Medical Latin & Greek

U -ula small, minute -ule small, minute uln/o ulna (lower arm bone on opposite side of thumb) ultra- excess, beyond -um structure, thing umbilic/o umbilicus, navel ungu/o nail uni- one...

T tachy-  rapid tax/o order, coordination -taxia order, coordination ten/o tendon tend/o tendon tendin/o tendon -tension to stretch test/o testis (plural, testes) thalam/o thalamus thalass/o sea thec/o sheath (usually refers...

S sacr/o sacrum salping/o tube (usually fallopian or eustachian tube) -salpinx tube (usually fallopian or eustachian tube) sarc/o flesh (connective tissue) -sarcoma malignant tumor of connective tissue scapul/o scapula (shoulder...

Q quadri- four R rachi/o spine radi/o radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) radicul/o nerve root rect/o rectum ren/o kidney reticul/o net, mesh retin/o retina retro- backward,...

P pachy- thick palat/o palate (roof of mouth) pan- all pancreat/o pancreas -para to bear (offspring) para- near, beside; beyond parathyroid/o parathyroid glands -paresis partial paralysis patell/o patella (kneecap) path/o...

O obstetr/o midwife ocul/o eye odont/o teeth -oid resembling -ole small, minute olig/o scanty -oma tumor omphal/o navel (umbilicus) onc/o tumor onych/o nail oophor/o ovary -opaque obscure ophthalm/o eye -opia...

N narc/o stupor; numbness; sleep nas/o nose nat/o birth natr/o sodium (an electrolyte) necr/o death, necrosis neo- new nephr/o kidney neur/o nerve neutr/o neutral; neither nid/o nest noct/o night nucle/o...

M macro- large mal- bad -malacia softening mamm/o breast -mania state of mental disorder, frenzy mast/o breast mastoid/o mastoid process maxill/o maxilla (upper jaw bone) meat/o opening, meatus medi- middle...

L labi/o lip labyrinth/o labyrinth (inner ear) lacrim/o tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) lact/o milk -lalia speech, babble lamin/o lamina (part of vertebral arch) lapar/o abdomen laryng/o larynx...

J jaund/o yellow jejun/o jejunum (second part of small intestine) K kal/i potassium (an electrolyte) kary/o nucleus kerat/o horny tissue; hard; cornea kern/o kernel (nucleus) ket/o ketone bodies (acids and...