Medical Terminology Final Exam

a-, an-

not, without, lack of

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

con-, syn-

with

together

dia-

through, complete

dys-

abnormal, painful, difficult

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-er, -or

one who

-malacia

softening

-sclerosis

hardening

-ole, -ule

small, little

chondr/o

cartilage

-ptosis

drooping, falling

-stasis

controlling, stopping

-trophy

development, nourishment

acr/o

top, extremities

angi/o

angiogram

Arthr/o

joint

axiall/o

armpit

blephar/o

eyelid

re-

back, again

retro-

behind, backward

ultra-

beyond, excess

bucc/o

cheek

chol/o

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

enter/o

intestine

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

-penia

deficiency

-osis

abnormal condition

-plasia

formation, growth

lapar/o

abdomen

my/o

muscle

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

sarc/o

flesh

thromb/o

clot

ven/o

vein

eu-

good, normal

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

deficient

meta-

beyond, change

neo-

new

pan-

all

peri-

surrounding

or/o

mouth

proct/o

anus & rectum

sialanden/o

salivary glands

-osis

abnormal condition

-plasty

surgical repair

cyst/o

urinary bladder

trigon/o

triangular region of bladder

pyel/o

renal pelvis

vesic/o

bladder

azot/o

nitrogen

kal/i

potassium

natri/o

sodium

lith/o

stone

meat/o

meatus

py/o

pus

olig/o

scanty, few

amni/o

amniotic sac

colp/o

vagina

culd/o

cul-de-sac (region between uterus and rectum)

episi/o

vulva

galact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o, uter/o

uterus, womb

men/o

menses, menstruation

nat/I, -tocia

birth

oophor/o, ovari/o

ovary

salping/o

fallopian tube

toc/o

labor, birth

nulli-

none

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

peri-

around, surrounding

-cyesis

pregnancy

-version

act of turning

andr/o

male

balan/o

glans penis

cry/o

cold, freezing

gon/o

sperm, seed

orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o

testicle

vas/o

vas deferens

-oid

resembling

-pexy

to put in place

Superficial

near the surface

deep

away from the surface

proximal

nearest to point of attachment

distal

farthest from point of attachment

Frontal plane (coronal)

divides body front and back

sagittal plane (lateral)

divides body right and left

transverse plane (axial)

divides body upper and lower

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

forming

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, mass