Week 3 MedTerms

arachn- spider, web; arachnoid membranes

chlor- green

chondr- cartilage

dactyl- finger, toe

derm(at)-, derma- skin

(h)elc- ulcer

hidr(ot)-, -idr- sweat

hist(i)- [web] tissue

hydr- water, fluid

hypn- sleep

icter- jaundice

in-, inos- fiber, muscle

is- equal, same, similar, alike

mening-, meninx- meningeal membrane, meninges

my(s)- [mouse] muscle

myc(et)- [mushroom] fungus

myel- bone marrow, spinal cord

narc- stupor, numbness

necr- corpse; dead

olig- few, deficient

onych- fingernail, toenail

pod- foot

poli- [gray] gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

poly- many, excessive

por- passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

psych- [soul] mind

som(at)-, -soma body

sthen- strength

trachel- neck, cervix

xanth- yellow

aut- self

crin- [separate] secrete, secretion

esthe(s)- sensation, sensitivity, sense

gen(e)-, -gen come into being, produce

gram- [something written] a record

graph- write, record

iatr- healer, physician; treatment

idi- of one’s self

kine- move

kines(i)- movement, motion

ly(s)- destroy, break down

myx- mucus

orth- straight, erect; normal

ot- ear

path- [suffering] disease

phil- love; have an affinity for

pt- fall, sag, drop, prolapse

pyr- [fire] fever, burning

pyret- fever

pyrex- be feverish

rhe- [run] flow, secrete

rhag- [burst forth] flow profusely

rhex- hemorrhage rupture

rhin- nose

scop- look at, examine

sep- [be putrid] be infected

ta- stretching

tel- end, completion

ten-, tenon(t)- tendon

therap(eu)- treat medically, heal

tom- a cutting, slice, incision

ton- [a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

-estasia, -ectasis dilation, enlargement

-ectomy surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or an organ; substance that produces something; formation, origin

-gen causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

-genesis a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

-genic, -genous an instrument for recording the activity of an organ-genic, -genous: pertaining to or produced by a specific organ or tissue; often used in medical terminology to describe conditions or substances that originate from a particular source.