Medical Terminology Part I
Week 1
ab
ad
ambi
ana
ante
anter
anti
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circum
de
di
dis
eso
homeo
inter
intra
later
meter
ology
pariet
physio
post
pre
retro
sagitta
section
stasis
tomy
trans
viscero
Week 2
a
auto
chromo
cyt
dys
elle
ger
hex
homo
hydro
hyper
iatrics
iso
lyso
meta
micro
mono
neo
oma
pent
phag
phil
phob
pino
plasia
plasm
poly
prote
saccharide
tri
Week 3
acin
adipo
apex (apic)
aque
areol
carcin
cata
chron
ciliaris
crine
cry
endo
exo
hist
kary
lupus
macro
multi
nomen
ole
patell
path
pseudo
reticulum
some
static
temp
tonic
villi
xer
Week 4
albino
basale
blast
cera
chondr
clast
corneum
cut
derm
dia
emia
epi
gnath
granulum
lacuna
lucidus
melan
os
osteo
peri
seb
sigmoid
spinosum
squam
strat
sub
sudor
trich
uni
vasc
Week 5
acanth
action
bromo
causo
chroia
chryso
eruthem
eschar
graph
hidro
iodo
kerato
koilo
lepr
lipid
onych
pachy
papulo
perspire
phyt
pilo
prurit
psor
pyo
rhytid
steat
tors
ulo
ungu
varruci
Week 6
allo
ankyl
bronchi
calcane
carp
centr
chir
cleid
coccyg
crani
cubit
dactyl
eury
faci
femoro
gnos
goni
gyr
holo
hypsi
ithy
kyph
lipo
listthesis
lordo
lox
mega
mel
omo
opistho
Week 7
acetabulum
acrom
annulus
appendic
artho
cervic
concha
costa
crist
ethm
infra
lambd
lumb
pan
ped
perone
petr
physis
polyp
porosis
pulp
rachio
sacrum
scolio
sphenoid
spondyl
supra
talo
tarso
xipho
Week 8
amphi
arthr
articulat
auric
bursa
capit
coracoid
coronoid
cox
cruci
episi
genu
glut
gompho
hallux
ilium
itis
lun
obtur
olecranon
ov
pelv
plasty
poikil
scaphoid
scopy
suture
valgum
varum
Week 9
algia
apo
asthenia
aux
chalasia
cheil
ergo
fascia
fibro
flexo
gravid
ideo
intercal
kinesi
lei
lemma
mere
musculo
paleo
palin
pyg
rhabd
roto
stheno
stroma
syn
syndesmo
teno
therapeut
tono
Week 10
bi
brachi
brev
bucc
cap
ceps
cnem
delt
embry
ergon
gastro
genio
glossus
glute
grac
issimus
lat
maxi
mini
myo
mys
or
rect
sarc
sartor
serra
tetan
titan
troph
zygosis
Week 11
af
arachn
astro
cauda
contra
conus
dendr
dent
dura
ef
enter
equine
ferent
fertil
ganglia
glia
mater
neuro
olig
para
pellucida
pia
podo
saltat
sclera
soma
teres
toc
tome
vast
Week 12
atel
bulia
callosum
cephalo
collicus
corpus
cortex
crasia
decuss
drom
ellum
enceph
esthesia
falx
glossi
heli
hemi
hypno
hypo
keraun
klept
lepsy
lexia
logue
mania
mento
mes
mnesia
myelo
nigr
sinus
Week 13
acar
coccus
ixodi
narc
noci
noiaparesis
phaner
phren
picro
piezo
plegia
polio
pore
praxia
psycho
psychro
radicul
rhiz
schiz
somn
syring
tauto
taxia
telo
tephr
thanat
theco
vag
viro
Week 14
acu
anomol
anthrop
bar
bio
calor
duct
flav
fusc
genesis
glauc
gymn
hyper
labile
lumen
lute
medic
mer
nom
psamm
pyret
pyro
rubr
scirrh
succ
techn
ventr
vers
vito
xanth
Use textbook, reference book, or web sites to define each term.
Suggested reference books: Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms by Donald Borror
Quick Study reference guide, Medical Terminology the Basics by Corinne Linton
For each week listed above, you will be responsible for the 30 terms listed under that week and any terms previously learned. Testing on this material will be in the form of pop quizzes in which you will be expected to provide the definition for a term or for a combination of terms.
Example: physio – the nature of function of
physiology – physio + ology – the study of function