Medical Terminology Cards!

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Adeno-

Glands

Xero-

Dry/dryness

Ungu/o-

Nail

Hidr/o-

sweat

Enter/o

small intestine

Duoden/i, Duoden/o

refers to the duodenum

Thromb/o

clot

Ather/o

plaque, fatty substance

Dys-

Bad, difficult, painful

-ectasis

stretching, enlargement

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cele

hernia, tumor, swelliing

-algia

pain, suffering

Hemi-

Half

Inter-

Between, among

-esthesia

stretching, enlargement

-desis

surgical fixation of bone/joint, to bind, tie together

-malacia

Abnormal softening

-lysis

Breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

Ankyl/o

crooked, bent, still

-stomy

surgical creation of an opening

-pexy

surgical fixation, to put in place

Ante-

Before, toward

-pnea

breathing

-stenosis

Abnormal hardening

-rrhexis

rupture

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhagia/rrhage

Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-osis

Abnormal condition

-ptosis

Prolapse, drooping forward

-plegia

paralysis

-tomy

surgical incision

Per-

excessive, through

Angi/o

Pertaining to blood vessels or lymph nodes

Endo-, End-

within, in, inside

Intra-

Within, inside

Orch/o, Orchi/o, Orchid/o

Testicles, testis, testes

Metr/o, metri/o

Uterus

Colp/o

vagina

fasci/o

fascia, fibrous band