medical terminology quiz - intro GC

pancreat/o

pancreas

dist/o-

far; distant

distal

far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure

deep

away from the surface

chrom/o-

color

-chezia

defection; elimination of wastes

chlorhydr/o-

hydrochloric acid

cheil/o-

lip

celi/o-

belly; abdomen

cec/o-

cecum

cata-

down

bucc//o-

cheeck

bilirubin/o-

bilirubin (bile pigment)

bil/i-

gall; bile

auto-

self; own

ascites

abnormal accumulation of fluid in teh abdomen

amyl/o-

starch

adip/o-

fat

acu/o-

sharp; severe; hudden

para-

along the side of, beside, near

parathyroid/o

parathyroid gland

-partum

birth

path/o

disease

-pathy

disease condition

ped/o

child

pelv/o

hip bone

-penia

deficiency

per-

through

peri-

surrounding

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane around abdominal organs)

perone/o

fibula

-pexy

fixation (surgical)

phak/o

lens of the eye

phalang/o

phalanges (finger and toe bones)

pharyng/o

pharynx, throat

-phasia

speech

-philia

attraction to

phleb/o

vein

phren/o

diaphragm

phren/o

mind

pituitar/o

pituitary gland

plas/o

development, formation, growth

-plasm

development, formation, growth

-plasia

formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

pleur/o

pleura (membranes surrounding the lungs)

-pnea

breathing

pneum/o

air, lung

pneumon/o

lung

-poiesis

formation

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

poster/o

back, behind

pre-

before

pro-, pros-

before, forward

prosth/o

artificial replacement

proct/o

anus and rectum

prostat/o

prostate gland

psych/o

mind

-ptosis

prolapse, sagging

-ptysis

spitting

pulmon/o

lung

pyel/o

renal pelvis (central section of the kidney)

radi/o

x-ray; radius (lateral lower arm bone)

re

back

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidney

retin/o

retina of the eye

retro-

behind

rhabdomy/o

striated (skeletal) muscle

rheumat/o

flow, fluid

rhin/o

nose

-rrhage

excess flow of blood

-rrhagia

excess flow of blood

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

discharge, flow

sacr/o

sacrum

salping/o

fallopian (uterine) tube; eustachian tube

-salpinx

fallopian (uterine) tube; eustachian tube

sarc/o

flesh

scapul/o

shoulder blade (bone)

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument to view or visually examine

-scopy

process of visual examination

scrot/o

scrotal sac, scrotum

-section

process of cutting into

sept/o

infection

septic/o

infection

-sis

condition

-somatic

pertaining to the body

son/o

sound

-spasm

constriction

spin/o

backbone, spine, vertebra

splen/o

spleen

spondyl/o

backbone, vertebra

-stasis

control, stop; place, to stand

-stat

stop, control

-stenosis

narrowing