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Medical Terminology-Exercises in Etymology
Lesson 1-7 Greek Vocab
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Undergraduate 1
12/22/2011

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Term
ACANTH-
Definition
thorn, spine
Term
ALG-
Definition
pain
Term
ALGES-
Definition
sensitivity to pain
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ALL-
Definition
other, divergence, difference from
Term
ANGI-
Definition
(blood) vessel, duct
Term
ARTERI-
Definition
[air passage] artery
Term
ARTHR-
Definition
joint
Term
BI-
Definition
life
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BRADY-
Definition
slow
Term
CARDI-
Definition
heart
Term
CEPHAL-
Definition
head
Term
CRANI-
Definition
skull
Term
CYT-
Definition
[hollow container] cell
Term
ENCEPHAL-
Definition
brain
Term
ERYTHR-
Definition
red, red blood cell
Term
LEPT-
Definition
thin, fine, slight
Term
LEUK-
Definition
white, white blood cell
Term
LITH-
Definition
stone, calculus
Term
LOG-
Definition
word, study
Term
MALAC-
Definition
soft
Term
MES-
Definition
middle, secondary, partial, mesentery
Term
-METER, METR-
Definition
measure, measuring device
Term
NEPHR-
Definition
kidney
Term
NEUR-
Definition
[tendon] nerve, nervous system
Term
OSTE-
Definition
bone
Term
PROSOP-
Definition
face
Term
PROT-
Definition
first, primitive, early
Term
SCLER-
Definition
hard
Term
STEN-
Definition
narrow
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STERE-
Definition
solid, having three dimensions
Term
TACHY-
Definition
rapid
Term
TOX(I)-
Definition
poison
Term
ACR-
Definition
[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet)
Term
AMBLY-
Definition
dull, faint
Term
CARCIN-
Definition
[crab] carcinoma, cancer
Term
-CEL-
Definition
hernia, tumor, swelling
Term
CHEIR-, CHIR-
Definition
hand
Term
CHOL(E)-
Definition
bile, gall
Term
COL(I)-, COLON-
Definition
colon
Term
CYAN-
Definition
blue
Term
CYST(I)-, CYSTIS
Definition
bladder, cyst
Term
DIPLO-
Definition
double, twin
Term
ENTER-
Definition
(small) intestine
Term
ERG-
Definition
action, work
Term
GASTR-
Definition
stomach
Term
HEM-, HEMAT-, -EM-
Definition
blood
Term
HEPAR-, HEPAT-
Definition
liver
Term
LIP-
Definition
fat
Term
MACR-
Definition
(abnormally) large or long
Term
MEGA-, MEGAL-
Definition
(abnormally) large or long
Term
MELAN-
Definition
dark, black
Term
MICR-
Definition
(abnormally) small
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NYCT-
Definition
night
Term
ODYN-
Definition
pain
Term
ONC-
Definition
tumor
Term
PACHY-
Definition
thick
Term
PSEUD-
Definition
false
Term
PY-
Definition
pus
Term
SARC-
Definition
flesh, soft tissue
Term
SPASM-
Definition
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction
Term
SPLEN-
Definition
spleen
Term
STOM-, STOMAT-
Definition
mouth, opening
Term
ACRACHN-
Definition
spider, web; arachnoid membrane
Term
CHLOR-
Definition
green
Term
CHONDR-
Definition
cartilage
Term
DACTYL-
Definition
finger, toe
Term
DERM(AT)-, -DERMA
Definition
skin
Term
(H)ELC-
Definition
ulcer
Term
HIDR(OT)-, -IDR-
Definition
sweat
Term
HIST(I)-
Definition
[web] tissue
Term
HYDR-
Definition
water, fluid
Term
HYPN-
Definition
sleep
Term
ICTER-
Definition
jaundice
Term
IN-, INOS-
Definition
fiber, muscle
Term
IS-
Definition
equal, same, similar, alike
Term
MENING-, -MENINX
Definition
meningeal membrane, meninges
Term
MY(S)-
Definition
[mouse] muscle
Term
MYC(ET)-
Definition
[mushroom] fungus
Term
MYEL-
Definition
bone marrow, spinal cord
Term
NARC-
Definition
stupor, numbness
Term
NECR-
Definition
corpse; dead
Term
OLIG-
Definition
few, deficient
Term
ONYCH-
Definition
fingernail, toenail
Term
POD-
Definition
foot
Term
POLI-
Definition
[gray] gray matter of the brain and spinal cord
Term
POR-
Definition
passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity
Term
PSYCH-
Definition
[soul] mind
Term
SOM(AT)-, -SOMA
Definition
body
Term
STHEN-
Definition
strength
Term
TRACHEL-
Definition
neck, cervix
Term
XANTH-
Definition
yellow
Term
AUT-
Definition
self
Term
CRIN-
Definition
[separate] secrete, sense
Term
ESTHE(S)-
Definition
sensation, sensitivity, sense
Term
GEN(E)-, -GEN
Definition
come into being; produce
Term
GRAM-
Definition
[something written] a record
Term
GRAPH-
Definition
write, record
Term
IATR-
Definition
healer, physician; treatment
Term
IDI-
Definition
of one's self
Term
KINE-
Definition
move
Term
KINES(I)-
Definition
movement, motion
Term
LY(S)-
Definition
destroy, break down
Term
MYX-
Definition
mucus
Term
ORTH-
Definition
straight, erect; normal
Term
OT-
Definition
ear
Term
PATH-
Definition
[suffering] disease
Term
PHIL-
Definition
love; have an affinity for
Term
PT-
Definition
fall, sag, drop, prolapse
Term
PRY-
Definition
[fire] fever, burning
Term
PYRET-
Definition
fever
Term
PYREX-
Definition
be feverish
Term
RHE-
Definition
[run] flow, secrete
Term
RHAG-
Definition
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage
Term
RHEX-
Definition
burst
Term
RHIN-
Definition
nose
Term
SCOP-
Definition
look at, examine
Term
SEP-
Definition
[be putrid] be infected
Term
TA-
Definition
stretching
Term
TEL-
Definition
end, completion
Term
TEN-, TENON(T)-
Definition
tendon
Term
THERAP(EU)-
Definition
treat medically, heal
Term
TOM-
Definition
a cutting, slice, incision
Term
TON-
Definition
[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension
Term
ACOU(S)-, ACU(S)-
Definition
hear
Term
AMNI-
Definition
fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion
Term
ASC-, ASCIT-
Definition
[leather bag] bladder, sac, bag
Term
BARY-
Definition
heavy, dull, hard
Term
CENTE-
Definition
pierce
Term
CHROM-, CHROMA-, CHROMAT-
Definition
color, pigment
Term
DIPS-
Definition
thirst
Term
ECHO-
Definition
reverberating sound, echo
Term
EDEMA-, EDEMAT-
Definition
swelling
Term
EME-
Definition
vomit
Term
GNO(S)-
Definition
know
Term
LAL-
Definition
talk
Term
LAPAR-
Definition
abdomen, abdominal wall
Term
LEX-
Definition
read
Term
MNE-
Definition
remember
Term
NE-
Definition
new
Term
NO-
Definition
mind, mental activity, comprehension
Term
OREC-, OREX-
Definition
have an appetite
Term
OX(Y)-
Definition
acute, pointed; rapid; acid; oxygen
Term
PHA-
Definition
speak, communicate
Term
PHAG-
Definition
swallow, eat
Term
PHARMAC(EU)-
Definition
medicine, drug
Term
PHEM-
Definition
speech
Term
PHOB-
Definition
(abnormal) fear
Term
PHON-
Definition
voice, sound
Term
PHRAC-, PHRAG-
Definition
enclose, obstruct
Term
PHRAS-
Definition
speak
Term
PHREN-
Definition
mind; diaphragm
Term
PHYLAC-
Definition
protection (against disease)
Term
PHYS(I)-
Definition
nature, appearance
Term
PHYT-
Definition
plant (organism), growth
Term
POIE-
Definition
produce, make
Term
SAPR-
Definition
rotten, putrid, decaying
Term
STEAR-, STEAT-
Definition
fat, sebum, sebaceous glands
Term
ANDR-
Definition
man, male
Term
ANKYL-, ANCYL-
Definition
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked
Term
APHRODIS(I)-
Definition
[of or pert. to Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire
Term
BRACHY-
Definition
short
Term
CRYPT-
Definition
hidden, latent
Term
DEM-
Definition
people, population
Term
DOLICH-
Definition
long, narrow, slender
Term
DROM-
Definition
a running
Term
ER-, EROT-
Definition
[Eros, son of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire
Term
GYN(EC)-
Definition
woman, female
Term
HELMINT(H)-
Definition
(intestinal) worm
Term
NEMAT-
Definition
thread (worm)
Term
NOS-
Definition
disease, illness
Term
ODONT-
Definition
tooth
Term
PALI(N)-
Definition
back, again
Term
PAN(T)--S
Definition
all, entire, every
Term
PHOR-
Definition
bearing, carrying
Term
PHOS-, PHOT-
Definition
light, daylight
Term
PLEC-, PLEG-
Definition
strike, paralyze
Term
R(H)ACHI-
Definition
spine
Term
SCHIZ-, SCHIST-, SCHISIS-
Definition
split, cleft, fissure
Term
SPONDYL-
Definition
vertebra
Term
-STAXIS, -STAXIA
Definition
dripping, oozing (of blood)
Term
THAN(AT)-
Definition
death
Term
THE-
Definition
place, put
Term
TRICH-
Definition
hair
Term
TROPH-
Definition
nourishment
Term
ADEN-
Definition
gland
Term
AER-
Definition
air, gas
Term
BLENN-
Definition
mucus
Term
CEL(I)-
Definition
abdomen
Term
CH(E)IL-
Definition
lip
Term
CHRON-
Definition
time, timing
Term
CLA(S)-, -CLAST
Definition
break (up), destroy
Term
-DESIS
Definition
binding
Term
DESM-
Definition
[binding] ligament, connective tissue
Term
DYNAM-
Definition
force, power, energy
Term
GER-
Definition
old age
Term
GNATH-
Definition
(lower) jaw
Term
ISCH-, -SCHE-
Definition
suppress, check
Term
KELPT-
Definition
steal
Term
LEI-
Definition
smooth
Term
LEP-
Definition
attack, seizure
Term
MAN-
Definition
be mad
Term
MEL-
Definition
limb
Term
MORPH-
Definition
form, shape
Term
NOM-
Definition
law
Term
OMPHAL-
Definition
navel, umbilicus
Term
PED-
Definition
child
Term
PEN-
Definition
decrease, deficiency
Term
-PEX-
Definition
fixing, (surgical) attachment
Term
PLAS(T)-
Definition
form, develop
Term
PRESBY-
Definition
old, old age
Term
PROSTAT-
Definition
[one who stands before] prostate gland
Term
PTY-
Definition
spit
Term
PTYAL-
Definition
saliva
Term
-RRHAPH-
Definition
suture
Term
SIT-
Definition
food
Term
STA(T)-
Definition
stand, stop
Term
TAX-
Definition
(muscular) coordination
Term
THERM-
Definition
heat, (body) temperature
Term
TROP-
Definition
turning
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