Medical Terminology Exam 1

aden/o

gland

angi/o

vessel

append/o

appendix

cerebr/o

brain

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

skin

faci/o

face

encephal/o

brain

mamm/o

breast

myl/o

muscle

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy

excision

-lysis

process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

-plexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture (stitches)

-scopy

visual exam w/ lighted instrument

-stomy

formation of an opening

-tomy

incision (cutting into tissue)

-tripsy

surgical crushing

ot/o

ear

optihalm/p

eye

aden/o

gland

neuro

nerve

tonsill/o

tonsil

-phobia

abnormal fear

-malacia

abnormal softening

-spasm

cramp or twitching

-penia

deficiency

-mania

excessive preoccupation

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-itis

inflammation

-rrhexis

rupture

-ptosis

sagging

-emesis

vomiting

amyl/o

starch

melan/o

black

cyan/o

blue

chlor/o

green

erythr/o

red

xanth/o

yellow

-lytic

capable of destroying

-phagia

eat, ingest

-lysis

process of destroying

-metry

process of measuring

-lepsy

seizure

ab-

away from

anti-

against

diplo-

double

ecto-

through out, with out, away from

en-

inside

ad-

toward

in-

not or inside

milli-

one thousand

para-

near, beside, abnormal

pre-

before in time or place

bi-

two

pan-

all

hyper-

above normal

hypo-

below normal

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

semi-

partly

primi-

first

quadri-

four

ipsi-

same

tri-

three

post-

after

aer/o

air

hecr/o

dead

fibr/o

fiber

crypt/o

hidden

phon/o

voice

narc/o

stupor

nist/o

tissue

dips/o

thirst

carcin/o

cancer

cephal/o

head

hypothyroidism

below normal thyroid function

tripara

woman who has given birth to 3 live offspring

bradycardia

decreased pulse rate

abduction

act of drawing away from

subcutaneous

under the skin

diplopia

double vision

hemiplegia

paralysis of one side of the body

quadriplegia

paralysis of all four extremities

adduction

act of drawing toward

afebrile

without fever

sign

objective, definitive evidence of a disease

specimen

small sample taken from the body to represent the whole

radiolucent

substances that readily permit the passage of x-rays

anaglesic

a drug that relieves pain

narcotic

a substance that produces insensitivity or stupor

auscultation

listening for sounds within the body using a stethoscope

radiation oncology

radiation therapy

dactyl/o

digits

lymph/o

lymph