Taber's Hosa Med Terms

acanth, acantho

thorn, spine

actin, actino

ray

ad-,-ad, af-

adherence, toward

-agogue

an agent that promotes expulsion of certain substance

-agra

sudden pain

ana-, an-

up, against, back

aniso-

unequal

apo-

derived from

arch, arche, archi

first

atelo

imperfect

atmo

steam vapor

atreto

absence of an opening

Azot

Nitrogenous compounds

Balan

Glans clitoris, glans penis

Bar

Weight, pressure

Blast

Germ, bud

Blenn

Mucus

Brachy

Short

Cac

Bad, ill

Calc

Calcium

Carpo

Carpus

Cata, kata

Down

Cholangi

Bile vessel

Cholecysto

Gall bladder

Choledoch

Bile duct

Cine

Movement

Circum

Around

Cle, cule

Little

Cleido

Clavicle

Cusia

Hearing

de

from

dextro

right

dipla, diplo

twin, double

-eal

pertaining to

ectro

congenital, absence of a part

ex, ef, exo, es

out

enantio

opposite

episi, episio

vulva

etio

causation

eury-

broad

-facient

causing, making happen

-ferous

producing

fluo

flow

-fuge

to expel

gam, gamo

marriage

gnath, gnatho

jaw, cheek

-gog, -gogue

make flow

gon-, gono-

semen, genitals, offspring

gyro

circle

hol-, holo-

complete

homeo-

likeness

hyo-

hyoid bone

-id

secondary skin eruption from primary site

ideo-

mental images

ipsi-

same, self

-ite

of the nature of

-ize

to treat by special method

-juxta

close proximity

kary-, cary-

nucleus, nut

kinesi, kino, kinesis

movement

kypho-

humped

kysth, kystho

vagina

lepido

flakes, scale

lepto

thin

lyo

loosen

meat, meato

meatus, opening

meio, mio

less, smaller

menta/o

mind

mesio

toward the middle

metacarp

metacarpal wrist bones

-meter

measure

myx

mucus

narco

numbness

necr, necro

death

noso

disease

noto

the back

nyct

night, darkness

ob

against

occipit

occipital (back of skull)

oleo

oil

oligo-

few

omo

shoulder

omphal

navel

-opia

vision

opisth

backward

-opsy

view of

-orexia

appetite

os-

mouth, bone

oscheo

scrotum

oxy

sharp, acute

-pagus

twins joined at specific site

pali

recurrence

pant

all or whole of something

pedicul

louse

pero

deformed

petro

stone

-pexy

suspension, fixation

phaco

lens of the eye

phall

penis

-phasia

speech