All Medical Terminology Flashcards

A comprehensive set of medical terminology flashcards covering roots, prefixes, and suffixes across multiple systems.

albin/o

white

cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o

yellow

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

melan/o

black

cutane/o, derm/o/at/ato

skin

ichthy/o

dry, scaly (fishlike)

kerat/o

hornlike

pil/o

hair

seb/o

sebum (oil; fat)

sudor/i/

sweat

xer/o

dry

ankyl/o

stiff, fused, closed

arthr/o

joint

brachi/o

arm

cervic/o

neck

cheir/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

dactyl/o

finger, toe

lumb/o

lower back

myel/o

bone marrow

orth/o

correct, straight

os/te/o

bone

ped/o

foot, child

scoli/o

twisted

thorac/o

thorax, chest

cardi/o

heart

fasci/o

fibrous membrane

fibr/o

fiber

kinesi/o

movement

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

scler/o

hard

sthen/o

strength

tend/o, tendin/o

tendon

ton/o

tone

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

the cerebellum

cerebr/o

the cerebrum; the brain

cortic/o

outer layer or covering

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o

sensation

gli/o

glue

hydr/o

water

iat/iatr/o

physician; to treat

meningi/o

a membrane

ment/o

referring to the mind

schiz/o

to split

psych/o

referring to the mind

acr/o

extremities

aden/o

gland

adren/o, adrenal/o

adrenal glands

calc/i

calcium

crin/o

to separate or secrete

endocrin/o

endocrine

gluc/o, glyc/o/s

sugar, glucose, glycogen

hypophys/o

pituitary gland

pancreat/o

pancreas

parathyr/o, parathyroid/o

parathyroid gland

thyr/o, thyroid/o

thyroid gland

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

fatty

atri/o

atrium

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

crown; encircling

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

isch/o

restricted, narrowed

my/o

muscle

ox/o

oxygen

phleb/o

vein

thromb/o

clot

varic/o

dilated

vas/o

vessel

ven/o

vein

aden/o

gland

hem/o

blood

immun/o

immune system

leuk/o

white

lymphaden/o

lymph nodes

lymphangi/o

lymph vessels

lymph/o, lymphat/o

lymph or lymphatic system

path/o

disease

phag/o

ingest or engulf

splen/o

spleen

thym/o

thymus

tonsill/o

lymph node, usually palatine tonsil

bronch/o, bronchi/o

bronchus

laryng/o

larynx

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

or/o

mouth, opening

ox/o

oxygen

phren/o

diaphragm

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o, pneumon/o

air, lung

pulmon/o

lung

sinus/o

sinus cavity