Medical Terminology
Health Information Technology 50 with P at Lehigh Carbon Community College
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By: Cindy Strausbaugh
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not
-tomy
incision
-graph
instrument
hepat/o
liver
chole
bile
pharyng/o
throat
cyan/o
blue
melan/o
black
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white
tachy
fast
brady
slow
micro-
small
macro
large
trachea
windpipe
laryng/o
voicebox
esophag/o
esophagus
blephar/o
eyelid
mast/o
breast
mamm/o
breast
hyster/o
uterus (surgical)
oste/o
bone
-itis
infection or inflammation
-ectomy
removal
-al
pertaining to
-ial
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-logy
the study of
-gist
one who studies
col/o
large intestine
enter/o
small intestine
pancreat/o
pancreas
spleen/o
spleen
cyst/o
pouch or bladder
gastr/o
stomach
cholecyst/o
gall bladder
uter/o
uterus (anatomy)
appendic/o
appendix
ren/o
kidney
nephr/o
kidney
pulmon/o
lung
pneum/o
lung
cardi/o
heart
dermat/o
skin
nas/o
nasal
rhin/o
nose
opthalm/o
eye
cephal/o
head
-malacia
softening
-rrhexis
to rupture
-stomy
mouth or new opening
-tripsy
crushing
-scopy
process of viewing
-scope
the instrument to view
-metry
process of measuring
-meter
instrument to measure
-graphy
the process
-gram
source document or chart
-plasty
plastic surgical repair
-rrhaphy
to suture
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-ectomy
removal
hyper-
excessive or above normal
hypo-
under or below normal
ortho
to straighten
poli/o
gray
xanth/o
yellow
jaund/o
yellow
cirrh/o
yellow
chrom/o
color
chlor/o
green
albin/o
white
dactyl
fingers or toes
syn-
joined, together
pseud/o
false
homo-
same
homeo-
same
ur/o
urine
hetero-
different
contra-
against
anti-
against
ultra
excess, beyond
superior
above (organ)
supra-
above, excessive
super-
above
para-
near, beside
endo-
within
extra-
outside, outward
exo-
outside, outward
ecto
outside, outward
-rrhea
flow or discharge
trans-
through or across
dia-
through or across
circum-
around
ad-
toward
ab-
away from
primi-
first
poly
many, much
multi-
many or much
dipl/o
double
hemi
one half
quadri-
four
tri-
three
mono-
one
uni-
one
bi-
two
retro-
backward, behind
infra-
below, under
inter-
between
-emia
blood condition
glyc/o
sugar
cost/o
ribs
intra-
in, within
epi-
top, above
peri-
around
post-
after
pre-
before
mal-
bad
dys-
bad, painful or difficult
pnea-
breathing
sub-
under
ot/o
ear
cutane/o
skin
-rrhagia
bursting forth
-rrhage
bursting
-ptosis
prolapse, downward
-plegia
paralysis
-plasm
formation or growth
-plasia
formation or growth
-phobia
fear
-phasia
speech
-phalagia
eating, swallowing
-penia
decrease, defiency
-pathy
disease
-osis
abnormal condition
-lith
stone, calculus
-iasis
abnormal condition
-genesis
forming, producing
-gen
forming, producing
-emesis
vomit
-edema
swelling
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-cele
hernia
-algia
pain
-tome
instrument to cut
-pexy
fixation (of organ)
-desis
binding, fixation
-lysis
seperation or destruction
-clasis
to break, surgical fracture
-dynia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ar
pertaining to
-oma
tumor
-megaly
enlargement
arhtr/o
joint
chrond/o
cartlidge
muscul/o
muscle
therm/o
heat
esthes/o
feeling
hemat/o
blood
poly-
many, much
para-
near, beside
immun/o
immune
or/o
mouth
-sclerosis
hardening
stenosis
narrowing
stomat/o
mouth
About this deck
By: Cindy Strausbaugh
Created: 2011-01-26
Size: 168 flashcards
Views: 498
Created: 2011-01-26
Size: 168 flashcards
Views: 498
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