Chapter 8 Medical Terminology Sets 4-5 Flashcards
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acu/o
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sudden, sharp
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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adip/o
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fat tissues
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angi/o
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vessel containing fluid
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axill/o
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armpit
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carcin/o
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cancer of gland tissue
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cerebr/o
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brain
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chem/o
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chemical, drug
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cis/o
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cut
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cost/o
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rib
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electr/o
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electrical activity
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gynec/o
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female
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iatr/o
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treatment
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klept/o
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steal
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laryng/o
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voice box, larynx
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mandibul/o
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lower jaw
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maxill/o
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upper jaw
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nat/o
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birth, born
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nect/o
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bind
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ox/o
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oxygen
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sarc/o
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nongland tissue, flesh
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son/o
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sound, ultrasound
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vit/o
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living, alive
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auto/o
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self
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bi/
two
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con/
with
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contra/
opposite, against
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meta/
change, beyond
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poly/
many
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syn/
together with
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sym/
together with
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trans/
across
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ultra/
beyond, higher than
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/blast (noun)
undifferentiated, original
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/drome (noun)
run
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/fusion (noun)
pour, bond
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/genesis (noun)
creating
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/malacia (noun)
softening
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/mania (also/manic) (noun) (adj)
excessive preoccupation or obsession
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/oma (noun)
tumor, mass
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/partum (noun)
labor, delivery
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/penia (noun)
lack of, decrease, poor
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/plasty (noun)
restore by surgery
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/stoma (noun)
body opening (to the outside)
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/stomy (noun)
surgically created body opening
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/therapy (noun)
treatment
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/tome (noun)
cutting instrument
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/tomy (noun)
cut into or slice
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/trophy (noun)
growth, development by size or nourishment
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/trophic (adj)
relating to growth, development
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bronch/o
airway tubes in lung
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cephal/o
head
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cervic/o
neck
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chondr/o
cartilage
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crin/o
to separate from blood, secrete
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cutane/o
skin surface
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dactyl/o
digits, fingers, toes
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eosin/o
rose-colored
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erythr/o
red
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furc/o
branch, fork
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gnos/o
knowledge, understanding
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lapar/o
abdomen
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lymph/o
watery fluid
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morph/o
form, structure
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mort/o
death
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necr/o
dead
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nephr/o
kidney
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ophthalm/o
eye
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ot/o
ear
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phag/o, /phage
eat, swallow, engulf
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phob/o
fear
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physi/o
nature, natural
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plasm/o
development, growth
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pneum/o
air, gas, lung air sacs
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psych/o
mind
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radi/o
rays or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm
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rect/o
upright, rectum
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rhin/o
nose
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seps/o, sept/i
infection, bacteria
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thyr/o
shield, thyroid
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tom/o
cut, slice or a hole
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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top/o
location
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tox/o
poison, damaging
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trache/o
windpipe
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vertebr/o
back bones
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ana/
positive, up
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ante/
before
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dys/
bad, labored
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eu/
normal, even, good
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mal/
bad, abnormal
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meso/
middle
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pro/
before
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pseudo/
false
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semi/
half
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supra/ (also super/)
above, superior to
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/cele (noun)
protruding sac, hernia
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/crine (adj)
secrete
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/cyesis (noun)
pregnancy
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/dynia (noun)
pain
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/lysis, /lytic (noun) (adj)
break down or apart, dissolve
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/prexy (noun)
affix, attach into place
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/phobia (noun)
fear
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/phoria (noun)
bear
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/physis (noun)
grow
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/plasia (noun)
growth, development
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/pnea (noun)
breathing
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/poiesis (noun)
formation
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/ptosis (noun)
drooped, slipped down
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/rrhea (noun)
flow
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/sclerosis, /sclerotic (noun) (adj)
hardening
