Medical Word Parts Glossary Flashcards made by DP ( Duy Pie )

A comprehensive vocabulary review of medical word parts, including prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms along with their verbatim definitions from the lecture glossary.

a-, an-

no; not; without

ab-

away from

abdomin/o

abdomen

acanth/o

spiny; thorny

acous/o

hearing

acr/o

extremities; top; extreme point

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

agglutin/o

clumping; sticking together

agora-

marketplace

-agra

excessive pain

albin/o

white

alges/o

sensitivity to pain

-algia

pain

alveol/o

alveolus; air sac; small sac

ambly/o

dim; dull

amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)

amyl/o

starch

andr/o

male

aneurysm/o

aneurysm (widened blood vessel)

angi/o

vessel (blood)

ankyl/o

stiff

ante-

before; forward

anthrac/o

coal

anti-

against

aort/o

aorta (largest artery)

-apheresis

removal

aponeur/o

aponeurosis (type of tendon)

arteriol/o

arteriole (small artery)

arthr/o

joint

-asthenia

lack of strength

atel/o

incomplete

ather/o

plaque (fatty substance)

atri/o

atrium (upper heart chamber)

azot/o

urea; nitrogen

balan/o

glans penis

bar/o

pressure; weight

bas/o

base; opposite of acid

-blast

embryonic; immature cell

blephar/o

eyelid

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

bucc/o

cheek

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near joints)

byssin/o

cotton dust

calcane/o

calcaneus (heel bone)

capillar/o

capillary (tiniest blood vessel)

capn/o

carbon dioxide

carcin/o

cancerous; cancer

carp/o

wrist bones (carpals)

caud/o

tail; lower part of body

caus/o

burn; burning

cec/o

cecum (first part of the colon)

-cele

hernia

celi/o

belly; abdomen

-centesis

puncture to remove fluid

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)

cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

-chalasia

relaxation

cheil/o

lip

-chezia

defecation; elimination of wastes

chlor/o

green

chol/e

bile; gall

cholangi/o

bile vessel

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

chondr/o

cartilage

chori/o

chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)

chrom/o

color

chron/o

time

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

-clast

to break

claustr/o

enclosed space

clavicul/o

clavicle (collarbone)

-clysis

irrigation; washing

coagul/o

coagulation (clotting)

-coccus

berry-shaped bacterium

coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

cochle/o

cochlea (inner part of ear)

colp/o

vagina

coni/o

dust

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva (lines the eyelids)

cor/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

cortic/o

cortex, outer region

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

crin/o

secrete

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

culd/o

cul-de-sac

cyan/o

blue

cycl/o

ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle

cyst/o

urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid

cyt/o

cell

-cytosis

abnormal condition of cells; slight increase in numbers

dacry/o

tear