Med Term Unit 1 2024 Word Parts Flashcards
1
Q
aden/o
aden
adeno
A
gland
2
Q
ang/i/o
ang
angi
angio
A
vessel
3
Q
arthr/o
arthr
arthro
A
joint
4
Q
card/i/o
card
cardi
cardio
A
heart
5
Q
chol/e
chol
chole
A
bile
6
Q
cyst/o
cyst
cysto
A
bladder; fluid-filled space
7
Q
cyt/o
cyt
cyto
A
cell
8
Q
derm/at/o
derm
dermat
dermato
dermo
A
skin
9
Q
gastr/o
gastr
gastro
A
stomach
10
Q
glyc/o
glyc
glyco
A
sweet, sugar
11
Q
hem/at/o
hem
hemat
hemato
A
blood
12
Q
lith/o
lith
litho
A
stone
13
Q
mast/o
mast
masto
A
breast; nipple
14
Q
my/o/s
my
myo
myos
A
muscle
15
Q
nephr/o
nephr
nephro
A
kidney
16
Q
neur/o
neur
neuro
A
nervous system
17
Q
orch/i/o
orch
orchi
orchio
A
testicles
18
Q
os/t/e/o
os
ost
oste
osteo
A
bone
19
Q
ot/o
ot
oto
A
ear
20
Q
scler/o
scler
sclero
A
hard
21
Q
splen/o
splen
spleno
A
spleen
22
Q
ten/o
ten
tend
teno
tendo
tendin
tendon
A
tendon
23
Q
thyroid/o
thyroid
thyroido
A
thyroid gland
24
Q
ur/o
ur
uro
A
urine
25
vas/o
vas
vaso
vessel, tube, duct
26
a–
an–
not
27
anti–
against (an action)
28
brady–
slow
29
di–
dia–
through
30
dys–
bad
31
endo–
inside
32
epi–
on top of
33
hemi–
half
34
hyper–
too much
35
hypo–
too little
36
intra–
inside
37
macro–
large
38
meso–
in the middle
39
micro–
small
40
olig–
oligo–
several; a handful
41
pan–
all; everything or everyone
42
para–
beside; near
43
peri–
around
44
poly–
many; too much
45
tachy–
fast
46
trans–
through
47
–a
no meaning
48
–al
pertaining to
49
–algia
pain
50
–ar
pertaining to
51
–ary
pertaining to
52
–cele
hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn't)
53
–centesis
puncture
54
–desis
binding together
55
–dynia
pain
56
–e
no meaning
57
–eal
pertaining to
58
–ectomy
cutting out of
59
–emia
present in blood, indicating disease
60
–esis
process
61
–etic
a drug or condition causing a process
62
–eum
anatomical structure word ending
63
–gram
a record of a test or procedure
64
–graphy
a test or procedure
65
–hypertrophy
too much growth
66
–ia
disease
67
–iac
pertaining to
68
–ial
pertaining to
69
–iasis
presence of an abnormality
70
–ic
pertaining to
71
–is
anatomical structure word ending
72
–itis
inflammation
73
–ium
anatomical structure word ending
74
–lith
stone
75
–logist
one who studies
76
–logy
study of
77
–lysis
breaking down; destroying
78
–malacia
softening due to disease
79
–megaly
enlargement due to disease
80
–oid
looks like; resembles
81
–oma
tumor
82
–on
unit of anatomical structure
83
–osis
process
84
–pathy
state of disease
85
–penia
low levels of
86
–pexy
surgical fixation
87
–plasty
surgical revision
88
–poiesis
creation process
89
–ptosis
drooping
90
–rrhage
bursting forth
91
–rrhaphy
suturing
92
–rrhea
abnormal flow
93
–rrhexis
rupture
94
–scler
hardening
95
–scope
instrument for looking inside
96
–scopy
the process of looking inside
97
–spasm
involuntary contraction
98
–stomy
creating an opening (or "mouth") with surgery
99
–tomy
cutting
100
–trophy
nourishment, growth
101
–uria
present in urine, indicating disease
102
–y
disease
