Final medical term

Ur/o

urine or the urinary system

Lith/o

Stone or calculus

Cyst/o

bladder

Py/o

pus

Hemat/o

blood

-logy

study of

-ectomy

surgical removal

-pexy

surgical fixation of an organ

-stomy

surgical creation of an opening

-megaly

abnormal enlargement of an organ

-pathy

disease or disorder of an organ

-cyte

cell

-gram

a record

-opsy

surgical examination

melan/o

dark, black

cyan/o

blue

adip/o

fat or fatty tissue

-derma

skin

rhin/o

nose

pneum/o

lungs

olfact/o

smell

pulm/o

lungs

tuss/i

cough

Ot/o

ear

Kerat/o

cornea

Tympan/o

eardrum

Pupill/o

pupil

Blephar/o

eyelid

Ir/o

iris

Opthalm/o

eye

Oo/o,ov/o

egg

crypt/o

hidden, secret

ovar/i

ovary, ovaries

gravid/o

pregnant

vulv/o

vulva

scrot/o

scrotum

pen/i

penis

angi/o

blood vessels

man/o

menstruation, blood

phleb/o

veins

coron/o

heart

steth/o

chest

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

col/o

colon

dent/o

tooth or teeth

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

lapar/o

abdominal cavity

enter/o

intestine

bucc/o

cheek

chondr/o

cartilage

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

my/o

muscle

kinesi/o

movement

cost/o

ribs

dys

difficulty

-tocia

birth or labor

endo-

inside, within

-crine

to secrete, release

an-

without or lack of

-algesia

pain

post-

after or behind

prandial

relating to a meal

arthr/o

joint

oste/o

bone, relating to bone

gli/o

glial cells or neuroglia

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

deficiency or below normal

-glycemia

a condition of blood sugar levels

pan-

all

neur/i, neur/o

nerves or the nervous system

-pnea

breathing

tachy-

abnormally fast

brady-

abnormally slow

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

onych-

nail

which word part is always placed at the beginning of a term

prefix

the “o” in ovariohysterectomy is known as

the combing vowel

Difficult birth

dystocia

heat cycle in females is known

estrous

act of giving birth

parturition

adult teeth are also known as

secondary

involuntary constriction and relaxation of the intestine

peristalsis

if we need to get a blood sample post prandial, when would we draw it

after a meal

word part that means to secrete or separate is

-crine

analgesia means “without what”?

pain

the gland known as the master gland that helps maintain appropriate levels of hormone in the body is the

pituitary gland

the P in PNS stands for

peripheral

lacrimation is the production of what

tears

upper jaw is known as what

maxilla

skeleton that is comprised of the skull, auditory ossicles, vertebrae, ribs, and sternum is called what

axial

fibrous band of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is

tendon

neurons carry impulses away from the cns and toward the muscle

efferent

et tube is placed for anesthetized patents this is where we insert a tube into the trachea

endotracheal

pollakiuria means

frequent urination

only hormone that can lower blood glucose

insulin

chemical substance that helps control circadian rhythm is

melatonin