Med Term Exam 4

-ete, -t

a person or thing doing

-ician

specialist in, practitioner of

-ics, -tics

art, science, study of

-ist

one who practices or partakes in

-ter

mean of, place for

-isk, -iscus, -ium, -ion, -idium, -idion

diminutives

-algia

condition of having pain in

-emia 

condition of the blood 

-mania

madness, obsession

-opia

condition of the vision

-philia

intense attraction to or love for

-phobia

intense fear or aversion to

-phoria 

carrying or transporting 

-sthenia 

condition of strength 

-tropia

turning or inclination

all-

other, different

allel-

other, each other 

bacter-

rod

cry-

cold

diet-, diete-

to regulate

esthe-, aesthe-

to feel, to perceive

gangli-

knot, mass of tissue 

gyr-

ring, circle

iatr-

doctor, treatment

iod-

violet colored

irid-

iris, rainbow

lip-

fat, fatty tissue 

log-

word, speech, study

men-

moon, menstruation

mening-

membrane

oph-

snake

orth-

straight, correct 

pharmac-

drug

psych-

mind, soul

pyg-

buttock

rhabd-

rod

sphinc-

to bind, to tighten

spor-

seed, spore

stig-, stigmat-

point, prick

techn-

art, skill

ur-, ure-

urine

acr-

extremity, summit 

argyr-

silver

aut-

self 

chir-, cheir-

hand

chron-

time

copr-

excrement

gluc-, glyc-

sugar 

hem-, hemat-

blood 

heter-

other, different

hom-, home-

same, similar

necr-

corpse, dead tissue

ne-

new, young

nom-

rule, law, measure

orex-

appetite

ot-

ear

pale-, palae-

old, ancient 

platy-, platys-

broad, flat

pleur-

side, rib

spa-, spas-

to draw, to jerk

stere-

solid, three dimensional

stom-, stomat-

mouth 

therap-

to nurture, to treat

traum-, traumat-

injury, trauma

-ectomy

cutting out, removal 

-graphy

writing, imaging

-logy

study or science of 

-nomy

study or science of

-pathy

disease, disorder, feeling

-plasty

shaping, reconstruction

-stomy

cutting of an opening or mouth

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

cutting

-trophy

nourishment

-genesis

birth, origin

-kinesis

movement

-lysis

dissolution, breaking apart

-physis

growth

-stasis

condition, standing

-scope

instrument for viewing

-some

body, structure

-type

form, model, example

cac-

bad

cheil-

lip

enter-

intestine

heli-

sun

ker-, kerat-

horn, cornea

lept-

thin, delicate 

lymph-

water, lymph

nyct-

night

onc-

tumor, swelling

opthalm-

eye

osm-

smell

ost-, oste-

bone

phleb-

vein

phon-

sound, voice

proct-

anus, rectum

pyl-, pyle-, pylor-

gate, entrance, lower stomac

pyr-, pyret-

fire, fever 

rhin-, -rrhin-

nose