Medical Terminology Exam 1
Terms
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- poly-
- many
- -ose
- pertaining to
- trache/o
- trachea, windpipe
- -pathy
- disease, feelings
- ureter/o
- ureter, the vessel that conveys urine from the kidney to the bladder
- spondyl/o
- spinal column, vertebra
- ptyal/o
- saliva
- myring/o
- eardrum
- -lysis, -lytic
- breakdown, destruction, separation
- myel/o
- bone marrow, spinal cord
- -ium, -um
- structure, tissue
- salping/o
- fallopian tube or eustachian tube
- lymph/o
- lymph
- lei/o
- smooth
- eu-
- good, well, normal
- glyc/o
- sugar, sweet
- -itis
- inflammation
- sarc/o
- flesh or fleshy
- -ist
- one who specializes in
- aden/o
- gland
- adip/o
- fat
- rect/o
- rectum
- -iac
- pertaining to
- -ism
- process
- dactyl/o
- digit, fingers, toes
- spin/o
- spine, backbone
- chol/o, chole
- bile, gall
- nucle/o
- nucleus
- irid/o
- iris of the eye
- pylor/o
- pylorus
- pneum/o
- lungs, air
- gingiv/o
- gums
- bronch/o, bronchi/o
- bronchus, bronchial tubes
- pleur/o
- pleura, side or rib
- labi/o
- lip, especially lip of the mouth
- gloss/o
- tongue
- -cyesis
- pregnancy
- amyl/o
- starch
- mes/o
- middle
- cerebell/o
- cerebellum, a part of the brain
- -fusion
- to pour
- magna-, magni-
- large, great
- infra-
- below, inferior
- cholangi/o
- bile duct capillaries or vessels, or the bile duct
- -ectomy
- excision, removal
- atri/o
- atrium, upper chamber of the heart
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -er
- one who
- im-, in-
- in, into, not
- arthr/o
- joint
- hyper-
- over, above, excessive
- epi-
- upon, on, above
- arteri/o
- artery
- -drome
- to run
- angi/o
- vessel, usually a blood vessel
- endo-
- within, in
- dys-
- bad, painful, difficult
- diplo-
- double, twice
- -scopy
- process of visually examining
- cheir/o, chir/o
- hand
- mening/o
- meninges, covering of the brain and spinal cord
- galact/o
- milk
- de-
- down, lack of
- cata-
- down
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- -tomy
- process of cutting, incision, section
- dent/a, dent/i
- tooth or teeth
- kerat/o
- cornea or horny tissue
- circum-
- around, about, surrounding
- coccyg/o
- coccyx (tailbone)
- ambi-
- both
- ab-
- away from
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- larng/o
- larynx, voice box
- -coccus
- berry-shaped bacteria
- -ectasis, ectasia
- dilate, stretching, expansion
- com-, con-
- with, together
- edem-
- swell
- -plasm
- formation
- dis-
- reversal, apart from, separation
- ante-
- before, forward
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- blephar/o
- eyelid or eyelash
- hem/o, hemat/o
- blood
- cervic/o
- neck or neck-like part
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- -rrhea
- flow, discharge
- -crine
- to seperate, secrete
- -pepsia
- digestion
- olig/o
- few, scanty, little
- necr/o
- dead
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -pnea
- breathing
- orchi/o, orchid/o
- testicle or testis
- -poiesis, poie
- formation, make
- palat/o
- palate, or roof of mouth
- trans-
- across, through, beyond
- -ptosis
- drooping, sagging, prolapse
- pseud/o
- false
- re-
- back, again, contrary
- pharyng/o
- throat or gullet
- crani/o
- skull
- audi/o
- hear/ hearing
- derm/a, dermat/o
- skin
- core, coro
- pupil of the eye
- hyster/o
- womb, uterus
- cili/o, cilium
- eyelid or eyelash or any minute hair-like process attached to the free surface of a tissue or cell
- pan-
- all
- neo-
- new
- -gram
- record
- -blast
- embryonic, immature
- -centesis
- surgical puncture to remove, perforate
- -al
- pertaining to
- ad-
- toward
- -genesis, gen/o, -genic
- condition of producing, forming, origin
- -cele
- hernia, herniation
- -ar
- pertaining to
- bi-
- twice, two, double
- -ary
- pertaining to
- ana-
- up, back, again, excessive, apart
- gastr/o
- stomach
- tachy-
- fast
- inguin/o
- groin
- syn-, sym-
- together, with
- sten/o
- narrow
- retro-
- backward, located behind, back
- kary/o
- nucleus
- ile/o
- ileum, part of the intestinal tract
- scler/o
- hard
- hepat/o, hepatic/o
- liver
- ili/o
- ilium, or flank, part of the pelvic bone
- para-
- beside, beyond, near to, abnormal
- peri-
- around, surrounding
- per-
- through, excessive