine sac, pouch

Term

Cal/o-

Definition

heat, heated, or hot

Term

Calcin/o-

Definition

calcium

Term

Calco-

Definition

pebbles or granules of calcium mineral

Term

Calx-

Definition

heel or lime

Term

Candid/i-

Definition

glowing white

Term

Canth/o-

Definition

corner of the eye

Term

Capill/o-

Definition

hair-like

Term

Capit/o-

Definition

head

Term

Capn/o-

Definition

carbon dioxide

Term

Caput

Definition

head

Term

Carbun/o-

Definition

glowing ember

Term

Carcin/o-

Definition

crab-like

Term

Cardi/o-

Definition

heart

Term

Carp/o-

Definition

wrist

Term

Cata-

Definition

breakdown or down

Term

Cataract

Definition

waterfall or cloudiness

Term

Catarrh-

Definition

to flow down

Term

Catheter/o-

Definition

to let down into

Term

Caud/o-

Definition

tail or toward tail

Term

Caust/o-

Definition

burn or heat

Term

Cauter/o-

Definition

to burn or to heat

Term

Cav-

Definition

hollow

Term

Cebo-

Definition

meal or food

Term

Cec/o-

Definition

blind pouch

Term

-cele

Definition

swelling or tumor

Term

Cellul/o-

Definition

chambers

Term

Celi/o-

Definition

abdomen or belly

Term

Cement/o-

Definition

hard

Term

-centesis

Definition

surgical puncture to drain fluid

Term

Centi-

Definition

one hundredth part

Term

Centr/i-

Definition

center

Term

Cephal/o

Definition

head

Term

-cept-

Definition

reciever

Term

Cereb/o-

Definition

Brain

Term

Ceru-

Definition

wax

Term

Cerv/i-

Definition

neck

Term

Chalaz/io-

Definition

hailstone

Term

Chancr/o-

Definition

ulcer

Term

Cheil/o-

Definition

lip

Term

Chiro-

Definition

hand

Term

Chlor/o-

Definition

green

Term

Cholangio-

Definition

bile duct

Term

Cholecyst/o-

Definition

gallbladder

Term

Choledoch/o-

Definition

gallbladder duct (canal)

Term

Cholera-

Definition

biliary acute diarrhea

Term

Condr/o-

Definition

cartilage

Term

Chole-

Definition

bile or gall

Term

Chrom/o-

Definition

colored

Term

Chyme-

Definition

juice

Term

-cicatrix

Definition

scar

Term

-cid

Definition

to kill

Term

Cil/i-

Definition

eyelash-like

Term

Cine/o-

Definition

movement filming

Term

Circum-

Definition

around

Term

Cirrh/o-

Definition

yellow-orange

Term

-cis

Definition

cut or cut into

Term

-clast

Definition

breakdown

Term

Clavicul/o-

Definition

collarbone

Term

Cleido-

Definition

clavicle or collar bone

Term

Clino-

Definition

bent

Term

-clysis

Definition

irrigation or injection

Term

Co-

Definition

two

Term

Coagul/o-

Definition

clotting or to clot

Term

-coccus

Definition

berry

Term

Coccyg/o-

Definition

tailbone

Term

cochle/o-

Definition

snail-like

Term

Col/o-

Definition

colon (big or large intestines)

Term

Colpo-

Definition

vagina

Term

Com-

Definition

together

Term

Comato-

Definition

deep sleep

Term

Concuss/i-

Definition

violent shaking

Term

Condyl/o-

Definition

knuckle

Term

Coni/o-

Definition

dust

Term

-conis

Definition

cone-shaped

Term

Conjunctiv/o-

Definition

jointed together

Term

Contra-

Definition

against

Term

Contus/i-

Definition

bruise

Term

Convolo-

Definition

to roll together

Term

Cord-

Definition

vocal cords or cord

Term

Cori/o-

Definition

skin

Term

Corne/o-

Definition

cornea or horn shape

Term

Cornu-

Definition

horn or horny

Term

Coron/o-

Definition

crowning

Term

Coronal Plane

Definition

crowning or frontal body cut

Term

Corp/o-

Definition

body

Term

Cotic/o-

Definition

bark, outer bark, rind, cortex

Term

Cost/o-

Definition

rib

Term

Crani/o-

Definition

skull

Term

-creas

Definition

fleshy or flesh

Term

Crenat/o-

Definition

notched

Term

-crine

Definition

secrete

Term

-crit

Definition

separate

Term

Cruc/i-

Definition

cross or cross-like

Term

Cryo-

Definition

cold

Term

Crypto-

Definition

hidden

Term

Cub/o-

Definition

cube or cube-shaped

Term

Cubit/o-

Definition

elbow

Term

Culd/o-

Definition

blind pouch

Term

-cule

Definition

little

Term

Currett/o-

Definition

scooping or scraping

Term

-cusis

Definition

hearing

Term

Cusp/i-

Definition

pointed

Term

Cuti/o-, Cut-, Cuti-

Definition

skin

Term

Cyan/o-

Definition

blue

Term

Cycl/o-

Definition

circle

Term

-cyesis

Definition

pregnancy

Term

Cyst/o-

Definition

bladder or sac

Term

Cyte-

Definition

cell or chamber

Term

-cytosis

Definition

increase in numbers

Term

Dacryo-

Definition

tear

Term

Dactylo-

Definition

digits

Term

De-

Definition

away

Term

Deci-

Definition

one-tenth

Term

Deep

Definition

most inward

Term

Deka-

Definition

ten

Term

Delta

Definition

fan shaped or triangular

Term

Dem/o-

Definition

people

Term

Demi-

Definition

half

Term

Dendr/o-

Definition

tree shaped

Term

Dent/o-

Definition

tooth or teeth

Term

Depress/o-

Definition

lower

Term

Derm/o-

Definition

skin

Term

Dermat/o-

Definition

skin

Term

-desis

Definition

binding or to bind

Term

Dextr/o-

Definition

right

Term

Dia-

Definition

across, through, total, between

Term

-didymus

Definition

testis or teste

Term

Different-

Definition

to separate

Term

Digit-

Definition

finger or toe

Term

Diplo-

Definition

double or two

Term

Dips/o-

Definition

thirst or thirsty

Term

Dipther/i-

Definition

membrane

Term

Dis-

Definition

away from or reversed

Term

Dist/o-

Definition

farther from

Term

Diverticul/o-

Definition

outpouching

Term

Doch/o-

Definition

duct or canal

Term

Doct/o-

Definition

to teach or teacher

Term

Dol/o-

Definition

pain

Term

Dors/o-

Definition

back

Term

Dromo-

Definition

running

Term

Duct/o-

Definition

to draw or to lead away

Term

Duoden/o-

Definition

twelve

Term

Dura-

Definition

hard

Term

Dy/o-

Definition

two or a pair

Term

Dynam/o-

Definition

work or strength

Term

-dynia

Definition

pain

Term

Dys-

Definition

difficult, faulty, painful

Term

-e

Definition

instrument

Term

E-

Definition

out or remove

Term

Ec-

Definition

ouside, outward, outer, out

Term

Eccrine-

Definition

Secreting or to secrete

Term

Echo-

Definition

sound

Term

-ectasis

Definition

enlargement or dilation

Term

-ectomy

Definition

excision or removal

Term

Eczema

Definition

to boil out (skin lesions)

Term

Edema-

Definition

swelling

Term

Ef-

Definition

away or out

Term

Electr/o-

Definition

electrical

Term

-ellum

Definition

lesser or smaller

Term

Em-

Definition

Term

Embyro-

Definition

early

Term

-emesis

Definition

vomit

Term

-emia

Definition

blood

Term

Emphysema

Definition

puffed up

Term

En-

Definition

Term

Enamel

Definition

hard

Term

En/Cephal/o-

Definition

within the head

Term

Endo-

Definition

within or inside

Term

Enema

Definition

injection

Term

Entero-

Definition

intestine (usually refers to small intestine)

Term

Enuresis

Definition

to void or expel urine

Term

Eosin/o-

Definition

rose red color

Term

Epi-

Definition

upon

Term

Episi/o-

Definition

pubic region

Term

Ergo-

Definition

work or labor

Term

Erythermat/o-

Definition

red or flushed

Term

Eryther/o-

Definition

red

Term

Eschar

Definition

scab

Term

Eso-

Definition

toward

Term

Esthes/i

Definition

physical feeling

Term

Estr/o-

Definition

female

Term

Eti/o-

Definition

cause

Term

Eu-

Definition

good or normal

Term

Ex-

Definition

out, outside, outward

Term

Facet/o-

Definition

face

Term

Fasc/i-

Definition

band

Term

Febr/o-

Definition

fever

Term

fec/o-

Definition

stool or fecal matter

Term

Femor/o-

Definition

thigh

Term

-ference

Definition

to carry

Term

Ferro-

Definition

iron

Term

Fet/o-

Definition

young

Term

Fibrill/o-

Definition

to quiver

Term

Fibro-

Definition

fiber

Term

Fibul/o-

Definition

to clasp

Term

Fil-

Definition

thread

Term

Fiss-

Definition

to split or splitting

Term

Fistul/o-

Definition

pipe or pipe stem

Term

Flex-

Definition

to bend

Term

Flu-

Definition

flowing

Term

-flux

Definition

to flow

Term

Foramen/o-

Definition

opening

Term

Fore-

Definition

before

Term

Fract/o-

Definition

to break

Term

Front/o-

Definition

forehead or before

Term

Fungi-

Definition

mushroom

Term

Furun/o-

Definition

boil

Term

Galact/o-

Definition

milk

Term

Gangli/o-

Definition

knot, swelling, or collection

Term

Gangren/o-

Definition

eating sore

Term

Gastr/o-

Definition

stomach

Term

Gen/o-

Definition

race

Term

Geni/o-

Definition

chin

Term

Genit/o-

Definition

reproductive or birth

Term

Genu-

Definition

knee

Term

-gen

Definition

origin, development, to produce, to form, to make

Term

Ger/o-

Definition

old or old age

Term

Gest-

Definition

to bear or separate

Term

Gingiv/o-

Definition

gum

Term

Glandul/o-

Definition

little acorn or gland

Term

Glauc/o-

Definition

waterfall or gray

Term

Gli-

Definition

glue or glue-like

Term

Glomerul/o-

Definition

small round mass or tiny ball

Term

Gloss/o-

Definition

tongue

Term

Glott/o-

Definition

back of tongue

Term

Glut-

Definition

buttocks

Term

Glyco-

Definition

sugar

Term

-gnosis

Definition

knowledge

Term

Goiter

Definition

swelling (throat)

Term

Gon/o-

Definition

seed or seed producer

Term

Gout

Definition

to drop

Term

-grade

Definition

a step, stage, or degree in a process

Term

-graft

Definition

to probe or cut with a knife

Term

-gram

Definition

to record

Term

-graphy

Definition

procedure of using an instrument to do recording

Term

-graph

Definition

instrument

Term

Gravid/o-

Definition

heavy or pregnant

Term

Groin

Definition

inguinal region

Term

Gumm/o-

Definition

gum or gum like

Term

Gust/o-

Definition

tasting or to taste

Term

Gynec/o-

Definition

woman

Term

Hallux

Definition

great or big toe

Term

Haplo-

Definition

half (single)

Term

Health

Definition

wholeness

Term

Helico-

Definition

spiral

Term

Helio-

Definition

sun

Term

Helminth/o-

Definition

worms or worm

Term

Hem/o-

Definition

blood

Term

Heme-

Definition

iron

Term

Hemi-

Definition

half or one half

Term

Hepat/o-

Definition

liver

Term

Hept/a-

Definition

seven

Term

Herni/o-

Definition

rupture or protrusion

Term

Herpes

Definition

to creep

Term

Heter/o-

Definition

other or opposite

Term

Hiat-

Definition

an opening

Term

Hidr/o-

Definition

sweat

Term

Hirsut-

Definition

hairy or profound hair

Term

-hiscence

Definition

to gape open

Term

Histo-

Definition

web-like or tissue

Term

Holist/o-

Definition

whole

Term

Homeo-

Definition

same, constant, or change

Term

Hormon/o-

Definition

to urge on

Term

Humer/o-

Definition

arm (upper)

Term

Hyal/o-

Definition

glassy or glass like

Term

Hydro-

Definition

water

Term

Hyper-

Definition

increase or above

Term

Hypn/o-

Definition

sleep

Term

Hypo-

Definition

under or below

Term

Iatr/o-

Definition

treat or cure, procedure of treating

Term

-ia

Definition

refers to, condition, state of

Term

Ichthy-

Definition

fish or fish-like

Term

-ician

Definition

one who

Term

-icle

Definition

small or tiny

Term

-isy

Definition

inflamed

Term

Ide/o-

Definition

ideas, thoughts, emotions, image

Term

Idio-

Definition

unique to or unknown cause

Term

-id

Definition

state of

Term

Ile/o-

Definition

twisted

Term

Ilio-

Definition

flank

Term

Im-

Definition

into or not

Term

Immun/o-

Definition

safe, protect, immune

Term

In Situ

Definition

in position or location

Term

In-

Definition

into or not

Term

Incus

Definition

anvil

Term

Infarct-

Definition

to stuff into

Term

Infect/o-

Definition

to invade

Term

Inflam/o-

Definition

flame within

Term

Infra-

Definition

under or below

Term

Inguin/o-

Definition

groin

Term

-ing

Definition

procedure of or process of

Term

Integu-

Definition

covering

Term

Inter-

Definition

between

Term

Intra-

Definition

within

Term

Intro-

Definition

within

Term

Intus-

Definition

within

Term

-in

Definition

substance or chemical

Term

-iole

Definition

smaller, lesser, diminutive

Term

Ion/o-

Definition

going, ion movement

Term

-ior

Definition

one who is

Term

-ious

Definition

state of

Term

Ipsi-

Definition

equal

Term

Ir-

Definition

not or lack of

Term

Ir/o-

Definition

rainbow

Term

Isch/o-

Definition

deficiency, blockage, to hold back

Term

Ischi/o-

Definition

hip joint or hip

Term

-ish

Definition

resembling or related to

Term

-ism

Definition

state of or condition of

Term

Iso-

Definition

equal or same

Term

-ist

Definition

specialist

Term

-ites

Definition

dropsy or drooping

Term

-itis

Definition

inflammed or inflammation

Term

-ity

Definition

state of

Term

-ize

Definition

state of or acts like

Term

Jejuno-

Definition

to empty (2nd part of small intestine)

Term

Junctiv/o-

Definition

joining or to join

Term

Kali-

Definition

potassium

Term

Kary/o-

Definition

nucleus

Term

Kel/o-

Definition

scar

Term

Kerat/o-

Definition

cornea or horny

Term

Ket/o-

Definition

sour or acid

Term

Kil/o-

Definition

one thousand

Term

Kine-

Definition

movement or motion

Term

Kraur/o-

Definition

dryness

Term

Kyph/o-

Definition

hunchback

Term

Labio-

Definition

lip

Term

Labrynitho-

Definition

maze

Term

Lacer/o-

Definition

to tear

Term

Lacrim/o-

Definition

tearing or tear

Term

Lact/o-

Definition

milk

Term

Lamin/o-

Definition

thin flat plate or layer

Term

Lap/i-

Definition

stone

Term

-lapse

Definition

falling or slippage

Term

Laryngo-

Definition

voice box

Term

Lat-

Definition

side

Term

Lax-

Definition

to loosen or loosening

Term

Lei/o-

Definition

smooth

Term

Lent/o-

Definition

freckle

Term

Lepr/o-

Definition

scaly

Term

-lepsy

Definition

seizure or convulsion

Term

Lepto-

Definition

thin or slender

Term

Leuk/o-

Definition

white

Term

Levat/o-

Definition

lift up

Term

Libid/o-

Definition

desire

Term

Lichen/i-

Definition

plant

Term

Lieno-

Definition

spleen

Term

Liga-

Definition

to bind

Term

Lingu-

Definition

tongue

Term

Lip/o-

Definition

fat

Term

-listhesis

Definition

slippage

Term

-liter

Definition

liter

Term

Lith/o-

Definition

stone, calculus or rock

Term

Lob/o-

Definition

lobe

Term

Lord/o-

Definition

sway back (to bend)

Term

Lumb/o-

Definition

lion

Term

Lump-

Definition

small mass

Term

Luna-

Definition

moon or crescent shaped

Term

Lupus

Definition

wolf

Term

Lute/o-

Definition

yellow

Term

Lux-

Definition

to dislocate

Term

Lymph/o-

Definition

watery

Term

-lysis

Definition

destruction, declining or breakdown

Term

Macer/o-

Definition

to make soft

Term

Macro-

Definition

large or huge

Term

Macul/o-

Definition

large spot or flat skin freckle

Term

Magni-

Definition

large or greater

Term

Mal-

Definition

bad, harm, injury

Term

Malac/o-

Definition

soft or softening

Term

Mall/e/olus

Definition

little hammer

Term

Malle/o-

Definition

hammer

Term

Mamm/o-

Definition

breast

Term

Man/o-

Definition

hand

Term

Mand/i-

Definition

chew or chewer

Term

-mania

Definition

madness

Term

Masset/o-

Definition

chewer or to chew

Term

Masseur

Definition

male massager

Term

Mast/o-

Definition

breast

Term

Mastic/o-

Definition

to chew or chewing

Term

-mata

Definition

multiple

Term

Maxill/o-

Definition

upper jaw

Term

Measles

Definition

rubella, reddish or red measles

Term

Meat/o-

Definition

opening

Term

Medi-

Definition

middle

Term

Mega-

Definition

great or big

Term

Megalo-

Definition

huge or large

Term

Mei/o- and Mio

Definition

lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict

Term

Mel-

Definition

sweet, honey, cheek, limb

Term

Melan/o-

Definition

black

Term

Men/o-

Definition

monthly or month

Term

Mening/o-

Definition

membrane

Term

Menisc/o-

Definition

crescent

Term

Ment/o-

Definition

mind

Term

-mentum

Definition

chin

Term

Mes/o-

Definition

middle

Term

Meta-

Definition

beyond or change

Term

-meter

Definition

measuremen

Term

Metr/a-

Definition

uterus or womb

Term

-metry

Definition

measurement procedure

Term

Micro-

Definition

small

Term

Mictur/o-

Definition

to make water or urinate

Term

Milli-

Definition

one thousandth

Term

Minimus-

Definition

smallest

Term

Minute

Definition

small

Term

-mitr/e

Definition

head band or mitre box

Term

Mol/o-

Definition

to mill or grind

Term

Mon/o-

Definition

one

Term

Morpho-

Definition

shape

Term

Mort/o-

Definition

death

Term

-motor

Definition

movement or motion

Term

Muc/o-

Definition

slime

Term

Multi-

Definition

many, multiple, excessive

Term

Mumps

Definition

swelling

Term

My/o-

Definition

muscle

Term

Myc/o-

Definition

fungus

Term

Mydri/o-

Definition

to widen

Term

Myel/o-

Definition

spinal cord or bone marrow

Term

Myring/o-

Definition

eardrum

Term

Myx/o-

Definition

mucus

Term

Nano-

Definition

1 billionth

Term

Narc/o-

Definition

sleep

Term

Nares

Definition

nose opening

Term

Nas/o-

Definition

nose

Term

Nat-

Definition

birth

Term

Natri-

Definition

sodium or salt

Term

Navicul/o-

Definition

boat or boat shaped

Term

Necr/o-

Definition

death, dead, dying

Term

Neo-

Definition

new

Term

Nephr/o-

Definition

kidney

Term

Neur/o-

Definition

nerve

Term

Neutr/o-

Definition

neither or neutral

Term

Nev/o-

Definition

birthmark

Term

Nigra-

Definition

black

Term

Nin/o-

Definition

nine

Term

Noct/i-

Definition

night or blind

Term

-noia

Definition

mind

Term

Nucle/o-

Definition

nut

Term

Null/i-

Definition

none or no

Term

Nutri/o-

Definition

to nourish

Term

-o/pexy

Definition

to fixate, attach, sew

Term

-o/plasty

Definition

repair or plasitic surgery

Term

-o/rrhagia

Definition

bursting forth or heavy flow

Term

-o/rrhea

Definition

discharge or flow

Term

-o/rrhexis

Definition

rupture or protrusion

Term

Oblique

Definition

side-long or slanted

Term

Obstetr/i-

Definition

midwife

Term

Occipit/o-

Definition

back of head

Term

Occlusi/o-

Definition

closure or blockage

Term

Occult/o-

Definition

hidden

Term

Oct/o-

Definition

eight

Term

Ocul/o-

Definition

eye

Term

Odont/o-

Definition

tooth

Term

-oid

Definition

resembling

Term

Oleo-

Definition

oil

Term

Olfact/o-

Definition

smelling or smell

Term

-Oleum

Definition

oil

Term

Olig/o-

Definition

few, scanty, slight, little

Term

-olog/y

Definition

science or study of, process of

Term

-oma

Definition

tumor or swelling

Term

Omo-

Definition

shoulder

Term

Omphal/o-

Definition

naval or umbilical

Term

Onc/o-

Definition

tumor

Term

Onych/o-

Definition

nail

Term

Oophor/o-

Definition

ovary

Term

Ophthalm/o-

Definition

eye or eyeball

Term

Opisth/o-

Definition

backwards (bending)

Term

Opto-

Definition

vision, sight, eye

Term

Ora-

Definition

mouth

Term

Orb-

Definition

circle or dish

Term

Orchi/o-

Definition

teste or seed producer

Term

-orexia

Definition

appetite

Term

-orrhaphy

Definition

suturing or repair

Term

Orth/o-

Definition

straight, normal, correct

Term

Os-

Definition

mouth

Term

Oscill/o-

Definition

to swing

Term

-ose

Definition

sugar

Term

-osis

Definition

condition of or disease

Term

Osmo-

Definition

smell

Term

Oste/o-

Definition

bone

Term

-ostomy

Definition

mouth like opening produced by surgery

Term

Ot/o-

Definition

ear

Term

-otomy

Definition

cutting, to cut, cut into

Term

-otripsy

Definition

crushing or to crush

Term

Ov/o-

Definition

egg

Term

Ox/y-

Definition

sharp or oxygen molecules

Term

Pachy-

Definition

thick

Term

Palat/o-

Definition

palate, plate, or plate of the roof of the mouth

Term

Pall/o-

Definition

pale or lack of color

Term

Palm/a-

Definition

palm or palm of hand

Term

Palpat/o-

Definition

touching or to touch

Term

Palpebra-

Definition

eyelid

Term

Palpit-

Definition

quivering or fluttering

Term

Palsy

Definition

slight or moderate paralysis

Term

Pan-

Definition

all, total, complete

Term

Papilla-

Definition

nipple

Term

Para-

Definition

near, beside, beyond, around, similar, abnormal

Term

-paresis

Definition

paralysis

Term

Pariet/o-

Definition

wall or partition

Term

Part/o-

Definition

birth or labor

Term

Patell/o-

Definition

little dish or knee cap

Term

Path/o-

Definition

disease

Term

Paus/o-

Definition

stoppage

Term

Pect/o-

Definition

chest

Term

Ped-

Definition

foot or feet

Term

Pedi-

Definition

child

Term

Pedicul/o-

Definition

lice

Term

Peli-

Definition

purple

Term

Pell-

Definition

skin

Term

Pelvi/o-

Definition

base, basin, pelvis

Term

Pen/o-

Definition

tail, organ of copulation, penis

Term

-penia

Definition

decrease in numbers

Term

Pent/a-

Definition

five

Term

Peps/o-

Definition

digestion

Term

Per-

Definition

through

Term

Peri-

Definition

around

Term

Perine/o-

Definition

base or floor

Term

Periton/e-

Definition

that which holds the lower vicera

Term

Peroneo-

Definition

pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone

Term

Pes

Definition

foot

Term

Petech/i-

Definition

small

Term

petit

Definition

little illness

Term

Petro-

Definition

rock, stone, hard

Term

Phago-

Definition

eat, eating, perverse appetite

Term

Phalang/o-

Definition

close knit row (fingers/toes)

Term

Pharmac/o-

Definition

drug relationship, to drug

Term

Pharyng/o-

Definition

throat

Term

Phas/o-

Definition

speech or speaking

Term

-phase

Definition

stage

Term

-pheresis

Definition

withdrawal or to separate

Term

-phile

Definition

love of, to love, love for

Term

Phim/o-

Definition

to muzzle or muzzling

Term

Phleb/o-

Definition

vein

Term

Phob/o-

Definition

fear

Term

Phoc/o-

Definition

seal

Term

Phon/o-

Definition

voice or sound

Term

Phor/o-

Definition

feeling (mental)

Term

-phoresis

Definition

migration, transport, move or carry

Term

Phot/o-

Definition

light

Term

Phrag/o-

Definition

wall or partition

Term

Phraso-

Definition

speech or talk

Term

-phraxia

Definition

stoppage or obstuction

Term

Phren/o-

Definition

mind or diagragm

Term

-phylaxis

Definition

protection or guard

Term

Physi/o-

Definition

function of or nature of

Term

-physis

Definition

growth or nature of

Term

Phyto-

Definition

plant

Term

Pia-

Definition

gentle

Term

Pil/o-

Definition

hair

Term

Pinn/a-

Definition

feather or feather-like

Term

Pituit/o-

Definition

phlegm or glue like mucus

Term

Pityr/i-

Definition

bran (cereal like scales on skin)

Term

Placent/a-

Definition

cake

Term

-plakia

Definition

plate or plate-like

Term

Plan-

Definition

flat or a plain

Term

Plant/o-

Definition

sole of foot

Term

Plas-

Definition

growth, development, formation

Term

-pleg/ia

Definition

paralysis

Term

Pleur/o-

Definition

side or rib

Term

-plexy

Definition

Paralysis

Term

-pnea

Definition

brathe or breathing

Term

pneum/o-

Definition

lung, air, respiration

Term

-poie/sis

Definition

to make, form, produce

Term

Poikil/o-

Definition

irregular or varied shape

Term

Poli/o-

Definition

gray

Term

Pollex-

Definition

thumb

Term

Poly-

Definition

many

Term

Pons

Definition

bridge

Term

Por/o-

Definition

cavity or passge (porous)

Term

Post-

Definition

after or behind

Term

-pox

Definition

pits

Term

Prand/i-

Definition

meal or breakfast

Term

-prax/ia

Definition

movement or action

Term

Pre-

Definition

before

Term

Prepuce

Definition

foreskin or hood

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

Term

Propri/o-

Definition

property (nerve stimulation or information)

Term

Prostat/o-

Definition

one who lies before

Term

Prot/o-

Definition

first

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

-ptysis

Definition

spitting or spit

Term

Pub/o-

Definition

private parts

Term

Pulmon/o-

Definition

lung

Term

Pulp/o-

Definition

solid flesh

Term

Pupill/o-

Definition

pupil

Term

Purpur/o-

Definition

purple

Term

Pyel/o-

Definition

pelvis or kidney

Term

Pykn/o-

Definition

thick, desse, compact

Term

Pyl/o-

Definition

gatekeeper

Term

Pyo-

Definition

pus

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 roor 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

Term

Retina

Definition

net or net like

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

Term

Rhytid/o-

Definition

wrinkles

Term

Richetts/ia

Definition

rickets like symptoms in joints

Term

Roent/o-

Definition

x-ray

Term

Rotat/o-

Definition

to turn or swing around

Term

-rrhythm

Definition

rhythem 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

Term

Sagitt/o-

Definition

arrow or arrow like

Term

Saliv/o-

Definition

spit

Term

Salping/o-

Definition

tube, duct, canal

Term

Sarc/o-

Definition

fleshy

Term

Scab/o-

Definition

to itch

Term

Scapul/o-

Definition

shoulder blade

Term

Schiz/o-

Definition

split or splitting

Term

Scler/o-

Definition

hardening

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

Term

Scrot/o-

Definition

sac or pouch

Term

Scurvy

Definition

to scratch

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

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

Term

Silic/o-

Definition

silicon carbon particles

Term

Sin/o-

Definition

cavity

Term

Sinistr/o-

Definition

to the left or left

Term

Skelet/o-

Definition

dried up or to attach

Term

Sole-

Definition

the sole of the foot

Term

-sol

Definition

in solution or solution

Term

Som/o-

Definition

body

Term

Somn/o-

Definition

sleep

Term

Son/o-

Definition

sound

Term

Spad/i-

Definition

to tear

Term

-spasm

Definition

involuntary contraction

Term

Sperm/o-

Definition

sperm

Term

Spher/o-

Definition

ball, globe, round

Term

Sphinct/o-

Definition

that which binds together

Term

Sphygm/o-

Definition

pulse

Term

Sphyxi/o-

Definition

pulse or lack or pulse

Term

Spin/o-

Definition

thorn or thorny

Term

Spir/o-

Definition

breathe or breathing

Term

Splanchn/o-

Definition

organ

Term

Splen/o-

Definition

spleen

Term

Spondyl/o-

Definition

vertebra

Term

Sprain

Definition

to wring out or press out

Term

Squam/o-

Definition

scaly

Term

-stalsis

Definition

to contract

Term

Staped/o-

Definition

stirrup

Term

Staphyl/o-

Definition

grape or grape-like clusters

Term

-stasis

Definition

stoppage, standing, location

Term

-stat

Definition

to stop or immediately

Term

-staxia

Definition

dripping or trickling

Term

Steat/o-

Definition

fat

Term

Sten/o-

Definition

narrowing

Term

Stereo-

Definition

three dimensional or solid

Term

Stern/o-

Definition

chest sternum or breast bone

Term

Steth/o-

Definition

chest

Term

-stole

Definition

contract

Term

Stomat/o-

Definition

mouth

Term

Strabism/o-

Definition

to squint or squinting

Term

Strain

Definition

to draw tight

Term

Strat/i-

Definition

layer

Term

Strept/o-

Definition

twisted or twisted chain

Term

Stri/a-

Definition

stripes or threads

Term

Strict/o-

Definition

drawing or binding

Term

Sty/e-

Definition

raised

Term

Sub-

Definition

beneath, under, less, or lesser

Term

Sudorifer/o-

Definition

sweat

Term

Sulf/o-

Definition

sulfur

Term

Super-

Definition

above or upon

Term

Supinat/o-

Definition

to throw backward

Term

Supra-

Definition

above or upon

Term

Sur/a-

Definition

on calf of leg

Term

Suture

Definition

sewing together

Term

Sym-

Definition

together

Term

Syn-

Definition

together

Term

Syncope

Definition

to faint or fainting

Term

Sy/stol/o-

Definition

to draw together or contract

Term

Tachy-

Definition

swift or fast

Term

Tal/o-

Definition

ankle

Term

Tars/o-

Definition

broad flat surface

Term

Tart/o-

Definition

dregs, sediment or particles

Term

Tax/o-

Definition

arrange, to order, to organize, locate

Term

-taxia

Definition

muscle coordination

Term

Tel/o-

Definition

end or outward

Term

Tempor/o-

Definition

temple

Term

Ten/o-

Definition

tendon

Term

Tens/o-

Definition

to strech or stretches

Term

Terat/o-

Definition

monster

Term

Teres

Definition

round

Term

Term

Definition

end, place at the end, boundry

Term

Tert/i

Definition

third

Term

Test/e-

Definition

shell or seed producer

Term

Tetan/o-

Definition

spasm or spasms

Term

Tetra-

Definition

four

Term

Thanat/o-

Definition

death

Term

Thel/o-

Definition

nipple

Term

Then/o-

Definition

palm of hand or sole of foot

Term

Theo-

Definition

God

Term

Therap/o-

Definition

threating or curing

Term

Therm/o-

Definition

heat, hot, warm

Term

Thorac/o-

Definition

chest

Term

Thromb/o-

Definition

clot, clump together, curdle

Term

Thym/o-

Definition

shield or shield shaped

Term

Tibia-

Definition

shinbone

Term

-tic

Definition

capable of or state of

Term

Tinea-

Definition

fungus

Term

Tinnitus

Definition

jingling, tinkling, ringing

Term

-tion

Definition

process of or procedure of

Term

-tive

Definition

nature of or quality of

Term

Toci/o-

Definition

birth, giving birth, birthing

Term

Tom/e-

Definition

cutting instrument

Term

Ton/o-

Definition

tension, tone, pressure

Term

Tonsill/o-

Definition

almond shape

Term

Top/o-

Definition

location

Term

Torsi-

Definition

twisted

Term

Torsi-

Definition

twisted

Term

Tox/o-

Definition

poison

Term

Trache/o-

Definition

rough

Term

Tract/o-

Definition

to draw or pull

Term

Trans-

Definition

across or through

Term

Trauma

Definition

wound

Term

-tresia

Definition

perforation or opening

Term

Tri-

Definition

three

Term

Triage

Definition

to sort or to classify

Term

trich/o-

Definition

hair

Term

-trigo-

Definition

rubbing

Term

Trochle/o-

Definition

pulley or pulley like

Term

Trop/o-

Definition

stimulate or to turn

Term

Troph/o-

Definition

development, nourishment or nutrition

Term

-tripsy

Definition

to crush

Term

Trypan/o-

Definition

borer, to bore, drill

Term

Tub/o-

Definition

canal or tube

Term

Tubercul/o-

Definition

swelling, nodule, tubercule

Term

Tum/o-

Definition

swelling or tumor growth

Term

Turgor/o-

Definition

swelling

Term

-tussis

Definition

cough

Term

Tympan/o-

Definition

eardrum

Term

Typh/o-

Definition

stupor

Term

Ulcer-

Definition

sore

Term

-ule

Definition

small or lesser

Term

Uln/a-

Definition

elbow

Term

Ultra-

Definition

beyond

Term

Umbilic/o-

Definition

navel

Term

Unguin/o-

Definition

nail

Term

Ur/o-

Definition

urine

Term

Ureter/o-

Definition

small canal

Term

Urethero-

Definition

canal

Term

Urticari/o-

Definition

hives or nettles

Term

Utero-

Definition

womb

Term

Uve/a-

Definition

grape

Term

Vag/o-

Definition

wanderer ( the longest cranial nerve)

Term

Vagin/o-

Definition

sheath

Term

Valgu-

Definition

inward

Term

Valvul/o-

Definition

tiny food or small valve

Term

Var/u-

Definition

outward

Term

Varic/o-

Definition

twisted

Term

Varicella

Definition

tiny spot

Term

Vas/o-

Definition

vessel

Term

Ven/o-

Definition

vein

Term

Ventr/o-

Definition

belly

Term

vera-

Definition

true

Term

Vermi-

Definition

worm

Term

Verruca/e-

Definition

wart

Term

-version

Definition

tunr or to turn

Term

Vertebr/o-

Definition

jointed

Term

Vertigo

Definition

whirling

Term

Vesic/o-

Definition

sac or small blister

Term

Vill/i-

Definition

shaggy hair

Term

Vir/o-

Definition

poison

Term

Viscer/a-

Definition

organ

Term

Vit/o-

Definition

alive, life, living

Term

Vitilig/o-

Definition

to currupt

Term

Volv/o-

Definition

to twist, twisting, rolling

Term

Vulv/o

Definition

covering

Term

Wheal

Definition

round or circle

Term

Whitlow

Definition

white flow

Term

Xanth/o-

Definition

yellow

Term

Xen/o-

Definition

strange or foreign

Term

Xero-

Definition

dry

Term

Yaws

Definition

rasberry appearance

Term

-y

Definition

procedure of or process of

Term

Zygo-

Definition

union

Term

A & A

Definition

Alert and aware

Term

A & O

Definition

Alert and Oriented

Term

A & W

Definition

Alive and Well

Term

ACL

Definition

anterior cruciate ligament

Term

ad. lib.

Definition

as desired or at liberty

Term

ALL

Definition

allergy or acute leukocytic leukemia

Term

AMA

Definition

against medical advice

Term

ASTOL

Definition

as tolerated

Term

Definition

Thiamine HCL Vitamin or first degree (stage I burn)

Term

Definition

Riboflavin Vitamin or 2nd degree (Stage II) burn

Term

Definition

3rd degree (Stage III) burn

Term

Definition

4th Degree (stage IV) burn

Term

Definition

Pyridoxine HCL Vitamin

Term

Definition

Biotin Vitamin

Term

Definition

Adesine Phosphate Vitamin

Term

BaE

Definition

Barium enema

Term

BID

Definition

two times per day

Term

Definition

blood pressure

Term

Definition

blood sugar, bowel sounds, before sleep, breathe sounds, Blue Shield

Term

Definition

body temperature, bleeding time, brain tumor

Term

BUN

Definition

blood urea nitrogen

Term

Definition

biopsy or blue cross

Term

CBC

Definition

complete blood count

Term

Definition

cheif complaint or cheif component

Term

Definition

Cystic Fibrosis

Term

CHF

Definition

Congestive heart failure

Term

Definition

contact lenses

Term

CNA

Definition

chart not available, certified nurse's aide

Term

COLD

Definition

chronic obstructive lung disease

Term

Definition

Cardiac output or computer order

Term

Definition

cerebral palsy, chest pain

Term

CVA

Definition

cerebrovascular accident

Term

D & D

Definition

diarrhea and dehydration

Term

DAD

Definition

drug administration device

Term

DAT

Definition

diet as tolerated

Term

Definition

differential diagnosis

Term

DNS

Definition

did not show

Term

DPT

Definition

diptheria, pertussis, and tetanus

Term

DX & PX

Definition

diagnosis and prognosis

Term

Definition

disease or dozen

Term

EKG

Definition

electrocardiogram

Term

EMG

Definition

electromyography

Term

ENT

Definition

ear, nose, throat

Term

ESWL

Definition

extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy

Term

FBS

Definition

fasting blood sugar

Term

FOD

Definition

free of disease

Term

Definition

fracture or fractional urine

Term

Definition

growth hormone

Term

Definition

gastrointestinal or granuloma inguinal

Term

GTT

Definition

drop, drops or glucose tolerance test

Term

Definition

herpes simplez type 1 (oral herpes)

Term

Definition

herpes simplex type 2 (genital)

Term

HAV

Definition

hepatitis A virus

Term

HBV

Definition

hepatitis B virus

Term

HCV

Definition

hepatitis C virus

Term

Definition

hard of hearing

Term

I & O

Definition

intake and output

Term

ICU

Definition

intensive care unit

Term

Definition

infectious disease, initial dose, intradermal

Term

Definition

intravenous

Term

KUB

Definition

kidney, ureter, bladder

Term

LBP

Definition

low blood pressure

Term

Definition

muscular dystrophy, manic depression, mental deficiency, medical doctor

Term

Definition

milliliter

Term

MMR

Definition

measles, mumps, rubella

Term

Definition

multiple sclerosis, mitrial stenosis

Term

N & V

Definition

nausea and vomiting

Term

NPO

Definition

nothing by mouth

Term

OTC

Definition

over the counter

Term

Definition

physical exam, pulmonary embolism, pleural effusion

Term

PRN

Definition

as needed

Term

PROM

Definition

partial range of motion

Term

Definition

everyday or once a day

Term

QID

Definition

four times a day

Term

Definition

every

Term

RBC

Definition

red blood cell

Term

ROS

Definition

review of system

Term

Definition

respiration rate or recovery room

Term

Definition

prescription, drug, medication, reaction

Term

SOS

Definition

if necessary, if urgently required, may be repeated once

Term

sig.

Definition

Let it be written, label, instruction

Term

SOB

Definition

shortage of breath

Term

stat

Definition

immediate

Term

STD

Definition

sexually transmitted disease

Term

Definition

symptoms, sign, surgery

Term

TBC

Definition

tuberculosis, total blood cell count

Term

TENS

Definition

transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation

Term

TIA

Definition

transient ischemic attack

Term

TKO

Definition

to keep open

Term

TPR

Definition

temperature, pulse, respiration

Term

Definition

upper extremity

Term

ung

Definition

ointment

Term

URI

Definition

upper respiratory infection

Term

Definition

ultra sound, unit secretary

Term

UTD

Definition

up to date

Term

UTI

Definition

urinary tract infection

Term

Definition

verbal order

Term

WBC

Definition

white blood cells/count

Term

X & D

Definition

examination and diagnosis

Term

Definition

year old

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