Chapter 1-11 Review Medical Terminology Review

Cis/o

To cut

Celi/o

Belly, abdomen

Brachi/o

Arm

Hydr/o

Water

Encephal/o

Brain

-plasty

Surgical repair

Cyst/o

Urinary bladder

Gynec/o

Woman; female

Crin/o

To secrete

Galact/o

Milk

Adip/o

Fat

Crypt/o

Hidden

Andr/o

Male

Cyt/o

Cell

Later/o

Side

Orch/o

Testis

Steth/o

Chest

Lept/o

Thin; slender

Hist/o

Tissue

Glyc/o

Glucose; sugar

Thromb/o

Clot

Lapar/o

Abdomen

Mort/o

Death

Duct/o

To lead; carry

Aden/o

Gland

Isch/o

To hold back

Chron/o

Time

Kary/o

Nucleus

Erythr/o

Red

Mast/o

Breast

Ov/o

Egg

Gastr/o

Stomach

Nat/i

Birth

Nephr/o

Kidney

Bucc/o

Cheek

Vesic/o

Urinary bladder

Arther/o

Plaque; fatty substance

Dent/i

Tooth; teeth

Cheil/o

Lip

Arthr/o

Joint

Chrom/o

Color

Enter/o

Intestines; usually the small intestines

Varic/o

Varicose veins

Ox/o

Oxygen

-phagia

Condition of eating or swallowing

Metr/o

Uterus

Leuk/o

White

Cyan/o

Blue

Vas/o

Vessel

Gloss/o

Tongue

Lith/o

Stone

Axill/o

Armpit

Py/o

Put

-ectasis

Dilation

Log/o

Study of

-rrhage

Bursting forth (of blood)

Oste/o

Bone

-rrhaphy

Suture

Dist/o

Far; distant

Ophthalm/o

Eye

Neur/o

Nerve

Ped/o

Child

Tox/o

Poison

Ventr/o

Belly side of body

-one

Hormone

-lapse

Slide; fall; sag

-ist

Specialist

Derm/o

Skin

Hemat/o

Blood

Phleb/o

Vein

Ren/o

Kidney

Ven/o

Vein

Cost/o

Rib

Carcin/o

Cancer

Noct/o

Night

-emesis

Vomiting

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Gnos/o

Knowledge

-tripsy

Crushing

Path/o

Disease

-stenosis

Narrowing

Sarc/o

Flesh

Thel/o

Nipple

-algia

Pain

Morph/o

Shape

-kinesia

Movement

Proxim/o

Nearest

Rhin/o

Nose

-stomy

New opening

Radi/o

X-rays

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cele

Hernia

-ectomy

Removal; excision

-emia

Blood condition

-opsy

Process of viewing

Oophor/o

Ovary

-prandial

Meal

Comat/o

Deep sleep

-pnea

Breathing

-drome

To run