Medical Terminology Letter T

 

TERMMEANING
tachy-fast
tact/otouch
tal/otalus
taph/ograve
tars/otarsus, edge of eyelid
tauto-identical, same
-taxia, tax/oarrangement, coordination
techn/oskill, art
tect/orooflike
tegment/ocovering
tel/eend, distant
tele/operfect, complete
tel/oend
temp/o, tempor/operiod of time, the temples
ten/otendon
tenont/otendon
-tension, tens/ostretched, strained
tephr/ogray (ashen)
tera-trillion (10¹²)
terat/omonster
termin/oboundary, limit
terti-third
test/o, testicul/otestis
tetan/otetanus
tetra-four
thalam/othalamus
thanat/odeath
thec/osheath
thel/onipple
theor/ospeculation
-therapy, therapeut/otreatment
theri/oanimals
therm/oheat
thigm/otouch
thio-presence of sulfur
thorac/ochest
thromb/oclot, thrombus
-thymiamind, emotions
thym/othymus gland
thyr/othyroid gland
tibi/otibia
toc/o, -tociachildbirth, labor
-tomeinstrument for cutting
tom/oa cutting (section/layer)
-tomysurgical incision
ton/otone, tension
tonsill/otonsils
top/oparticular place or area
torpid/osluggish, inactive
tors/otwisting, twisted
tox/o, toxic/opoison
trachel/oneck
trache/otrachea
trachy-rough
trans-across
traumat/otrauma, injury, wound
trem/o, tremul/oshaking, trembling
-tresiaopening, perforation
tri-three
trich/ohair
tri/oto sort out, sorting
-tripsyto crush, break
-trophy, troph/onourishment, growth
-tropiato turn
tubercul/otubercle, tuberculosis
tub/otube
-tumescence, tumesc/oswelling
turbid/icloudy, confused
turg/o, turgid/oto swell, swollen
tympan/oeardrum (tympanic membrane)
type, typ/oclass, representative form
typhl/ocecum, blindness
typh/otyphus, typhoid
tyr/ocheese, caseous