Medical Terminology Letter O
Medical Terminology Letter O
| TERM |
MEANING |
| obstetr/o |
midwife |
| octa-, octi- |
eight |
| ocul/o |
eye |
| odont/o |
tooth |
| -oid |
resembling |
| -ole |
little, small |
| ole/o |
oil |
| olfact/o |
smell |
| olig/o |
scanty, few, little |
| -oma |
tumor, mass |
| om/o |
shoulder |
| omphal/o |
navel |
| onc/o |
tumor, mass |
| onych/o |
nail |
| o/o |
egg, ovum |
| oophor/o |
ovary |
| ophry/o |
eyebrow |
| ophthalm/o |
eye |
| -opia, -opsia |
vision |
| opisth/o |
backward, behind |
| op/o |
juice, face |
| -opsy |
to view |
| opt/o |
eye, vision |
| orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o |
testis |
| -orexia |
appetite |
| organ/o |
organ |
| ornith/o |
bird |
| or/o |
mouth |
| orth/o |
straight, normal, correct |
| osche/o |
scrotum |
| oscill/o |
to swing |
| -osis |
condition, status, abnormal increase |
| osm/o, osmia |
sense of smell, odor, impulse |
| osphresi/o, -osphresia |
sense of smell, odor |
| oste/o |
bone |
| ot/o |
ear |
| ovari/o |
ovary |
| ov/o, ov/i |
egg, ovum |
| ox/o, -oxia |
oxygen |
| oxy- |
sharp, quick, sour |
