week 7 medical terminology

adeno-

of or relating to a gland

andr(o)-

pertaining to the male sex

bas(o)-, bas(i)

of or pertaining to base

-ceptor, -ceptive

taker, receiver

chir(o)-

hand or handedness

-clast

break, crush

cortic-

cortex, outer region

-crine

to secrete

de-

away from, cessation

-dips(o)

(condition of) thirst

dynam(o)-

force, energy, power

galact(o)-

milk

-geusia

taste

gluco-

sweet

glyc(o)-

sugar

gyn-, gyne-, gyno-, gyneco-

woman

im, in-

not

lacrim(o)-

tear

lact(i)-, lact(o)-

milk

mamm(o)-

of or pertaining to the breast

mast(o)-

of or pertaining to the breast

men(o)-

month, menstrual cycle

meta-

after, beside, beyond, or change

myc(o)-

fungus

myx(o)-

mucus

neo-

new

nucle(o)

nucleus

nyct(o)-

night, nocturnal

oo-; oophor(o)-

of or pertaining to an egg, ovary

orchi(o)-, orchid(o)-, orch(o)-

testis

-ose

sugar; full of or having too much

ovari(o)-

of or pertaining to the ovaries

ovo-, ovi-, ov-

of or pertaining to the eggs, the ovum

per-

through, thoroughly, intensely

phall-

phallus

plan(i)-, plan(o)-

flat

presby-

old

salping(o)-

of or pertaining to tubes, e.g.fallopian tubes

sperma-, spermo-, spermato-

semen, spermatozoa

thyr(o)-

thyroid

toco-

childbirth

ultra-

beyond

ventro-

belly

zym(o)-, -zyme

fermentation, enzyme