Language Of Medicine Flashcards
(126 cards)
1
Q
Aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
bi/o
A
life
4
Q
Cancerous; cancer
A
carcin/o
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
Head
A
cephal/o
7
Q
Cerebr/o
A
Cerebrum ( largest part of the brain 🧠)
8
Q
To cut
A
Cis/o
9
Q
Crin/o
A
To secret (to form and give off)
10
Q
Urinary bladder
A
Cyst/o
11
Q
Cyt/o
A
Cell
12
Q
Skin
A
Derm/o , dermat/o
13
Q
Electr/o
A
Electricity
14
Q
Brain 🧠
A
Encephal/o
15
Q
Intestines (usually small intestines)
A
Enter/o
16
Q
Erythr/o
A
Red
17
Q
Stomach
A
Gastr/o
18
Q
Glyc/o
A
Glucose; sugar
19
Q
Gnos/o
A
Knowledge
20
Q
Gynec/o
A
Woman; female
21
Q
Blood
A
Hem/o, hemat/o
22
Q
Liver
A
Hepat/o
23
Q
Physician; treatment
A
iatr/o
24
Q
White
A
Leuk/o
25
Log/o
Study
26
Kidney
Nephr/o
27
Neur/o
Nerve
28
Tumor
Onc/o
29
Ophthalm/o
Eye
30
Oste/o
Bone
31
Disease
Path/o
32
Child
ped/o
33
psych/o
Mind
34
X-ray; radioactivity
radio/o
35
Radius(lateral lower arm bone)
radio/o
36
Kidney
ren/o
37
rhin/o
Nose
38
sarc/o
Flesh (connective tissue)
39
To cut
Sect/o
40
thromb/o
Clot
41
ur/o
Urine; urinary tract
42
abdomin/o
abdomen
43
extremities, top, extreme point
acr/o
44
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
45
adip/o
fat
46
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
amni/o
47
angi/o
vessel
48
arteri/o
artery
49
joint
arthr/o
50
axill/o
armpit
51
eyelid
blephar/o
52
bronchial tubes
bronch/o
53
heart
cardi/o
54
chem/o
drug, chemical
55
cartilage
chondr/o
56
chron/o
time
57
col/o
colon
58
urinary bladder
cyst/o
59
water, fluid
hydr/o
60
inguin/o
groin
61
to hold back
isch/o
62
abdomen, abdominal wall
lapar/o
63
laryng/o
larynx
64
luek/o
white
65
lymph/o
lymph
66
breast
mamm/o
67
shape,form
morph/o
68
muc/o
mucus
69
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
70
necr/o
death( of cells or whole body)
71
neur/o
nerbe
72
nucleus
nucle/o
73
eye
ophthalm/o
74
oste/o
bone
75
oto/o
ear
76
disease
path/o
77
peritone/o
peritoneum
78
phag/o
to eat, swallow
79
vein
phleb/o
80
plas/o
formation
81
pluera
pleur/o
82
pneumon/o
lungs
83
X-rays
radi/o
84
rect/o
rectum
85
Kidney
ren/o
86
pulmon/o
lungs
87
sarc/o
88
splen/o
spleen
89
clusters
staphyl/o
90
Strept/o
twisted chains
91
chest
thorac/o
92
thromb/o
clot
93
tonsils
tonsill/o
94
trache/o
trachea( windpipe)
95
ven/o
vein
96
carp/o
Wrist bones
97
meals
cib/o
98
cost/o
rib
99
cutane/o
skin
100
fingers,toes
dactyl/o
101
duct/o
to lead, carry
102
to bend
flex/o
103
furc/o
forking, branching
104
tongue
gloss/o
105
glyc/o
sugar
106
immun/o
protection
107
Side
later/o
108
morph/o
shape, form
109
mort/o
death
110
birth
nat/i
111
necr/o
death
112
to bind, tie, connect
nect/o
113
rule, order
norm/o
114
ox/o
oxygen
115
pubis (pubic bone)
pub/o
116
ren/o
kidney
117
infection
seps/o
118
somn/o
sleep
119
son/o
sound
120
to put, place
the/o
121
thyr/o
thyroid gland ; shield
122
top/o
place, position, location
123
tox/o
poison
124
windpipe, trachea
trache/o
125
urethr/o
urethra
126
vein
ven/o
