Health Careers - ALL MED TERMS

ac

before meals, ante cibum

acous/o, aud/o, -acusis, -cusis

hearing

adip/o, lip/o

fat

aer/o

air, gas

-al, -ac, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ine, -ive, -ory, -ous, -tic, -tous

pertaining to, relating to (13 terms)

albin/o, leuk/o

white

-algia

pain and suffering

alopec/o

bald

alveol/o

alveolus

ambulat/o

walk, walking

an/o

anus

angio-

blood/lymph vessel

anxi/o

fear, worry

aort/o

aorta

AP

apical pulse

appendo-

appendix

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

-ase

enzyme

-asthenia

weakness, disability

atel/o

imperfect, incomplete

ather/o

fatty plaque

atri/o

atrium

aur/o, auricul/o, ot/o

ear

pyel/o

renal pelvis

bi-

two

BID

twice a day

blephar/o

eyelid

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

BM

bowel movement

BP

blood pressure

BPH

benign prostate hyperplasia

brady-

slow

bronch/o, bronchi/o

airway, bronchus

burs/o

bursa, cushion

bx

biopsy

CABG

coronary artery bypass graft

CAD

coronary artery disease

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

Cath

catheter

cc

cubic centimeter/ ml

-cele

swelling, hernia

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cervic/o

neck, cervix uteri

cheil/o, labi/o

lip

CHF

congestive heart failure

cholangi/o

bile duct

chole/o

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gall bladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

chondr/o

cartilage

circum-

around

cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o

yellow

-clasis

to break, surgical fracture

col/o, colon/o

colon

colp/o, vagin/o

vagina

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

-continence

to hold back

contra-

against

contract/o

pull together

COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

corne/o

cornea

coron/o

crown

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

skull, cranium

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

CVA

cerebrovascular accident

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o,

bladder

cyt/o

cell

D&C

dilation and curettage

dacry/o

lacrimal sac, tears

dermat/o, derm/o, cutane/o

skin

dia-

through, across

diaphore/o

profuse sweating

diastol/o

dilating

dipl/o

double, twice

-dipsia, dips/o

thirst

duoden/o

duodenum, 1st part of small intestine

dur/o

dura mater

DVT

deep vein thrombosis

-dynia

pain

dys-

difficult, painful, bad

dx

diagnosis

-ecstasis

dilation, expansion

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-edema

swelling

EEG

electroencephalogram

EKG

electrocardiogram

elast/o

flexing, stretching

electr/o

electricity

-emesis

vomiting

EMG

electromyography

-emia

blood condition

encephal/o

brain

endo-

within

ENT

ear, nose, throat