medical terminology in a flash edition 4 final

cele

hernia

exo, extra,ex

away from, outside, external

hypo-, infra-, sub-

beneath, under, below

eu

good, normal

auto

self

dys

bad, painful, difficult

Para, peri

beside, near

ec-, ecto-

out, outside

en-, endo-, in, intra

inside, within, in, inner

hemi-, semi-

half, partly

iso

equal, same

oligo

few, little

ambi

both, both sides

a, an, in

without, not, absence of

-ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous

pertaining to

-ptosis

drooping, prolapse

-pause, -stasis

cessation, stopping

-rrhexis

rupture of, bursting

emia

condition of blood

oxia

Oxygen

-prandial

meal

cyte, cytic

cell

-ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

tome

cutting instrument

-scelrosis

hardening

pnea

breathing, respiration

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

-megaly

enlargement

-malcia

softening

lepsey, leptic

seizure

-iasis

pathological condition or state

edema

swelling

-gravida

pregnant woman

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth

-phasia

speech

-lysis

destruction

-emesis

vomiting

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous

creating, producing

-esthesia

sensation

-osmia

smell, odor

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

pexy

surgical fixation

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-tripsy

crushing

-rraphy

suture, suturing

-aglesia, -algia, -aglesic, -dynia

pain

-logist, ologist

specialist in the study of

-iatrist, -ician, -ist

specialist

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

dead, death

onych/o

nail

path/o

disease

pil/o, trich/o

hair

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scelr/o

hardening, sclera

seb/o

sebum

son/o

sound

xer/o

dry

melan/o

black

cyan/o

blue

erthem/o, erythr/o

red

cirrh/o, xanth/o

yellow

albin/o, leuk/o

white

chromat/o

color

epi

above, upon

hypo-, infra-, sub-

below, beneath

circum-

around

-derma

skin

-emia

a condition of the blood

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

penia

deficiency

medi/o

toward the middle, midline, medial

proxim/o

nearer to the axial body

ventr/o

ventral; pertaining to the front of the body

super/o

superior, toward the head, cranial

poster/o

behind, toward the back, posterior

later/o

away from the midline; toward the side

dist/o

further from the axial body. distal

infer/o

toward or nearer to the feet; caudal

dors/o

dorsal, back, posterior

anter/o

toward the front; ventral

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-lysis

destruction

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o, cerebr/o

cerebellum and cerebrum

encephal/o

brain

gangli/o

ganglion

gli/o

glue

lex/o

word, phrase

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

narc/o

sleep, stupor

neur/o

nerve

phas/o

speech

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

spin/o

spine