medical term

  1. zo/o
    animal life
  2. y-
    condition process
  3. xiph/o
    sword
  4. xer/o
    dry
  5. xen/o
    stranger
  6. xanth/o
    yellow
  7. vulv/o
    vula (female external genitalia)
  8. vol/o
    to roll
  9. viv/o
    life
  10. vitre/o
    glass
  11. vitr/o
    vitreous body (of the eye)
  12. vit/o
    life
  13. viscer/o
    internal organs
  14. vestibul/o
    vestibule of the inner ear
  15. vesicul/o
    seminal vesicle
  16. vesic/o
    urinary bladder
  17. vertebr/o
    vertebra (backbone)
  18. -version
    to turn
  19. -verse
    to turn
  20. venul/o
    venule (small vein)
  21. ventricul/o
    ventricle (of heart or brain)
  22. ventr/o
    belly side
  23. vener/o
    veneral (sexual contact)
  24. ven/o, ven/i
    vein
  25. vascul/o
    vessel (blood)
  26. vas/o
    vessel; duct; vas deferens
  27. varic/o
    varicose veins
  28. valvul/o
    valve
  29. valv/o
    valve
  30. vagin/o
    vagina
  31. vag/o
    vagus nerve
  32. uvul/o
    uvula
  33. uve/o
    uvea, vascular layer of the eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body)
  34. uter/o
    uterus (womb)
  35. -us
    structure; thing
  36. urin/o
    urine
  37. -uria
    urination; condition of urine
  38. urethr/o
    urethra
  39. ureter/o
    ureter
  40. thyr/o
    thyroid gland; shiele
  41. thyroid/o
    thyroid gland
  42. tibi/o
    tibia (shin bone)
  43. -tic
    pertaining to
  44. toc/o
    labor; birth
  45. -tocia
    labor; birth (condition of)
  46. -tocin
    labor; birth (a substance for)
  47. tom/o
    to cut
  48. -tome
    instrument to cut
  49. -tomy
    process of cutting
  50. ton/o
    tension
  51. tone/o
    to stretch
  52. tonsill/o
    tonsil
  53. top/o
    poison
  54. tox/o
    poison
  55. toxic/o
    poison
  56. trache/o
    trachea (windpipe)
  57. trans-
    across; through
  58. -tresia
    opening
  59. tri-
    three
  60. trich/o
    hair
  61. trigon/o
    trigone (area within the bladder)
  62. -tripsy
    to crush
  63. troph/o
    nourishment;develoment
  64. -trophy
    nourishment; development (condition of)
  65. -tropia
    to turn
  66. -tropic
    turning
  67. -tropin
    stimulate; act on
  68. tympan/o
    tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear
  69. -type
    classification; picture
  70. -ule
    little; small
  71. uln/o
    ulna (medial lower arm bone)
  72. ultra-
    beyond; excess
  73. -um
    structure; tissue; thing
  74. umbilic/o
    umbilicus (navel)
  75. ungu/0
    nail
  76. uni-
    one
  77. ur/o
    urine; urinary tract
  78. -static
    pertaining to stopping; controlling
  79. steat/o
    fat, sebum
  80. -stenosis
    tightening; stricture
  81. ster/o
    solid structure, steroid
  82. stere/o
    solid; three-dimensional
  83. stern/o
    sternum(breastbone)
  84. steth/o
    chest
  85. -sthenia
    strength
  86. -stitial
    to set; pertaining to standing or positioned
  87. stomat/o
    mouth
  88. -stomia
    condition of the mouth
  89. -stomy
    new opening (to form a mouth)
  90. strept/o
    twisted chains
  91. styl/o
    pole or stake
  92. sub-
    under; below
  93. submaxill/o
    mandible (lower jaw)
  94. -suppression
    to stop
  95. supra-
    above, upper
  96. sym-
    together; with
  97. syn-
    together; with
  98. syncop/o
    to cut off; cut short; faint ligament
  99. syndesm/o
    ligament
  100. synov/o
    sunovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
  101. syring/o
    tube
  102. tachy-
    fast
  103. tars/o
    tarus; hindfoot or ankle
  104. tax/o
    order; coordination
  105. tel/o
    complete
  106. tele/o
    distant
  107. ten/o
    tendon
  108. tendin/o
    tendon
  109. -tension
    pressure
  110. terat/o
    monster; malformed tubes
  111. test/o
    testis (testicle)
  112. tetra-
    four
  113. thalam/o
    thalamus
  114. thalass/o
    sea
  115. the/o
    put; place
  116. thex/o
    sheath
  117. thel/o
    nipple
  118. therapeut/o
    treatment
  119. -therapy
    treatment
  120. therm/o
    heat
  121. thorac/o
    chest
  122. -thorax
    chest; pleural cavity
  123. thromb/o
    clot
  124. thym/o
    thymus gland
  125. -thymia
    mind (condition of)
  126. -thymic
    pertaining to mind
  127. salping/o
    fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube
  128. -salpinx
    fallopian tube; oviduct
  129. sarc/o
    flesh (connective tissue)
  130. scapul/o
    scapula; sholder blade
  131. -schisis
    to split
  132. schiz/o
    split
  133. scint/i
    spark
  134. scirrh/o
    hard
  135. scler/o
    sclera (white of eye)
  136. -sclerosis
    hardening
  137. scoli/o
    crooked; bent
  138. -scope
    instrument for visual examination
  139. -scopy
    visual examintaion
  140. scot/o
    darkness
  141. seb/o
    sebum
  142. sebace/o
    sebum
  143. sect/o
    to cut
  144. semi-
    half
  145. semin/i
    semen; seed
  146. seps/o
    infection
  147. sial/o
    saliva
  148. sailaden/o
    salivary gland
  149. sider/o
    iron
  150. sigmoid/o
    sigmoid colon
  151. silic/o
    glass
  152. sinus/o
    sinus
  153. -sis
    state of; condition
  154. -sol
    solution
  155. somat/o
    body
  156. -some
    body
  157. somn/o
    sleep
  158. -somnia
    sleep
  159. son/o
    sound
  160. -spadia
    to tear; cut
  161. -spasm
    sudden contraction of muscles
  162. sperm/o
    spermatozoa; sperm cells
  163. spermat/o
    spermatozoa; sperm cells
  164. sphen/o
    wedge; sphenoid bone
  165. spher/o
    globe-shaped; round
  166. sphygm/o
    pulse
  167. -sphyxia
    puls
  168. splanchn/o
    viscera (internal organs)
  169. spin/o
    spine (backbone)
  170. spir/o
    to breathe
  171. splen/o
    spleen
  172. spondyl/o
    vertebra (backbone)
  173. squam/o
    scale
  174. -stalsis
    contraction
  175. staped/o
    stapes (middle ear bone)
  176. staphyl/o
    clusters; uvula
  177. -stasis
    to stop; control; place
  178. post-
    after; behind
  179. poster/o
    back (of body); behind
  180. -prandial
    meal
  181. -prazia
    action
  182. pre-
    before; in front of
  183. presby/o
    old age
  184. primi-
    first
  185. pro-
    first
  186. proct/o
    anus and rectum
  187. pros-
    before; forward
  188. prostat/o
    prostate gland
  189. prot/o
    first
  190. prote/o
    protein
  191. proxim/o
    near
  192. prurit/o
    itching
  193. pseudo-
    false
  194. psych/o
    mind
  195. -ptosis
    drop; sad; prolapse; protrude
  196. -ptysis
    spitting
  197. pub/o
    pubis (anterior part of hip bone)
  198. pulmon/o
    lung
  199. pupill/o
    pupil ( dark center of the eye)
  200. purul/o
    pus
  201. py/o
    pus
  202. pyel/o
    renal pelvis
  203. pylor/o
    pylorus; pyloic sphincter
  204. pyr/o
    fever; fire
  205. pyret/o
    fever
  206. pyrex/o
    fever
  207. quadri-
    four
  208. rachi/o
    spinal column; vertebrae
  209. radi/o
    x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
  210. radicul/o
    nerve root
  211. re-
    back; again; backward
  212. rect/o
    rectum
  213. ren/o
    kidney
  214. reticul/o
    network
  215. retin/o
    retina
  216. retro-
    behind; back; backward
  217. rhabdomy/o
    striated (skeletal) muscle
  218. rheumat/o
    watery flow
  219. rhin/o
    nose
  220. rhytid/o
    wrinkle
  221. roentgen/o
    x-rays
  222. -rrhage
    bursting forth (of blood)
  223. -rrhagia
    bursting forth (of blood)
  224. -rrhaphy
    suture
  225. -rrhea
    flow; discharge
  226. -rrhexis
    rupture
  227. rrhythm/o
    rhythm
  228. sacr/o
    sacrum
  229. -phasia
    speech
  230. phe/o
    dusky; dark
  231. -pheresis
    removal
  232. phil/o
    like; love; attratction to
  233. -phil
    attraction for
  234. -philia
    attraction for
  235. phim/o
    muzzle
  236. phleb/o
    vein
  237. phob/o
    fear
  238. -phobia
    fear
  239. phon/o
    voice; sound
  240. -phonia
    voice; sound
  241. -phor/o
    to bear
  242. -phoresis
    carrying; transmission
  243. -phoria
    to bear; carry; feeling (mental state)
  244. phot/o
    light
  245. phren/o
    diaphragm; mind
  246. -phthisis
    wasting away
  247. -phylaxis
    protection
  248. physi/o
    nature; function
  249. -physis
    to grow
  250. phyt/o
    plant
  251. -phyte
    plant
  252. pil/o
    hair
  253. pineal/o
    pineal gland
  254. pituitar/o
    pituitary gland
  255. -plakia
    plaque
  256. plant/o
    sole of foot
  257. plas/o
    development; formation
  258. -plasia
    development; formation; growth
  259. -plasm
    formation; structure
  260. -plastic
    pertaining to formation
  261. -plasty
    surgical repair
  262. ple/o
    more; many
  263. -plegia
    paralysis; palsy
  264. -plegic
    paralysis; palsy
  265. pleur/o
    pleura
  266. plex/o
    plexus; network (of nerves)
  267. -pnea
    breathing
  268. pneum/o
    lung; air; gas
  269. pneumon/o
    lung; air; gas
  270. pod/o
    foot
  271. -poiesis
    formation
  272. -poietin
    substance that forces
  273. poikil/o
    varried; irregular
  274. pol/o
    extreme
  275. polio-
    gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
  276. poly-
    many; much
  277. polyp/o
    polyp; small growth
  278. pont/o
    pons (a part of the brain)
  279. -porosis
    condition of pores (spaces)
  280. narc/o
    numbness; stupor; sleep
  281. nas/o
    nose
  282. nat/i
    birth
  283. natr/o
    sodium
  284. necr/o
    death
  285. nect/o
    to bind; tie; connect
  286. neo-
    new
  287. nephr/o
    kidney
  288. neur/o
    nerve
  289. neutr/o
    neither; neutral; neutrophil
  290. nid/o
    nest
  291. noct/o
    night
  292. norm/o
    rule; order
  293. nos/o
    disease
  294. nucle/o
    nucleus
  295. nulli-
    none
  296. nyct/o
    night
  297. obstetr/o
    pregnacy; childbirth
  298. ocul/o
    eye
  299. odont/o
    tooth
  300. odyn/o
    pain
  301. -oid
    resembling; derived from
  302. -ole
    little; small
  303. olecran/o
    olectanon (elbow)
  304. olig/o
    scanty
  305. om/o
    sholder
  306. -oma
    tumor; mass; fluid collection
  307. omphal/o
    umbilicus (navel)
  308. onc/o
    tumor
  309. -one
    hormone
  310. onych/o
    nail (of fingers or toes)
  311. o/o
    egg
  312. oophor/o
    ovary
  313. -opaque
    obscure
  314. ophthalm/o
    eye
  315. -opia
    vision condition
  316. -opsia
    vision condition
  317. -opsy
    view of
  318. opt/o
    eye; vision
  319. optic/o
    eye; vision
  320. -or
    one who
  321. or/o
    mouth
  322. orch/o
    testis
  323. orchi/o
    testis
  324. orchid/o
    testis
  325. -orexia
    appetite
  326. orth/o
    straight
  327. -ose
    full of; pertaining to; sugar
  328. -osis
    condition; usually abnormal
  329. -osmia
    smell
  330. ossicul/o
    ossicle (small bone)
  331. oste/o
    bone
  332. -ostosis
    condition on bone
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