Medical Terminology

massive medical terminology list

-plasty

surgical repair

acr/o

extremities

oste/o

bone

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

chondr/o

cartilage

arthr/o

joint

-porosis

abnormal condition of small holes

tars/o

ankle

my/o

muscle

ambul/o

to walk

kinesi/o, kines/o

movement

therm/o

heat or temperature

tens/o

stretched; strained

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-trophy

condition of growth

circum/o

around, surrounding

-paresis

weakness

ab-

away; away from

ad-

toward

vers/o

turn; turning

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

kerat/o

hard, horn-shaped tissue; cornea

xer/o

dry

xanth/o

yellow

erythr/o

red

pedicu/o

feet

onych/o

nail

myc/o

fungus

pil/o

hair; hair follicle

lip/o

fat

rhytid/o

wrinkle

albin/o

white

cardi/o

heart

angi/o

vessel (blood)

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

thromb/o

clot

-emia

blood condition

leuk/o

white

erythr/o

red

arteri/o

artery

an-, a-

not; without

epi-

on; over; upon

mega-

large

iatr/o

physician; treatment

-pathy

disease

mono-

one

tox/o

poison

-tomy

incision; process of cutting

-itis

inflammation

-ic

pertaining to

-sis

state; condition

bronch/o

bronchus; bronchial tube

cyan/o

blue

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

-oxia

oxygen levels

oxy-

acute; sharp

pleur/o

pleura; membrane that enfolds the lung

pneum/o

lung; air

pulmon/o

lung

thorac/o

chest

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

col/o, colon/o

large intestine; colon

hepat/o

liver

gastr/o

stomach

or/o

mouth

-pepsia

digestion

chol/e

gall; bile

proct/o

anus

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-lysis

breakdown

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac; bladder

nephr/o

kidney

ren/o

kidney

-uria

urination

-pexy

surgical fixation

-tripsy

crushing

pyel/o

renal pelvis

glyc/o

sugar; glucose

natr/o

sodium

tox/o, toxic/o

poison

aden/o

gland

crin/o

secrete

kal/i

potassium

gonad/o

sex glands

-dipsia

thirst

-edema

swelling; fluid retention

ex/o

external

home/o

similar

ultra-

beyond; excess

neur/o

nerve

encephal/o

brain

myel/o

spinal cord; bone marrow

ambul/o

to walk

-esthesia

feeling; sensation