Test 4

andr/o

male

balan/o

glans penis

crypt/o

hidden

epididym/o

epididymis

gon/o

seed

orchid/o
orchi/o
test/o

testis, testicle

prostat/o

prostate gland

spermat/o
sperm/o

spermatozoa, semen

varic/o

varicose veins

vas/o

vessel, duct, vas deferens

genit/o

genitalia

gonad/o

gonads, sex glands

perine/o

External Female Reproductive Terms

vesicul/o

Terms Pertaining to Vas Deferens/Seminal Vesicle

hydr/o

water, fluid

pen/o

penis

semin/i

semen, seed

terat/o

monster

zo/o

animal life

inguin/o

groin

-spadias

slit, fissure

-one

hormone

adrenal/o

Terms Pertaining to the Names of Glands and Organs

crin/o

secrete

home/o

sameness

parathyroid/o

parathyroid gland

thyroid/o

thyroid gland

cortic/o

cortex, outer region

estr/o

female

hormon/o

hormone

phys/o

growing

pituitar/o

pituitary gland, hypophysis

somat/o

body

ster/o

solid structure

-agon

assemble, gather together

-crine

secrete

-tropin

stimulating the function of (to turn or act on)

-in
-ine

substance

-dipsia

thirst

cerebr/o

Terms Pertaining to the Central Nervous System

encephal/o

Terms Pertaining to the Central Nervous System

gli/o

Terms Pertaining to the Cellular Structure

kinesi/o
kines/o
-kinesia
-kinesis
-kinetic

movement

lept/o

thin, slender

lex/o

word, phrase

meningi/o
mening/o

membrances, meninges

myel/o

spinal cord

neur/o

nerve

radicul/o

Terms Pertaining to the Peripheral Nervous System

thalam/o

Terms Pertaining to the Central Nervous System

thec/o

sheath

gangli/o

ganglion

narc/o

stupor, numbness

stehn/o

strength

ton/o

tension

ventricul/o

ventricle

alges/o

sensitivity to pain

caus/o

burning

cerebell/o

cerebellum

comat/o

deep sleep

dur/o

dura mater

esthesi/o

feeling, nervous sensation

pont/o

pons

syncop/o

to cut off, cut short

vag/o

vagus nerve

-praxia

action

-esthesia

feeling

-tropic

having an affinity for

-taxia

order, coordination

-paresis

partial paralysis

-lepsy

seizure

-algesia
-algia

pain

-phasia

speech

-sthenia

strength

-phoria

bear, carry, feeling

-thymia

mind

-mania

obsessive preoccupation

-leptic

to seize hold of

-plegia

paralysis

ambly/o

dull, dim

aque/o

water

blephar/o, palpebr/o

Terms Pertaining to the Eyes

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cycl/o

ciliary body or the muscle of the eye

dacry/o
lacrim/o

tears, tear duct

glauc/o

gray

irid/o
ir/o

iris

kerat/o
corne/o

cornea

mastoid/o

mastoid process

ocul/o
ophthalm/o
optic/o
opt/o

eye

phak/o
phac/o

lens of the eye

phot/o

light

presby/o

old age

pupill/o
cor/o
core/o

pupil

retin/o

retina

salping/o

eustachian tube, auditory tube

scler/o

sclera; hard

scot/o

darkness

staped/o

stapes

tympan/o
myring/o

eardrum, tympanic membrane