Medical Terminology Chapters 3&4 PACE

Amni-

Amnion (fluid surrounding the fetus/embryo)

Angi-

Vessel

Arteri-

Artery

Ather-

Plaque

Axill-

Armpit

Bronch-

Bronchial Tubes

Carcin-

Cancerous

Chem-

Chemical

Cholecyst-

Gallbladder

Chron-

Time

Col-

Colon

Cry-

Cold

Hyster-

Uterus

Inguin-

Groin

Isch-

To hold back

Mamm-

Breast

Mast-

Breast

Men-

Menses

Mening-

Meninges

My-

Muscle

Myel-

Spinal Cord, Bone Marrow

Nerc-

Death

Oophor-

Ovary

Ot-

Ear

Phleb-

Vein

Pneumon-

Lung

Pulmon-

Lung

Salping-

Fallopian Tube

Septic-

Pertaining to infection

Tonsil-

Tonsil

Ur-

Urine

Vascul-

Blood Vessel

-algia

Condition of Pain

megaly

Enlargement

-pathy

Disease

-rrhea

Flow/Discharge

-rrhage/ -rrhagia

Excessive discharge of blood

-sclerosis

Hardening

-uria

Condition of Urine

-al

Pertaining to

-eal

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to

-ic

Pertaining to

-centesis

Surgical Puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy

Removal, resection

-graphy

Process of recording

-lys

Lossen

-lysis

Separation, Breakdown, Destruction

-plasty

Surgical Repair

-stomy

Opening

-therapy

Treatment

-tomy

Incision

Radi-

X-rays

Abdomin-

Abdomen

An

Anus (opening of digestive track to the outside of the body)

Bi-

Life

Cardi-

Heart

Carp-

Carpals (Wrist Bones)

Cis-

To cut

Cost-

Ribs

Crani-

Skull

Cutane-

Skin

Dur-

Dura Matter (outermost meningeal membrane around the spinal cord and brain)

Gen-

To produce, To begin

Gly-

Sugar

Hemat-

Blood

Later-

Side

Men-

Menes

Nat/i

Birth

Nuer-

Nerve

Norm-

Rule, Order

Oste-

Bone

Peritone-

Peritoneum (Membrane surrounding the abdomen)

Plas-

Formation, Growth, Develope

Ren-

Kidney

Scapul-

Scapula (shoulder blade)

Son-

Sound

Thyroid-

Thyroid gland

Top-

To put, place, position

Troph-

Development, Nurishment

Ureth-

Urethra (Tube from bladder to outside of the body)

Uter-

Uterus

Ven-

Vein

Vertebr-

Vertebra (backbone)

-ation

Process, condition

-cision

Process of cutting

-crine

Secretetion

-dipsia

Thirst

-gen

To produce

-ia

Condition

-ine

Pertaining to

-ism

Process, Condition

-lapse

To fall, Slide

-meter

To Measure

-mission

To send

-mortem

Death

-oma

Mass, Tumor

-ous

Pertaining to

-partum

Birth

-phagia

Eating

-phasia

Speech

-plasia

Formation (condition)

-plasm

Formation (Tissue)

-plegia

Paralysis

-pnea

Breathing

-scopy

Process of visual examination

-section

To cut

-stasis

To stand, place, stop, control

-tension

Pressure

-thesis

To put, place ( state of putting or placing)

-tic

Pertaining to

-trophy

Nourishment, Development

-um

Structure

-y

Process, Condition

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, near

Ana-

Up, apart

Ante-

Before, forward

Anti-

Against

Brady-

Slow

ec-

Out, Outside

Extra-

Outside of

Hemi-

Half

In-

in, into

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within

Mal-

Bad

Meta-

Change, beyond

Neo-

New

Para-

Beside, near, along side of

Poly-

Many, Much

Post-

Behind, After

Pre-

Before

Pro-

Before, forward

Pros-

Before, forward

Quadri-

Four

Re-

Back, Behind

Syn-

With, together

Tachy-

Fast

Tri-

Three

Ultra-

Beyond

Uni-

One

Dactyl-

Digit (finger or toe)