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Medical Terminology
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(h)elc
ulcer
abdomin
belly, abdomen
acanth
thorn, spine
acou(s), acu(s)
hear
acr
extremeties
actin
radiation
aden
gland
adip
fat
aer
air, gas
agog
leading, drawing forth
agra
pain, gaut
alg
pain
alges
sensitivity to pain
all
difference from
alve
hollow, cavity
ambly
dull, faint
amni
fetal membrane, amniotic sac
amygdal
tonsil
amyl
starch
andr
man, male
angi
vessel, duct
angin
choking pain
ankyl, ancyl
fused, stiffened
anter
front, in front (of the body)
anthrax, anthrac
coal, anthrax
aort
aorta
aphrodis(i)
sexual desire
arachn
spider, web, arachnoid membrane
arch, arche
beginning, origin
arct(at)
compress
arteri
artery
arthr
joint
asc, ascit
bladder, sac
ather
fatty deposit
atri
atrium
aur
ear
aut
ear
aux, auxe, auxis
grow, increase
bacill
(rod, staff) bacillus
bacter(i)
bacterium
bary
heavy, dull, hard
bi
life
bili
bile
blenn
mucus
blephar
eyelid
bol
a throwing
brachi
(upper) arm
brachy
short
brady
slow
bronch(i)
bronchus, windpipe
burs
bursa (leather sac)
calc
stone, calcium, salts
calor
heat, energy
capill
capillary
capit
head
capn
carbon dioxide, smoke
carcin
cancer
cardi
heart
cardi
cardia (upper orifice of stomach)
cec
cecum
cel
hernia, tumor, swelling
cel(i)
abdomen
cente
pierce
cephal
head
cerebr
brain
cervic, cervix
neck (of the uterus)
ch(e)il
lip
cheir
hand
chlor
green
chol
bile, gall
chondr
cartilage
choroid
choroid (skinlike)
chrom, chroma, chromat
color, pigment
chron
time, timing
cid, cis
cut, kill
cip, cept
take
cirs
dilated and twisted vein
cla(s), clast
break (up), destroy
clud, clus
close
cly(s)
rinse out, inject fluid
cocc, coccus
coccus (type of bacterium)
col(i), colon
colon
colp
vagina
coni, koni
dust
copr
excrement, fecal matter
cor, cord
heart
cor(e)
pupil
coron
crown
cortic, cortex
outer layer (of an organ)
cost
rib
crani
skull
creat
flesh
cresc, cret
(begin to) grow
crin
secrete, secretion
cry(m)
icy cold
crypt
hidden, latent
cusp, cuspid
point
cyan
blue
cycl
circle, ciliary body
cye
be pregnany
cyst(i), cystis
bladder, cyst
cyt
cell
dacry
tear, lacrimal sac or duct
dactyl
finger, toe
dem
people, population
dent
tooth
derm(at), derma
skin
desis
binding
desm
ligament, connective tissue
dextr
right (side)
digit
finger, toe
diplo
double, twin
dips
thirst
doch
duct
dolich
long, narrow, slender
dors
back (of the body)
drom
a running
duc, duct
lead, bring, conduct
duoden
duodenum
dynam
force, energy, power
echo
reverberating sound, echo
edema, edemat
swelling
eme
vomit
encephal
brain
enter
intestine
er, erot
sexual desire
erg
action, work
erythr
red blood cell
esophag
esophagus
esthe(s)
sensation, sensitivity, sense
eury(n)
widen, dilate
extern
outer
fac, fic, fect
make
faci, fici, facies
face, appearance, surface
febr, febris
fever
fec
excrement, fecal matter
fer, lat
carry, bear
fibr
fiber, filament
fistul
abnormal tube passage in the body
flect, flex
bend
form
shape
frig, frigor
cold
fung
fungus
fus
pour
gal, galact
milk
gastr
stomach
gen(e), gen
come into being, produce
genit
bring forth, give birth
ger
old age
ger, gest
carry, bear
geus(t)
taste
gingib
gum (of the mouth)
gloss
tongue
glyc
sugar
gn, nat
be born
gnath
jaw
gno(s)
know
gonad
sex glands, sex organs
gram
a record
graph
write, record
gravid
pregnant
gurgit, gurgitat
flood, flow
gyn(ec)
woman, female
helmint(h)
intestinal worm
hem, hemat, em
blood
hepar, hepat
liver
herpes, herpet
herpes, creeping skin disease
hidr(ot), idr
sweat
hist(i)
web tissue
hydr
water, fluid
hymen
membrane, hymen
hypn
sleep
hyster
uterus
iatr
healer, physician, treatment
icter
jaundice
idi
of one's self
ile
ileum
immun(i)
safe, protected
in, inos
fiber, muscle
inferior
below
inguin
groin
insul
island
intern
inner
ir(id)
iris
is
equal, same, similiar
ishc, sche
suppress, check
jejun
jejunem
junct
joint
kerat
cornea
kine
move
kines(i)
movement, motion
klept
steal
lab, laps
slide, slip
labi
lip
lacrim
tear
lact
milk
lagina
abnormal sexual excitation or gratification
lal
talk
lapar
abdomen, abdominal wall
larynx, laryng
larynx
later
side
lei
smooth
lep
attach, seizure
lept
thin, slight
leuk
white, white blood cell
lex
read
lien
spleen
lien
spleen
lingu
tongue
lip
fat
lith
stone
log
word, study
ly(s)
destroy, break down
macr
large
malac
soft
mamm
breast
man
be mad
mast, maz
breast
meat
passage, opening, meatus
mega, megal
large
mel
limb
melan
dark, black
mening, meninx
meningeal membrane
men
menstruation
mes
middle, partial, secondary
meter
measuring device
metr, metra
uterus
micr
small
mne
remember
morph
form, shape
my
close, shut
my(s)
muscle
myc(et)
fungus
myel
bone marrow, spinal cord
myx
mucus
narc
stupor, numbness
nas
nose
ne
new
necr
corpse, dead
nemat
thread worm
nephr
kidney
neur
nerve, nervous system
no
mind, comprehension
nom
law
nos
disease, illness
nyct
night
ocul
eye
odont
tooth
odyn
pain
olig
few, deficient
omphal
navel, umbilicus
onc
tumor
onych
fingernail, toenail
oophor
ovary
op(s)
vision
opthalm
eye
or, os
mouth, openning
orchi(d), orch(e)
testicle
orec, orex
have an appetite
orth
straight, erect, normal
osm
sense of smell, odor
osphr
sense of smell
oss
bone
oste
bone
ot
ear
ov
egg
ovari
ovary
ox(y)
acute, pointed, oxygen
pachy
thick
pali(n)
back, again
pan(t)
all, entire, every
paresis
paralysis, slackening of strength
part, para
give birth
path
disease
pector
breast, chest
ped
child
pedicul
louse
pelv
pelvis
pen
decrease, deficiency
pen
penis
peps, pet
digest
pex
fixing, (surgical) attachment
pha
speak, communicate
phac, phak
lens
phag
swallow
phall
penis
pharmac(eu)
medicine, drug
pharynx, pharyng
pharynx, throat
phem
speech
phil
love, an affinity for
phleb
vein
phob
fear
phon
voice, sound
phor
bearing, carrying
phos, phot
light, daylight
phrac, phrag
enclose, obstruct
phras
speak
phren
mind, diaphragm
phylac
protection (against disease)
phys
air, gas
phys(i)
nature, appearance
phyt
plant, growth
plas(t)
form, develop
plec, pleg
strike, paralyze
pleur
pleura (side)
pylor
pylorus
pne
breathe
pneum(at)
(breathe) air, gas
pneum(on)
lung
pod
foot
poie
produce, make
poli
gray matter of brain and spinal cord
poly
many, excessive
por
passage, opening, duct
poster, posterior
behind, in back
presby
old, old age
proct
anus
prosop
face
prostat
prostate gland
prot
first, primitive
pseud
false
psych
mind
pt
fall, sag, prolapse
pty
spit
ptyal
saliva
pub
pubic hair, pubic bone, pubis
puber(t)
puberty
pulm(on)
lung, pulmonary artery
pur
pus
py
pus
pyel
renal pelvis
pyle
portal vein
pyr
fever, burning
pyret
fever
pyrex
be feverish
r(h)achi
spine
radic, rad, radix
root
rect
rectum
ren
kidney
ret, retin
retina, network, plexus
rhabd
rod
rhag
flow profusely, hemorrhage
rhe
flow, secrete
rhex
rupture
rhin
nose
rhythm
heartbeat
rrhaph
suture
salping, salpinx
fallopian tube
sangui(n)
blood
sapr
rotten, putrid, decaying
sarc
flesh, soft tissue
scat
excrement, fecal matter
schiz, schist, schisis
split, cleft, fissure
scler
hard
scop
look at, examine
scrot
scrotum
sect
cut
sem, semin
seed, semen
sep
be infected
sept
wall, partition
sial
saliva, salivary duct
sider
iron
sigm
sigmoid colon
sin, sunus
sinus, hollow
sinistr
left (side)
sit
food
som(at), soma
body
somn
sleep
son
sound
spasm
spasm
sperm(at)
seed, sperm, semen
sphincter
sphincter muscle
sphygm
pulse
spir(at)
breathe
splanchn
internal organ, viscus
splen
spleen
spondyl
vertebra
sta(t)
stand, stop
stabil, stabl
stable, fixed
stal, stol
send, contraction
staphyl
uvula, palate, staphylococci (microorganism)
staxis, staxia
dripping, oozing (of blood)
stear, steat
fat, sebum, sebaceous glands
sten
narrow
stere
solid
stern
chest, breast, breastbone
steth
chest, breast
sthen
strength
stigm, stigmat
point, mark, spot
stom, stomat
mouth, opening
strept
(twisted) streptococci (microorganism)
sud(or)
sweat, fluid
superior
above
synov
synovial fluid, synovial membrane or sac
syring, syrinx
fistula, cavity, oviduct, sweat glands, syringe
ta
stretching
tachy
rapid
tax
(muscular) coordination
tel
end, completion
ten, tenon(t)
tendon
tens(i)
stretch
than(at)
death
the
place, put
thel(e)
nipple
therap(eu)
treat medically, heal
therm
heat, (body) temperature
thorax, thorac
chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax
thromb
blood clot
toc
childbirth, labor
tom
a cutting, slice, incision
ton
tension (muscular, stretching)
top
place
tox
poison
trach(e), trachy
(rough) trachea
trachel
neck, cervix
trich
hair
trop
turning
troph
nourishment
tub
tube
tum(e)
be swollen
tuss
cough
typhl
cecum
ur
urine, urinary tract, uric acid
ureter
ureter
urethr
urethra
uter
womb, belly, uterus
vacc
cow (vaccine)
vag
the vagus nerve
vagin
vagina
varic, varix
dilated and twisted vein
vas
vessel, vas deferens
ven
vein
ventr
belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity
vesic
(urinary) bladder
vir, virus
virus
viscer
internal organ
xanth
yellow
xer
dry
zo
animal, organism
zym
ferment, enzyme, fermentation