Medical Terminology Ch. 4

Angi/o

Vessel

Arter/i/o

Artery

Blast/o

Embryo, germ cell

Colp/o

Vagina

Crypt/o

Hidden

Fibr/o

Fiber, fibrous

Hem/o, hemat/o

Blood

Hyster/o

Uterus

Kinesi/o

Motion

Lys/o

Destruction

Men/o

Menses

My/o

Muscle

Nephr/o

Kidney

Neur/o

Nerve, neuron

O/o

Egg, ovum

Oophor/o

Ovary

Orchid/o

Testes

Peps/o, peps/ia

Digestion

Pyel/o

Pelvis of the kidney

Salping/o

Fallopian tube

Scler/o

Tough, hard

Spermat/o

Sperm

Ureter/o

Ureter

Urethr/o

Urethra

Ur/o

Urine

A-, an-

Without

Dys-

Painful, bad, difficult

Dysmenorrhea

Painful menstruation

Dyspepsia

Painful digestion, poor digestion

Myoblast

Immature muscle cell

Neuroblast

Immature nerve cell

Angioblast

Immature vessel, blood, lymphatic cell

Neurospasm

Spasm of a nerve

Myospasm

Spasm of a muscle

Angiospasm

Spasm of a vessel

Angiosclerosis

A condition of hardening of a vessel

Neurosclerosis

A condition of hardening of nerve tissue

-blast

Embryonic, germ or immature

-y, -ia

Noun ending

-orrhagia

Bursting forth of blood, hemorrhage

-orrhaphy

Suture

-pexy

Fixation, fix in it's place

-ptosis

Drooping

-spasm

Twitching, muscle cramp

Kinesialgia

Movement pain

Kinesiology

Study of muscular movement

Malac/o

Soft, softened

Lip/o

Fat

-lysis

Declining, dissolution

-osis

Condition of

-oma

Tumor

Myosclerosis

Hardening of muscle tissue

Myofibroma

Fibrous muscle tumor

Angiofibroma

A vessel tumor containing fibrous tissue

Myolysis

Destruction of muscle tissue

Neurolysis

Destruction of nerve tissue

Angiolysis

Destruction or breaking down of vessels

Arteriosclerosis

Hardening of the arteries

Arteriomalacia

Softened arteries

Lipolysis

Dissolution, breakdown of fat tissue

Hemangitis

Inflammation of blood vessel

Hematoma

Blood tumor

Fibromyoma

Fibrous muscle tumor

Hemangioma

Tumor of a blood vessel

Hematolysis

Breaking down or dissolution of blood cells

Hemolysis

Breaking down or dissolution of blood cells

Hematology

The study of blood

Hematologist

One who specializes in blood

Prostat-, prostat/o

Prostate

Orchidalgia

Pain in the testicle or testis

Orchidectomy

Excision of a testicle

Orchiditis

Inflammation of a testicle

Orchidotomy

Incision into a testis

Crypt/ic

Hidden meaning, obscure

Cryptorchidism

Undescended testis, hidden in abdominal cavity

Orchidopexy

Fixation of a displaced teste

Spermatogenesis

Formation of sperm

Spermatolysis

The destruction of sperm

Spermatoblast

Immature sperm

Spermatoid

Resembling sperm

Genesis

Formation of, or origination

Cyst/o

Urinary bladder

Ooblast

Immature egg cell

Oophorectomy

Excision or surgical removal of the ovary

Oophoritis

Inflammation of an ovary

Oophoroma

Tumor of an ovary

Oophoropexy

Fixation of a displaced ovary

Salpingoscope

An instrument used to examine the fallopian tubes

Salpingitis

Inflammation of a fallopian tube

Salpingectomy

Excision of a fallopian tube

Salpingostomy

Permanent opening into a fallopian tube

Laryngalgia

Pain in the larynx

Salpingocele

Herniated fallopian tube

Laryngostomy

Permanent opening into the larynx

Pharyngotomy

Incision into the pharynx

Salpingopexy

Fixation of a fallopian tube

Laryngectomy

Surgical removal of the larynx

Pharyngalgia

Pain in the pharynx

Salpingo-oophorectomy

Surgical removal of fallopian tube and ovary

Salpingo-oophoritis

Inflammation of the fallopian tube and ovary