Medical Terminology - General and Systemic Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering general medical terminology, abbreviations, and specific body systems including Dermatology, Musculoskeletal, Cardiac, Respiratory, Nervous, Sensory, Urology, OB/GYN, and Digestive roots.

cervic/o-

neck

dia-

through, across

ROM

range of motion

hemat/o

blood

-logist

one who studies

arthr/o

joint

-dynia

difficult, painful, bad

-algia

pain and suffering

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-ostomy

created mouth or opening

-otomy

surgically cutting into

quadri-

four

-megaly

enlargement

ac

before meals

bid

twice a day

cc

cubic centimeter

nosocomio-

hospital

necr/o-

death

melan/o-

dark, black

scler/o-

hard, sclera

alopec/o-

bald

kerat/o-

horney sub, cornea

-penia

deficiency

albin/o-, leuko/o-

white

cirrh/o-, jaund/o-, xanth/o-

yellow

-iasis

condition, pathological state

cyan/o-

blue

onych/o-

nail, fingernail, toenails

diaphore/o

sweating

chondr/o-

cartilage

-porosis

porous, with holes

lei-

smooth

patell/o-

patella (knee cap)

burs/o-

bursa, (cushion)

myel/o-

bone marrow, spinal cord

-clasis

to break

-malacia

softening

sep/o

poison, rot, infection

-ptosis

stage of prolapse, drooping, falling

-emia

blood

ather/o

fatty plaque

-graph

instrument used to make a drawing /record

-phasia

speech

atel/o-

incomplete, imperfect

SOB

shortness of breath

-phonia

voice

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-pnea

breathing

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

tuss/o-

cough

purul/o

pus

-edema

swelling

-rrhexis

rupture

-stenosis

narrowing

-ptysis

spitting

CABG

coronary artery bypass graft

-rrhaphy

suture

-stasis

standing still

-lysis

loosen, dissolve, reduction, relief from

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-esthesia

sensation

-cele

swelling, hernia

-lepsy

seizure

TIA

trans ischemic attack

narc/o-

stupor, numbness

-opia

vision

OS

left eye, ocular sinister

OD

right eye, ocular dexter

OU

each eye, both eyes together

presby/o-

old age

PERRLA

pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accommodation

scot/o-

darkness

-dipsia

thirst

pyel/o-

renal pelvis

-para

bearing, offspring

nulli-

none

oxy-

quick, sharp

primi-

first

olig/o-

few, small, scanty

-pexy

surgically fixing in place

-rrhagia, -rrhage

bursting forth, profuse flow, discharge

-ase

enzyme

-lith

stone

-pepsia

digestion

-tripsy

process of crushing

duoden/o-

duodenum. First part of small intestine

ile/o-

ileum. Third part of small intestine

BM

bowel movement

TID

three times a day

QID

four times a day

HS

bedtime, hours of sleep

PRN

as needed