CCMA Medical Terms

-osis

abnormal condition

-ectomy

to cut out, remove

-otomy

to cut into

-ostomy

to make a “mouth”

mega/ -megaly

enlarged

-scopy / -scopic

to look, observe

-graphy / -graph

recording an image

-gram

the image (xray)

stomato

mouth

dento

teeth

glosso/ linguo

tongue

gingivo

gums

encephalo

brain

gastro

stomach

entero

intestine

colo

large intestine

procto

anus, rectum

hepato

liver

nephro/ rene

kidney

orchido

testis

oophoro

ovary

hystero/ metro

uterus

salpingo

uterine tubes

dermo

skin

masto/ mammo

breast

osteo

bones

cardio

heart

cysto

bladder

rhino

nose

phlebo/ veno

veins

pneumo/ pulmo

lung

hemo/ emia

blood

brady

slow

tachy

fast

angi/o

vessel

-stasis

to stop

-cyte

cell

encephal/o

inside head (brain)

mening/o

membranes surrounding brain and spinal cord

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

neur/o

nerve

dys

difficult, painful, abnormal

-cele

hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

-pathy

disease, abnormality

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plegia

paralysis

hepat/o

liver

chol/e

gall, bile

cyst/o

bladder, sac

emes/o

vomit

lith/o

stone

lapar/o

abdominal wall

-centesis

to puncture

-tripsy

to crush

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-iasis, -osis

abnormal condition

laryng/o

larynx, voice box

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

bronch/o

lung air passageways

pulmo/o

lung

-ptysis

spitting, coughing

-plasty

reconstruction

pyel/o

renal collecting ducts

ur/o, -uria

urine

olig/o

scanty, less than normal

-pexy

to surgically reattach, fix in normal position

orchid/o, test/o

testes, male gonad

balan/o

head of penis

andr/o

male

prostat/o

prostate

vas/o

vessel, duct

-rrhaphy

to suture

hyster/o, metr/

uterus

salping/o, -salpinx

uterine tube

colp/o

vagina

oophor/o

ovary

men/o

menstruation

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

-pareunia, coitus

intercourse

oste/o

bone

chondr/o

cartilage

arthr/o

joint

ten/o, tendin/o

tendon, binds muscle to bone

ligament/o

ligament, binds bone to bone

burs/o

bursa, “bag”, shock absorber b/t tendons and bones

my/o, myos/o

muscle

-malacia

softening

-porosis

porous

-asthenia

weakness, loss of strength

-trophy

development, stimulation, maintenance

-algia, algesia

pain