Med Terms Final Semester

Medical Terminology Final Semester

-algia

pain

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

-ectomy

surgical removal

hyper-

excessive, increased

hypo-

deficient, decreased

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

-otomy

surgical incision, cutting

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhage

bleeding

-rrhaphy

surgical surturing

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

anter/o

before, front

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

cephal/o

head

cyt/o, -cyte

cell

end-, endo-

in, within, inside

exo-

out of, outside, away from

hist/o

tissue

-ologist

specialist

-ology

the science or study of

path/o, -pathy

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

-plasia

development, growth, formation

poster/o

behind, toward the back

-stasis, static

control, maintenance of a constant level

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

chondr/i, chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

-desis

to bind, tie together

kyph/o

hump

lord/o

swayback

-lysis

loosening or setting free

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

oste/o

bone

scoli/o

curved, bent

spondyl/o

vertebrae

synovi/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

bi-

twice, double, two

-cele

hernia, tumor, swelling

fasci/o

fascia, fibrous band

fibr/o

fibrous tissue, fiber

-ia

abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium

-ic, -tic

pertaining to

kinesi/o

movement

my/o

muscle

-plegia

paralysis, stroke

tax/o

coordination, order

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

tri-

three

angi/o

blood or lymph vessel

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

plaque, fatty substance

brady-

slow

cardi/o

heart

-crasia

a mixture or blending

-emia

blood, blood condition

erythr/o

red

hem/o, hemat/o

blood, relating to the blood

leuk/o

white

phleb/o, ven/o

vein

tachy-

fast, rapid

thromb/o

clot

anti-

against

carcin/o

cancerous

immun/o

immune, protection, safe

lymph/o

lymph, lymphatic tissue

lymphaden/o

lymph node or gland

lymphangi/o

lymph vessel

neo-

new, strange

-oma

tumor, neoplasm

onc/o

tumor

phag/o

eat, swallow

-plasm

formative material of cells

sarc/o

flesh

splen/o

spleen

tox/o

poison, poisonous

bronch/o, bronchi/o

bronchial tube, bronchus

laryng/o

larynx

nas/o

nose

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

oxygen

pharyng/o

throat, pharynx

phon/o

sound, voice

pleur/o

pleura, side of the body

-pnea

breathing

pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu-

lung, air

pulm/o, pulmon/o

lung

sinus/o

sinus

somn/o

sleep

spir/o

to breathe

thorac/o, -thorax

chest cavity, pleural cavity

trache/o

windpipe, trachea