Medical terminology chapter 1

A collection of vocabulary flashcards derived from the provided notes on medical terminology, focusing on combining forms and their meanings, as well as common medical abbreviations.

anteri/o

Combining form meaning 'front'.

dextr/o

Combining form meaning 'right, toward the right'.

dors/o

Combining form meaning 'back'.

goni/o

Combining form meaning 'angle'.

later/o

Combining form meaning 'lateral, to one side'.

medi/o

Combining form meaning 'middle, medial plane'.

mes/o

Combining form meaning 'middle, median'.

orth/o

Combining form meaning 'straight, normal'.

top/o

Combining form meaning 'place, topical'.

actin/o

Combining form meaning 'light'.

amyl/o

Combining form meaning 'starch'.

bar/o

Combining form meaning 'weight, pressure'.

bas/o, basi/o

Combining form meaning 'base'.

bio

Combining form meaning 'life'.

chem/o

Combining form meaning 'chemical'.

chrono

Combining form meaning 'time'.

coni/o

Combining form meaning 'dust'.

cycl/o

Combining form meaning 'circle, cycle'.

dyna, dynam/o

Combining form meaning 'force, energy'.

echo

Combining form meaning 'reflected sound'.

electr/o

Combining form meaning 'electricity'.

eti/o

Combining form meaning 'cause'.

fibr/o

Combining form meaning 'fiber'.

fluor/o

Combining form meaning 'light, luminous, fluorine'.

fungi

Combining form referring to 'fungus'.

galact/o

Combining form meaning 'milk'.

ger/o, geront/o

Combining form meaning 'old age'.

lact/o, lacti

Combining form meaning 'milk'.

lith/o

Combining form meaning 'stone'.

lys/o

Combining form meaning 'dissolution, destruction'.

necr/o

Combining form meaning 'death, dying'.

noct/i

Combining form meaning 'night'.

nyct/o

Combining form meaning 'night'.

pharmaco

Combining form meaning 'drugs, medicine'.

phyt/o

Combining form meaning 'plant'.

py/o

Combining form meaning 'pus'.

radio

Combining form meaning 'radiation, x-ray, radius'.

stere/o

Combining form meaning 'three-dimensional'.

crin/o

Combining form meaning 'secrete'.

gen/o

Combining form meaning 'producing, being born'.

hypn/o

Combining form meaning 'sleep'.

log/o

Combining form meaning 'speech, words, thought'.

narc/o

Combining form meaning 'sleep, numbness'.

phag/o

Combining form meaning 'eating, devouring, swallowing'.

somn/o, somni

Combining form meaning 'sleep'.

spir/o

Combining form meaning 'breath; breathe'.

tel/o, tele/o

Combining form meaning 'distant, end, complete'.

ton/o

Combining form meaning 'tension, pressure'.

toxi, toxic/o, tox/o

Combining form meaning 'poison, toxin'.

troph/o

Combining form meaning 'food, nutrition'.

a

Abbreviation meaning 'Before'.

ас

Abbreviation meaning 'Before meals'.

AMI

Abbreviation meaning 'Acute myocardial infarction'.

bid

Abbreviation meaning 'Twice a day'.

BP

Abbreviation for 'Blood pressure'.

c/o

Abbreviation for 'Complaining of'.

Ca

Abbreviation for 'Cancer/carcinoma'.

CC

Abbreviation for 'Chief complaint'.

COPD

Abbreviation for 'Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease'.

CXR

Abbreviation for 'Chest X-ray'.

DOB

Abbreviation for 'Date of birth'.

Dx

Abbreviation for 'Diagnosis'.

ECG, EKG

Abbreviation for 'Electrocardiogram'.

Fx

Abbreviation for 'Fracture'.