cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o, and theli/o.
A name derived from a person, often used for diseases or medical procedures.
adren/o
Ear.
A cancerous tumor of fleshy tissue.
Tending to become progressively worse and result in death; a cancerous tumor that spreads.
Death of heart muscle cells due to oxygen deprivation, commonly known as a heart attack.
ren/o
or/o
Largest part of the brain.
Urinary bladder.
The first part of the small intestine.
Brain.
Woman.
Breast.
Kidney.
Excision of the larynx.
ovari/o and oophor/o.
Objective evidence of disease or physical manifestation of injury.
hidr/o and sudor/o.
Tumor.
It refers to the abdomen, as in 'laparoscopy'.
append/o
uter/o, hyster/o, and metri/o.
Disease.
It refers to the colon, as in 'colostomy'.
Not malignant; a non-cancerous tumor that does not spread.
It refers to the heart, as in 'coronary'.
Lower back.
Vertebral column.
Clotting.
Skin.
Intestine.
Liver.
Larynx (voice box).
Muscle.
Laryngeal.
nas/o and rhin/o.
rect/o and proct/o.
Nerve.
abdomin/o
A disease that is rapid, severe, and relatively short in duration.
Bone.
Ovary.
It refers to blood vessels, as in 'angiogram'.
ven/o and phleb/o.
A cancerous tumor of epithelial tissue.
Blood vessel.
An abnormal condition of the brain resulting in ischemia, commonly referred to as a stroke.
It refers to the lung, as in 'pulmonary'.
Head.
Red.
Sugar.
Uterus.
White.
A group of symptoms and signs that collectively indicate or characterize a disease or disorder.
An acronym is formed from initial letters, while an abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase.
thyr/o, thyroid/o, and thyroaden/o.
A return of a disease or its symptoms after partial recovery.
hem/o
Mind.
Radiation.
Bronchial tube.
Heart.
onych/o
Large intestine.
Food tube.
Uterus.
Pertaining to the tailbone.
A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease.
Cervical.
Eye.
vesic/o and cyst/.
The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside without achieving a cure.
The process of distinguishing between diseases based on clinical signs and epidemiological parameters.
Vein.
ot/o
lip/o
Nose.
Flesh.
Windpipe.
Urine or urea.
Stomach.
Knowledge.
Pharyngeal.
The act of identifying the nature and cause of a disease or injury.
pituitary/o and hypophys/o.
Subjective evidence of disease or what the patient experiences about the injury.
Thoracic.
Ovary.
gloss/o and lingu/o.
An increase in the severity of the disease or its symptoms.
Lung.
It refers to the eye, as in 'ocular'.
Kidney.
Cancer.
It refers to muscle, as in 'muscular'.
Neck.
Cell.
Electricity.
Gum.
Blood.
In nouns ending with 'x' preceded by a consonant, change the 'x' into 'g' when deriving an adjective or adding a suffix.
Incision of the pharynx.
core/o and pupill/o.
A word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart name or major parts of a compound term.
ten/o and tendin/o.
orch/o, orchid/o, and orchi/o.
It lasts for a long period and may be controlled but almost never cured.
It refers to the backbone, as in 'vertebral'.
vagin/o and colp/o.
mamm/o
episi/o and vulv/o.
Lung.
Arthritis.
A condition in which blood supply is held back from a part of the body.
Time.
Chest.
Blood vessel.
Abdomen.
Breast.
