USCI Medical Terminology Set 4

abdomin/o

abdomen

acu/o

sudden, sharp

adip/o

fat tissues

angi/o

vessel containing fluid

auto/

self

axill/o

armpit

bi/

two

carcin/o

cancer of gland tissue

cerebr/o

brain

chem/o

chemical, drug

cis/o

cut

con/

with

contra/

opposite, against

cost/o

rib

electro

electrical activity

gynec/o

female

iatr/o, therapy

treatment

klept/o

steal

laryng/o

voicebox, larynx

mandibul/o

lower jaw

maxill/o

upper jaw

meta/

change, beyond

nat/o

birth, born

nect/o

bind

ox/o

oxygen

poly/

many

sarc/o

nongland tissue, flesh

son/o

sound, ultrasound

sym/, syn

together with

trans/

across

ultra/

beyond, higher than

vit/o

living, alive

/blast (n)

undifferentiated, original

/drome (n)

run

/fusion (n)

pour, bond

/genesis (n)

creating

/malacia (n)

softening

/mania (n), /manic (adj)

excessive preoccupation or obsession

/oma (n)

tumor, mass

/partum (n)

labor, delivery

/penia (n)

lack of, decrease, poor

/plasty (n)

restore by surgery

/stoma (n)

body opening (to the outside)

/stomy (n)

surgically created body opening

/tome (n)

cutting instrument

/tomy (n)

cut into or slice

/trophic (adj)

relating to growth, development

/trophy (n)

growth, development by size or nourishment