Medical Terminology Flash Cards

Aden/o

Gland

Arthr/o

Joint

Bi/o

Life

Carcin/o

Cancer/Cancerous

Cephal/o

Head

Cerebr/o

Cerebrum

Cyst/o

Urinary Bladder

Cyt/o

Cell

Derm/o and Dernat/o

Skin

electr/o

Electricity

encephal/o

Brain

Enter/o

Intestines

erythr/o

Red

gastr/o

Stomach

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman, female

hem/o , hemat/o

blood

lapar/o

abdomen

Leuk/o

white

Nephr/o and ren/o

Kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

opthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

psych/o

mind

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

thromb/o

clotting

al

pertaining to

algia

condition of pain

cyte

cell

ectomy

cutting out; removal, excision

emia

blood condittion

globin

protein

gram

record

ia

condition

ic

pertaining to

ism

condition, process

itis

inflammation

logist

specialist in the study of

logy

study of

oma

tumor, mass

opsy

to view

osis

abnormal condition

scope

instrument to visually examine

scopy

process of visual examination

sis

state of

tomy

process of cutting into; incision

a-,an-

no, not

aut-

self

dia-

complete, thorough

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon, on

exo-

outside

hyper-

excessive, more than normal, too much

hypo-

below, less than normal, under

pan-

all

peri

surrounding

pro-

before, forward

re-

back

retro-

behind

sub-

below, under

trans-

across, through