Lesson 4 Med Terms

lobo- (low bow)

Section

-emesis (“Hey Misses!”)

Vomiting

contra- (Contractor)

against, counter

-iasis (Oasis)

condition

trans (trains)

through, across

brady- (braid)

Slow

-ectasis (“egged a sis”)

expansion

cyt- (sight)

cell

odont- (“Oh Don’t”)

tooth

leuk- (look magazine)

white

-estesia (has the show)

sensation

cantho- (can throw)

angle at the end of the eyelid

steno- (stenographer)

narrow, contracted

cheli (cow)

lip

-cele (seal)

hernia

benign (Bee “9”)

Mild, not cancerous

semen (seaman)

seed

celio- (ceiling dome)

abdomen

erythro- (wreath throw

red

vaso- (vase)

vessel

melan- (melon)

black

cauda (cod liver oil)

tail

lingua- (language)

tongue

myring- (my ring)

eardrum

spondyl (spun doll)

spinal column