Med Exam 2 Memorization

Latr/o / -iatry

medicine, physican / medical treatment; ex. iatrogenic, psychiatry 

Medic/o

medicine, medical treatment; ex. medicochirurgical, medication 

therap/o / therapeut/o / -therapy

treatment; ex. therapist, therapeutic, aromatherapy

pharmac/o / pharmaceutic/o

drugs, medicine; ex. pharmacochemistry, pharmaceutical 

diet/o

food; ex. dietitian 

chirurgic/o

surgery; ex. odontochirurgical 

log/o; -ology 

word, speech; the study of; ex. logorrhea, arthology 

nom/o; -nomy

law, custom; knowledge / laws of; ex. ergonomics, taxonomy 

physi/o; physic/o

nature, growth, function; physical, natura; ex. physiognomy, physicochemical 

techn/o

art, skill; ex. technology, technophobic 

erg/o; -ergasia

work, function; ex. synergic, hyperergasia 

san/o; sanit/o

health; ex. sane, insanity 

hygien/o; hygiei/o

health; ex. hygienist, hygieiology; loan word: hygiene 

anthrop/o

human; ex. anthropoid, anthropology 

hom/o*; homin/o

human; ex. homicidal, hominid; loan word: homo

idi/o

individual, distinct; ex. idiopathic, idioglassia 

dem/o

people; ex. epidemic, demographics 

ethn/o

race, culture; ex. ethnography, ethnocentric

gen/o*

race, kind, hereditary, gene; ex. ethnography, genogram; loan word: genus 

andr/o

male, masculine, stamen of a flower; ex. androgen, android 

viril/o

male, masculine; ex. virilism, virile  

gyn/o; gynec/o

female, feminine, pistil of a flower (gynoecium); ex. androgynous, gynecoid 

femin/o

female, feminine; ex. feminine, feminism 

ped/o*

child; pediatric, pedodontics 

pueril/o

child; ex. puerile, puerilism 

ger/o; geront/o

elderly, old age; ex. geriatrics, gerontology 

presby/o

elderly, old age; ex. presbyacusia, presbyiatrics 

sen/o; senil/o

elderly, old age; ex. senescene, senility 

gnos/o; gnost/o; -gnosia; -gnosis;
-gnomy

knowledge, knowing; -gnomy = means of knowing; ex. agnosia, prognosis, agnostic, physiognomy 

eti/o; aeti/o

cause; ex. etiology, etiotropic 

esthesi/o; aeti/o*

sensation, feeling; ex. esthesiology, etiotropic 

morb/o

disease; ex. morbific, premorbid 

nos/o; -nosis

disease; ex. nosology, hematonosis 

path/o; -pathy; -path

disease, feeling, suffering; -path = one affect by a disease, one who treats a disease; pathogen, sympathy, osteopath 

mort/o

death; ex. mortality, premortal 

thanat/o; -thanasia 

death; ex. thanatomania, euthanasia

necr/o

dead body, dead; ex. necrosis, necropsy 

febr/o

fever; ex. postfebrile, afebrile 

pyr/o; pyret/o

fever, fire; pyret- = fever; ex. pyrogen, antipyretic 

hem/o; hemat/o; -emia; -hemia

blood; -emia = condition of blood; ex. hemolytic, hematology, ischemia 

poly-

many; ex. polypnea, polyuria 

mult/i

many; ex. multi-infection, multifid 

cal/o; calor/o

heat, calorie; calefacient, caloric; loan word: calor

rubr/o

red, redness; ex. rubrospinal, rubrothalamic; loan word: rubrum, rubor 

erythr/o

red, redness; ex. erythropenia, erythrocyte 

tum/o

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass; ex. tumefacient, tumscence; loan word: tumor 

onc/o; -oncus 

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass; ex. oncocyte, blepharoncus 

edemat/o; -edema

swelling; ex. edematous, cephaledema; loan word: edema 

troph/o; -trophy 

nourishment, growth; ex. trophectoderm, hypertrophy 

tabet/o

wasting; ex. tabetic; loan word: tabes 

cel/o*; kel/o; -cele

hernia, protrusion; ex. celosomia, keloid, enterocele

cyt/o

cell; ex. cytogenesis, cytotoxin 

cell/o; cellul/o

cell; ex. cellucidal, bicellular; loan word: cellula, cellulae (plural)

cancer/o

cancer, crab; ex. precancerous, cancerology; loan word: cancer 

carcin/o

cancer, crab; ex. carcinogen, carcinomata

mal/o; malign/o

bad, faulty; maglin = cancerous, becoming worse; ex. malocclusion, malignant 

kak/o; cac/o

bad, faulty; ex. kakidrosis, cacogeusia 

phlog/o

inflammation; ex. phlogogenic, antiphlogistic; loan word: phlegmon, phlegmasia 

dolor/o

pain; ex. dolorimeter, dolorific; ex. dolor, dolores (plural)

noc/o; noxi/o

pain; ex. nociceptive, noxious 

alg/o; -algia; -algesia

pain; -algia = painful condition; -algesia = sense of pain; ex. algophobia, arthralgia, hyperalgesia 

odyn/o; -odynia

pain; odynia = painful condition; ex. anodyne, enterodynia 

acu/o; acut/o

needle, sharpness, pointed; ex. acupuncture, acute 

oxy/o; -oxia

sharpness, quick, acid, oxygen; -oxia = oxygen condition; ex. Oxyesthesia, anoxia

chron/o

time (prolonged); ex. chronic, chronology 

pur/o; purul/o

pus; ex. purohepatitis, purulent 

rhe/o; -rrhea 

flow; -rrhea = a discharge (of a fluid); ex. rheology, pyorrhea 

-(r)rhexis

a rupture; ex. myorrhexis, amniorhexis 

-rrhagia; -rrhage 

rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood); ex. gastrorrhagia, hemorrhage 

rhagad/o

tear, fissure, cleft; ex. rhagadiform, rhagades 

-penia

decrease, deficiency; ex. cytopenia, osteopenia

mega-; megal/o; -meglay 

enlargement, large; ex. megadose, megalencephaly, cardiomegaly 

micr/o

small; ex. microbe, microcephalic 

marc/o

large, long; ex. macrocyte, macroscopic 

lys/o; -lysis

breakdown, dissolving; ex. lysogen, antilysis; loan word: lysis, lyses (plural) 

malac/o; -malacia 

soft, abnormal softening; ex. malacosarcosis, myemalacia 

-ptosis

downward displacement, prolapse; ex. pseudoptosis, nephroptosis 

-ectasis; -ectasia

dilation, expansion; ex. gastrectasis, angioectasia; loan word: ectasis, ectases (plural) 

schiz/o; -schisis

a splitting, a cleft; ex. schizocyte, rhachischisis

stas/o; stat/o; -stasis; -stat

a standing, stoppage, cause to stand; -stat - a device for stopping, ceasing something; ex. stasiphobia, statoacoustic, metastasis, hemostat; loan word: stasis, stases (plural) 

poiet/o; -plast; -plasia 

formed, molded; -plast = forming cell or organelle; -plasia = condition of a formation, growth; ex. plastid, chloroplast, neoplasia 

fac/o; fic/o; fact/o; fect/o

to make, cause; ex. rubifacient, calcifcation, putrefaction, affect 

gen/o; -gen

to become, to produced; ex. pyrogen, pyschogenic

graph/o; -graph; -graphy 

writing; -graph = a device for an image or written record or the record itself; -graphy = process of recording, writing; ex. grapheme, radiograph, angiography 

grammat/o; -gram

something written or drawn; -gram = a record or image of something; ex. paragrammatism; angiogram 

metr/o*; -meter; -metry 

measure, measurement; -meter = measuring instrument; -metry = the process of measuring something; ex. ametropia, dolorimeter, hysterometry 

-tomy

incision; ex. cardiotomy 

-ectomy 

excision; ex. gastroectomy 

-tome

device for making an incision; ex. proctotome 

-stomy

surgical creation of an opening (stoma); ex. colostomy, venovenostomy 

-plasty

surgical reconstruction; ex. rhinoplasty, cheiloplasty 

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing; ex. arteriorrhaphy, myorrhaphy

-pexy

surgical fixation; ex. organopexy, nephropexy 

-tripsy

crushing; ex. neurotripsy, lithotripsy

-scopy; -scope 

examination, espeically with a device; -scope = a device for looking into a body part; ex. cranioscopy, nasoscope

-desis

surgical binding, fusion; ex. syndesis; arthrodesis

-centesis

surgical puncture for aspiration; ex. abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis; loan word: centesis, centeses (plural) 

-section

a cutting; ex. resection, prosection

-clasty

a surgical breaking; lithoclasty 

-trypesis

a surgical boring; ex. sternotrypesis, craniotrypesis