medical terminology exam 1

-ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia, swelling

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cyte

cell

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-ectomy

excision, removal

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-trophy

nourishment, development

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone, calculus

-lysis

separation; destruction; loosening

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

act of measuring

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-phobia

fear

-plasia

formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

-toxic

poison

-tripsy

crushing

abdomin/o

abdomen

anter/o

anterior, front

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck, cervix

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

cranium (skull)

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

far, farthest

dors/o

back of body

eti/o

cause

gastr/o

stomach

hist/o

tissue

ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

infer/o

lower, below

inguin/o

groin

later/o

side, to one side

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

medi/o, -medi

middle

nucle/o, kary/o

nucleus

pelv/o, pelv/i

pelvis

poli/o

gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

poster/o

back (of body), behind, posterior

proxim/o

near, nearest

radi/o

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

somat/o

body

spin/o

spine

thorac/o

chest

umbilic/o

navel, umbilicus

ventr/o

belly, belly side

viscer/o

internal organs

-ac, -al, -ar, -iac, -ic, -ior

pertaining to

-ad

toward

-gen, -genesis

forming, producing, origin

-gnosis

knowing

-graphy

process of recording

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

epi-

above, on

hypo-

under, below, deficient

infra-

below, under

medi-

middle

super-

above, upper

trans-

across, through

adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

fat

carcin/o

cancer

cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

hidr/o, sudor/o

sweat

hydr/o

water

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

kerat/o

horny tissue; hard; cornea

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

onych/o

nail

path/o

disease