PRELIMS

• Medical Terminology


  The language used to accurately describe the human body and associated components, conditions, processes and procedures in a science-based manner
• Root word


  The basic element of the word, and is the foundation on which the meaning of the word is built
• Suffix


  A word component added to the end of a root/word that changes or modifies its usage, function, or meaning
• Prefix


  A word component placed in front of a root/word to change or modify its meaning
• Combining form


  Formed when a word is combined with a vowel, usually 'o' but occasionally 'e' or 'i'
• Anatomical direction terms

  • Superior (above, toward the head)
  • Inferior (below, away from the head)
  • Medial (middle)
  • Lateral (side)
  • Anterior (front)
  • Posterior (back)
  • Proximal (near)
  • Distal (distance)
  • Superficial (surface)
  • Deep
  • Unilateral (one side)
  • Bilateral (two sides)
• Hearing terms

  • Acout/o (hearing)
  • Audi/o (hearing)
  • Cochle/o (auditory portion of inner ear)
  • Oto (ear)
  • Tymphan/o (eardrum)
• Smell terms

  • Nasio (nose)
  • Olfactio (smell)
  • Rhin/o (nose)
• Touch terms

  • Tact/o (touch)
  • Thigm/o (touch)
  • Haph/e (touch)
• Taste terms

  • Gloss/o (tongue)
  • Gustat/o (taste)
  • Lingu/o (tongue)
  • Or/o (mouth)
  • Stomat/o (mouth)
  • phalgia (swallowing)
• Vision terms

  • Conjuctiv/o (conjunctiva)
  • Comelo (pupil)
  • Palpebr/o (eyelid)
  • Diplo (double)
• Blood system terms

  • Aterio (artery)
  • Coagulo (clotting)
  • Eosino (red, rosy)
  • Erythro (red)
  • Haema (blood)
  • Leuko (white)
  • Phlebo (vein)
  • Vasculo (blood vessels)
• Integumentary system terms

  • Erythemo (flushed, redness)
  • Escharo (scab)
  • Dermo (skin)
  • Hidro (sweat)
  • Papullo (pimple)
  • Pruprito (itching)
  • Seblo (sebum)
• Cardiovascular system terms

  • Cerebello (cerebellum)
  • Encephallo (brain)
  • Gangli/o (a cyst on/around joint)
  • Mening/o (meninges)
  • Mento (mind)
  • Psych/o (mind)
  • Myello (spinal cord)
• Respiratory system terms

  • Bronch/o (bronchus, airway)
  • Laryng/o (larynx)
  • Pnea (breathing)
  • Pneum/o (lung)
  • Respirio (breathing)
  • Rhino (nose)
• Gastrointestinal system terms

  • Abdomino/o (stomach)
  • An/o (anus)
  • Chol/e (gall, bile)
  • Cholecyst/o (gallbladder)
  • Colon
  • Enter/o (intestine)
  • Gastr/o (stomach)
  • Stomat/o (mouth)
  • Staphyl/o (uvula)
• Acute - less than 6 months, easy to cure
• Chronic - more than 6 months, long term
• Andro - male
• Oophoro - ovary
• Lacto - lactate, milk
• Amenorrhea - absence of menstruation
• Gonorrhea - discharge in gonads
• Spermicide - sperm killing
• Myasthenia - muscle weakness
• Scoliosis - curvature - S
• Kyphosis - Kuba - K
• Lordosis - Buntis
• Otorrhea - Ear discharge
• Rhinoplasty - Surgical repair of the nose
• Nasopharyngeal - Nose and Pharynx
• Conjunctivitis - Inflammation of the conjunctiva
• Diplopia - Double vision
• Ophthalmologist - Eye specialist
• Glossoepiglottic - Tongue and Epiglottis
• Apnea - without breathing
• Bronchospasm - Incomplete expansion of alveoli
• Epiglottitis - Inflammation of epiglottis
• Hemoptysis - Spitting of blood
• Hemothorax - Blood in the thoracic cavity