human med term midterm

a-

without

ab-

away from

ad-

towards

-algia

pain

ante-

before

toward

anti-

against

arthr-

joint

-blast

bud

germ

brady-

slow

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

cerebr/o

cerebellum

chondr/o

cartilage

-clasia

break

-cleisis

contra-

against

cost/o

ribs

cutane/o

skin

-cyte

cell

dacry/o

tear

tear duct

-desis

surgical fixation

fusion

dia-

through

complete

diaphoresis

sweating

dys-

painful

difficult

abnormal

labored

-ectasis

expansion

dilation

-ectomy

excision

surgical removal

cutting out

-emesis

epi-

upon

over

on

eu-

good

well

fibul/o

fibula

lower

leg bone

-graph

instrument used to create a record or picture

-graphy

to record or take a picture

hepat/o

liver

homo-

same

hypo-

under

deficient

intra-

within

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

kinesi/o

movement

motion

-kinesia

movement

kyph/o

increased convexity of the spine

lelomy/o

lith/o

stone

-logist

person who studies

mal-

bad

abnormal

-malacia

softening

mast-

breast

maxill/o

maxilla

upper jaw

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord

bone marrow

myring/o

tympanic membrane

eardrum

oste

bone

-ostomy

opening

ot/o

ear

-otomy

incision

para-

alongside

abnormal

patell/o

patella

kneecap

-penia

abnormal reduction

phalang/o

phalanges

bones of finger and toes

-plasia

development

growth

condition of formatoin

pod/o

-poiesis

production

poly-

many

excessive

radi/o

nerve root

rhabdomy/o

rod shaped

striated

sarc/o

flesh

connective tissue

scler/o

hardness

scoli/o

crooked

curved

spondyl/o

vertebra

spine

vertebral column

stomat/o

mouth

supra-

above

upon

syn-

together

joined

tachy-

fast

tendin/o

tendon

trache

trachea

uni-

one

blood-brain barrier

a protective mechanism that blocks substances from entering the CNS

arthritis

chronic inflammation of the synovial joints

What does a word root in med term usually indicate?

the body part involved

arteriostenosis

constriction of an artery

hemiplegia

paralysis on one side of the body

paresis

partial paralysis wherein there is a moderate degree of muscular weakness

paraplegia

paralysis that affects both legs and lower part of the body

quadriplegia

paralysis of all four limbs

polyphobia

fear of many things

photophobia

condition in which the eyes are more sensitive than normal to light

atomical position

standing upright, with the feet at shoulder width and parallel, toes forward

upper limbs out to each side with the palms facing forward

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

TIA

transient ischemic attack

EEG

electroencphalogram

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

hypertrophy

enlargement of muscles

pallor

unnatural paleness of the skin

myopenia

myopathy

disease that affects the muscles that control voluntary movement in the body

suprarenal

above the kidneys

blepharitis

inflammation of the eyelids

conjunctivitis

inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva

aka pinkeye

retinitis

disease causes deterioration of the retinas of the eye

muscular dystrophy

group of inherited myopathies that are characterized by wasting and weakness of the skeletal muscles

transverse plane

plane that divides the body or organ horizontally into upper and lower portions