1
Q
faci/o
A
face, form
2
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia, fibrous band
3
Q
fec/a, fec/o
A
dregs, sediment, waste
4
Q
femor/o
A
femur, thigh bone
5
Q
fenestr/a
A
window, small opening
6
Q
fer/o
A
to bear, carry
7
Q
-ferent
A
to carry
8
Q
fertil/o
A
fertile, able to conceive
9
Q
fet/o
A
fetus, unborn child
10
Q
fibr/o
A
fibrous tissue, fiber
11
Q
fibrin/o
A
fibrin, fibers, threads of clot
12
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
13
Q
-fic
A
making, producing, forming
14
Q
-fication
A
process of making
15
Q
-fida
A
split
16
Q
filtr/o, filtrat/o
A
filer, to straight through
17
Q
fiss/o
A
crack, split, cleft
18
Q
flatul/o
A
flatus, rectal gas
19
Q
flex/o
A
bend
20
Q
fluor/o
A
glowing, luminous
21
Q
foc/o
A
focus point
22
Q
follicul/o
A
follicle, small sac
23
Q
foramin/o
A
opening, foramen
24
Q
fore-
A
before, in front of
25
-form, form/o
resembling K shape
26
fove/o
small pit, depressed area
27
fract/o
break
28
front/o
front, forehead
29
-fuge
separate by spinning
30
fund/o
bottom, base, fundus
31
fung/o
fungus
32
-fusion
to come together; to pour
33
galact/o
milk
34
gangli/o
tumor, cystic tumor
35
ganglion/o
ganglion, cluster of nerve cell bodies
36
gangrene/o
tissue death, gangrene
37
gastr/o
stomach
38
gemin/o
twin, double, group
39
gen-, gen/o, -gen
producing, forming, substance that produces
40
-gene
production, origin, formation
41
-genic, -genesis
creation, reproduction, formation, produced by/in
42
genit/o
reproduction
43
-genous
producing
44
ger/i
old age
45
germin/o
bud, sprout, embryonic tissue
46
geront/o
old age
47
gest/o, gestat/o
pregnancy, gestation to birth
48
gigant/o
giant, very large
49
gingiv/o
gingival tissue, gums
50
glauc/o
gray
51
glen/o
socket of joint
52
gli/o
neurologic cells, supportive tissue of nervous, glue
53
-glia
glue
54
-globin, -globulin
protein
55
gobul/o
ball shape
56
glomerl/o
glomerulus
57
gloss/o
tongue
58
glott/o
pertaining to tongue
59
gluc/o
glucose, sugar
60
glyc/o, glycos/o
glucose, sugar
61
glycer/o
sweet
62
gon/o
seed
63
gonad/o
gonad, sex glands
64
goni/o
angle
65
-grade
to go
66
-gram
picture, record
67
granul/o
granule(s)
68
-graph
picture/record, machine to make record
69
graph/o
writing
70
-graphy
process of producing picture/record
71
-gravida
pregnant
72
gustat/o
taste
73
gynec/o, gyn/o
woman, female
74
hal/o, halit/o
breath
75
hallucin/o
hallucination
76
hem/o, hemat/o, hem/a
blood, relating to blood
77
hemi-
half
78
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
79
hepat/o
liver
80
hered/o, heredit/o
inherited, hereditary
81
herni/o
hernia
82
hiat/o
opening, gap
83
hidr/o
sweat
84
hirsut/o
hairy, rough
85
hist/o
tissue
86
hom/o
same, like, alike
87
home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant, similar
88
hormon/o
hormone
89
humer/o
humerus
90
hy/o
hyoid bone
91
hydr/o
relating to water
92
hygien/o
health
93
hymen/o
hymen
94
hyper-
excessive, increased, above normal
95
hypn/o
sleep
96
hypo=
deficient, decreased, below normal
97
hyster/o
uterus
98
iatr/o
physician, treatment
99
-iatrics
field of medicine, healing
100
-iatrist
specialist
101
-iatry
field of medicine
102
-ible
capable of, able to
103
-ical
pertaining to chemical, chemical compound
104
-ician
specialist
105
icter/o
jaundice
106
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
107
idi/o
peculiar to 1 individual/organ, unknown, distinct
108
-iferous
bearing, carrying, producing
109
-ific
making, producing
110
-iform
shaped/formed like, resembling
111
-ile
capable of
112
ile/o
ileum, small intestine
113
ili/o
ilium, hip bone
114
im-
not
115
immun/o
immune, protection, safe
116
impact/o
pushed against, wedged against, packed
117
in-
in, into, not, without
118
-in
substance, chemical
119
incis/o
cutting into
120
-ine
pertaining to, substance, chemical
121
infarct/o
filled in, stuffed
122
infect/o
infected, tainted
123
infer/o
below, beneath
124
inflammat/o
flame within, set on fire
125
infra-
below, beneath, inferior to
126
inguin/o
groin
127
inject/o
to force/put in, insert
128
insul/o
island
129
insulin/o
insulin
130
integument/o
covering
131
inter-
between, among
132
intern/o
within, inside
133
intestin/o
intestine
134
intra-
within, inside
135
intrins/o
contained within, on the inside
136
intro-
within, into, inside
137
intussuscept/o
take up/receive within
138
iod/o
iodine
139
-ion
condition, action, process, state
140
ion/o
ion, to wander
141
-ior
pertaining to
142
ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
iris
143
isch/o
back, to hold back
144
ischi/o
ischium
145
is/o-
equal, same
146
-ist
person who practices, specialist
147
-ism
process, condition
148
-isy
noun ending
149
-itis
inflammation
150
-ium
structure, tissue
151
-ive
performs, tends toward, substance that promotes
152
-ize
to make, to treat
153
jaund/o
yellow
154
jejun/o
jejunum
155
jugul/o
throat
156
juxta-
beside, near, nearby
157
kal/i
potassium
158
kary/o
nucleus, nut (?)
159
kel/o
growth, tumor
160
kerat/o
horn, shaped hard, cornea
161
ket/o, keton/o
ketones, acetones
162
kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesis
movement
163
klept/o
to steal
164
kyph/o
bent, hump, humpback
165
labi/o
lip, labium
166
labyrinth/o
maze, labyrinth, inner ear
167
lacer/o
torn, mangled
168
lacrim/o
tears, tear duct
169
lact/i, lact/o
milk
170
lamin/o
lamina, posterior portion of vertebra
171
-lapse
to slide, fall, lag
172
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
173
laryng/o
larynx, throat, voice box
174
later/o
side
175
lei/o
smooth
176
lent/o
lens of eye
177
lenticul/o
lens, shaped like lens
178
-lepsy
seizure
179
-leptic
to seize, take hold of
180
leuk/o
white
181
lev/o
raise, lift
182
lex/o, -lexia
word, phrase
183
ligament/o
ligament
184
ligat/o
binding/tying off
185
lingu/o
tongue
186
lipid/o, lip/o
fat, lipid, fatty deposits
187
-listhesis
slipping
188
lith/o, -lith
stone, calculus
189
-lithiasis
presence of stones
190
lob/o
lobe, well-defined part of organ
191
loc/o
place
192
-logy, -log
study of
193
lord/o
curve, swayback, bent
194
lumb/o
lower back, loins, lumbar region
195
lumin/o
light, lumen
196
lump/o
lump, mass
197
lun/o
moon
198
lux/o
slide
199
ly/o
break down, dissolve, loosen
200
lymph/o
lymph, lymphatic tissue
201
lymphaden/o
lymph node/gland
202
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
203
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
204
-lyst
agent causing lysis/loosening
205
-lytic
to reduce, destroy
206
quadr/i, quadr/o
four
207
zoo, zo/o
(animal) life
208
zygomat/o
cheek bone
209
-y
process, state
210
xiph/o
sword-shaped
211
xer/o
dry
212
xen/o
strange, foreign, unlike species
213
xanth/o
yellow
214
rachi/o
spine, vertebrae
215
radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius
216
radicul/o
nerve root
217
re-
back again, backward
218
recept/o
receive, receiver
219
rect/o
rectum, straight
220
reduct/o
bring back together
221
refract/o
bend back, turn aside
222
remiss/o
give up, send back, relax
223
ren/o
kidney
224
resuscit/o
to revive
225
retent/o
hold back
226
reicul/o
network
227
retin/o
retina, net
228
retro-
backward, behind, back of
229
rhabd/o
rod-shaped
230
rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
231
rheumat/o
water flow, subject to flow
232
rhin/o
nose
233
rhiz/o
root, spinal nerve root
234
rhythm/o
rhythm, heartbeat
235
rhytid/o
wrinkle
236
-rrhage
abnormal excessive fluid discharge from rupture/something burst
237
-rrhagia
abnormal excessive fluid discharge from rapid flow/burst
238
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
239
-rrhea
flow, excessive discharge
240
-rhhexis
rupture
241
rug/o
wrinkle, fold, rag
242
narc/o
numbness, stupor, sleep
243
nas/o
nose
244
nat/o
birth
245
natr/o
sodium
246
necr/o
death
247
-necrosis
tissue death
248
neo-, ne/o
new, strange
249
nephr/o
kidney
250
nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
251
neutr/o
neither, neutral
252
nitro-
nitrogen
253
noct/o
night
254
nod/o
knot, swelling, node
255
non-
not, no
256
nor-
chemical compound
257
norm/o
normal, usual
258
nos/o
disease
259
nucle/o
nucleus
260
nucleol/o
little nucleus, nucleolus
261
nulli-
none, no
262
nutri/o
nourishment, food, nourish, feed
263
nyct/o
night
HOSA: Med Term
flashcards
Decks in class (20)
# Cards
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Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, & Combining Forms331
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Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 2263
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Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 3244
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Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 4200
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Overview of Body99
-
Skeletal160
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Muscular125
-
Cardiovascular179
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Respiratory171
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Digestive197
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Digestive pt 259
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Nervous/Special Senses208
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Nerves & Special Senses pt 2223
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Nervous & Special Senses pt 3102
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Endocrine198
-
Reproductive223
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Reproductive pt 285
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Integumentary224
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Urinary170
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Lymphatic/Immune172
