Medical Terminology Flashcards
(199 cards)
1
Q
Macro
A
large
2
Q
Micro
A
small
3
Q
Megalo or megaly
A
very large
4
Q
peri
A
around
5
Q
trans
A
across
6
Q
endo
A
within or inside
7
Q
inter
A
between
8
Q
chloro
A
green
9
Q
leuk
A
white
10
Q
eryth
A
red
11
Q
cyan
A
blue
12
Q
dys
A
not working correctly/normally
13
Q
mal
A
bad
14
Q
emia
A
blood condition
15
Q
itis
A
inflammation
16
Q
osis
A
condition or disease (usually non-inflammatory)
17
Q
pathy
A
disease
18
Q
hyper
A
above normal
19
Q
hypo
A
below normal
20
Q
tachy
A
fast
21
Q
brady
A
slow
22
Q
echo
A
ultrasonic waves
23
Q
electro
A
electricity
24
Q
ectomy
A
removal of
25
gram
picture
26
graph or graphy
process of taking a picture
27
otomy
making a cut in/removing a part of
28
scopy
use of instrument for viewing
29
stomy
create an opening in
30
plasty
modifying the shape of/repairing
31
vas or vasc
veins and arteries
32
blood
hem or hemo or sangu
33
angi or angio
blood vessels
34
ven or veno or phleb or phlebo
veins
35
aort
aorta
36
arteri or arterio
arteries
37
diaphoresis
profuse sweating
38
anasarca
edema that is generalized over the whole body
39
hirsutism
excess body hair
40
petechia
small red spots
41
purpura
blood spots or skin hemorrhages, refers to purple-colored skin spots that are most recognizable on the skin.
42
dysphagia
difficulty swallowing
43
hemoptysis
coughing up of blood or blood stained
44
precordial
anterior chest wall over the heart
45
retrosternal
behind the breadtbone
46
cyanosis
bluish cast to the skin and mucous membranes
47
dyspnea
shortness of breath, "air hunger"
48
orthopmea
sensation of breathlessness in the recumbent position, relieved by sitting or standing
49
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
condition that triggers sudden shortness of breath during sleep
50
nocturia
wake up in the middle of the night because you have to urinate
51
intermittent claudication
muscle pain on mild exertion (ache, cramp, numbness, or sense of fatigue), classically in calf
52
cerebrovascular accident
Sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain. A CVA is also referred to as a stroke.
53
parenteral
medication administered or occurring elsewhere in the body than the mouth and alimentary canal
54
Root: brachi(o)
Meaning: arm
55
Root: bucc(o)
Meaning: Cheek
56
Root: Cardi(o)
Meaning: Heart
57
Root: Carp(o)
Meaning: Wrist
58
Root: Cephal(o)
Meaning: Head
59
Root: Colp(o)
Meaning: Vagina
60
Root: Crani(o)
Meaning: Skull
61
Root: Cyst(o)
Meaning: Bladder
62
Root: Cyto
Meaning: Cell
63
Root: Dactyl(o)
Meaning: Finger, toe
64
Root: Encephal(o)
Meaning: Brain
65
Root: Enter(o)
Meaning: Intestine
66
Root: Gloss(o)
Meaning: Tongue
67
Root: Hemo, sanguin(o)
Meaning: Blood
68
Root: Hyster(o)
Meaning: Womb, uterus
69
Root: Mast(o), mamm(o)
Meaning: Breast
70
Root: Men(o)
Meaning: Month, r/t menses
71
Root: Nephr(o), Ren(o)
Meaning: Kidney
72
Root: Oophor(o)
Meaning: Ovary
73
Root: Ophthalm, Ocul(o)
Meaning: Eye
74
Root: Ot(o), Auri, Aud
Meaning: Ear
75
Root: Phleb(o), Ven(o)
Meaning: Vein
76
Root: Pod
Meaning: Foot
77
Root: Rhin(o)
Meaning: Nose
78
Root: Salping(o)
Meaning: Fallopian tube
79
Root: Thorac(o)
Meaning: Chest
80
Root: Thromb(o)
Meaning: Clot
81
Root: Gluc(o)
Meaning: sweet, sugar
82
Root: Hydr(o)
Meaning: water
83
Root: Lact(o)
Meaning: milk
84
Root: Lip(o), adip(o)
Meaning: fat
85
Root: Therm
Meaning: Heat
86
Root: Melan(o)
Meaning: black
87
Root: Cirrh(o)
Meaning: yellow
88
Root: Ankyl(o)
Meaning: stiff, fixed, crooked
89
Root: Sten(o), Stric
Meaning: narrow
90
Root: Ortho
Meaning: straight position
91
Root: kypho
Meaning: bent, crooked
92
Root: pseudo
Meaning: false
93
Root: poly, hyper, multi
Meaning: many, much
94
Root: oligo, hypo
Meaning: few
95
Root: Iso
Meaning: equal
96
Root: Diplo, ambi
Meaning: both, double
97
Root: hemi
Meaning: half
98
Root: pan
Meaning: all
99
Root: pro, ante, pre
Meaning: before
100
Root: post
Meaning: after
101
Root: super, supra
Meaning: above
102
Root: Sub
Meaning: below
103
Root: Dors(o)
Meaning: back
104
Root: retro
Meaning: backwards
105
Root: para
Meaning: beside
106
Root: Re
Meaning: again
107
Root: Later(o)
Meaning: side
108
Root: Medi(o)
Meaning: middle
109
Root: Schizo
Meaning: split
110
Root: Inter
Meaning: between
111
Root: heter(o)
Meaning: different
112
Root: Hom(o)
Meaning: same
113
Root: Ad(o)
Meaning: towards
114
Root: Ab(o)
Meaning: away from
115
Root: endo, in, intra
Meaning: in, within, inside
116
Root: Ex(o), Ec(to)
Meaning: Out
117
Root: anti, contra
Meaning: against
118
Root: epi
Meaning: upon, above
119
Root: dia, trans
Meaning: through
120
Root: Peri, Circum
Meaning: around
121
Root: sinister(a)
Meaning: left
122
Root: dextr(o)
Meaning: right
123
Root: Aden(o)
Meaning: gland
124
Root: Arthr(o)
Meaning: Joint
125
Root: Cervic(o)
Meaning: neck
126
Root: Costo
Meaning: Rib
127
Root: Cyto
Meaning: cell
128
Root: Derm
Meaning: skin
129
Root: Gastr(o)
Meaning: Stomach
130
Root: Glosso
Meaning: tongue
131
Root: Heme
Meaning: blood
132
Root: Hepat(o)
Meaning: liver
133
Root: Lingu
Meaning: Tongue
134
Root: Litho
Meaning: stone
135
Root: My
Meaning: muscle
136
Root: Myo, myel
Meaning: marrow
137
Root: Neuro
Meaning: nerve
138
Root: Oto
Meaning: Ear
139
Root: Opti, Ocu
Meaning: Eye
140
Root: Osteo
Meaning: Bone
141
Root: Pneum(o), Pulm
Meaning: lung
142
Root: psycho
Meaning: mind
143
Root: rhino
Meaning: nose
144
Root: thor(a)
Meaning: chest
145
Root: Vasc
Meaning: vessel
146
Prefix: A(n)
Meaning: without (e.g. anemia, avascular)
147
Prefix: Auto
Meaning: self (e.g. autoimmune)
148
Prefix: Dys
Meaning: Difficult, painful (e.g. dyspnea, dysuria)
149
Prefix: Gravida
Meaning: Pregnant, heavy (e.g. gravidity)
150
Prefix: Neo
Meaning: New (e.g. neonatal, neoplasm)
151
Suffix: centesis
Meaning: tap, puncture (e.g. thoracentesis)
152
Suffix: ectomy
Meaning: Removal (e.g. mastectomy, appendectomy)
153
Suffix: lysis
Meaning: separate, destroy (e.g. hemolysis)
154
Suffix: Ostomy
Meaning: form an opening (e.g. colostomy)
155
Suffix: Otomy
Meaning: Cut into (e.g. tracheotomy, craniotomy)
156
Suffix: Plasty
Meaning: Repair (rhinoplasty)
157
Suffix: algia
Meaning: pain (e.g. arthralgia, myalgia)
158
Suffix: Cele
Meaning: Hernia, swelling (e.g. hydrocele, cystocele)
159
Suffix: Emia
Meaning: blood (e.g. leukemia, anemia)
160
Suffix: Gen
Meaning: producing (e.g. carcinogen, allergen)
161
Suffix: Itis
Meaning: inflammation (e.g. appendicitis, hepatitis)
162
Suffix: Megaly
Meaning: Enlargement (e.g. splenomegaly, hepatomegaly)
163
Suffix: Oid
Meaning: Resemble (fibroid, keloid)
164
Suffix: oma
Meaning: tumor (e.g. adenoma, myoma)
165
Suffix: osis
Meaning: abnormal condition (e.g. dermatosis)
166
Suffix: Pathy
Meaning: disease (e.g. neuropathy, psychopathology)
167
Suffix: Penia
Meaning: deficiency (e.g. cytopenia, thrombocytopenia)
168
Suffix: phagia
Meaning: eating (e.g. dysphagia)
169
Suffix: phasia
Meaning: speech (e.g. aphasia, dysphagia)
170
Suffix: Plegia
Meaning: paralysis (e.g. paraplegia, quadriplegia)
171
Suffix: Phobia
Meaning: fear (e.g. acrophobia, agoraphobia)
172
Suffix: Pnea
Meaning: Air, breathing (e.g. apnea, dyspnea, orthopnea)
173
Suffix: Rrhage
Meaning: burst forth (e.g. hemorrhage)
174
Suffix: Sclerosis
Meaning: Hardening (e.g. atherosclerosis)
175
Suffix: Spasm
Meaning: contraction (bronchospasm)
176
Suffix: troph(o)
Meaning: nourishment (e.g. atrophy, hypertrophy)
177
Suffix: uri(a)
Meaning: urine (e.g. nocturia, dysuria)
178
Suffix: Rrhea
Meaning: flow, discharge (e.g. diarrhea)
179
Cephalocaudal
head-to-toe
180
proximodistally
midline to periphery
181
Ology
study of
182
Phon(o)
sound (e.g. bronchophony)
183
S/P
status post (after)
184
sp.gr.
specific gravity
185
S.Q.
subcutaneous(ly)
186
STAT
immediately
187
STS
serological test for syphilis
188
Sx
symptoms
189
TCDB
turn, cough, deep breathe
190
TIA
transient ischemial attack (mini stroke)
191
tid
3x/day
192
TM
tympanic membrane
193
TMJ
temporomand-ibular joint
194
TNTC
too numerous to count
195
TPN
total parenteral nutrition
196
TURP
transurethral resection of prostate
197
TSE
testicular self-examination
198
UA
urinalysis
199
mmHg
millimeters of mercury
