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 |