Medical Terminology Flashcards

Vocabulary terms and definitions extracted from medical terminology lecture notes, covering prefixes, suffixes, body systems, and organ terms.

mono

single

di

double

tri

triple

quad

quadruple

poly

many

Oligo

few

tachy

fast

brady/brachy

Slow

epi/peril/circum

around

endo/intra

Inside

exo/extra

outside

Inter

between

trans

across

dia / per

through /complete

Medio / Media

middle

para

nearby

juxta

next to / beside

Ab

away

Ad

towards

Dis

separate

chromo/chromato

color

leuko

White

erythro

red

cyano

blue

Chloro

green

Melan

Black

flav

yellow

Homeo

Body

Cephalo

Body

cerv

neck

thoraco

Chest

abdomino

abdomen

pelvo / pelvi

pelvic

periton

peritoneum

derm

Skin

neuro

nerves

hemo

blood-

artero / angio

arteries

veno / vena

venous / veins

Vasculo

Vascular

musculo

Muscles

myo / sarco

muscles

Skelet

Skeleton / bone

Osteo

Bone

Cyto

cell

-cyte

cell/cellular

Thyro

Thyroid

tracheo

trachea

esophago

esophagus

thymo

Thymus

masto / mammo

mammary gland

pulmo/ Pneumo

lung

Cardio

Heart

gastro

Stomach

hepato

Liver

cholecysto

gallbladder

spleno

spleen

Pancreato

pancreas

adrenal

adrenal gland

nephro

kidney

entero

Intestines

Colo

colon/large intestine

-ology

study of

-philia

love of

-phobia

fear of

-tension

pressure

-xia

oxygen

-capnea

Carbon dioxide

-pnea

air

-ase

enzyme

Prefix

Beginning.

Description: number/ amount, size, location, color, etc.

Root

Middle

Subject: relating to a part of the body

Suffix

End

Condition: pertaining to a process, procedure, amount, or location

Macro

Large

Micro

Small

Hyper

High

Hypo

Low

Eu / Norma

Normal

Pan / Omni

All

A / an

Absent

Megalo

Large