Medical Terminology: emesis to Muc/o
hiat-
an opening
incus
anvil
humer/o-
arm
glott/o-
back of tongue
mal-
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
mamm/o-
breast
mast/o-
breast
glut-
butt
eti/o-
cause
mand/i-
chew or chewer
masset/o-
chewer or to chew
-mentum
chin
geni/o-
chin
kerat/o-
cornea or horny
integu-
covering
menisc/o-
crescent
luna-
crescent-shpaed or moon
gravid/o-
heavy or pregnant
ischi/o-
hip joint or hip
megalo-
huge or large
kyph/o-
hunchback
ide/o-
idea, thoughts, emotions, image
en-
in
in situ
in position or location
hyper-
increase or above
-isy
inflamed
-itis
inflamed or inflammation
groin
inguinal region
enema
injection
-graph
instrument
entero-
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
mon/o-
one
kil/o-
one thousand
milli-
one thousandth
-ician
one who
-ior
one who is
foramen/o-
opening
meat/o-
opening
-gen
origin, to develop, to produce, to form, to make
heter/o-
other or opposite
ex-
out, outside, outward
esthes/i-
physical feeling
fistul/o-
pipe or pipe system
lichen/i-
plant
kali-
potassium
-graphy
procedure of using an instrument to do recording
-ing
procedure or or process of
episi/o-
pubic region or vulva
emphysema
puffed up
gen/o-
race
ir/o-
rainbow
erythr/o-
red
erythemat/o-
red or flushed
-ia
refers to, condition, state of
genit/o-
reproductive or birth
-ish
resembling or related to
eosin/o-
rose-red color
measles
rubella, reddish, or red
herni/o-
rupture or protrusion
immun/o-
safe, protect, immune
homeo-
same, constant, or unchanged
eschar
scab
lepr/o-
scaly
kel/o-
scar
gon/o-
seed or seed producer
-lepsy
seizure or convulsion
hept/a-
seven
morpho-
shape
lat-
side
hypn/o-
sleep
muc/o-
slime
-listhesis
slippage
micro-
small
minute
small
lump-
small mass
-icle
small or tiny
glomerul/o-
small round mass or tiny ball
-iole
smaller, lesser, diminutive
minimus-
smallest
lei/o-
smooth
malac/o-
soft or softening
ket/o-
sour or acid
-ist
specialist
helico-
spiral
lieno-
spleen
-id
state of
-ious
state of
-ity
state of
-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
-in
substance or chemical
glyco-
sugar
helio-
sun
lord/o-
swayback or to bend
hidr/o-
sweat
mel-
sweet, honey, cheek, limb
goiter
swelling
gust/o-
tasting or to taste
lacrim/o-
tearing or tear
femor/o-
thigh
lepto-
thin or slender
lamin/o-
thin, flat plate or thin layer
fil-
thread
gest-
to bear or separate
flex-
to bend
liga-
to bind
fract/o-
to break
-ference
to carry
mastic/o-
to chew or chewing
fibul/o-
to clasp
herpes
to creep
lux-
to dislocate
jejuno-
to empty
-flux
to flow
-hiscence
to gape open
infect/o-
to invade
lax-
to loosen or loosening
macer/o-
to make soft
mictur/o-
to make water or urinate
mol/o-
to mill or grind
-graft
to probe or cut with a knife
fibrill/o-
to quiver
-gram
to record
fiss-
to split or splitting
infarct-
to stuff into
lacer/o-
to tear
hormon/o-
to urge on
enuresis
to void or expel urine
gloss/o-
tongue
lingu-
tongue
eso-
toward
iatr/o-
treat or cure, procedure of treating
ile/o-
twisted
hypo-
under or below
infra-
under or below
idio-
unique to or unknown cause
epi-
upon
maxill/o-
upper jaw
hyster/o-
uterus
metr/a-
uterus or womb
laryngo-
voice box
-emesis
vomit
hydro-
water
lymph/o-
watery
histo-
web-like or tissue
leuk/o-
white
holist/o-
whole
health
wholeness
intra-
within
intro-
within
intus-
within
endo-
within or inside
lupus
wolf
gynec/o-
woman
ergo-
work or labor
helminth/o-
worms or worm
lute/o-
yellow
fet/o-
young
hyal/o-
glassy or glass-like
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
haplo-
half
hemi-
half
malle/o-
hammer
man/o-
hand
enamel
hard
-mitr/e
head band or mitre box
gout
a drop
-grade
a step, stage, or degree in a process
lent/o-
freckle
mort/o-
death
isch/o-
deficiency, blockage, to hold back
libid/o-
desire
-lysis
destruction, breakdown, declining
-ites
dropsy or drooping
kraur/o-
dryness
gangren/o-
eating sore
ipsi-
equal
iso-
equal or same
facet/o-
face
-lapse
falling or slippage
lip/o-
fat
febr/o-
fever
fibro-
fiber
ichthy-
fish or fish-like
inflam/o-
flame within
ilio-
flank
flu-
flowing
front/o-
forehead or before
junctiv/o-
joining or to join
genu-
knee
gangli/o-
knot, swelling, or collection
-gnosis
knowledge
magni-
large or greater
macro-
large or huge
macul/o-
large spot or flat skin freckle
mei/o- and mio-
lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict
levat/o-
lift up
labio-
lip
-liter
liter
glandul/o-
little acorn or gland
mall/e/olus
little hammer
hepat/o-
liver
lob/o-
lobe
lumb/o-
loin
-mania
madness
masseur
male massager
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
