Medical Terminology - 4/22

• -itis: inflammation of
• -ectomy: surgical removal of
• -plasty: surgical repair
• -pexy: surgical fixation
• -logy: study of
• -logist: person who studies
• Melano - black
• Leuko - white
• Alba - white
• Erythro - red
• Ichtero or xantho - yellow
• Lipo - fat
• -cyte: cell
• -an or - a: lack of or without
• melano - black
• erythro - red
• leuko -white
• thrombocytes - platelets
• syncope - fainting
• alba - white
• xantho - yellow
• ichter - yellow
• thrombo - clot
• deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - blood clot mostly in lower extremities
• Ventral - front
• dorsal - back
• medial - middle
• lateral - toward the side
• proximal - closer to the trunk
• distal - further from the trunk
• dextrad - right
• sinistrad - left
• Fowler position - sitting upright at 90 degrees
• Semi-Fowler's position - sitting with back at 45 degrees
• superior - above; towards head
• inferior - below; towards feet
• phalanges - bones of fingers and toes
• superficial - on surface
• deep - more internal
• prone - lying face down