Meanings and Their Corresponding Word Parts Flashcards
Appendix 4 (552 cards)
1
Q
abdomen
A
abdomin/o, celi/o
2
Q
abdominal wall
A
lapar/o
3
Q
abnormal
A
dys-, para-
4
Q
abnormally high
A
hyper-
5
Q
abnormally large
A
macro-, mega-, megal/o-
6
Q
abnormally low
A
hypo-
7
Q
above
A
super-, supra-
8
Q
absence
A
a-, an-, dis-
9
Q
absorb(ing), attract(ing)
A
phil, -philic
10
Q
accumulation of fluid
A
edema
11
Q
act of recording data
A
-graphy
12
Q
act(ing) on, affect(ing)
A
trop, -tropic
13
Q
acute
A
ox/y
14
Q
adrenal gland
A
adren/o, adrenal/o
15
Q
adrenaline, adrenal
A
adren/o
16
Q
adrenal cortex
A
adrenocortic/o
17
Q
after
A
post-, met/a
18
Q
again, back
A
re-
19
Q
against
A
anti-, contra-, counter-
20
Q
air
A
aer/o, pneumat/o
21
Q
all
A
pan-
22
Q
amnion, amniotic sac
A
amnio
23
Q
angle
A
goni/o
24
Q
anus
A
an/o
25
any disease of
-pathy
26
aorta
aort/o
27
arm
brachi/o
28
around
circum-, peri-
29
arrangment
tax/o-
30
arteriole
arteriol/o
31
artery
arter/o, arteri/o
32
at a distance
tel/e, tel/o
33
atlas
atlant/o
34
atrium
atri/o
35
auditory (eustachian) tube
salping/o
36
away from
ab-, ex/o-
37
babble
-lalia
38
bacillus
bacill/i, bacill/o
39
backward
retro-
40
bacterium
bacteri/o
41
bad
mal-
42
before
ante-, pre-, pro-
43
behind
post-, retro-
44
below
hypo-, infra-, sub-
45
beside
para-, juxta-
46
between
inter-
47
beyond
met/a
48
bile
bili, chol/e, chol/o
49
bile duct
cholangi/o
50
binding
-desis
51
birth
nat/i
52
black
melan/o
53
bladder
cyst/o
54
bladder (urinary)
cyst/o, vesic/o
55
blood
hem/o, hemat/o
56
blood (condition of)
-emia, -hemia
57
blood clot, clot
thromb/o
58
blue
cyan/o
59
body
somat/o, -some
60
bone
oste/o
61
bone marrow
myel/o
62
brain
encephal/o
63
breaking
-clasis, -clasia
64
breast
mamm/o, mast/o
65
breathing
-pnea, spir/o
66
bronchiole
bronchiol
67
bronchus
bronch/i, bronch/o
68
bursa
burs/o
69
bursting forth
-rhage, -rhagia
70
calcium
calc/i
71
calculus
lith
72
calyx
calic/o, cali/o
73
cancer, carcinoma
carcin/o
74
carbon dioxide
-capnia
75
carry
fer
76
cartilage
chondr/o
77
cavity
ventricul/o
78
cecum
cec/o
79
cell
-cyte, cyt/o
80
cerebellum
cerebell/o
81
cerebral cortex
cortic/o
82
cerebrum
cerebr/o
83
cervix
cervic/o
84
chain (twisted)
strept/o
85
change
met/a
86
cheek
bucc/o
87
chemical
chem/o
88
chest
thorac/o, steth/o
89
child
ped/o, puer
90
choroid
chori/o, choroid/o
91
ciliary body, ciliary muscle
cycl/o
92
clitoris
clitor/o, clitorid/o
93
coccyx
coccy, coccyg/o
94
cochlea
cochle/o
95
cold
cry/o
96
colon
col/o, colon/o
97
color
chrom/o, chromat/o
98
colorless
leuk/o
99
common bile duct
choledoch/o
100
condition of
-ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -sis, -y
101
condition of the eye
-opia
102
condition of the urine, urination
-uria
103
condition of the vision
-opia, -opsia
104
condition of the semen
-spermia
105
constriction
stenosis
106
contraction (sudden), cramp
spasm
107
cornea
corne/o, kerat/o
108
correct
ortho-
109
cranium
crani/o
110
crushing
-tripsy
111
cutting
-tomy
112
cutting instrument
-tome
113
cyst
cyst/o
114
dark
melan/o
115
darkness
nyct/o
116
data
-gram
117
death of tissue
necrosis
118
decreased, decrease in
hypo-, -penia
119
deficiency of
oligo-, -penia
120
destruction
lysis
121
development
plas, -plasia
122
diaphragm
phren/o
123
different
hetero-
124
difficult
dys-
125
dilatation, dilation
ectasia, ectasis
126
dim
ambly-
127
discharge
-rhea
128
disease
path/o, -pathy
129
dissolving
lysis, -lytic
130
distance (at a)
tel/e, tel/o
131
distention
ectasia, ectasis
132
double
dipl/o-
133
down
de-
134
dropping, downward, displacement
ptosis
135
drug
pharm, pharmac/o
136
dry
xer/o
137
duct, ductus deferens
vas/o
138
duodenum
duoden/o
139
ear
ot/o
140
easy
eu-
141
eat
phag/o
142
egg cell
oo, ov/o, ovul/o
143
electricity
electr/o
144
embryo
embry/o
145
embryonic cell
-blast, -blast/o
146
end
tel/e, tel/o, acro
147
endocrine
endocrin/o
148
energy
dynam/o
149
enlargement
-megaly, megal/o
150
enzyme
-ase
151
epididymis
epididym/o
152
epinephrine
adren/o
153
equal
iso-, equi-
154
erythrocyte
erythr/o, erythrocyt/o
155
esophagus
esophag/o
156
examination of
-scopy
157
excess
hyper-, super-
158
excision
-ectomy
159
excited state
mania
160
expansion
dilation, dilatation, ectasia, ectasis
161
extremity
acro
162
eye
ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o, -opia
163
eyelid
blephar/o, palpebr/o
164
fallopian tube
salping/o
165
false
pseudo-
166
far
tel/e, tel/o
167
fascia
fasci/o
168
fat
adip/o, lip/o
169
fatty
steat/o
170
fear
-phobia
171
feces
copro
172
feeding
troph/o, -trophy, -trophia
173
fetus
fet/o
174
fetus (malformed)
terat/o
175
fever, fire
pyr/o, pyret/o
176
few
oligo-
177
fiber
fibr/o, in/o
178
filled sac or pouch
cyst/o
179
finger
dactyl/o
180
first
prim/i-
181
fissure
-schisis
182
fixation (surgical)
-pexy
183
flow
-rhea
184
fluid
hydr/o
185
foot
ped/o, pod/o
186
foreign
xen/o
187
form
morph/o
188
formation
gen, genesis, plas, -plasia, -poiesis
189
force
dynam/o
190
four
quadr/i, tetra-
191
fungus
myc/o
192
fusion
-desis
193
gall
chol/e, chol/o
194
gallbladder
cholecyst/o
195
ganglion
gangli/o, ganglion/o
196
gas
aer/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o
197
gingiva (gum)
gingiv/o
198
gland
aden/o
199
glans penis
balan/o
200
glomerulus
glomerul/o
201
glucose
gluc/o, glyc/o
202
good
eu-
203
grape-like cluster
staphyl/o
204
growth
troph/o, -trophy, -trophia
205
gum, gingiva
gingiv/o
206
hair
trich/o
207
half
hemi-, semi-
208
hand
chir/o
209
hard
scler/o
210
hardening
sclerosis
211
head
cephal/o
212
hearing
acous, acus, audi/o, cus
213
heart
cardi/o
214
heat
therm/o
215
hemorrhage
-rhage, -rhagia
216
hernia
-cele
217
hidden
crypt/o
218
horny layer of the skin
kerat/o
219
hypophysis
hypophysi/o, pituitary
220
islets (pancreatic)
insul/o
221
ileum
ile/o
222
ilium
ili/o
223
immature cell
blast/o, -blast
224
immune system, immunity
immun/o
225
imperfect
atel/o
226
in
end/o, intra-
227
in front of
pre-, pro-
228
incision of
-tomy
229
increased
hyper-
230
inflammation
-itis
231
ingest
phag/o
232
inner ear
labryinth/o
233
instrument for incising (cutting)
-tome
234
instrument for measuring
-meter
235
instrument for recording data
-graph
236
instrument for viewing or examining
-scope
237
intestine
enter/o
238
iris
ir, irid/o, irit/o
239
iron
ferr/i, ferr/o, sider/o
240
irregular
poikilo-
241
jaw
gnath/o
242
jejunum
jejun/o
243
joint
arthr/o
244
keratin
kerat/o
245
kidney
nephr/o, ren/o
246
labor
toc/o
247
labyrinth
labyrinth/o
248
lack of
a-, an-
249
lacrimal apparatus
dacry/o, lacrim/o
250
lacrimal sac
dacryocyst/o
251
large
macro-, mega-, megal/o-
252
larynx
laryng/o
253
left
sinistr/o
254
lens
lent/i, phac/o, phak/o
255
leukocyte
leuk/o, leukocyt/o
256
level of carbon dioxide
-capnia
257
level of oxygen
-oxia
258
life
bio
259
light
phot/o
260
like
-form, -oid
261
lip
labi/o, cheil/o
262
lipid
lip/o
263
liver
hepat/o
264
localized dilation
-cele
265
loosening
lysis, -lytic
266
loss
de-
267
lumbar region, lower back
lumb/o
268
lung(s)
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o
269
lymph, lymphatic system
lymph/o
270
lymph node
lymphaden/o
271
lymphatic vessel
lymphangi/o
272
lymphocyte
lymph/o, lymphocyt/o
273
male
andr/o
274
malformed fetus
terat/o
275
mammary gland
mamm/o, mast/o
276
many
multi-, poly-
277
marrow
myel/o
278
measure
metr/o
279
measuring instrument
-meter
280
measurement of
-metry
281
medical speciality
-ics, -iatrics, -iatry
282
medicine
pharm, pharmac/o
283
medulla oblongata
medull/o
284
melanin
melan/o
285
meninges
mening/o, meninge/o
286
menstruation
men/o, mens
287
middle
meso-
288
middle ear
tymphan/o
289
milk
galact/o, lact/o
290
mimicking
-mimetic
291
mind
psych/o
292
mold
myc/o
293
molding
plas, -plasia
294
month
mes/o, mens
295
mouth
or/o, stoma, stomat/o
296
movement
kin/o, kine, -kinesi/o, kinet/o
297
much
poly-
298
mucus
muc/o, myx/o
299
mucous membrane
muc/o
300
muscle
my/o, muscul/o
301
muscle cell
rhabd/o
302
muscle fiber
in/o
303
nail
onych/o
304
narrowing
stenosis
305
near
ad-, juxta-, para-
306
neck
cervic/o
307
nerve, nervous system, nervous tissue
neur/o, neur/i
308
network
reticul/o
309
neuroglia
gli/o
310
never
nulli-
311
new
neo-
312
night
noct/i, nyct/o
313
nipple
papill/o
314
nitrogenous compounds
azot/o
315
normal
eu-, normo-
316
nose
nas/o, rhin/o
317
not
a-, an-, in-, im-, non-, un-
318
nourishment
troph/o, -trophy, -trophia
319
nucleus
kary/o, nucle/o
320
obsession
mania
321
old
presby-
322
old age
ger/e, ger/o
323
on
epi-
324
one
mon/o-, uni-
325
one side
hemi
326
opening (created surgically)
-stomy
327
opposed, opposite
contra-, counter
328
order
tax/o
329
origin
gen, genesis
330
other
hetero-,
331
out, outside
ec-, ecto-, ex/o, extra-
332
outer portion
cortic/o
333
ovary
ovari/o, oophor/o
334
over
hyper, epi-
335
ovum
oo, ov/o, ovul/o
336
oxygen
ox/y, -oxia
337
pain
-algia, -odynia, -algesia, alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o
338
painful
dys-
339
palate
palat/o
340
pancreas
pancreat/o
341
pancreatic islets
insul/o
342
paralysis
-plegia
343
paralysis (partial)
-paresis
344
partition
sept/o
345
pelvis
pelvi/o
346
perineum
perine/o
347
peritoneum
periton, peritone/o
348
perspiration
hidr/o
349
pertaining to
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ory, -ous
350
pharynx
pharyng/o
351
phrenic nerve
phrenic/o
352
physician
iatr/o
353
pituitary
pituitar/i, hypophysi/o
354
plant
phyt/o
355
plastic repair, plastic surgery
-plasty
356
platelet
thrombocyt/o
357
pleura
pleur/o
358
poison
tox/o, toxic/o, toxin
359
poor
mal-
360
potassium
kali
361
pouch (filled)
cyst/o, cyst/i
362
pregnant woman
gravida
363
pressure
bar/o
364
production
-poiesis
365
productive cell
-blast, blast/o
366
profuse flow
-rhage, -rhagia
367
prolapse
ptosis
368
promotor
-agogue
369
prostate
prostat/o
370
protein
prote/o
371
pulse
sphygm/o
372
puncture
centesis
373
pupil
pupill/o, cor/o, cor/e
374
pus
py/o
375
pylorus
pylor/o
376
radiation
radi/o
377
rapid
tachy-
378
reading
-lexia
379
reconstruction
-plasty
380
record of data
-gram
381
recording data (act of)
-graphy
382
rectum
rect/o, proct/o
383
red
erythr/o-
384
red blood cell
erythr/o, erythrocyt/o
385
reducing
-lytic
386
removal
de-, dis-
387
removal (surgical)
-ectomy
388
renal pelvis
pyel/o
389
repair (plastic)
-plasty
390
repair (surgical)
-rhaphy
391
respiration
pneum/o, pneumat/o
392
resembling
-form, -oid
393
retina
retin/o
394
rib
cost/o
395
right
dextr/o
396
rod
rhabd/o
397
root of spinal nerve
radicul/o
398
rupture
-rhexis
399
sac (filled)
cyst/o, cyst/i
400
sacrum
sacr/o
401
saliva, salivary gland, salivary duct
sial/o
402
same
equi-, homo-, homeo-, iso-
403
sclera (of eye)
scler/o
404
scanty
oligo-
405
scrotum
osche/o
406
sebum, sebaceous gland
seb/o
407
seizure
-lepsy
408
self
auto-
409
semen
semin, sperm/i, spermat/o
410
semen, condition of
-spermia
411
seminal vesicle
vesicul/o
412
sensation
-esthesia, esthesi/o
413
sense of smell
-osmia
414
sense of taste
-geusia
415
seperation
dis-, -lysis
416
septum
sept/o
417
sharp
ox/y
418
short
brachy-
419
sigmoid colon
sigmoid/o
420
stimulating
-mimetic
421
skeleton
skelet/o
422
skin
derm/o, dermat/o
423
skull
crani/o
424
sleep
hypn/o, somn/o, somn/i
425
slipping
-listhesis
426
slow
brady-
427
small
micro-
428
small body
-some
429
smell
osm/o
430
smell (sense of)
-osmia
431
sodium
natri
432
softening
malacia
433
sound
phon/o, son/o, acous, acus, cus
434
specialist
-ian, -ist, -logist
435
specialty
-ics, -iatrics, -iatry
436
speech
-phasia, -lalia
437
sperm, spermatozoa
sperm/i, spermat/o
438
spinal column
vertebr/o
439
spinal cord
myel/o, medull/o
440
spinal nerve root
radicul/o
441
spine
rachi/o
442
spitting
-ptysis
443
spleen
splen/o
444
splitting
-schisis
445
stain
chrom/o, chromat/o
446
stapes
staped/o, stapedi/o
447
staphylococcus
staphyl/o
448
starch
amyl/o
449
stimulator
-agogue
450
stomach
gastr/o
451
stone
lith
452
stoppage
stasis
453
straight
ortho-
454
strange
xen/o
455
strength
sthen/o
456
streptococcus
strept/o
457
structure
morph/o
458
study of
-logy
459
stupor
narc/o
460
sugar
glyc/o, sacchar/o, -ose
461
sudden contraction
spasm
462
suppression
stasis
463
surgery (plastic)
-plasty
464
surgical creation of an opening
-stomy
465
surgical fixation
-pexy
466
surgical removal
-ectomy
467
surgical repair, suture
-rhaphy
468
sweat
hidr/o
469
swelling
edema
470
synovial fluid, joint, membrane
synov/i
471
tap
centesis
472
taste (sense of)
-geusia
473
tear
dacry/o, lacrim/o
474
teeth
dent/o, dent/i, odont/o
475
temperature
therm/o
476
tendon
ten/o, tendin/o
477
testicle
test/o
478
testis
test/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
479
thalamus
thalam/o
480
thick
pachy-
481
thorax
thorac/o
482
three
tri-
483
thrombocyte
thrombocyt/o
484
through
dia-, per-, trans-
485
thymus gland
thym/o
486
thyroid
thyr/o, thyroid/o
487
time
chron/o
488
tissue
hist/o, histi/o
489
tissue death
necrosis
490
toe
dactyl/o
491
together
syn-, sym-
492
tone
ton/o
493
tongue
gloss/o, lingu/o
494
tonsil
tonsil/o
495
tooth
-dent/o, dent/i, odont/o
496
toward
ad-
497
toxin
tox/o, toxic/o
498
trachea
trache/o
499
true
eu-
500
tube
salping/o
501
tumor
onc/o, -oma
502
turning
trop/o
503
twice
bi-, di
504
twisted chain
strept/o
505
twisted and swollen vein
varic/o
506
two
bi-, di-, diplo-
507
tympanic cavity
tympan/o
508
tympanic membrane
myring/o, tympan/o
509
ultrasound
son/o
510
unchanging
homo-, homeo-
511
unconsciousness
narc/o
512
under
hypo-, sub-
513
unequal
hetero-
514
upright
ortho-
515
ureter
ureter/o
516
urethra
urethr/o
517
urinary bladder
cyst/o, vesic/o
518
urination
-uresis
519
urine, urinary tract, urination
ur/o, -uria
520
urine
urin/o
521
uterine tube
salpingo-
522
uterus
hyster/o, metr/o, metr/i, uter/o
523
uvea
uve/o
524
uvula
uvul/o
525
vagina
colp/o, vagin/o
526
valve
valv/o, valvul/o
527
varicose vein, varix
varic/o
528
varied
poikilo-
529
vas deferens
vas/o
530
vein
ven/o, ven/i, phleb/o
531
ventricle
ventricul/o
532
vertebra
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
533
vessel
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
534
vestibular apparatus, vestibule
vestibul/o
535
virus
vir/o
536
vision
opt/o, -opia, -opsia
537
voice
phon/o, -phonia
538
vomiting
emesis
539
vulva
episi/o, vulv/o
540
wall, dividing wall
sept/o
541
water
hydr/o
542
weakness
paresis
543
white
leuk/o-
544
white blood cell
leuk/o, leukocyt/o
545
widening
ectasis, ectasia, dilation, dilatation
546
within
end/o, intra-
547
without
a-, an-, de-
548
woman
gyn/o, gynec/o
549
woman who has given birth
para
550
work
erg/o
551
x-ray
radi/o
552
yellow
xanth/o-
