Medical Sciences 2/EMS
Pathophysiology
Chapter 7
Anatomy, Physiology, & Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology
Weekly Word Parts
Week 1: Combining Forms “A & B”
September 1-8
Meaning
Combining Form
abdomin/o-
abdomen
acous/o-
hearing, sound
acr/o-
extremity, highest part
aden/o-
gland
adip/o-
fat
albin/o-
white
alg/o-
pain
all/o-
other, strange
andr/o-
male
angi/o-
blood vessel
aort/o-
aorta
arter/o-
artery
arthr/o-
joint
articul/o-
joint
audi/o-
hearing
aur/i-
ear
auscult/o-
listen
bi/o-
life
blephar/o-
eyelid
brachi/o-
arm
bronch/o-
bronchus
bucc/o-
cheek
burs/o-
pouch or sac, bursa
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Weekly Word Parts
Week 2: Combining Forms “C”
September 8-15
Meaning
Combining Form
calcane/o-
heel
carcin/o-
cancer
cardi/o-
heart
carp/o-
wrist
caus/o-
burn
cephal/o-
head
cervic/o-
neck, cervix
chol/e-
bile
chondr/o-
cartilage
chrom/o-
color
cili/o-
hair-like structure
cis/o-
cut
cleid/o-
collarbone (clavicle)
cochle/o-
cochlea of the inner ear
cor/o-
pupil
coron/o-
encircling structure
corpor/o-
body
cost/o-
rib
cry/o-
cold
cubit/o-
elbow
cyan/o-
blue
cyst/o-
bladder, cyst
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Pathophysiology
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Medical Terminology
Weekly Word Parts
Week 3: Combining Forms “D-H”
September 15-22
Meaning
Combining Form
dent/i-
tooth
derm/a-
skin
digit/o-
finger or toe
edem/o-
swelling
embryon/o-
fetus
enter/o-
intestines
erythr/o-
red
esthes/o-
sensation
eti/o-
cause
febr/o-
fever
fibr/o-
fiber
flex/o-
bend
fract/o-
break up
gastr/o-
stomach
gnos/o-
knowledge
gynec/o-
female
hem/o-
blood
hepat/o-
liver
heter/o-
other, different
home/o-
same
humer/o-
upper arm
hydr/o-
water
hyster/o-
womb, uterus
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Medical Terminology
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Week 4: Combining Forms “I-N”
September 22-29
Meaning
Combining Form
idi/o-
unknown, individual
inguin/o-
groin
lact/i-
milk
later/o-
side
leuk/o-
white
ligat/o-
tie, bind
lith/o-
stone
medi/o-
middle
meg/a-
large
melan/o-, melen/o-
black
men/o-
monthly
morb/o-
disease
mort/o-
death
myel/o-
bone marrow, spinal cord
my/o-
muscle
nephr/o-
kidney
neur/o-
nerve
noct/o-
night
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Pathophysiology
Chapter 7
Anatomy, Physiology, & Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology
Weekly Word Parts
Week 5: Combining Forms “O & P”
September 29-October 6
Meaning
Combining Form
ocul/o-
eye
odont/o-
tooth
o/o-, ov/i-
egg
ophthalm/o-
eye
orch/o-
testis
osse/o-, oste/o-
bone
ot/o-
ear
palpat/o-
touch, feel
par/o-
birth
pariet/o-
wall of a cavity
path/o-
disease
ped/o-
child
percuss/o-
strike, tap
phag/o-
eat, swallow
phot/o-
light
placent/o-
placenta
pleur/o-
pleura (lung membrane)
pne/o-
breathe
pneum/o-
lung, air
pod/o-
foot
psych/o-
mind
purul/o-, pyl/o-
pus
pyel/o-
pelvis (including the pelvis of the
kidney)
fever
pyret/o-
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Week 6: Combining Forms “R & S”
October 6-13
Meaning
Combining Form
ren/o-
kidney
reticul/o-
network
retin/o-
retina of the eye
rhin/o-
nose
rub/o-
red
salping/o-
fallopian tube
sang/o-
blood
scler/o-
hard
seb/o-
sebum (oil)
sect/o-
cut
sept/o-
wall
ser/o-
serum
sinus/o-
cavity or hollow, sinus
somat/o-
body
sphincter/o-
sphincter muscle
spir/o-
coil, breathe
stern/o-
sternum
steth/o-
chest
sthen/o-
strength
stom/o-
opening, mouth
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Medical Terminology
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Week 7 Combining Forms “T-X”
October 13-20
Meaning
Combining Form
tact/o-
touch
tars/o-
ankle
tele/o-
distance
tempor/o-
time, temple of the head
tendon/o-
tendon
tetr/a-
four
tom/o-
cut
toxic/o-
poison
trache/o-
trachea
trich/o-
hair
urin/o-
urine
vagin/o-
female genital canal
vertebr/o-
vertebra
viscer/o-
viscera (internal organs)
vol/o-
volume
viscos/o-
thick
xen/o-
foreign
xer/o-
dry
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Week 8: Prefixes “A-E”
October 27-November 3
Meaning
Prefix
a-, an-
without, lack of
ab-
away from
acr-
pertaining to extremity
ad-
to, toward
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against, opposite to
auto-
self
bi-
two
brady-
slow
circum-
around, about
contra-
against, opposite
di-
twice, double
dia-
through, completely
dys-
with pain or difficulty
e-, ex-
from, out of
ecto-
out from
em-
in
endo-
within
epi-
upon, on
eu-
normal, good
exo-
outside
extra-
outside, in addition
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Week 9: Prefixes “H-U”
November 3-10
Meaning
Prefix
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive, above normal
hypo-
deficient, below normal
in-
not
infra-
below
inter-
between
iso-
equal
para-
by the side of
per-
through
peri-
around
poly-
many
post-
after, behind
pro-
before
quadri-
four
retro-
backward
semi-
half
sub-
below, less than
supra-
above
sym-
with, together
tachy-
fast
trans-
across
tri-
three
uni-
one
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Week 10: Suffixes“A-I”
November 10-18
Meaning
Suffix
-a
condition of
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pertaining to pain
-ary
pertaining to
-blast
germ of immature cell
-cele
tumor, hernia
-centesis
puncturing
-cyte
cell
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
a cutting out
-emia
condition of the blood
-emic
pertaining to the blood
-gram
record or picture
-ic
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
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Week 11: Suffixes “L-T”
November 18-December 1
Meaning
Suffix
-logy
study of
-lysis
destruction or loosening
-meter
measuring instrument
-ostomy
creation of an opening
-oma
tumor, swelling
-osis
condition of
-ous
pertaining to
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair of, tying of
-ptosis
falling, drooping
-rrhagia
excessive flow, bursting forth
-rrhea
flowing or discharge
-scope
instrument for examination
-scopy
examination with an instrument
-stasis
standing still
-taxia
order, coordination