Week 3 Lab Vocab

These flashcards consist of key medical terminology terms and their definitions to aid in studying for the exam.

~logist

specialist

~logy

study of

~malacia

softening

medi/o

middle

medioc/o

heal, healing

meso-

middle

method/o

procedure, technique

nomen-

name

nutri/o, nutrit/o

nourish

~oma

tumor, mass

onc/o

tumor, mass

organ/o

organ

palliat/o

soothe, relieve

path/o

disease

~plasm

formation, growth

plex/o

network (nerves or vessels), plexus

posit/o

arrangement, place

prosop/o

face

prote/o

protein

puls/o, pulsat/o

to beat, beating

~puncture

to pierce a surface

purul/o

pus formation

pyro/o

fire, fever, heat

pyret/o

fever

~receptor, ~ceptor

receiver

resuscit/o

revive

reticul/o

netlike

sanit/a

health

somat/o

body

spectr/o

image, spectrum

~stabile

stable, fixed

~stasis

standing still, standing

~stat

device/instrument for keeping item still

stere/o

solid, three-dimensional

symptom/o

occurrence