Medical Terminology Exam 1

-er, -ist

One who

-iatrician

Practitioner

-logist

One who studies; specialist

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

Pertaining to

-logic, -logical

Pertaining to the study of

-iatrics, -iatry

Medical profession or treatment

-logy

Study or science of

cardi/o

• Meaning: Heart

• Medical Specialty: Cardiology

• Medical Specialist: Cardiologist

crin/o

• Meaning: To secrete

• Medical Specialty: Endocrinology

• Medical Specialist: Endocrinologist

dermat/o

• Meaning: Skin

• Medical Specialty: Dermatology

• Medical Specialist: Dermatologist

esthesi/o

• Meaning: Feeling or sensation

• Medical Specialty: Anesthesiology

• Medical Specialist: Anesthesiologist

gastr/o, enter/o

• Meaning: Stomach, intestines

• Medical Specialty: Gastroenterology

• Medical Specialist: Gastroenterologist

ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

• Meaning: Elderly

• Medical Specialty: Geriatrics

• Medical Specialist: Geriatrician

gynec/o

• Meaning: Female

• Medical Specialty: Gynecology

• Medical Specialist: Gynecologist

immun/o

• Meaning: Immune

• Medical Specialty: Immunology

• Medical Specialist: Immunologist

ne/o, nat/o

• Meaning: New, birth

• Medical Specialty: Neonatology

• Medical Specialist: Neonatologist

neur/o

• Meaning: Nerve

• Medical Specialty: Neurology

• Medical Specialist: Neurologist

obstetr/o

• Meaning: Midwife

• Medical Specialty: Obstetrics

• Medical Specialist: Obstetrician

onc/o

• Meaning: Tumor

• Medical Specialty: Oncology

• Medical Specialist: Oncologist

opthalm/o

• Meaning: Eye

• Medical Specialty: Ophthalmology

• Medical Specialist: Ophthalmologist

orth/o, ped/o

• Meaning: Straight, child

• Medical Specialty: Orthopedics

• Medical Specialist: Orthopedist, orthopedic surgeon

ot/o, laryng/o

• Meaning: Ear, larynx

• Medical Specialty: Otolaryngology

• Medical Specialist: Otolaryngologist

path/o

• Meaning: Disease

• Medical Specialty: Pathology

• Medical Specialist: Pathologist

ped/o

• Meaning: Child

• Medical Specialty: Pediatrics

• Medical Specialist: Pediatrician

psych/o

• Meaning: Mind

• Medical Specialty: Psychiatry

• Medical Specialist: Psychiatrist

radi/o

• Meaning: Radiation (or radius)

• Medical Specialty: Radiology

• Medical Specialist: Radiologist

rheumat/o

• Meaning: Rheumatism

• Medical Specialty: Rheumatology

• Medical Specialist: Rheumatologist

rhin/o

• Meaning: Nose

• Medical Specialty: Rhinology

• Medical Specialist: Rhinologist

ur/o

• Meaning: Urinary tract (or urine)

• Medical Specialty: Urology

• Medical Specialist: Urologist

-centisis

• Meaning: Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid

• Word Association: Amniocentesis

-ectomy

• Meaning: Excision (surgical removal or cutting out)

• Word Association: Appendectomy

-lysis

• Meaning: Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

• Word Association: Hemolysis

-pexy

• Meaning: Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)

• Word Association: Mastopexy

-plasty

• Meaning: Surgical repair

• Word Association: Mammoplasty

-rrhaphy

• Meaning: Suture (uniting a wound by stitches)

• Word Association: Angiorrhaphy

-scopy

• Meaning: Visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)

• Word Association: Microscopy

-stomy

• Meaning: Formation of an opening

• Word Association: Tracheostomy

-tome

• Meaning: An instrument used for cutting

• Word Association: Microtome

-tomy

• Meaning: Incision (cutting into tissue)

• Word Association: Tracheotomy

-tripsy

• Meaning: Surgical crushing

• Word Association: Lithotripsy

aden/o

• Meaning: Gland

• Word Association: Adenoids

angi/o

• Meaning: Vessel

• Word Association: Angiogram

append/o, appendic/o

• Meaning: Appendix

• Word Association: Appendectomy

bi/o

• Meaning: Life or living

• Word Association: Biology

blephar/o

• Meaning: Eyelid

• Word Association: Blepharoptosis

cerebr/o, encephal/o

• Meaning: Brain

• Word Association: Cerebral, encephalitis

chir/o

• Meaning: Hand

• Word Association: Chirospasm

col/o

• Meaning: Colon or large intestine

• Word Association: Colonoscopy

cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o

• Meaning: Skin

• Word Association: Cutaneous, dermabrasion, dermatologist

faci/o

• Meaning: Face

• Word Association: Facial

hepat/o

• Meaning: Liver

• Word Association: Hepatitis

mamm/o, mast/o

• Meaning: Breast

• Word Association: Mammography

muscul/o, my/o

• Meaning: Muscle

• Word Association: Muscular, myalgia

myel/o

• Meaning: Bone marrow or spinal cord

• Word Association: Myelopathy

oste/o

• Meaning: Bone

• Word Association: Osteoarthritis

pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

• Meaning: Lungs

• Word Association: Pulmonary, pneumatic, pneumonia

tonsill/o

• Meaning: Tonsil

• Word Association: Tonsillitis

trache/o

• Meaning: Trachea (windpipe)

• Word Association: Tracheostomy

vas/o

• Meaning: Vessel; ductus, deferens

• Word Association: Vasectomy

-algia, -dynia

• Meaning: Pain

• Word Association: Neuralgia, otodynia

-cele

• Meaning: Hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through a wall of the cavity that contains it)

• Word Association: Encephalocele

-ectasia, -ectasis

• Meaning: Dilatation (dilation, enlargement or stretching of a structure or part)

• Word Association: Angiectasis, neurectasia

-edema

• Meaning: Swelling

• Word Association: Lymphedema

-emesis

• Meaning: Vomiting

• Word Association: Emesis

-emia

• Meaning: Condition of the blood

• Word Association: Bacteremia

-ia, -iasis

Meaning: Condition

Word Association: Hysteria, psoriasis

-itis

• Meaning: Inflammation

• Word Association: Appendicitis

-lith

• Meaning: Stone or calculus

• Word Association: Cholelith

-malacia

• Meaning: Soft, softening

• Word Association: Osteomalacia

-mania

• Meaning: Excessive preoccupation

• Word Association: Kleptomania

-megaly

• Meaning: Enlargement

• Word Association: Megalopolis, megatron

-oid (forms adjectives and nouns)

• Meaning: Resembling

• Word Association: Mucoid, paranoid, paranoia

-oma

• Meaning: Tumor

• Word Association: Carcinoma

-osis

• Meaning: Condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)

• Word Association: Neurosis

-pathy

• Meaning: Disease

• Word Association: Pathogenic

-penia

• Meaning: Deficiency

• Word Association: Calcipenia

-phobia

• Meaning: Abnormal fear

• Word Association: Hydrophobia

-ptosis

• Meaning: Prolapse (sagging)

• Word Association: Ptosis

-rrhage, -rrhagia

• Meaning: Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

• Word Association: Hemorrhage

-rrhea

• Meaning: Flow or discharge

• Word Association: Gonorrhea

-rrhexis

• Meaning: Rupture

• Word Association: Cardiorrhexis

-spasm

• Meaning: Twitching, cramp

• Word Association: Spasm

-stasis

• Meaning: Stopping, controlling

• Word Association: Stasis

-able, -ible

• Meaning: Capable of, able to

• Example: Preventable, legible

-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic

• Meaning: Pertaining to

• Example: Cardiac, thermal, median, alveolar, salivary, peritoneal, lymphatic, invasive, nephrotic

-ase

• Meaning: Enzyme

• Example: Lactase

-eum, -ium

• Meaning: Membrane

• Example: Peritoneum, pericardium

-ia, -ism

• Meaning: Condition or theory

• Example: Synergism

-iac

• Meaning: One who suffers

• Example: Hemophiliac

-opia

• Meaning: Vision

• Example: Diplopia

-ose

• Meaning: Sugar

• Example: Lactose

-ous

• Meaning: Pertaining to or characterized by

• Example: Cancerous

-y

• Meaning: State or condition

• Example: Atrophy