Medical Terminology

List 8

scapul/o

• scapula (shoulder blade) – Scapulalgia

• Pain in the shoulder blade

– Scapular• Pertaining to the

shoulder blade

son/o

• Sound– Sonogram– Sonography– Sonorous

thyroid/o

• Thyroid gland– Hyperthyroidism– Hypothyroidism– Thyroidectomy– Thyroid gland– Parathyroid

top/o

• to put, place, position– Topical– Topography– Topalgia

troph/o

• development, nourishment– Trophic– Trophology– trophopathy

inter-

• between– Intervertebral– Intermuscular– Internal– Internatal– Interspinal

Intra

• with in – intracranial– Intrauterine– Intravenous– Intramuscular– Intrapartum– Intrapsychic– Intrathoracic

• If you give an injection of pain medication into the muscle (IM). Would you say it was an – Intermuscular injection– Intramuscular injection

mal-

• Bad– Malignant– Malodorous– Malnutrition– Malpractice

meta-

• change, beyond– Metastasis– Metabolism

neo-

• New– Neonatal– Neoplasm– Neoplastic

para-

• beside, near, along the side– Paralysis– Paraplegia– Parathyroid– parathyroid hormone

peri-

• Surrounding– Perianal– Periosteum

poly-

• many, much – polydipsia– Polyuria– Polyneuropathy– Polyphagia

post-

• after, behind– Postmortem– Postpartum

pre-

• Behind– Precancerous– Prenatal

pro-

• before, forward– prolapse

-ine

• pertaining to

-lapse

• to fall, slide– Prolapse

-mission

• to send– Remission– Admission

-mortem

• Death– Postmorteum

-ous

• pertaining to – Malodorous

-partum

• Birth– Postpartum

-phagia

• to eat, swallow – Dysphagia– Aphagia– Polyphagia

-phasia

• to speak– Aphasia– Dysphasia– bradyphasia