Pharmacy Practice (Ballington) Ch 3 - Medical Terminology
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- acet/o
- vinegar, acid, sharp
- acr/o
- tip, end, sharpness
- aden/o
- gland
- adip/o
- fat
- aer/o
- air
- agon/o
- contest,struggle
- alb/o
- white
- alg/o
- pain
- allel/o
- one another, mutual
- amb/i, amph/o
- both,two
- amul/o
- walk
- amni/o
- membrane around the fetus
- amyl/o
- starch
- andr/o
- male
- angi/o
- vessel
- anthrac
- blach
- aqu, aqua, aque
- water
- arter/o
- artery (as opposed to vein)
- arthr/o
- joint
- asthm
- shortness of breath
- atri
- entry
- aud, audit/o
- hear
- aur/o
- hear
- axill/o
- armpit
- bi/o
- life
- blast
- sprout, immature cell
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- bol
- throw, create
- brachi
- arm
- bronch/o
- bronchus (pathway from windpipe)
- bucc/o
- inside of cheek
- burs/o
- pouchlike cavity
- calc/o
- calcium
- cap/o, capi
- head, expansion
- carb/o
- carbon
- carcin/o
- crab, cancer
- cardi/o
- heart
- carp/o
- wrist
- caus
- burn
- centr/o
- center
- cephal/o
- head, expansion
- cereb/o
- brain
- cervic/o
- neck, cervix
- chem/o
- chemistry
- chir/o
- hand
- chol/o
- bile, cholestrole
- chondr/o
- cartilage; grain
- chron/o
- time, long
- cilli
- eyelash. hair
- coagul/o
- clot
- collo
- glue
- coni/o
- dust
- core/o
- pupil of eye
- corp/o
- body
- crani/o
- cranium, skull
- cutane/o, cuti
- skin
- cyan/o
- blue
- cycl/o
- circle, wheel
- cyst/o
- bladder, cyst
- cyt/o
- cell
- dacr/o
- tear (crying)
- dactyl/o
- finger
- demos
- people
- dent/o
- tooth
- derm, dermat/o
- skin
- edem, edema
- excess fluid in tissues
- encephal/o
- brain
- enter/o
- intestine(usually small intestine)
- erythr/o
- red
- esth, esthesi/o
- perseption
- flat
- blow
- galact/o, lact/o
- milk
- gangl
- knot
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gen
- become, beget, produce
- genesis
- origin
- ger/o
- aged
- gest
- produce
- glob
- sphere, ball round body
- gloss/o
- tongue
- glu/o
- sugar
- glyc/o
- sugar
- gnos/o
- state of
- gonad/o
- reproductive organ
- gynec/o
- female
- hem/o
- blood
- hepat/o
- liver
- hydr/o
- water
- hypn/o
- sleep
- hyster/o, metr/o
- uterus
- hidr/o
- sweat
- ichthy/o
- fishy, scaly
- immun/o
- safe, safe from
- kera/ kerat/o
- horned, horny skin cells, cornea
- kinesi/o
- motion
- labi/o
- lip
- lachri
- tear (from eye)
- leuk/o
- white
- lingu/o
- tongue
- lith/o
- stone
- lumb/o
- lower back, loin
- lymph/o
- water, lymph
- mast/o
- breast
- melan/o
- black
- mening/o
- membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord
- mens
- moon, month
- mnem/o
- memory
- morb/o
- sick
- morph/o
- shape, dream
- muscul/o
- mouse, muscle
- myc/o
- fungus
- myel/o
- bone marrow, spinal cord
- my/o
- muscle
- myx/o
- slime
- muco
- slime
- narc/o
- sleep
- nas/o
- nose
- nat/i
- birth
- necr/o
- dead
- nephr/o
- kidney
- neur/o
- nerve
- ocul/o
- eye
- odont/o
- tooth
- onc/o
- tumor, mass
- onych/o
- fingernail, toenail
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- opi/o
- opium
- optic
- eye
- orchi, orchid/o
- testes
- or/o
- mouth
- orth/o
- straight
- osm/o
- smell
- oste/o
- bone
- ot/o
- ear
- ox/o, oxy
- oxygen
- ped
- child
- part
- parturition, give birth
- path/o
- disease, misery
- pect/o
- chest
- pod, ped
- foot
- pelvi
- pelvis
- phag/o
- eat
- pharmac/o
- sorcery, poison, drug
- phasia
- speech
- phil/o
- like, love
- phleb
- vein
- phon/o
- voice
- phori
- carry, bear
- phos, phot/o
- light
- physi
- nature, grow
- plasm, plas/o
- molded, formation
- plegi
- stroke, paralysis
- pleu/o
- lining surrounding lungs
- pneum/o, pneumat/o
- breath, air
- prandial
- meal
- proct/o
- rectum
- psych/o
- spirit, mind
- pty, ptyal/o
- spit
- plum/o, pulmon/o
- lung
- pyr, pyr/o
- fever, fire
- radi/o
- radiation, x-ray
- ren/o
- kidney
- retin/o
- retina
- rhin/o
- nose
- sarc/o
- flesh
- scler/o
- hard
- seb/o
- fat, oil
- sect/o
- cut
- seg
- cut
- seps, sept
- rot, infection
- sial
- saliva
- soma
- body
- spasm/o
- drawing tight
- spondyl/o
- spine
- sphygm/o
- heatbeat, pulse
- spir/o
- breathing
- staphyl/o
- cluster of grapes
- stern/o
- breastbone
- stom/o, stomy
- mouth, surgical opening
- strept/o
- wavy, twisted chain
- ten/o, tend/o
- strech
- thorac/o
- chest
- thromb/o
- blood clot
- thyr/o
- thyroid
- tom, tome
- cut, instrument to cut
- tox, toxo
- poisonous
- troph, trop/o
- growing, nourish, develop
- tympan/o
- eardrum
- ur/o
- urine
- uter/o
- uterus,womb
- vas/o
- blood vessel
- ven/o
- vein (as opposed to artery)
- phleb/o
- vein (as opposed to artery)
- vert
- turn
- viscer/o
- internal organs
- xer/o
- dry
- acu-
- sharp, abrupt, sudden
- a-
- without
- ad-
- towards
- an-
- without
- ab-
- from, away from
- allo-
- other, another
- ana-
- up to, back, again, apart
- ante-
- before, afterwards
- anti-
- against, opposite
- auto-
- self
- bi-
- twice, double
- brady-
- slow
- cata-
- down
- circum-
- around
- con-
- together
- contra-
- against
- cuti-
- skin
- de-
- from, away from, down from
- deci-
- ten
- di-, dis-
- two
- dis-
- separation
- dia-
- through, complete
- dipl-, diplo-
- double
- dur-
- hard, firm
- dys-
- bad, abnormal
- e-, ec-, ecto-
- out, from out of
- en-, endo-
- into
- epi-
- on, up, against, high
- eu-
- well, normal, abundant
- ex-, exo-
- out, from out of
- extra-
- outside, beyond, in addition
- hemi-
- half
- hetero-
- different
- homo-
- same
- hyper-
- above, exvessive
- hypo-
- bellow/ deficinet
- im-, in-
- not
- in-
- into
- infra-
- below, underneath
- inter-
- among, between
- intra-
- within, inside, during
- iso-
- equal, same
- macro-
- large
- mal-
- bad
- mega-
- large
- megalo-
- large
- meta-
- change, between
- micro-
- small
- mono
- one
- neo-
- new
- non-
- not
- pan-
- all, accross, thoughout
- para-
- beside, to the side of, wrong