Medical Term vocab

arachn

spider, web; arachnoid membrane

vagin

vagina

bary

heavy, dull, hard

chlor

green

chondr

cartilage

dactyl

finger,toe

derm(at), derma

skin

(h)elc

ulcer

Hidr(ot), idr

sweat

Hist(i)

(web) tissue

Hydr

water, fluid

hypn, somn

sleep

Icter

jaundice

in, inos

fiber, muscle

Is

equal, same, similar, alike

Mening, meninx

meningeal membrane, meninges

My(s)

(mouse) muscle

myc(et)

(mushroom) fungus

myel

bone marrow, spinal cord

Narc

stupor, numbness

necr

corpse, dead

olig

few, deficient

onych

fingernail, toenail

pod

foot

poli

gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

poly

many, excessive

por

passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

psych

(soul) mind

som(at), soma

body

sthen

strength

trachel

neck, cervix

xanth

yellow

aut

self

crin

(seperate) secrete, secretion

esthe(s)

sensation, sensitivity, sense

gen(e), gen

come into being, produce

gram

(something written) a record

graph

write, record

iatr

healer, physician, treatment

idi

of one’s self

kine

move

kines(i)

movement, motion

ly(s)

destroy, break down

myx

mucus

orth

straight, erect, normal

ot

ear

path

(suffering) disease

phil

love, have an affinity for

pt

fall,sag, drop prolapse

pyr

(fire) fever, burning

pyrex

be feverish

pyret

fever

rhe

(run) flow, secrete

rhag

(burst forth) flow profusely

rhex

hemorrhage rupture

rhin

nose

scop

look at, examine

sep

(be putrid) be infected

ta

stretching

tel

end, completion

ten, tenon(t)

tendon

therap(eu)

treat medically, heal

tom

a cutting, slice, incision

ton

(a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

acou(s), acu

hear

amni

fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion

asc, ascit

(leather bag) bladder, sac, bag

bar

weight, pressure

cente

pierce

chrom, chroma, chromat

color, pigment

dips

thirst

echo

reverberating sound, echo

edema, edemat

swelling

eme

vomit

gno(s)

know

lapar

abdomen, abdominal wall

lex

read

lal

talk

mne

remember

ne

new

no

mind, mental activity, comprehension

orec, orex

have an appetite

ox (y)

acute, pointed; rapid; acid; oxygen

pha

speak, communicate

phag

swallow, eat

pharmac(eu)

medicine, drug

phem

speech

phob

(abnormal) fear

phon

voice, sound

phras

speak

phren

mind, diaphragm

phylac

protection (against disease)

phys(i)

nature, appearance

phyt

plant (organism), growth

poie

produce, make

prosop

face

sapr

rotten, putrid, decaying

stear, steat

fat, sebum, sebaceous glands

andr

man, male

ankyl, anycl

fused, stiffened, hooked, crooked