Medical Terminology with Root Words

Abneural

Something away from nerves

Adipocyte

Fat cell

Adrenal glands

Glands towards the kidneys

Anencephaly

No head

Arthritis

Swelling of the joints

Atrophy

Lack of nourishment

Autophagy

Self-eating

Bicephaly

Two heads

Cardiology

The study of the heart

Cardiosclerosis

A disease in which there is hardening of the heart

Cerebrectomy

Removal of the brain

Chondrocyte

Cartilage cell

Circumrenal

Around the kidneys in a circle

Dysphagia

Difficulty eating

Ectoderm

Outside skin

Endoral

Inside the mouth

Endoscopic papillectomy

Using a camera inside the body to remove the nipples

Erythrocyte

Red cell (red blood cell)

Erythrodermatitis

Swelling and redness of the skin

Gastroenterology

The study of the stomach and intestines

Gastroparesis

Slight paralysis of the stomach

Gastrostomy

A medically created hole in the stomach

Glossectomy

Removal of the tongue

Glossitis

Swelling of the tongue

Hematoma

Tumor in the blood

Hematopoeisis

Production of blood

Hepatitis

Swelling of the liver

Hepatograph

Recording of the liver

Hyperlacrimation

Overproduction of tears

Hyperlactation

Overproduction of milk

Hypertrophy

Over-nourish

Hypodermis

Low skin (the lowest level of skin)

Hypoglossal foramen

A hole below/low on the tongue

Hypoperistalsis

Low contractions around

Hypothermia

Low heat

Hypotrichosis

A disease in which you have low body hair

Infraaxillary

Below the armpit

Infradigital

Below the fingers

Interrenal gland

A gland between the kidneys

Labionasal folds

Folds of the lip and nose

Lactophile

Someone who loves milk

Leukocyte

A cell that is white (white blood cell)

Macroglossia

Having a large tongue

Megalencephaly

Enlargement of the head

Melanogenic

Production of something black

Melanoma

A black tumor

Metacerebral

Beyond the brain

Microgastria

Small stomach

Myocarditis

Swelling of the muscle of the heart

Myocyte

Muscle cell

Myology

The study of muscle

Myostalsis

Contraction of muscle

Nasal septum

A wall in the nose

Necrophagy

Eating something dead

Necrophilia

Loving something dead

Necropsy

Examination of a dead body

Neuroma

A tumor of a nerve

Oculectomy

Removal of an eye

Oculology

The study of the eye

Oocyte

Egg cell

Oogenesis

Production of eggs

Osteocyte

Bone cell

Osteogenesis

Production of bones

Osteoma

Tumor of a bone

Osteopathology

The study of diseases of bones

Osteotrophy

Nourishing bones

Ovicide

Killing an egg

Papillosis

A disease of the nipples

Pericarditis

Swelling around the heart

Perimysium

Something around a muscle

Podophile

Someone who loves feet

Postnasal

After/behind the nose

Preautophagy

Before you eat yourself

Psychosis

A disease of the mind

Pulmonitis

Swelling of the lungs

Pyrogen

Producer of fire

Quadriparesis

Slight paralysis of 4 limbs

Renoscopy

Using a camera to view the kidneys

Retroperistalsis

Contractions around and going backwards

Scoliosis

A disease in which something twists

Semihepatectomy

Partial removal of the liver

Subaxillary

Below the armpit

Supracerebral

Above the brain

Thrombocyte

A cell that clots

Thrombogenesis

Production of a blood clot

Transvaginal ultrasound

An ultrasound across the vagina

Tridigital

Three fingers

Vasectomy

Removing tubes