intro to medical term final

word root

The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning.

prefix

word part added to the beginning of a root or word to modify or qualify its meaning

suffix

a word part that can be added at the end of a word

combing vowel

A vowel that is added to the word root to make the term easier to pronounce

combining form

combination of the root and the combining vowel

a-

without

an-

without

auto-

self

brady-

slow

de-

without

endo-

within

epi-

above

eu-

normal

ex-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below, insufficient

in-

not

inter-

between

intra-

within

neo-

new

para-

beside, abnormal

per-

through

pro-

before

re-

again

retro-

behind

sub-

under

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond

un-

not

dis-

away

contra-

against

exo-

outside

py/o

pus

my/o

muscle

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ped/o

child, foot

plant/o

sole of foot

thromb/o

blood clot

eosin/o

rosy red

coagul/o

clotting

leuk/o

white

morph/o

shape

lymph/o

lymph

pneum/o

lung

spir/o

to breathe

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

enter/o

small intestine

lapar/o

abdomen

sialaden/o

salivary gland

lith/o

stone

olig/o

scanty

ur/o

urine

estr/o

female

salping/o

fallopian tube

oophor/o

ovary

home/o

same

cephal/o

head

encephala/o

brain

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

ocul/o

eye

optic/o

vision

opt/o

vision

acous/o

hearing

-iatrist

physician

-ician

specialist

-tropic

pertaining to stimulating

-partum

childbirth

-lysis

destruction

-emesis

vomiting

-pepsia

digestion

-phonia

voice

-pnea

breathing

-stenosis

narrowing

-edema

swelling

-scopy

process of visually examining

-phil

attracted to

-emia

blood condition

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhage

abnormal flow

-otomy

surgical incision

-ostomy

surgical opening

-centesis

surgical puncture

sagittal plane

vertical division of the body into right and left portions

midsagittal plane (median plane)

the sagittal plane that divides the body into equal left and right halves

frontal plane (coronal plane)

Divides the body into front and back portions.

transverse plane (horizontal plane)

divides the body into upper and lower portions

cross- section

internal view of body produced by slice perpendicular to long axis of structure

longitudinal section

internal view of body produced by lengthwise slice along long axis of structure

epithelial tissue

Tissue that covers outside of the body and lines organs and cavities.

nervous tissue

A body tissue that carries electrical messages back and forth between the brain and every other part of the body.

connective tissue

A body tissue that provides support for the body and connects all of its parts

muscle tissue

A body tissue that contracts or shortens, making body parts move.

cardiac muscle

Involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart.

smooth muscle

Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body