Word Parts Flashcards

This set of flashcards covers various word parts and their meanings, useful for understanding medical terminology.

anxi/o

anxious; uneasy

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

contus/o

to bruise

crani/o

skull

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

esthes/o, esthesi/o

nervous sensation

gli/o

glue

hydr/o

water

hypn/o

sleep

isch/o

back; to hold back

lamin/o

lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)

lex/o

word

medull/o

medulla oblongata

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

neur/o

nerve

phas/o

speech

phob/o

fear

phren/o

mind

pol/o

extreme

poli/o

gray matter

pont/o

pons

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

schiz/o

split

somat/o

body

synaps/o, synapt/o

point of contact; to join

syncop/o

to cut off; cut short; faint

tax/o

coordination; order

tempor/o

the temples

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath (meninges)

traumat/o

trauma; injury; wound

troph/o

development; nourishment

ventricul/o

ventricle

bi-

two; both

con-

together; with

dys-

painful; difficult

en-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

hemi-

half

intra-

within; into

mono-

one; single

par-, para-

near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

quadri-

four

sub-

below; under

-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic

pertaining to

-algesia

pain; sensitivity

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-e

(noun suffix with no meaning)

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-ia

condition

-ion

process; state; condition

-lepsy

seizure

-leptic

to seize; take hold of

-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-orexia

appetite

-osis

abnormal condition

-paresis

weakness

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhagic

pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-sclerosis

hardening; thickening

-taxia

muscle coordination

-tropic

turning

-um, -us

structure; tissue; thing