UTMB Medical Terminology Notecards Latest

UTMB Medical Terminology Notecards Latest
cachexia
condition of wasting of the body (end-stage seen in cancer)


coryza
a head cold including a runny nose


pruritus
itching of the skin


ab-
from, away from


abdomin/o
abdomen


abort/o
to miscarry


acid/o
acid


acous/o
hearing


acr/o
extremity


acromi/o
acomion (projection of scapula)


-acousis
hearing


ad-, af-
toward


aden/o
gland


adenoid/o
adenoids

,adip/o
fat


adren/o
adrenal glands


adrenal/o
adrenal glands


aer/o
air


agglutin/o
clumping, gluing


agora-
marketplace


albin/o
white


albumin/o
albumin (protein)


-algesia
pain


-algia
pain


allo-
other, differing from the normal


alveol/o
alveolus; air sac


ambly/o
dull, dim


amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)

,amyl/o
starch


an/o
anus


andr/o
male


aneurysm/o
widened blood vessel


angi/o
Vessel (usually blood or lymph)


aniso-
unequal, dissimilar


ankyl/o
stiffness; bent, crooked


anter/o
anterior, front


anthrac/o
coal, coal dust


aort/o
aorta


append/o
appendix


appendic/o
appendix


aque/o
water


arteri/o
artery


arteriol/o

, arteriole


arter/o
artery


arthr/o
joint


asbest/o
asbestos


-asthenia
weakess, debility


astr/o
star


atel/o
incomplete; imperfect


ather/o
fatty plaque


atri/o
atrium


audi/o
hearing


audit/o
hearing


aur/o
ear


auricul/o
ear


ax/o
axis, axon


azot/o
nitrogenous compounds