Med Term Final Exam Pt. 1

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

dys-

bad or difficult

eu-

good

-logy

study of

-logist

one who studies

-pathy, path/o

disease

hemat/o, hem/o, -emia

blood

cardi/o

heart

esthesi/o, -esthesia

sensation or feeling

-itis

inflammation

ot/o

ear

-gram

a record

-graph

tool to record

-graphy

process of recording

-malacia

softening

-sclerosis

hardening

-ectomy

removal

-tomy

cutting

-stomy

creating opening

-tome

tool to cut

opthalam/o

eye

ocul/o, -opia

vision

blephar/o

eyelid

-spasm

twitch

-edema

swelling

-cele

hernia

-ptosis

sagging or prolapse

-rrhea

flow or disgharge

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhexis

rupture

-rrhagia

excessive bleeding

encephal/o

brain

gastr/o

stomach

enter/o

small intestine

-pexy

fixation

-centesis

puncture to remove fluid

-plasty

repair

-tripsy

crushing

-megaly, megal/o

enlargement

micro-

small

macro-

large

-penia

deficiency

-scope

tool to view

-scopy

process of viewing

-meter

tool to measure

-metry

process of measuring

hyper-

above normal

hypo-

below normal

-emesis

vomiting

trache/o

windpipe

hepat/o

liver

neur/o, nerv/o

nerve

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

rhin/o, nas/o

nose

cephal/o

head

trans-

across

contra-, anti-

against

an-, a-

none or without

pyr/o

fire

py/o

pus

therm/o, -thermy

heat

cry/o

cold

albin/o

white

cyan/o

blue

xanth/o

yellow

melan/o

black

erythr/o

red

-phasia

speech

-phonia

voice

angi/o

vessel

phleb/o

vein

-dynia, -algia

pain

-kinesia

movement

-mania

obsession

lith/o

stone

-lysis

destruction

-ectasia, -ectasis

stretching or dilating

oste/o

bone

radi/o

radiation

ger/a, geront/o

elderly

rheumat/o

connective tissue disorder

-osis, -ism, -ia

condition of

-iatrician, -iatry, -iatrics,

specialist

-ist

one who

-ac, -al, -ic, -ar, -y

pertaining to

chem/o

chemical

pharmac/o

drug

-therapy

treatment

inspection

visual examination

palpation

physical examination with feeling

percussion

physical examination with tapping

auscultation

listening to body sounds

BP

blood pressure

diagnosis

identifying disease or condition

prognosis

predicted outcome of disease or condition

algesi/o

pain sensitivity

calc/i

calcium

my/o

muscle

muscul/o

muscle tissue