Medical terminology -EMESIS / MUCO-

hiat-

an opening

incus

anvil

humer/o-

arm (upper)

glott/o-

back of tongue epi/glott/itis upon/back of tongue/inflamed (structure protecting voice-box: consists of two vocal cords & glottis rim)

mak-

bad, harm, injury

fasc/i-

band

fore-

before

inter-

between

meta-

beyond or change

melan/o-

black

-EMIA

blood

hem/o-

blood

furun/o-

boil furun/cle boil/small (may vary in size and characteristics)

mamm/o-

breast

mast/o-

breast

glut-

buttocks

eti/o-

cause eti/o/logy: study of the causes of disease

mand/i-

chew or chewer mand/ible chew or chewer/ability to(lower jaw bone)

masser/o-

chewer or to chew

-mentum

chin

geni/o-

chin

kerat/o-

cornea or horny kerato/malac/ia corena/softening/refers to

integu-

covering

menisc/o-

crescent

luna-

crescent-shaped or moon

gravid/o-

heavy or pregnant gravid/ium heavy or pregnant/refers to (gravida means pregnant woman)

ischi/o-

hip joint or hip

megalo-

huge or large

kyph/o-

hunchback

ide/o-

idea, thoughts, emotions, image ideo/motor idea, thoughts, emotions, image/movement ideo/vascul/ar emotions/vessels/refers to (vessels contract because of stress)

EN-

in

in situ

in position or location

hyper-

increase or above

-isy

inflamed pleur/isy side or rib/inflamed (2 layer serous membrane 'like pericardium and peritoneum' covering of lungs inside the ribs) related term(s): -itis

-itis

inflamed or inflammation

groin

inguinal region

enema

injection

-graph

instrument

entero-

intestine (usually refers to small intestine)

im-

into or not

in-

into or not

ferro-

iron

heme-

iron

ir-

not or lack of

kary/o-

nucleus

ger/o-

old or old age ger/iatr/ic old or old age/treat or cure/study of or science of (studying all aspects of the aging process)

mon/o-

one

kil/o-

one thousand

milli-

one thousandth

-ician

one who

-ior

one who is infer/ior under or below/ one who (is) related term(s): -ER, -OR

meat/o-

opening

foramen/o-

opening Foramen/al opening/refers to (also known as meatus or opening)

-gen

origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make

heter/o-

other or opposite hetero/gen/ous other or opposite/form/state of

ex-

out, outside, outward

esthes/i-

physical feeling

fistul/o-

pipe or pipe stem pyo/fistula pus/pipe or pipe-stem (pus found within a pipe or tube that opens to body surface)

lichen/i-

plant lichen/ific/ation plant/process of making (plant-like) (irritations that cause thickening or hardening of skin surface - it now looks like lichens growing on rocks) related term(s): FUNGI-, PHYTO-

kali-

potassium

-ing

procedure of or process of

-graphy

procedure of using an instrument to do a recording

epis/o-

pubic region or vulva

EMPHYSEMA-

puffed up emphysemat/ous puffed up/state pf pr refers tp

gen/o-

race

ir/o-

rainbow

erythr/o-

red

erythemato/o-

red or flushed

-ia

refers to, condition, state of

genit/o-

reproductive or birth genit/al reproductive or birth/refers to (reproductive structures)

-ish

resembling or related to

eosin/o-

rose red color eosino/phil rose red (color)/love of (staining of WBC's)

measles

rubella, reddish, or red

herni/o-

rupture or protrustion

immun/o-

safe, protect, immune

homeo-

same, constant, or unchanged

eschar

scab

lepr/o

scaly lepros/y scaly/process of (skin lesion appearance) related term(s): LEPROS-

kel/o-

scar

gon/o-

seed or seed producer gono/rrhea seed or seed producer/flowing from related term(s): orchi/o

-lepsy

seizure or convulsion

hept/a-

seven

morpho-

shape

lat-

side

hypn/o-

sleep

muc/o-

slime muc/oid slime/resembles

-listhesis

slippage spondylo/listh/esis vertebrae/slippage/condition of

micro-

small

minute

small com/minute together/small

lump-

small mass

-icle

small or tiny oss/icle bone/small or tiny related term(s): -CULE, -IOLE, -ULA, - ULE

glomerul/o

small round mass or tiny ball

-iole

smaller, lesser, diminutive bronch/iole trachea-like (tubes of lungs)/smaller, lesser, diminutive alternate spelling: -OLE related term(s): -CULE, -ICLE, -ULA, -ULE

minimus-

smallest

lei/o-

smooth

malac/o-

soft or softening ostero/malac/ia bone/soft or softening/pertains to

ket/o-

sour or acid

-ist

specialist

helico-

spiral

lieno-

spleen

macul/o-

spot

-id

state of

-ity

state of

-ious

state of delir/ious mental confusion or excitement/state of (illusions and hallucinations)

-ize

state of or acts like

-ism

state of or condition of

gastr/o-

stomach

lap/i-

stone

lith/o-

stone, calculus, or rock

fec/o-

stool or fecal matter fec/o/lith stool (feces waste)/like stone related term(s): SCATO-, STERCO-

-in

substance or chemical

glyco-

sugar glyco/pen/ia sugar/decrease/refers to

helio-

sun

lord/o-

swayback or to bend lordo/sis swayback/condition of

hidr/o-

sweat

mel-

sweet, honey, cheek, limb

goiter

swelling of thyroid

gust/o-

tasting or to taste gust/ation tasting or to taste/process of

lacrim/o-

tearing or tear

femor/o-

thigh

lepto-

thin or slender lepto/morph/ic thin or slender/shape or form/refers to

lamin/o-

thin, flat plate, or thin layer

fil-

thread

gest-

to bear or separate

flex-

to bend ante/flex/ion before/to bend or divert/ process of

liga-

to bind

fract/o-

to break

-ference

to carry vas de/ference vessel: away/to carry (duct from testes)

mastic/o-

to chew or chewing mastic/ation to chew or chewing/process of (refers to chewing with the large muscle of the cheek--the masseter)

fibul/o-

to clasp fibul/a to clasp/refers to (noun) (smaller outer long bone of lower leg)

herpes

to creep

lux-

to dislocate

jejuno-

to empty (2nd part of small intestine)

-flux

to flow

-hiscence

to gape open de/hiscence away/to gape (open) (wound, incision, injury that gapes open)

infect/o-

to invade

lax-

to loosen or loosening

macer/o-

to make soft macer/ation to make soft/process of

mictur/o-

to make water or urinate mictur/ition to make water or urinate/process of alternate spelling: MICTURIT/O-

mol/o

to mill or grind

-graft

to probe or cut with a knife

fibrill/o-

to quiver fibrill/ation to quiver/process of

-gram

to record

fiss-

to split or splitting fiss/ion splitting/refers to fiss/ure cleft or split/state of

infarct-

to stuff into infarction to stuff into/refers to

lacer/o-

to tear

hormon/o-

to urge on

enuresis

to void or expel urine

gloss/o-

tongue

lingu-

tongue

eso-

toward eso/phag/us toward/eater/refers to (tube from stomach to mouth)

iatr/o-

treat or cure, procedure of treating

ile/o-

twisted

hypo-

under or below

infra-

under or below

idi/o-

unique to or unknown cause

epi-

upon

maxillo

upper jaw

hyster/o-

uterus

metr/a-

uterus or womb

laryngo-

voice box

-EMESIS

vomit hem/emesis blood/vomit

hydro-

water

glauc/o-

waterfall or gray glauc/oma waterfall or gray/swelling (inner eye pressure causing loss of sight)

lymph/o-

watery

histo-

web-like or tissue hist/olog/y web-like or tissue/science or study of/process of (tissues are composed of similar cells)

leuk/o-

white

health

wholeness

intra-

within

intro-

within

intus-

within intus/suscept/ion within/to receive/ process of

EN/CEPHAL/O-

within head (referring to the brain)

ENDO-

within or inside endo/derm within or inside/skin

lupus

wolf lupus erythematosus wolf: red (faced) (a progressive ulcerating skin condition: auto-immune disease with skin lesions)

gynec/o-

woman

ergo-

work or labor ergo/meter work/to measure ergot work or labor (birthing drug)

helminth/o-

worms or worm

lute/o-

yellow lute/al yellow/refers to (spot on retina 'macula lutea' or body structure on ovary 'corpus luteum')

fet/o-

young feto/graph/y young/instrument/procedure of fet/us young (last 6 & 1/2 months of development in uterus)/refer to (embryo means early)

hyal/o-

glassy or glass like hyal/ase glassy or glass-like/enzyme (enzyme found in head of sperm that break down tissues on contact)

gli/o-

glue or glue-like

ion/o-

going or ion movement

eu-

good or normal

mega-

great or big

hallux

great or big toe

inguin/o-

groin

gingiv/o-

gum

gumm/o-

gum or gum-like

hirsut-

hairy or profound hair

hemi-

half or one half

haplo-

half or single

malle/o-

hammer

man/o-

hand

ENAMEL

hard

-mitr/e

head band or mitre box

lent/o-

freckle

holist/o-

Whole holist/ic medicine whole/state of; remedy or drug (refers to treating the whole individual - comprehensive total patient care: physical, mental, social, and economic. New approach to care by H.M.O.) alternate spelling: holo-

gout

a drop

-grade

a step, stage, or degree in a process

mort/o-

death

isch/o-

deficiency, blockage, to hold back

libid/o-

desire

-lysis

destruction, breakdown, declining

-ites

dropsy or drooping

kraur/o-

dryness Kraur/o/sis dryness/condition (associated with mouth and vagina)

gangren/o-

eating sore

ipsi-

equal

iso-

equal or same

facet/o-

face facet little face (upper and lower small articular faces of vertebral plates) related term(s): FACI/O-

-lapse

falling or slippage

lipo-

fat

estr/o-

female

febr/o

fever febr/ile fever/state of or refers to

fibro-

fiber

ichthy-

fish or fish like ichthy/osis fish or fish-like (resembles fish scales)/condition of (often seen with fungus infections on feet)

inflam/o-

flame within

ilio-

flank

flu-

flowing

front/o-

forehead or before

junctiv/o-

joining or to join con/junctiv/itis together/joining or to join/inflamed (ocular and eyelid parts)

genu-

knee

gangli/o-

knot, swelling, or collection

-gnosis

knowledge dia/gnosis total/knowledge

magni-

large or greater

macro-

large or huge

mei/o- and mio-

lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict mei/osis and Miotic lesser, smaller, fewer/condition of (reduction of cells chromosome from 23 pairs to 23 in egg or sperm. Miotic drops lessen the size of the eyes pupil: mydriatic drops dilate pupil) related term(s): MI/O-

levat/o-

lift up

labio-

lip

-liter

liter

glandul/o-

little acorn or glad

mall/e/olus

little hammer

hepat/o-

liver

lob/o-

lobe

lumb/o-

loin

-mania

madness

masseur

male massager masseur French term for a male that gives massages related term(s): MASSEUSE

labyrinth

maze

-meter

measurement

-metry

measurement procedure

mening/o-

membrane

medi-

middle

mes/o-

middle

galact/o-

milk

lact/o-

milk

ment/o-

mind

men/o-

monthly or month

-motor

movement or motion

kine-

movement or motion

-mata

multiple

fungi-

mushroom