medical terminology - final exam

-iasis

-iasis

abnormal condition

-cyte

cell

-trophy

growth, development

-tripsy

crushing

-blast

immature cell

-pathy

disease

-megaly

enlargement

-tomy

incision

-graphy

process of recording

-osis

abnormal condition

-genic

produced by

-gram

record

-crine

secrete

-ists, -logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-rrhea

discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-itis

inflammation

-graph

instrument for recording

-tome

instrument for cutting

-scope

instrument used to view

-ole

small, little

-algia

pain

-stomy

opening

-ectomy

removal

-edema

swelling

-clast

break down, destroy

-oma

tumor

-opsy

viewing

-scopy

visual examination

-ac, -al, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

hyper-

above, above normal, excessive

trans-

across

ana-

apart

peri-

around, surrounding

ab-

away from

dorsi-

back

hypo-

below, below normal, deficient

infra-

below, beneath

sub-

below

inter-

between

meta-

change

pan-

all

tachy-

fast

eu-

normal, good

en-, endo-

in, within

macro-

large

mega-, macro-

large

poly-

many

a-, an-

not, without

epi-

on, over, upon

dys-

painful, difficult

brady-

slow

tri-

three

dia-

through, complete

ad-

toward

bi-

two

intra-

without, into

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

adrenal/o

adrenal gland

angi/o

vessel

arthr/o

joint

azot/o

urea

bi/o

life

brachi/o

arm

bucc/o

cheek

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

colon/o

large intestine

crani/o

skull

cry/o

cold

cutane/o, dermat/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o

cyst, sac of fluid

cyt/o

cell

dent/i, dont/o

tooth

dips/o

thirst

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

small intestine

erythr/o

red

ile/o

ileum

ili/o

ilium

inguin/o

groin

jaund/o

yellow

kal/i

potassium

kary/o

nucleus

kinesi/o

movement

labi/o

lip

lapar/o

abdomen

later/o

lateral, side

leuk/o

white

ling/o

tongue

lith/o

stone

lumb/o

lumbar region

medi/o

middle; medial

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye

olig/o

scanty (very few)

or/o

mouth

orth/o

straight