Flashcards Evolve Chapter 1 Medical Terminology

a-, an-

no, not, without

auto-, aut-

self, own

dia-

complete, through

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon

ex-, exo-

out, outside of, outward

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, below

in-

in, into

peri-

surrounding, around

pro-

before, forward

re-

back, again

retro-

behind

sub-

below, under

trans-

across, through

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

to secrete

cyst/o

urinary bladder, a sac or cyst containing fluid

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glycol/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

women, female

hemat/o

blood

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment, physician

leuk/o

white

log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

opthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

xrays

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sacr/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot

ur/o

urinary tract, urine

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

-globin

protien

-gram

record

-ic, -ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

process of study

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition that is usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining

-sis

state of, condition

-tomy

process of cutting, incision

-y

process, condition

adenoma

tumor of the gland

arthritis

inflammation of the joint

biology

study of life

carcinoma

cancerous tumor

cardiology

study of the heart

cephalic

pertaining to the head

cerebral

pertaining to the brain

incision

to cut into

endocrine gland

a gland of the body that produces hormones and secretes them directly into the bloodstream

cystoscopy

an instrument with a light used to examine the inside of the urinary bladder and ureter

cytology

study of cells

dermatitis

inflammation of the skin

hypodermic

the layer under the skin

electrocardiogram

graph recording of electricity of the heart

electroencephalogram

graph recording of electricity of the brain

enteritis

inflammation of the small intestine

erythrocyte

red blood cells

gastronomy

process of cutting into the stomach

hyperglycemia

high blood sugar

diagnostic

provides evidence for making a specific diagnosis