Medical Terminology Chapter 3 (Job Corps)

Aden/o

Gland

Aming/o

Aminon

Amnion

Sac of fluid surrounding the embryo

Angi/o

Vessel (usually a blood vessel)

Arteri/o

Artery

Arthr/o

Joint

Ather/o

Plaque

Plaque

A yellow fatty material

Axill/o

Armpit (underarm)

Bronch/o

Bronchial tube

Bronchi/o

Bronchial tube

Carcin/o

Cancerous

Cardi/o

Heart

Chem/o

Drug; also chemical

Cholecyst/o

Gallbladder

Chron/o

Time

Col/o

Colon

Large intestine or bowel

What is the term “colon" referring to?

Coron/o

Heart

Coro/o

Crown

Crani/o

Skull

Cry/o

Cold

Cyst/o

Urinary bladder

Cyst/o

Cyst (a sac of fluid)

Electr/o

Electricity

Encephal/o

Brain

Erythr/o

Red

Esophag/o

Esophagus

Hem/o

Blood

Hemat/o

Blood

Hepat/o

Liver

Hyster/o

Uterus

Inguin/o

Groin

Groin

Area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body

Isch/o

To hold back

Lapar/o

Abdomen

Laryng/o

Larynx

Larynx

Voice box

Leuk/o

White

Mamm/o

Breast

-ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, and -PLASTY

When to use mamm/o

Mast/o

Breast

-ECTOMY and -ITIS

When to use mast/o?

Men/o

Menses

Men/o

Month

Menses

Menstruation

Mening/o

Meninges

Meninges

Membranes around the brain and spinal cord

My/o

Muscle

Myel/o

Spinal cord

Spinal cord

Nervous tissue connected to the brain

Myel/o

Bone marrow

Bone marrow

Soft, inner part of bones

Bone marrow

Where are blood cells made?

Necr/o

Death (of cells)

Nephr/o

Kidney

Use with all suffixes except -AL and -GRAM

When to use nephr/o?

Neur/o

Nerve

Oophor/o

Ovary

Oste/o

Bone

Ot/o

Ear

Pelv/o

Hip area

Peritone/o

Peritoneum

Peritoneum

Membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen

Phleb/o

Vein

Pneumon/o

Lung

Pulmon/o

Lung

Radi/o

X-rays

Ren/o

Kidney

Use with -AL and -GRAM

When to use ren/o?

Rhin/o

Nose

Salping/o

Fallopian (uterine) tube

Sarc/o

Flesh

Septic/o

Pertaining to infection

Thorac/o

Chest

Tonsill/o

Tonsil

Trache/o

Trachea

Trachea

Windpipe

Ur/o

Urine or urea

Urea

A waste material

Ur/o

Urinary tract

Vascul/o

Blood vessel

-algia

Condition of pain, pain

-emia

Blood condition

Leukemia

Increase in number of leukocytes; cells are malignant

Malignant

Cancerous

Ischemia of heart muscle

Blood is held back from an area of the heart muscle by an occlusion (blockage) of an artery. The muscle then loses its supply of oxygen and nutricion.

Myocardial infarction

Medical term for “heart attack"

Myocardial infarction

What is the death of the affected part of the heart muscle called?

-ia

Condition

Uremia

When the kidneys fail to function and urea accumulates in the blood (aka urine in blood)

Pneumonia

The lung is inflamed, causing fluid and material to collect in the air sacs of the lung

-itis

Inflammation

Meninges

Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Appendicitis

Inflammation of the appendix

Bursitis

INflammation of a small sac of fluid (bursa) near a joint

Cellulitis

Infammation of soft tissue under the skin

Dermatitis

Inflammation of the skin

Endocarditis

Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart (endocardium)

Epiglottitis

Inflammation of the epiglottis