UTMB Medical Terminology Notecards 2024., Exams of Medical Sciences

Download UTMB Medical Terminology Notecards 2024. and more Exams Medical Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! UTMB Medical Terminology Notecards 2024 ab- - ANSWER- from, away from abdomin/o - ANSWER- abdomen abort/o - ANSWER- to miscarry -ac - ANSWER- pertaining to acid/o - ANSWER- acid acous/o - ANSWER- hearing acr/o - ANSWER- extremity acromi/o - ANSWER- acomion (projection of scapula) -acousis - ANSWER- hearing -ad - ANSWER- toward ad- - ANSWER- toward aden/o - ANSWER- gland adenoid/o - ANSWER- adenoids adip/o - ANSWER- fat adren/o - ANSWER- adrenal glands adrenal/o - ANSWER- adrenal glands aer/o - ANSWER- air af- - ANSWER- toward agglutin/o - ANSWER- clumping, gluing agora- - ANSWER- marketplace -al - ANSWER- pertaining to albin/o - ANSWER- white albumin/o - ANSWER- albumin (protein) -algesia - ANSWER- pain -algia - ANSWER- pain allo- - ANSWER- other, differing from the normal alveol/o - ANSWER- alveolus; air sac ambly/o - ANSWER- dull, dim amni/o - ANSWER- amnion (amniotic sac) an- - ANSWER- without, not an/o - ANSWER- anus ana- - ANSWER- against; up; back andr/o - ANSWER- male aneurysm/o - ANSWER- widened blood vessel angi/o - ANSWER- Vessel (usually blood or lymph) brachi/o - ANSWER- arm brachy- - ANSWER- short brady- - ANSWER- slow bronch/o - ANSWER- bronchus (plural, bronchi) bronchi/o - ANSWER- bronchus (bronchi) bronchiol/o - ANSWER- bronchiole bucc/o - ANSWER- cheek calc/o - ANSWER- calcium calcane/o - ANSWER- calcaneum (heel bone) -capnia - ANSWER- carbon dioxide (CO2) carcin/o - ANSWER- cancer cardi/o - ANSWER- heart -cardia - ANSWER- heart condition carp/o - ANSWER- carpus (wrist bone) cata- - ANSWER- down caud/o - ANSWER- tail cauter/o - ANSWER- heat, burn cec/o - ANSWER- cecum -cele - ANSWER- hernia, swelling -centesis - ANSWER- surgical puncture cephal/o - ANSWER- head -ceps - ANSWER- head -ception - ANSWER- conceiving cerebell/o - ANSWER- cerebellum cerebr/o - ANSWER- Cerebrum cervic/o - ANSWER- neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) chalic/o - ANSWER- limestone cheil/o - ANSWER- lip chem/o - ANSWER- chemical; drug chlor/o - ANSWER- green chol/e - ANSWER- bile, gall cholangi/o - ANSWER- bile vessel cholecyst/o - ANSWER- gallbladder choledoch/o - ANSWER- bile duct chondr/o - ANSWER- cartilage chori/o - ANSWER- chorion choroid/o - ANSWER- choroid chrom/o - ANSWER- color chromat/o - ANSWER- color -cide - ANSWER- killing cine- - ANSWER- movement cinemat/o - ANSWER- things that move circum- - ANSWER- around cirrh/o - ANSWER- yellow -cision - ANSWER- a cutting -clasia - ANSWER- to break; surgical fracture -clasis - ANSWER- to break; surgical fracture -clast - ANSWER- to break clavicul/o - ANSWER- clavicle (collar bone) -cleisis - ANSWER- closure clon/o - ANSWER- clonus (turmoil) -clysis - ANSWER- irrigation, washing coccyg/o - ANSWER- Coccyx (tailbone) cochle/o - ANSWER- cochlea col/o - ANSWER- colon colon/o - ANSWER- colon colp/o - ANSWER- vagina condyl/o - ANSWER- condyle coni/o - ANSWER- dust conjuctiv/o - ANSWER- conjuctiva -continenece - ANSWER- to hold back contra- - ANSWER- against, opposite dors/o - ANSWER- back (of body) duct/o - ANSWER- to lead; carry -duction - ANSWER- act of leading, bringing, conduction duoden/o - ANSWER- duodenum (first part of small intestine) dur/o - ANSWER- dura matter; hard -dynia - ANSWER- pain dys- - ANSWER- bad; painful; difficult -eal - ANSWER- pertaining to ec- - ANSWER- out, out from echo- - ANSWER- a repeated sound -ectasis - ANSWER- dilation, expansion ecto- - ANSWER- outside, outward -ectomy - ANSWER- excision, removal -edema - ANSWER- swelling ef- - ANSWER- away from electr/o - ANSWER- electricity -ema - ANSWER- state of; condition embol/o - ANSWER- embolus (plug) -emesis - ANSWER- vomiting -emia - ANSWER- blood condition emphys/o - ANSWER- to inflate en- - ANSWER- in, within encephal/o - ANSWER- brain end- - ANSWER- in, within endo- - ANSWER- in, within enter/o - ANSWER- intestin (usually small intestine) eosin/o - ANSWER- dawn (rose-colored) epi- - ANSWER- above, upon epididym/o - ANSWER- epididymis epiglott/o - ANSWER- epiglottis episi/o - ANSWER- vulva erythem/o - ANSWER- red erythemat/o - ANSWER- red erythr/o - ANSWER- red eschar/o - ANSWER- scab -esis - ANSWER- condition eso- - ANSWER- indward esophag/o - ANSWER- esophagus esthes/o - ANSWER- feeling -esthesia - ANSWER- feeling eti/o - ANSWER- cause eu- - ANSWER- good, normal ex- - ANSWER- out, out from exo- - ANSWER- outside, outward extra- - ANSWER- outside faci/o - ANSWER- face fasci/o - ANSWER- band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) femor/o - ANSWER- femur (thigh bone) -ferent - ANSWER- to carry fibr/o - ANSWER- fiber, fibrous tissue fibul/o - ANSWER- fibula (smaller bone of lower leg) fluor/o - ANSWER- luminous, fluorescence galact/o - ANSWER- milk gangli/o - ANSWER- ganglioin (knot or knotlike mass) gastr/o - ANSWER- stomach -gen - ANSWER- forming, producing, origin gen/o - ANSWER- forming, producing, origin -genesis - ANSWER- forming, producing, origin genit/o - ANSWER- genitalia gest/o - ANSWER- pregnancy gingiv/o - ANSWER- gum(s) hyp- - ANSWER- under, below deficient hyper- - ANSWER- excessive, above normal hyp/o - ANSWER- under, below, deficient hypn/o - ANSWER- sleep hypo- - ANSWER- under, below, deficient hyster/o - ANSWER- uterus (womb) -ia - ANSWER- condition -iac - ANSWER- pertaining to -iasis - ANSWER- abnormal condition (produced by something specified) iatr/o - ANSWER- physician; medicine; treatment -iatry - ANSWER- medicine;treatment -ic - ANSWER- pertianing to -ical - ANSWER- pertaining to -ice - ANSWER- noun ending ichthy/o - ANSWER- dry, scaly -ician - ANSWER- specialist -icle - ANSWER- small, minute -icterus - ANSWER- jaundice idi/o - ANSWER- unknown, peculiar -ile - ANSWER- pertaining to ile/o - ANSWER- ileum (third part of the small intestine) ili/o - ANSWER- ilium (lateral, flaring porition of the hip bone) im- - ANSWER- not immun/o - ANSWER- immune, immunity, safe in- - ANSWER- in, not -ine - ANSWER- pertaining to infer/o - ANSWER- lower, below infra- - ANSWER- below, under inguin/o - ANSWER- groin insulin/o - ANSWER- insulin inter- - ANSWER- between intra- - ANSWER- in, within -ion - ANSWER- the act of -ior - ANSWER- pertianing to irid/o - ANSWER- iris -is - ANSWER- noun ending isch/o - ANSWER- to hold back; block ischi/o - ANSWER- ischium (lower portion of hip bone) -ism - ANSWER- condition iso- - ANSWER- same, equal -ist - ANSWER- specialist -isy - ANSWER- state of; condition -itic - ANSWER- pertaining to -itis - ANSWER- inflamation -ive - ANSWER- pertaining to -ization - ANSWER- process of jaund/o - ANSWER- yellow jejun/o - ANSWER- jejunum (second part of the small intestine) kal/i - ANSWER- potassium (a electrolyte) kary/o - ANSWER- nucleus kerat/o - ANSWER- horny tissue; hard; cornea kern/o - ANSWER- kernel (nucleus) ket/o - ANSWER- ketone bodies (acids and acetones) keton/o - ANSWER- ketone bodies (acids and acetones) kinesi/o - ANSWER- movement -kinesia - ANSWER- movement kinet/o - ANSWER- movement klept/o - ANSWER- to steal kyph/o - ANSWER- humpback labi/o - ANSWER- lip labyrinth/o - ANSWER- labyrinth (inner ear) medull/o - ANSWER- medulla mega- - ANSWER- enlargement megal/o - ANSWER- enlargement -megaly - ANSWER- enlargement melan/o - ANSWER- black men/o - ANSWER- menses, menstruation meningi/o - ANSWER- meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) ment/o - ANSWER- mind meso- - ANSWER- middle meta- - ANSWER- change, beyond metacarp/o - ANSWER- metacarpus (hand bones) metatars/o - ANSWER- metatarsus (foot bones) -meter - ANSWER- instrument for measuring metr/o - ANSWER- uterus (womb); measure metri/o - ANSWER- uterus (womb) -metry - ANSWER- act of measuring mi/o - ANSWER- smaller, less micr/o - ANSWER- small micro- - ANSWER- small mono- - ANSWER- one morph/o - ANSWER- form, shape, structure muc/o - ANSWER- mucus multi- - ANSWER- many, much muscul/o - ANSWER- muscle mut/a - ANSWER- genetic change my/o - ANSWER- muscle myc/o - ANSWER- fungus (fungi) mydr/o - ANSWER- widen, enlarge myel/o - ANSWER- bone marrow; spinal cord muscle myos/o - ANSWER- muscle myring/o - ANSWER- tympanic membrane (eardrum) myx/o - ANSWER- mucus narc/o - ANSWER- stupor; mumbness; sleepp nas/o - ANSWER- nose nat/o - ANSWER- birth natr/o - ANSWER- sodium (an electrolyte) necr/o - ANSWER- death, necrosis neo- - ANSWER- new nephr/o - ANSWER- kidney neur/o - ANSWER- nerve neutr/o - ANSWER- neutral; neither nid/o - ANSWER- nest noct/o - ANSWER- night nucle/o - ANSWER- nucleus nulli- - ANSWER- none nyctal/o - ANSWER- night obstetr/o - ANSWER- midwife ocul/o - ANSWER- eye odont/o - ANSWER- teeth -oid - ANSWER- resembling -ole - ANSWER- small, minute olig/o - ANSWER- scanty -oma - ANSWER- tumor omphal/o - ANSWER- navel (umbilicus) onc/o - ANSWER- tumor onych/o - ANSWER- nail oophor/o - ANSWER- ovary -opaque - ANSWER- obscure ophthalm/o - ANSWER- eye -opia - ANSWER- vision -opsia - ANSWER- vision -opsy - ANSWER- view of peri- - ANSWER- around perine/o - ANSWER- perineum (are between scrotum [or vulva in the female] and anus) peritone/o - ANSWER- peritoneum -pexy - ANSWER- fixation (of an organ) phac/o - ANSWER- lens phag/o - ANSWER- swallowing, eating -phage - ANSWER- swallowing, eating -phagia - ANSWER- swallowing, eating phalang/o - ANSWER- phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) pharmaceutic/o - ANSWER- drug, medicine pharyng/o - ANSWER- pharynx (throat) -phasia - ANSWER- speech phe/o - ANSWER- dusky, dark -phil - ANSWER- attraction for phil/o - ANSWER- attraction for -philia - ANSWER- attraction for phim/o - ANSWER- muzzle phleb/o - ANSWER- vein -phobia - ANSWER- fear -phonia - ANSWER- voice -phoresis - ANSWER- carrying, transmission -phoria - ANSWER- feeling (mental state) phot/o - ANSWER- light phren/o - ANSWER- diaphragm; mind -phylaxis - ANSWER- protection -physis - ANSWER- growth pil/o - ANSWER- hair pituitar/o - ANSWER- pituitary gland -plakia - ANSWER- plague plas/o - ANSWER- formation, growth -plasia - ANSWER- formation, growth -plasm - ANSWER- formation, growth -plasty - ANSWER- surigical repair -plegia - ANSWER- paralysis pleur/o - ANSWER- pleura -plexy - ANSWER- stroke -pnea - ANSWER- breathing pneum/o - ANSWER- air; lung pneumon/o - ANSWER- air; lung pod/o - ANSWER- foot -poiesis - ANSWER- formation, production poikil/o - ANSWER- varied, irregular poli/o - ANSWER- gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) poly- - ANSWER- many, much polyp/o - ANSWER- small growth -porosis - ANSWER- porous post- - ANSWER- after, behind poster/o - ANSWER- black (of body), behind, posterior -potence - ANSWER- power -prandial - ANSWER- meal pre- - ANSWER- before, in front of presby/o - ANSWER- old age primi- - ANSWER- first pro- - ANSWER- before, in front of proct/o - ANSWER- anus, rectum prostat/o - ANSWER- prostate gland proxim/o - ANSWER- near, nearest pseudo- - ANSWER- FALSE psych/o - ANSWER- mind -ptosis - ANSWER- prolapse, downward displacement ptyal/o - ANSWER- saliva scot/o - ANSWER- darkness seb/o - ANSWER- sebum, sebaceous semi- - ANSWER- one half semin/o - ANSWER- semen; seed semin/i - ANSWER- semen; seed sept/o - ANSWER- septum sequestr/o - ANSWER- separation ser/o - ANSWER- serum sial/o - ANSWER- salvia, salivary gland sider/o - ANSWER- iron sigmoid/o - ANSWER- sigmoid colon silic/o - ANSWER- flint sin/o - ANSWER- sinus cavity sinus/o - ANSWER- sinus cavity -sis - ANSWER- state of; condition -social - ANSWER- society somat/o - ANSWER- body somn/o - ANSWER- sleep son/o - ANSWER- sound -spadias - ANSWER- slit, fissure -spasm - ANSWER- involuntary contraction, twitching sperm/i - ANSWER- spermatozoa, sperm cells sperm/o - ANSWER- spermatozoa, sperm cells spermat/o - ANSWER- spermatozoa, sperm cells sphygm/o - ANSWER- pulse -sphyxia - ANSWER- pulse spin/o - ANSWER- spine spir/o - ANSWER- breath splen/o - ANSWER- spleen spondyl/o - ANSWER- vertebra (backbone) squam/o - ANSWER- scale staped/o - ANSWER- stapes -stasis - ANSWER- standing still steat/o - ANSWER- fat sten/o - ANSWER- narrowing, stricture -stenosis - ANSWER- narrowing, stricture stern/o - ANSWER- sternum (breastbone) steth/o - ANSWER- chest sthen/o - ANSWER- strength stigmat/o - ANSWER- point, mark stomat/o - ANSWER- mouth -stomy - ANSWER- forming an opening (mouth) sub- - ANSWER- under, below sudor/o - ANSWER- sweat super- - ANSWER- upper, above super/o - ANSWER- upper, above supra- - ANSWER- above; excessive; superior sym- - ANSWER- union, together, joined syn- - ANSWER- union, together, joined synapt/o - ANSWER- synapsis, point of contract synov/o - ANSWER- synovial membrane, synovial fluid tachy- - ANSWER- rapid tax/o - ANSWER- order, coordination -taxia - ANSWER- order, coordination ten/o - ANSWER- tendon tend/o - ANSWER- tendon tendin/o - ANSWER- tendon -tension - ANSWER- to stretch test/o - ANSWER- testis (plural, testes) thalam/o - ANSWER- thalamus thalass/o - ANSWER- sea umbilic/o - ANSWER- umbilicus, navel ungu/o - ANSWER- nail uni- - ANSWER- one ur/o - ANSWER- urine, urinary tract ureter/o - ANSWER- ureter urethr/o - ANSWER- urethra -uria - ANSWER- urine urin/o - ANSWER- urine, urinary tract -us - ANSWER- condition; structure uter/o - ANSWER- uterus (womb) uvul/o - ANSWER- uvula vagin/o - ANSWER- vagina valv/o - ANSWER- valve varic/o - ANSWER- dilated vein vas/o - ANSWER- vessel, vas deferens, duct vascul/o - ANSWER- vessel (usually blood or lymph) ven/o - ANSWER- vein ventr/o - ANSWER- belly, belly side ventricul/o - ANSWER- ventricle (of heart or brain) -version - ANSWER- turning vertebr/o - ANSWER- vertebrae (backbone) vesic/o - ANSWER- bladder vesicul/o - ANSWER- seminal vesicle vest/o - ANSWER- clothes viscer/o - ANSWER- internal organs vitr/o - ANSWER- vitreous body (of eye) vitre/o - ANSWER- glassy vol/o - ANSWER- volume voyeur/o - ANSWER- to see vulv/o - ANSWER- vulva xanth/o - ANSWER- yellow xen/o - ANSWER- foreign, strange xer/o - ANSWER- dry xiph/o - ANSWER- sword -y - ANSWER- condition; process Ose - ANSWER- Pertaining to; sugar Ory - ANSWER- Pertaining to