23-24 PM Med Term Stumpers

cor/o

cor/o

pupil

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-stasis

stopping, controlling, standing

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

atel/o

incomplete, imperfect

-apheresis

removal

nulli-

none

-pepsia

digest, digestion

steat/o

fat, sebum

-sclerosis

hardening

cheil/o

lip or lips

kerat/o

horny tissue; hard; cornea

angi/o

blood vessel

embol/o

plug

olig/o

scanty, few

gloss/o, lingu/o

tongue

-cyesis

state of pregnancy

spondyl/o, rachi/o

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

rhiz/o, radicul/o

nerve root

cutane/o

skin

-drome

run, running

eu-

good, normal

pachy/o

thick

-tripsy

surgical crushing

lith/o

stone

-rrhexis

rupture

-ecstasis

expansion, dilation, stretching

-ptosis

drooping

-asthenia

lack of strength, weakness

kyph/o

humpback

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

noct/i

night

orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o

testis, testicle

phleb/o

vein or veins

blephar/o

eyelid

-rraphy

surgical suturing

-rrhagia

bursting forth, rapid flow (of blood)

pan-

all, entire

peri-

surrounding, around

-plasia

development, formation, growth

lacrim/o, dacry/o

tears, tear duct, or lacrimal duct

cyst/o, vesic/o

bladder, sac

son/o

sound, sound waves

-schisis

split, splitting

erythr/o

red, red blood cell

-pnea

breathing, respiration

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal removal

-otomy

cutting into, surgical incision

-ostomy

surgically create an artificial opening

dist/o

far, distant

sial/o, ptyal/o

saliva

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

-lysis

loosening, destruction

-plasm

formation, growth

-rrhea

flow, discharge

blast/o

developing cell, germ cell

-pexy, desis

surgical fixation

-centesis

surgical puncture

-graphy

process of recording

-genic

producing, originating

-cele

hernia, swelling

onchy/o, ungu/o

nail