Flashcards: Med term 1-5

-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

crin/o

to secrete

estesi/o

feeling or sensation

gynec/o

female

neur/o

nerve

obstetr/o

midwife

onc/o

tumor

path/o

disease

ot/o

ear

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid

-ectomy

excision (surgical removal or cutting out)

-lysis

process of loosening destroying or freeing

-pexy

surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture (uniting a wound by stitches)

-scopy

visual examination with a lighted instrument

-stomy

formation of an opening

-tome

an instrument for cutting

-tomy

incision (cutting into tissue)

-tripsy

surgical crushing

aden/o

gland

angi/o

vessel

blephar/o

eyelid

chir/o

hand

col/o

colon or large intestine

hepat/o

liver

my/o, muscul/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

oste/o

bone

vas/o

vessel; ductus deferens

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia

-ectasia, -ectasis

dilatation; or enlargement of part

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

condition of the blood

-ia, -iasis

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone or calculus

-mania

excessive preoccupation

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling (forms adjectives and nouns, eg. paranoid, mucoid)

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition (often abnormal; or increase)

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

prolapse (sagging)

-rrhage, -rrhagia

excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

twitching, cramp

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-able, -ible

capable of; able to

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

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-eum, -ium

membrane

-ia, -ism

condition or theory (e.g. synergism)

-iac

one who suffers

-opia

vision

-ose

sugar

-ous

pertaining to

-y

state or condition

amyl/o

starch

glyc/o

sugar

Diplo-

double

Hyper-

excessive

Hypo-

under, less than normal

Pan-

all

Dia-

through

Epi-

above, on

Ipsi-

Same

Para-

near, beside, or abnormal

Per-

through or by

Brady-

Slow

Dys-

bad, difficult, disordered

Eu-

good, normal

Pro-

favoring, supporting

Tachy-

fast

alb/o, leuk/o

white

erythr/o

red

chlor/o

green

cyan/o

blue

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow (e.g. jaundice)

aer/o

air

blast/o

embryonic form

dips/o

thirst (e.g. polydipsia)

hist/o

tissue

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

dead

py/o

pus

ech/o, son/o

sound

fluor/o

emitting or reflecting light

tom/o

to cut

Ultra-

excessive

algesi/o

sensitivity to pain

dactyl/o

digit (toes, fingers, or both)

lapar/o

abdominal wall

onych/o

nail

som/a, somat/o

body

thromb/o

clot (thrombus)

-poiesis

production of blood

coagul/o

coagulation (blood clot)