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Med Terms Ch. 9
ch. 9 med terms
Question | Answer |
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ad- | toward |
anti- | against, opposing |
endo- | within |
ex-, exo- | outside, away from |
hyper- | excessive, abnormally high, above |
hypo- | under, below normal |
para- | near, alongside, departure from normal |
syn- | together, joined |
acid/o | solution or substance with a pH less than 7 |
acr/o | extremity |
aden/o | gland |
andr/o | male |
calc/i | calcium |
cortic/o | tree bark, outer covering, cortex |
crin/o | to secrete |
dips/o | thirst |
gluc/o | glucose, sugar, sweet |
glyc/o, glycos/o | glycogen (storage form of sugar), glucose, sugar, sweet |
hormon/o | to set in motion |
kal/i | potassium |
ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies (a by-product of fat metabolism0 |
lob/o | rounded part, lobe |
myx/o | mucus |
natr/o | sodium |
ophthalm/o | eye |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
ren/o | kidney |
thyr/o | shield, thyroid |
tox/o | poison |
ur/o | urine |
-drome | run, running |
-edema | swelling |
-emia | condition of blood |
-ism | condition or disease |
-megaly | abnormally large |
-oid | resembling |
-osis | condition of |
-penia | abnormal reduction in number, deficiency |
-plasia | shape, formation |