Medical Terminology and Abbreviations Study Set

Flashcards covering medical roots, prefixes, suffixes, and clinical abbreviations and symbols.

Dermat/o or derm/o

Skin

Lip/o

Fat

-algesia

Sensitivity to pain

-algia

pain

Arthr/o

joint

-asthenia

weakness

Burs/o

bursa/ sac

Chonrd/o

cartilage

Ligament/o

ligament

-malacia

softening

My/o, myos/o

muscle

Myel/o (Musculoskeletal)

Bone marrow

Oste/o

bone

-porosis

porous

Ten/o, tendin/o

tendon

-trophy

Development, stimulation

Aden/o

Gland

Lymph/o

Lymph tissue

Angi/o

Blood vessels

Brady

slow

Cardi/o

heart

Cyt/o or -cyte

cell

-emia

blood

Hem.a, hem/o or hemat/o

blood

Phleb/o or veno

vein

-stasis

To stop

Tachy

fast

bronch/o

Lung air ways

laryng/o

larynx

-pnea

small

Pneumon/pulmo

lungs

-ptysis

spitting

Rhin/o

nose

Trache/o

trachea

-cele

hernia

Cephal/o

head

Dys

Difficult, abnormal

Enchephalo

brain

Mening/o

meninges

Myel/o (Neurological)

Spinal cord

Neur/o

Nerve

-pathy

Disease, abnormality

-plasia

Development

-plegia

Paralysis

Dent/o

teeth

Gingiv/o

gums

Glosso/linguo

tongue

Ocul/o

eye

Opt/o

Eye (vision)

Ot/o

ear

Stomat/o

stomach

-centesis

To puncture

Chol/e

Gall, bile

Colo

Large intestine

Cysto

Bladder

Emes/o

Vomit

Entero

Intestine

Gastr/o

Stomach

Hepat/o

Liver

Hydro

Water

-iasis or -osis

Abnormal condition

Lapar/o

Abdominal wall

Lith/o

Stone

Nephr/o, ren/o

Kindey

Olig/o

Less than normal

-pexy

To surgically reattach

Poly

Many, excessive

Proct/o

Anus/ rectum

Pyel/o

Renal collecting ducts

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-tripsy

To crush

Splen/o

Spleen

Ur/o or -uria

urine

Andr/o

Male

Balan/o

Head of penis

Orchido

Testis

Prostat/o

prostate

Test/o

testes

Vas/o

Vessel, duct

Coitus

Intercourse

Colp/o

Vagina

Hyster/o, metr/o

Uterus

Mamm/o or mast/o

Breast

Men/o

Menstration

Oophor/o

Ovary

-pareunia

Intercourse

-salphinx

Uterine tube

Sapling/o

Uterine tube

BG

Blood glucose

BMI

Body mass index

BP

Blood pressure

CC

Cubic centimeter or Chief complaint

CNS

Central nervous system

CV

cardiovascular

DOB

Date of birth

EOMI

Extraocular movement intact

HEENT

Head, eyes, ears, nose, throat

HPI

History of present illness

HR

Heart rate

ICS

Intercostal space