Week 3 MedTerms

arachn-

spider, web; arachnoid membranes

chlor-

green

chondr-

cartilage

dactyl-

finger, toe

derm(at)-, derma-

skin

(h)elc-

ulcer

hidr(ot)-, -idr-

sweat

hist(i)-

[web] tissue

hydr-

water, fluid

hypn-

sleep

icter-

jaundice

in-, inos-

fiber, muscle

is-

equal, same, similar, alike

mening-, meninx-

meningeal membrane, meninges

my(s)-

[mouse] muscle

myc(et)-

[mushroom] fungus

myel-

bone marrow, spinal cord

narc-

stupor, numbness

necr-

corpse; dead

olig-

few, deficient

onych-

fingernail, toenail

pod-

foot

poli-

[gray] gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

poly-

many, excessive

por-

passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

psych-

[soul] mind

som(at)-, -soma

body

sthen-

strength

trachel-

neck, cervix

xanth-

yellow

aut-

self

crin-

[separate] secrete, secretion

esthe(s)-

sensation, sensitivity, sense

gen(e)-, -gen

come into being, produce

gram-

[something written] a record

graph-

write, record

iatr-

healer, physician; treatment

idi-

of one’s self

kine-

move

kines(i)-

movement, motion

ly(s)-

destroy, break down

myx-

mucus

orth-

straight, erect; normal

ot-

ear

path-

[suffering] disease

phil-

love; have an affinity for

pt-

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

pyr-

[fire] fever, burning

pyret-

fever

pyrex-

be feverish

rhe-

[run] flow, secrete

rhag-

[burst forth] flow profusely

rhex-

hemorrhage rupture

rhin-

nose

scop-

look at, examine

sep-

[be putrid] be infected

ta-

stretching

tel-

end, completion

ten-, tenon(t)-

tendon

therap(eu)-

treat medically, heal

tom-

a cutting, slice, incision

ton-

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

-estasia, -ectasis

dilation, enlargement

-ectomy

surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or an organ; substance that produces something; formation, origin

-gen

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

-genesis

a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

-genic, -genous

pertaining to or produced by a specific organ or tissue; often used in medical terminology to describe conditions or substances that originate from a particular source.