Medical Terminology Lesson 7-12

Helio

sun, light

astr-

star shaped

-astrenia

weakness

fascia

sheet, band

iso -

equal

tarso

ankle region

-tope

place

pod

foot

malign

bad, harmful

adnexa

ties, connections

ocul

eye

lapar

abdomen

dacry

tear

ment -

mind

part-

labor, bring forth

scler(a)-

hard

somato-

body

trachel -

neck or neckline suture

sinus

hollow space

hypno

sleep

sept

wall, fence

scirr(h)

hard

antr-

cavity, chamber

crine-

to secrete

dura

hard

Pneum

lung, air

phage

to eat

phren

mind

corne

horny, hornlike

plak

plate

iris

rainbow

kerat -

horny tissue

pulmo(n)

lung

ptyal

saliva

alveol

cavity, socket

oophor

ovary

oment

covering

sedat

quiet, calm

furca

fork- shaped

radic

root

radi

ray

fistful

pipe or narrow passage

edema

swelling by fluid

dactyl

finger, toe

metabol(e)

change

pariet

wall

ependym

wrapping, a covering

gravid

pregnant

aer

air

tarso

framework of the upper eyelid

cheir or chir

hand

calc-

heel, stone

cine

move, movement

digit

finger, toe

dors

back

gangli

swelling, knotlike mass

gemin

twin, double

grad

walk, talk steps

gran

grain, particle

labi

lip

micr

small

peps- or pept

digest

pleur

pleura

mamm

breast

colla

glue, gelatin like

later

side

rachi

spinal column

phob

fear

phot

light

dys

bad, out of order

cut

skin

en

in

peri

about, around

pro-

in front or , before

Mechano

machine

dynam

power

osmo

oder

traumat

wound ,injury

trich-

hair

maxilla

upper jawbone

an-, a-

without, not

phak

lens

pre

in front of

strict

to draw tight

turbin

shaped like a top

ameb

change

semi

half

neo

new

hormone

excite or set in motion

therm-

heat

syn or sym

together

vuls(e)

twitch or pull

post

after, behind in time

metr

uterus

tegument

covering or skin

pan-

all

poly-

many or much

ramus

branch

neuro-

nerve, nervous system

thromb

lump, clot