Medical Terminology: Lessons 3, 4, 5, 6

arachn-

spider, web; arachnoid membrane

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-

sleep

icter-

jaundice (yellow staining of skin b/c of bile pigment)

in-, inos-

fiber, muscle

is-

equal, same, similar, alike

mening-, -meninx

meningeal membrane, meninges

my(s)-

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) gray matter of the brain & 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-

(separate) 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

pyret-

fever

pyrex-

be feverish

rhe-

(run) flow, secrete

rhag-

(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

rhex-

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

-gen

substance that produces something

-genesis

formation, origin

-genic

causing, producing, caused

-genous

by, produced by or in

-gram

a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

acou(s)-, acu(s)-

hear

amni-

fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion

asc-, ascit-

(leather bag) bladder, sac, bag

bary-

heavy, dull, hard

cente-

pierce

chrom-, chroma-, chromat-

color, pigment

dips-

thirst

echo-

reverberating sound, echo

edema, edemat-

swelling

eme-

vomit

gno(s)-

know

lal-

talk

lapar-

abdomen, abdomen wall

lex-

read

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

phrac-, phrag-

enclose, obstruct

phras-

speak

phren-

mind, diaphragm

phylac-

protection (against disease)

phys(i)-

nature, appearance

phyt-

plant (organism), growth

poie-

produce, make

sapr-

rotten, putrid, decaying