Semester 2 Word Parts Med Term

an/o

an/o

anus, ring

chol/e

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

col/o

colon, large intestine

-emesis

vomiting

enter/o

small intestine

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach, belly

hepat/o

liver

-lithiasis

presence of stones

-pepsia

digest, digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

proct/o

anus and rectum

rect/o

rectum, straight

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

-cele

hernia, tumor, swelling

cyst/o

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

dia-

through, between, apart, complete

-ectasis

stretching, dilation, enlargement

glomerul/o

glomerulus

lith/o

stone, calculus

-lysis

breakdown, seperation, setting free, destruction, loosening

nephr/o

kidney

-pexy

surgical fixation

pyel/o

renal pelvis, bowl of kidney

-tripsy

to crush

ur/o

urine, urinary tract

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

-uria

urination, urine

caus/o

burning, burn

cerebr/o

cerebrum, brain

concuss/o

shaken together, violently agitated

contus/o

bruise

encephal/o

brain

-esthesia

sensation, feeling

esthet/o

feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

mening/o

membranes, meninges

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

neur/o

nerve, nerve tissue

phobia

abnormal fear

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

root or nerve root

-tropic

having an affinity for

blephar/o

eyelid

-cusis

hearing

irid/o

iris, colored part of eye

kerat/o

horny, hard, cornea

myring/o

tympanic membrane

ophthalm/o

eye, vision

-opia

vision condition

opt/o

eye

ot/o

ear, hearing

phak/o

lens of eye

presby/o

old age

retin/o

retina, net

scler/o

sclera, white of eye, hard

trop/o

turn, change

tympan/o

eardrum

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

the skin

hidr/o

sweat

hirsut/o

hairy, rough

kerat/o

horny, hard

lip/o

fat, lipid

melan/o

black, dark

myc/o

fungus

onych/o

fingernail or toenail

pil/o

hair

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

seb/o

sebum

urtic/o

rash, hives

xer/o

dry

acr/o

extremeties, top, extreme point

adren/o

adrenal glands

crin/o

secrete

-dipsia

thirst

glyc/o

glucose, sugar

gonad/o

gonad, sex glands

-ism

condition, state of

pancreat/o

pancreas

parathyroid/o

parathyroid glands

pineal/o

pineal gland

pituitar/o

pituitary gland

poly-

many

somat/o

body

thym/o

thymus gland

thyr/o

thyroid gland

cervic/o

cervix

colp/o

vagina

-gravida

pregnant

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o

uterus

mast/o

breast

men/o

menstruation, menses

orchid/o

testicles

ov/o

egg, ovum

ovari/o

ovary