Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms ...

[Pages:10]Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes

A

aababdomin/o -able abort/o abrad/o, abras/o abrupt/o ababscess/o absorpt/o ac-ac acanth/o acetabul/o -acious acne/o acou/o, acous/o aquir/o -acusia, -acusis, acust/o acr/o acromi/o acu/o acuit/o, acut/o ad-, -ad aden/o adenoid/o adhes/o adip/o adnex/o adren/o, adrenal/o -aemia aer/o aesthet/o, esthet/o

away from, no, not away from abdomen capable premature expulsion of viable foetus scrape broken away from away from collection of pus suck up toward pertaining to spiny, thorny acetabulum (hip socket) characterised by peak hearing obtain hearing, sense of hearing extremities acromion, point of shoulder blade sharp, severe, sudden sharp, sharpness toward, in direction of gland adenoids stick to fat bound to adrenal glands blood air, gas sensation

? TAFE frontiers 2001

1

Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes

afaffect/o agagglutin/o aggress/o -ago agor/a -agra -aise al-al alb/i, alb/o, albin/o albumin/o alg/e, alg/o algesi/o, -algesia -algesic algi-, -algia align/o aliment/o all/o allalopec/o alveol/o amb-, ambiambly/o ambly/o ambul/o, ambulat/o ametr/o -amine amni/o amphamput/o, amputat/o amyl/o anan-, anaandr/o aneurysm/o

2

toward, to exert influence on toward, to clumping attack attack, diseased state or condition marketplace excessive pain seizure, attack of severe pain comfort, ease like, similar pertaining to white albumin (protein) pain suffering, pain painful suffering, pain bring into line or correct position to nourish other, different baldness alveolus, air sac, small sac on both sides, around or about, double dim dim, dull to walk out of proportion nitrogen compound amnion, foetal membrane around, on both sides, doubly cut away, cut off a part of body starch no, not, without up, apart, backward, excessive male aneurysm

? TAFE frontiers 2001

Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes

angi/o, angi-, angioangin/o anis/o an/o ankyl/o anomal/o anteanter/o anthrac/o antianxi/o, anxiet/o aort/o ap-apheresis aphth/o apic/o aplast/o apoaponeur/o apoplect/o append/o, appendic/o aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o -ar arc/o -arche arachn/o areat/o areol/o arrect/o arteri/o articul/o, arthr/o -ary as-ase asphyxi/o aspir/o, aspirat/o

lymph vessels or blood vessels choking unequal anus, ring crooked, bent, stiff irregularity before, forward front coal dust against, counter uneasy, anxious, distressed aorta toward, to removal small ulcer apex defective or lack of development opposed aponeurosis a stroke appendix water pertaining to bow, arc beginning spider web, spider occurring in patches or circumscribed areas little open space upright, lifted up, raised artery joint pertaining to toward, to enzyme absence of a pulse to breathe in

? TAFE frontiers 2001

3

Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes

asthen-, -asthenia -asthmat/o atatel/o ather/o athet/o -atonic atop/o atres/i atri/o -atrophy attenuat/o aud-, audi/o, audit/o aur/i, aur/o auscult/o aut/o axill/o ax/o azot/o

weakness, lack of strength gasping, choking toward to incomplete plaque, fatty substance uncontrolled lack of tone strange, out of place without an opening atrium degeneration diluted, weakened ear, hearing, sense of hearing ear, hearing listen self armpit axis, main stem urea, nitrogen

B

bacill/o bacteri/o balan/o bar/o bas/o bi-, -bin, bisbi/o, biobifid/o bifurcat/o bil/i, bilirubin/o -blast, blast/i blephar/o

little stick or rod bacteria, rod or staff glans penis pressure, weight base, opposite of acid twice, double, two life split, cleft into two parts divide or fork into two branches gall bilirubin embryonic, immature eyelid

4

? TAFE frontiers 2001

Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes

borborygm/o brachi/o brachybradybrev/i, brev/o bronch/i, bronch/o bronchi/o bronchiol/o brux/o bucc/o, buccaburs/o

rumbling sound arm short slow short bronchial tube, windpipe bronchial tube bronchiole, bronchiolus grind cheek bursa, sac of fluid near joint

C

cac-, cac/o, cacocadaver/o calc/o calcane/o calc/i calcul/o cali/o, calic/o call/i, callos/o calor/i canalicul/o canth/o capill/o capit/o capn/o, -capnia capsul/o carb/o carbuncul/o carcin/o cardi/o cari/o carot/o

evil, bad, diseased, weak dead body calcium calcaneus, heel bone calcium, lime, heel little stone, stone cup, calyx hard, hardened and thickened heat little canal or duct corner of eye hair head smoke, carbon dioxide little box carbon carbuncles cancerous heart decay, rot stupor, sleep

? TAFE frontiers 2001

5

Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes

carp/o cartilag/o caruncul/o cat-, cata-, cathcatabol/o cathart/o cathet/o caud/o caus/o, caust/o cauter/o, caut/o cav/i, cav/o cavern/o cec/o -cele celi/o cement/o cent-centesis cephal/o, cephal-, -ceps ceracerebell/o cerebr/o cerumin/o cervic/o chalas/o, -chalasis chalaz/o cheil/o cheir/o, cheirchem/i, chem/o chemic/o chir/o, chirochlorhydr/o chol/e cholangi/o cholecyst/o choledoch/o

corpus, wrist bone cartilage bit of flesh down, lower, under, downward breaking down cleansing, purging send down, insert tail, lower part of body burn, burning burn, heat hollow, cave containing hollow spaces cecum, blind gut tumour, cyst, hernia belly, abdomen rough stone, cementum hundred surgical puncture to remove fluid head wax cerebellum brain, cerebrum cerumen neck, cervix relaxation, loosening a hailstone lip hand drug, chemical drug, chemical hand hydrochloric acid bile, gall bile duct gallbladder common bile duct

6

? TAFE frontiers 2001

Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes

cholesterol/o chondr/o, chondri/o chord/o chori/o choroid/o chrom/o, chromat/o chym/o cib/o cicatric/o -cidal -cide cili/o cine/o circ/i circulat/o circumcircumcis/o circumscrib/o cirrh/o cis/o -clasis, -clast claudicat/o claustr/o clav/i clavicul/o, cleid/o climacter/o clitor/o, clitorid/o clon/o clus/o -clysis cocoagul/o, coagulat/o coarct/o, coarctat/o cocc/i, cocc/o, -coccus coccyg/o cochle/o

cholesterol cartilage the spinal cord chorion membrane choroid layer of eye colour juice meal scar pertaining to death causing death microscopic hair-like projections, eyelashes movement ring or circle go around in a circle around, about cutting around confined, limited in space tawny, orange-yellow cut break limping barrier, closed in key clavicle, collarbone crisis, rung of a ladder clitoris, small hill violent action shut or close irrigation, washing together, with fix together press together, narrow berry shaped bacterium, spherical bacterium coccyx, tailbone snail, snail shell, spiral

? TAFE frontiers 2001

7

Glossary of Medical Terms List of Combining Forms, Prefixes and Suffixes

coher/o, cohes/o coit/o col/o coll/a coll/i colon/o colp/o column/o comcomat/o comminut/o communic/o compatibil/o conconcav/o concentr/o concept/o conch/o concuss/o condyl/o confus/o conjunctiv/o consci/o consolid/o constipat/o constrict/o contact/o contagi/o contaminat/o contine/o, continent/o contracontracept/o contus/o convalesc/o convex/o convolut/o

8

cling or stick together a coming together colon, large intestine glue neck colon, large intestine vagina pillar together, with deep sleep break into pieces share, to make common sympathise with together, with hollow condense, intensify, remove excess water receive, become pregnant shell shaken together knuckle, knob disorder, confusion conjunctiva, joined together aware become firm pressed together draw tightly together touched, infected touching of something, unclean, infection pollute, render unclean by contact hold back, restrain, keep in, contain against, counter, opposite prevention of conception bruise recover arched, vaulted coiled, twisted

? TAFE frontiers 2001

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download