HOSA: Medical Terminology 2016 All the fucking shit Part 22
Meaning: Refers to the larynx or voice box, located in the throat. It's involved in breathing, producing sound, and protecting the trachea during swallowing.
laryng/o
larynx, throat
Key Terms
laryng/o
larynx, throat
lat/i, lat/o
broad
later/o
side
lav/o, lavat/o
wash, bathe
lax/o, laxat/o
loosen, relax
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
laryng/o | larynx, throat |
lat/i, lat/o | broad |
later/o | side |
lav/o, lavat/o | wash, bathe |
lax/o, laxat/o | loosen, relax |
leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
lent/i | the lens of the eye |
lenticul/o | shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens |
-lepsy | seizure |
lept/o | thin, slender |
-leptic | to seize, take hold of |
lepto- | small, soft |
letharg/o | drowsiness, oblivion |
leuk/o | whte |
lev/o, levat/o | raise, lift up |
lex/o, -lexia | word, phrase |
libid/o, libidin/ | o | sexual drive, desire, passion |
ligament/o | ligament |
ligat/o | binding or tying off |
lingu/o | tongue |
lipid/o, lip/o | fat, lipid |
-listhesis | slipping |
lith/o, -lith | stone, calculus |
-lithiasis | presence of stones |
lob/i, lob/o | lobe, well-defined part of an organ |
loc/o | place |
loch/i | childbirth, confinement |
-logy | study of |
longev/o | long-lived, long life |
lord/o | curve, swayback, bent |
lumb/o | lower back, loin |
lumin/o | light |
lun/o, lunat/o | moon |
lunul/o | crescent |
lup/i, lup/o | wolf |
lute/o | yellow |
lux/o | to slide |
lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
lymphaden/o | lymph node or gland |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
-lyst | agent that causes lysis or loosening |
-lytic | to reduce, destroy |
macro- | large, abnormal size or length, long |
macul/o | spot |
magn/o | great, large |
major/o | larger |
mal- | bad, poor, evil |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
malign/o | bad, evil |
malle/o | malleus, hammer |
malleol/o | malleolus, little hammer |
mamm/o | breast |
man/i | madness, rage |
man/i, man/o | hand |
mandibul/o | mandible, lower jaw |
-mania | obsessive preoccupation |
manipul/o | use of hands |
manubri/o | handle |
masset/o | chew |
mast/o | breast |
mastic/o, | masticat/o | chew |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
matern/o | maternal, of a mother |
matur/o | ripe |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw) |
maxim/o | largest, greatest |
meat/o | opening or passageway |
medi/o | middle |
mediastin/o | mediastinum, middle |
medic/o | medicine, physician, healing |
medicat/o | medication, healing |
medull/o | medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow |
mega-, megal/ | o | large, great |
-megaly | enlargement |
mei/o | less, meiosis |
melan/o | black, dark |
mellit/o | honey, honeyed |
membran/o | membrane, thin skin |
men/o | menstruation, menses |
mening/o, | meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
menisc/o | meniscus, crescent |
mens/o | menstruate, menstruation, menses |
menstru/o, | menstruat/o | occurring monthly |
ment/o | mind, chin |
mes- | middle |
mesenter/o | mesentery |
mesi/o | middle, median plane |
meso- | middle |
meta- | change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next |
metabol/o | change |
metacarp/o | metacarpals, bones of the hand |
metatars/o | bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes |
-meter | measure, instrument used to measure |
metr/i, metr/o, | metri/o | uterus |
-metrist | one who measures |
-metry | to measure |
micr/o, micro- | small |
mictur/o, | micturit/o | urinate |
midsagitt/o | from front to back, at the middle |
-mimetic | mimic, copy |
mio- | smaller less |
-mission | to send |
mit/0 | thread |
mitr/o | a miter, having two points on top |
monil/i | string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus |
morbid/o | disease, sickness |
mu/o | close, shut |
muc/o, mucos/ | o | mucus |
mitr/o | a miter, having two points on top |
monil/i | string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus |
morbid/o | disease, sickness |
mu/o | close, shut |
muc/o, mucos/ | o | mucus |