Medical Terminology Semester 2 Final

Capn/o

Capn/o

Carbon Dioxide

Con/i

Dust

Cyan/o

Blue

Nas/o

Nose

Orth/o

Straight up

Ox/o

Oxygen

Pector/o

Chest

Phon/o

Voice

Phren/o

Diaphragm

Pneum/o

Air, lung

Rhin/o

Nose

Spir/o

Breathing

Tel/o

Complete

Thorac/o

Chest

-ema

Condition

-osmia

Smell

-pnea

Breathing

-ptysis

Spitting

-sphyxia

Pulse

Chrom/o

Color

Coagul/o

Clotting

Cyt/o

Cell

Eosin/o

Red, rosy

Is/o

Same, equal

Myel/o

Bone marrow

Poikil/o

Varied, irregular

Sider/o

Iron

Spher/o

Globe, round

Thromb/o

Clot

-apheresis

Removal, carry away

-blast

Immature

Cytosis

Abnormal condition of cells

-emia

Blood condition

-globin

Protein

-lytic

Pertaining to destruction

-philia

Attraction for

-phoresis

Carry, transmission

-poiesis

Formation

-stasis

Stop, control

Immuno/o

Protection

Tox/o

Poison

Inter

Between

Kyph/o

Humpback

Lord/o

Swayback curve

Scoli/o

Bent, crooked

-clast

To break

-listhesis

Slipping

-malacia

Softening

-physis

To grow

-porosis

Pore, passage

-tome

Instrument to cut

Cost/o

Ribs

Ankyl/o

Stiff

Arthr/o

Joint

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Rheumat/o

Watery flow

-desis

To bind together

-stenosis

Narrowing

My/o

Muscle

Plant/o

Sole of foot

Sarc/o

Muscle and flesh

-asthenia

Lack of strength

-trophy

Development, nourishment

Dorsi

Back

Poly-

Many

Adip/o

Fat

Albin/o

White

Caus/o

Burning

Cauter/o

Heat, burn

Diaphor/o

Profuse Sweating

Hidr/o

Sweat

Ichthy/o

Dry, scaly

Kerat/o

Hard

Leuk/o

White

Lip/o

Fat

Melan/o

Black

Myc/o

Fungus

Onych/o

Nail

Phyt/o

Plant

Pil/o

Hair

Py

Pus

Rhytid/o

Wrinkle

Xanth/o

Yellow

Xer/o

Dry

Aque/o

Water

Blephar/o

Eyelid

Cor/o

Pupil

Dacry/o

Tears, tear duct

Ocul/o

Eye

Palpebr/o

Eyelid

Papill/o

Optic disc

Vitre/o

Glassy

Ambly/o

Dull, dim

Dipl/o

Double

Glauc/o

Gray

Mi/o

Smaller, less

Mydr/o

Widen, enlarge

Nyct/o

Night

Phot/o

Light

Presby/o

Old age