MedTerm - Midterm

albin/o
white

burs/o
bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

contus/o
to bruise

cost/o
rib

dactyl/o
digits (fingers and toes)

dist/o
away from the point of origin

dors/o
back of the body

electr/o
electricity

esthesi/o
nervous sensation

ichthy/o
dry; scaly

immun/o
immune; protection

lacrim/o
tears

lip/o
fat

lob/o
lobe

onc/o
tumor

opthalm/o
eye

phalang/o
phlanges; fingers or toes

spondyl/o
vertebra; backbone

synovi/o
lubricating fluid of joints

therm/o
hot; heat

tom/o
to cut

carp/o
wrist

caus/o
burn; burning; heat

chrom/o
color

chron/o
time

fasci/o
fibrous band; fascia

flex/o
to bend

gyn/o
female; women

narc/o
numbness; sleep; stupor

necr/o
death

proxim/o
near the point of origin

psor/o
itching

psych/o
mind

pulmon/o
lung

scler/o
hardening

ventr/o
belly side of body

-esis
action; condition; state of

-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening

-carcinoma
cancerous tumor

-phobia
fear

-esthesia
feeling; sensation

-plegic
pertaining to paralysis

-lepsy
seizure

-sis
state; condition

-asthenia
weakness

-physis
growth; growth plate

-motor
movement

-spasm
muscle contraction

-plegia
paralysis

-plasty
surgical repair

-cide
to kill

-leptic
to seize; take hold of

supra-
above

post-
after; behind

anti-
against

contra-
against

circum-
around

re-
back again; backward

mal-
bad

ante-
before

pre-
before; in front of

retro-
behind; backward

soma-
body

semi-
half

multi-
many

para-
near; beside

ex-
out; away from

ecto-
out; outside

micro-
small

per-
trhough

pseudo-
FALSE

endo-
in; within

inter-
between

-malacia
softening

-stenosis
narrowing

cervic/o
neck

vertebr/o
spinal column

xer/o
dry

xanth/o
yellow

sarc/o
flesh

rhin/o
nose

ren/o
kidney

nephr/o
kidney

myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow

my/o
muscle

melan/o
black

hydr/o
water

hist/o
tissue

hepat/o
liver

hemat/o
blood

chondr/o
cartilage

cephal/o
head

cardi/o
heart

carcin/o
cancer

thorac/o
chest

tars/o
ankle; tarsals

somat/o
body

scoli/o
crooked; bent

pleur/o
lung

path/o
disease

oste/o
bone

orth/o
straight

olig/o
scanty (very few)

ocul/o
eye

neur/o
nerve

lumb/o
lumbar region

leuk/o
white

later/o
lateral; side

kinesi/o
movement

jaund/o
yellow

erythr/o
red

enter/o
small intestine

encephal/o
brain

derm/o
skin

dermat/o
skin

cyt/o
cell

cyst/o
cyst; sac of fluid

cyan/o
blue

cutane/o
skin

crani/o
skull

cirrh/o
orange-yellow

brachi/o
arm

arthr/o
joint

adip/o
fat

en-
in; within

intra-
within; into

bi-
two

ad-
toward

dia-
through; complete

tri-
three

brady-
slow

epi-
above

an-
not; without

a-
not; without

poly-
many

mega-
large

macro-
large

tachy-
fast

sub-
below

infra-
below; beneath

hypo-
below; below normal; deficient

dorsi-
back

ab-
away from

peri-
around; surrounding

trans-
across

hyper-
above, above normal; excessive

-ous
pertaining to

-ic
pertaining to

-al
pertaining to

-ac
pertaining to

-scopy
visual examination

-opsy
viewing

-oma
tumor

-clast
break down; destroy

-ectomy
removal

-algia
pain

-scope
instrument used to view

-tome
instrument for cutting

-graph
instrument for recording

-itis
inflammation

-sclerosis
hardening

-rrhea
discharge

-logy
stduy of

-logist
specialist

-gram
record

-genic
produced by

-osis
abnormal condition

-graphy
process of recording

-tomy
incision

-megaly
enlargement

-pathy
disease

-blast
immature cell

-trophy
growth; development

-cyte
cell