UTMB Medical Terminology

ab-

from, away from

acr/o

extremity

-ad

toward

af-

toward

allo-

other, differing from the normal

ambly/o

dull, dim

ana-

against; up; back

aniso-

unequal, dissimilar

anthrac/o

coal, coal dust

-asthenia

weakess, debility

-ate

having the form of, possessing

atel/o

incomplete; imperfect

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

brachi/o

arm

brachy-

short

cata-

down

-cele

hernia, swelling

-ceps

head

chalic/o

limestone

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

bile duct

-cleisis

closure

clon/o

clonus (turmoil)

-clysis

irrigation, washing

coni/o

dust

cor/o

pupil

core/o

pupil

-cusia

hearing

-cusis

hearing

cycl/o

ciliary body of eye; circular; cycle

-cyesis

pregnancy

cyst/o

bladder

dacry/o

tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

de-

cessation

dendr/o

tree

dia-

through, across

duct/o

to lead; carry

-duction

act of leading, bringing, conduction

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

ef-

away from

-ema

state of; condition

-emesis

vomiting

emphys/o

to inflate

end-

in, within

eosin/o

dawn (rose-colored)

episi/o

vulva

-esis

condition

eso-

inward

eti/o

cause

-ferent

to carry

gli/o

glue; neuroglial tissue

gnos/o

knowing

goni/o

angle

gon/o

seed (ovum or spermatozoon)

-grade

to go

hemi-

one half

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

iatr/o

physician; medicine; treatment

-iatry

medicine;treatment

-ice

noun ending

-icle

small, minute

-icterus

jaundice

idi/o

unknown, peculiar

-ion

the act of

irid/o

iris

isch/o

to hold back; block

-ism

condition

-isy

state of; condition

-ization

process of

kary/o

nucleus

kerat/o

horny tissue; hard; cornea

ket/o

ketone bodies (acids and acetones)

klept/o

to steal

-lalia

speech, babble

lei/o

smooth

leiomy/o

smooth muscle (visceral)

lept/o

thin, slender

-lith

stone, calculus

lith/o

stone, calculus

-lucent

to shine; clear

-malacia

softening

meat/o

opening, meatus

meta-

change, beyond

metr/o

uterus (womb); measure

metri/o

uterus (womb)

mi/o

smaller, less

morph/o

form, shape, structure

myc/o

fungus (fungi)

mydr/o

widen, enlarge

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord muscle

myos/o

muscle

myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

nid/o

nest

-oid

resembling

-ole

small, minute

olig/o

scanty

omphal/o

navel (umbilicus)

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-osmia

smell