Medical Terminology-HOSA

onc

tumor

carcin

cancer

cyt

cell

epitheli

epithelium

hist

tissue

lip

fat

my

muscle

neur

nerves

path

disease

plasm

growth

sarc

flesh or connective tissue

stasis

stop or control

viscer

internal organs

-al

pertaining to

-genic

producing or causing

-logist

specialist (physician) who studies and treats

-logy

the study of

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

meta-

beyond

neo-

new

-itis

inflammation

intra-

within

ven

vein

-ous

pertaining to

oste

bone

arthr

joint

trache

trachea

poly

many

cyt

cell

dx

diagnosis

px

prognosis

chemo

chemotherapy

CA

cancer

METS

metastasis

XRT

radiation therapy

anatomic position

face forward, feet front and palms forward

anter

front

caud

tail (downward)

cephal

head (upward)

dist

away (from the point of attachment of a body part)

dors

back

infer

below

later

side

medi

middle

poster

back or behind

proxim

near (the point of attachment of a body part)

super

above

ventr

belly (front)

-ad

toward

-ic or -ior

pertaining to

benign

not cancerous, but are deadly because they grow very big

diagnosis

identification of a disease

malignant

tending to become progressively worse, possibly resulting in death

prognosis

prediction of a possible outcome of a disease

remission

lessening or absence of signs of disease

acr

extremities (arms and legs)

cutane

skin

derm

skin

dermat

skin

myc

fungus

onych

nail

cyan

blue

erythr

red

leuk

white

melan

black

xanth

yellow

-osis

abnormal condition

-tomy

incision into

epi-

on, upon or over

hypo-

below, deficient, under

intra-

within

per-

through

sub-

below or under

edema

puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid

laceration

torn, ragged-edged wound

lesion

any visible change in tissue resulting from injury or disease

Bedsores

Pressure ulcers

shingles (herpes zoster)

development of painful, inflamed blisters that follow the nerve routes

abscess

localized collection of pus

bronch

bronchus, bronchi

capn

carbon dioxide

laryng

larynx

muc

mucus

nas

nose

ox

oxygen

pharyng

pharynx

pneum

lung or air

pneumon

lung or air

pulmon

lung

py

pus

rhin

nose

thorac

chest or thorax

trache

trachea

-ary

pertaining to

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

sergical removal or excision

-ia

diseased state or condition of

-meter

instrument used to measure