Medical Terminology- Bio & Community Health- All S1 terms

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

to secrete (to form and give off)

cyst/o

urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman, female

atri/o

atrium, upper heat chamber

brachi/o

arm

coron/o

heart

cyan/o

blue

myx/o

mucus

ox/o

oxygen

pericardi/o

pericardium (around the heart)

phleb/o

vein

rrhythm/o

rhythm

sphygm/o

pulse

steth/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

valvul/o, valv/o

valve

vas/o

vessel

ven/o, ven/i

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle, lower chamber of the heart

AED

Automatic external defibrillator

AMI

Acute myocardial infarction

HDL

High density lipoprotein

BP

Blood pressure

HTN

Hypertension

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment, physician

leuk/o

white

logo/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

X-rays

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

emia

blood condition

ur/o

urinary tract, urine

peri

surrounding, around

pro

before, forward

re

back, backward, again

retro

behind

sub

below, under

trans

across, through

anterior/ventral

front surface of the body

posterior/dorsal

back side of the body

deep

away from the surface

superficial

on the surface

proximal

near the point of attachment to the trunk

distal

away from the point of attachment to the trunk

inferior

below another structure

superior

above another structure

medial

pertaining to the middle, or neared the medial plane of the body

lateral

pertaining to the side

supine

lying on the back

prone

lying on the belly

frontal (coronal) plane

vertical plane dividing body into anterior and posterior portions

sagittal (lateral) plane

lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides

transverse plane (cross-sectional or axial)

horizontal plane running across the body parallel to the ground

kary/o

nucleus

nucle/o

nucleus

thorac/o

chest

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

vertebr/o

vertebra(e), backbone(s)

viscer/o

internal organs

ana-

up

cata-

down

inter-

between

meta-

change

\-eal, -iac

pertaining to

\-ism

process or condition

\-ose

pertaining to, full of

\-somes

bodies

\-type

picture, classification

pan-

all

post-

after, behind

pseudo-

false