Medical Terminology Spring Semester Final Examination Study Guide

A comprehensive set of vocabulary flashcards covering medical term root words, prefixes, and suffixes for the Nervous, Endocrine, Urinary, Respiratory, and Digestive systems based on the spring semester study guide.

cephal/o

head

dur/o

dura mater

encephala/o

brain

medull/o

medulla oblongata

neur/o

nerve

phren/o

mind

poli/o

gray matter

schiz/o

split

somat/o

body

synaps/o,snapt/o

point of contact; to join

traumat/o

trauma; injury; wound

con-

together; with

dys-

painful; difficult

hemi-

half

herni-

hernia; rupture

intra-

within; into

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-lepsy

seizure

-paresis

weakness

-rrhaphy

suture

-sclerosis

hardening; thickening

-taxia

muscle coordination

-trophic

turning

aden/o

gland

anter/o

front

adip/o

fat

cortic/o

cortex

gluc/o; glyc/o

sugar; glucose

gonad/o

sex glands

gynec/o

female; woman

home/o

similar

immun/o

immune; protection

kal/i

potassium

myx/o

mucus

natr/o

sodium

ophthalm/o

eye

pancreat/o

pancreas

tox/i; toxic/o

poison

endo-

in; within

exo-

outward

pan-

everything; all

para-

near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

ultra-

beyond; excess

-assay

to analyze

-dipsia

thirst

-oid

like; resembling

-stasis

stoppage of flow

-tropin

hormone

albumin/o

albumin (a protein)

azot/o

nitrogen

bacteri/o

bacteria

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac; bladder

glomerul/o

glomerulus

lith/o

stone; calculus

nephr/o

kidney

olig/o

scanty

peritone/o

peritoneum

trigon/o

trigone (region of bladder)

ureter/o

ureter

urin/o

urine

vesic/o

urinary bladder

a-, an-

not; without

dia-

complete; through

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

poly-

many; much

-e

(noun suffix with no meaning)

-gram

record; image

-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

-pexy

surgical fixation

-poietin

substance that forms

-stitial

pertaining to standing or positioned

-tripsy

crushing

-us

structure; tissue; thing

bronchi/o

bronchiole; smaller subdivision of the bronchus

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm

laryng/o

larynx; voice box

pharyng/o

pharynx; throat

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

-metry

process of measuring

-pnea

breathing

-stenosis

narrowing; tightening

-throax

chest; pleural cavity

abdomin/o

abdomen

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

dent/i

tooth

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intense)

gastr/o

stomach

hemat/o

blood

ling/o

tongue

odont/o

tooth

proct/o

rectum; anus

splen/o

spleen

-emesis

vomiting

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

-orexia

appetite