HOSA: Medical Terminology 2019 All Prefix/Suffix/Roots
This flashcard set includes essential medical root words such as nephr/o (meaning kidney) and thromb/o (meaning clot), providing a foundation for understanding common medical terminology.
Nephr/o
Kidney
Key Terms
Nephr/o
Kidney
Thromb/o
Clot
Hepat/o
Liver
Ov/o
Egg
Proct/o
Anus and rectum
Pulm/o
Pulmon/o
Lung
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Nephr/o | Kidney |
Thromb/o | Clot |
Hepat/o | Liver |
Ov/o | Egg |
Proct/o | Anus and rectum |
Pulm/o Pulmon/o | Lung |
Leuk/o | White |
Adip/o | Fat |
Pharyng/o | Throat, pharynx |
My/o | Muscle |
Coron/o | Coronary, crown |
Path/o | Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
Kerat/o | Horny, hard, cornea |
Thorac/o | Chest |
Ankly/o | Crooked, bent, stiff |
Sigmoid/o | Sigmoid colon |
Gonad/o | Sex gland |
Onc/o | Tumor |
Lip/o | Fat, lipid |
Cutane/o | Skin |
Erythr/o | Red |
Py/o | Pus |
Tympan/o | Tympanic membrane, eardrum |
Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
Ven/o | Vein |
Cyan/o | Blue |
Hyster/o | Uterus |
Carcin/o | Cancerous |
Ungu/o | Nail |
Laryng/o | Larynx, throat |
Crani/o | Skull |
Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
Pneum/o, pneumon/o | Lung, air |
Xer/o | Dry |
Orch/o, | Orchid/o | Testicles, testis, testes |
Hist/o | Tissue |
Sarc/o | Flesh, connective tissue |
Fasci/o | Fascia, fibrous band |
Colp/o | Vagina |
Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
Trache/o | Trachea, windpipe |
oophor/o | ovari/o | Ovary |
Spondyl/o | Vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone |
Myel/o | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
Splen/o | Spleen |
Lith/o | Stone, calculus |
Scler/o | Sclera, white of eye, hard |
Cost/o | Rib |
Bronch/o | Bronchi/o | Bronchial tube, bronchus |
Radi/o | Radiation, x-rays |
Pyel/o | Renal pelvis | Bowl of kidney |
Salping/o | Uterine (fallopian) tube, | Auditory (eustachian) tube |
Encephal/o | Brain |
Derm/o | Dermat/o | Skin |
Lapar/o | Abdomen, | Abdominal wall |
Thyr/o | Thyroid/o | Thyroid gland |
Gastr/o | Stomach |
Cervic/o | Neck, cervix |
Myc/o | Fungus |
Seb/o | Sebum |
Neur/i | Neur/o | Nerve, nerve tissue |
Vagin/o | Vagina |
Chondr/o | Cartilage |
Ot/o | Ear, hearing |
Uter/o | Uterus |
Urethr/o | Urethra |
Macro- | Large, abnormal size, long |
-algia | Pain, suffering, painful condition |
Arthr/o | Joint |
| A picture or record |
-ology | The science or study of |
-pnea | Breathing |
Esophag/o | Esophagus |
-tripsy | To crush |
Neo- | New, strange |
A- | An- | Without, away from, negative, not |
Ren/o | Kidney |
Optic/o | Opt/o | Eye, vision |
Cephal/o | Head |
Melan/o | Black, dark |
Hidr/o | Sweat |
-ary | Pertaining to |
-graphy | The process of producing a picture or record |
-oma | Tumor, neoplasm |
Ureter/o | Ureter |
Col/o | Colon/o | Colon | Large intestine |
Enter/o | Small intestine |
Albin/o | White |
-uria | Urination, urine |
Anti- | Against |
Mening/o | Meninges, membranes |
Brady- | Slow |
Angi/o | Pertaining to blood or lymph vessels |
Intra- | Within, inside |
| Pertaining to, relating to |
-esthesia | Sensation, feeling |
-ologist | Specialist |
-plegia | Paralysis |
-Stenosis | Abnormal narrowing |
-lysis | Breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
-rrhaphy | Surgical suturing |
-ostomy | Surgical creation of an opening to the body surface |
-pexy | Surgical fixation |
-ectasis | Stretching, dilation, enlargement |
Inter- | Between, among |
-emia | Blood, blood condition |
-necrosis | Tissue death |
Tachy- | Fast, rapid |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-scopy | Visual examination |
Post- | After, behind |
Phleb/o | Vein |
Hypo- | Deficient, decreased |
Super- | Supra- | Above, excessive |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-scope | Instrument for visual examination |
Hem/o | Hemat/o | Blood, pertaining to the blood |
Hyper- | Excessive, increased |
Pre- | Before,in front of, forward |
Poly- | Many |
-ic | Pertaining to |
Aort/o | Aorta |
Dys- | Bad, difficult, painful |
Peri- | Surrounding, around |
-cele | Hernia, tumor, swelling |
-ia | Abnormal condition, disease |
Ex- | Out of, outside, away from |
-osis | Abnormal condition, disease |
-malacia | Abnormal softening |
Sub- | Under, less, below |
-pause | Stopping |
-sclerosis | Abnormal hardening |
Card/o | Cardi/o | Heart |
Hemi- | Half |
-pathy | Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
Ather/o | Plaque, fatty substance |
-cyte | Cell |
-itis | Inflammation |
-otomy | Cutting, surgical incision |
-ectomy | Surgical removal, cutting out |
-rrhea | Flow or discharge |
Arteri/o | Artery |
End- | Endo- | Within, in, inside |
Metr/o | Metri/o | Uterus |
Retin/o | Retina |
Oss/e | Bone |
Cyst/o | Urinary badder, cyst, sac of fluid |
Adren/o | Adrenal gland |
Cyt/o | Cell |
Pyr/o | Fire, fever |
Aden/o | Gland |
Men/o | Menstruation, menses |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
Pleur/o | Pleura, side of the body |
Ech/o | Sound |
-centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-desis | To bind, tie together |
-ptosis | Prolapse, drooping forward |
| Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
Eti- | Cause |
Vector | Insects or animals |
Dem/i | Population |
Pan- | Entire |
Idi/o | Peculiar to the individual |
Congenial | Existing at birth |
Eti- | Cause |
Vector | Insects or animals |
Dem/i | Population |
Pan- | Entire |
Idi/o | Peculiar to the individual |
Congenial | Existing at birth |