Medical Terminology Letter T
Medical Terminology Letter T
| TERM |
MEANING |
| tachy- |
fast |
| tact/o |
touch |
| tal/o |
talus |
| taph/o |
grave |
| tars/o |
tarsus, edge of eyelid |
| tauto- |
identical, same |
| -taxia, tax/o |
arrangement, coordination |
| techn/o |
skill, art |
| tect/o |
rooflike |
| tegment/o |
covering |
| tel/e |
end, distant |
| tele/o |
perfect, complete |
| tel/o |
end |
| temp/o, tempor/o |
period of time, the temples |
| ten/o |
tendon |
| tenont/o |
tendon |
| -tension, tens/o |
stretched, strained |
| tephr/o |
gray (ashen) |
| tera- |
trillion (10¹²) |
| terat/o |
monster |
| termin/o |
boundary, limit |
| terti- |
third |
| test/o, testicul/o |
testis |
| tetan/o |
tetanus |
| tetra- |
four |
| thalam/o |
thalamus |
| thanat/o |
death |
| thec/o |
sheath |
| thel/o |
nipple |
| theor/o |
speculation |
| -therapy, therapeut/o |
treatment |
| theri/o |
animals |
| therm/o |
heat |
| thigm/o |
touch |
| thio- |
presence of sulfur |
| thorac/o |
chest |
| thromb/o |
clot, thrombus |
| -thymia |
mind, emotions |
| thym/o |
thymus gland |
| thyr/o |
thyroid gland |
| tibi/o |
tibia |
| toc/o, -tocia |
childbirth, labor |
| -tome |
instrument for cutting |
| tom/o |
a cutting (section/layer) |
| -tomy |
surgical incision |
| ton/o |
tone, tension |
| tonsill/o |
tonsils |
| top/o |
particular place or area |
| torpid/o |
sluggish, inactive |
| tors/o |
twisting, twisted |
| tox/o, toxic/o |
poison |
| trachel/o |
neck |
| trache/o |
trachea |
| trachy- |
rough |
| trans- |
across |
| traumat/o |
trauma, injury, wound |
| trem/o, tremul/o |
shaking, trembling |
| -tresia |
opening, perforation |
| tri- |
three |
| trich/o |
hair |
| tri/o |
to sort out, sorting |
| -tripsy |
to crush, break |
| -trophy, troph/o |
nourishment, growth |
| -tropia |
to turn |
| tubercul/o |
tubercle, tuberculosis |
| tub/o |
tube |
| -tumescence, tumesc/o |
swelling |
| turbid/i |
cloudy, confused |
| turg/o, turgid/o |
to swell, swollen |
| tympan/o |
eardrum (tympanic membrane) |
| type, typ/o |
class, representative form |
| typhl/o |
cecum, blindness |
| typh/o |
typhus, typhoid |
| tyr/o |
cheese, caseous |
