Medical Terminology Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for review.

anter/o

Front, anterior

epi-

Upon

cerv/o

Neck

hypo-

Below or deficient

chondr/o

Cartilage

infra-

Below

cyt/o

Cell

leio-

Smooth

dors/o

Back

trans-

Across

gastr/o

Stomach

inguin/o

Groin

my/o

Muscle

myel/o

Spinal cord

neur/o

Nerve, neuron

poster/o

Posterior, back

proxim/o

Near

sarc

Flesh

super/o

Superior

-algia

Pain

-cyte

Cell

-edema

Watery fluid in tissues

-ic

Pertaining to

-ium

Structure or tissue

-oid

Resemblance to

-oma

Tumor

U, u (unit)

Write "unit"

IU (International Unit)

Write "International Unit"

Q.D., QD, q.d., qd (daily)

Write "daily"

Q.O.D., QOD, q.o.d, qod (every other day)

Write "every other day"

Trailing zero (X.0 mg)

Write X mg

Lack of leading zero (.X mg)

Write 0.X mg

MS

Write "morphine sulfate" or Write "magnesium sulfate"

angi/o

Vessel

arteri/o

Artery

ather/o

Fatty

atri/o

Atrium

cardi/o

Heart

coron/o

Crown; encircling

hem/o, hemat/o

Blood

isch

Restricted, narrowed

my/o

Muscle

ox/o

Oxygen

phleb/o

Vein

thromb/o

Clot

varic/o

Dilated

vas/o

Vessel

ven/o

Vein

bi-

Two

brady-

Slow

endo-

Inner, inside

epi-

Upon

hypo-

Below or deficient

peri-

Around, surrounding

tachy-

Fast

tri-

Three

-ectasis

Dilation

-emia

Blood condition

-ia

Condition

-pathy

Disease

-stenosis

A narrowing

bucc/o

Cheek

cheil/o

Lip

cholecyst/o

Gallbladder

dent/i, dent/o

Teeth

enter/o

Intestine

gastr/o

Stomach

gingiv/o

Gums

gloss/o

Tongue

hepat/o

Liver

phag/o

Eating, swallowing

proct/o

Anus and rectum

sial/o

Salivary glands

stomat/o

Mouth

anti-

Against

dys-

Difficulty

hyper-

Excessive

-cele

Hernia

-emesis

Vomit

-ia

Condition of

-lith

Stone

-pepsia

Digestion

-phagia

Eat or swallow

-scope

Device for visual examination

-scopy

Visual examination

acr/o

Extremities

aden/o

Gland

adren/o, adrenal/o

Adrenal glands

calc/i

Calcium

crin/o

To separate or secrete

endocrin/o

Endocrine

gluc/o, glyc/o/s

Sugar, glucose, glycogen

hypophys/o

Pituitary gland

pancreat/o

Pancreas

parathyr/o, parathyroid/o

Parathyroid gland

thyr/o, thyroid/

Thyroid gland

anti-

Against or opposed to

epi-

Upon

hypo-

Below or deficient

para-

Alongside of or abnormal