Medical Terminology - onc/o- to -penia (551-600)

onc/o-

tumor

onych/o-

nail

oophor/o-

ovary

ophthalm/o-

eye or eyball

opisth/o-

backwards (bending)

opto-

vision, sight, eye

ora-

mouth

orb-

circle or dish

orchi/o-

testes or seed producer

-orexia

appetite

-orrhaphy

suturing or repair

orth/o-

straight, normal, correct

os-

mouth

oscill/o-

to swing

-ose

sugar

-osis

condition of or disease

osmo-

smell

oste/o-

bone

-ostomy

mouth-like opening produced by surgery

ot/o-

ear

-otomy

cutting, to cut, cut into

-otripsy

crushing or to crush

ov/o-

egg

ox/y-

sharp or oxygen molecules

pachy-

thick

palat/o-

palate, plate, or plate of the mouth roof

pall/o-

pale or lack of colour

palm/a-

palm or palm of hand

palpat/o-

touching or to touch

palpebra-

eyelid

palpit-

quivering or fluttering

palsy

slight or moderate paralysis

pan-

all, total, complete

papilla-

nipple

para-

near, beside, beyond, around, similar, abnormal

-paresis

paralysis

pariet/o-

wall or partition

part/o-

birth or labor

patell/o-

little dish or kneecap

path/o-

disease

paus/o-

stoppage

pect/o-

chest

ped-

foot or feet

pedi-

child

pedicul/o-

lice

peli-

purple

pell-

skin

pelvi/o-

base, basin, pelvis

pen/o-

tail or penis

-penia

decrease in number