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LUCON
unit three medical terminology
Question | Answer |
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combining forms aden/o | gland |
combining form amni/o | amnion |
combining form angi/o | (blood) vessel |
combining form arteri/o | artery |
combining form arthr/o | joint |
combining form ather/o | plaque |
combining form axill/o | arm pit |
combining form bronch/o, bronchi/o | trachea |
combining form carcin/o | cancerous |
combining form cardi/o | heart |
combining form chem/o | drug, chemical |
combining form cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
combining form chron/o | time |
combining form col/o | colon |
combining form crani/o | skull |
combining form cry/o | cold |
combining form cyst/o | urinary bladder |
combining form electr/o | electricity |
combining form encephal/o | brain |
combinin form erythr/o | red |
combining form esophag/o | esophagus |
combining form hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
combining form hepat/o | liver |
combining form hyster/o | uterus |
combining form inguin/o | groin |
combining form isch/o | to hold back |
combining form lapar/o | abdomen |
combining form laryng/o | larynx |
combining form leuk/o | white |
combining form mamm/o | breast -ary; -graphy; -gram; plasty |
combining form mast/o | breast -ectomy; -itis |
combining form men/o | menses |
combining form mening/o | meninges |
combining form my/o | muscle |
combining form myel/o | spinal cord |
combining form necr/o | death |
combining form nephr/o | kidney |
combining form neur/o | nerve |
combining form oophor/o | ovary |
combining form oste/o | bone |
combining form ot/o | ear |
combining form pelv/o | hip area |
combining form peritone/o | peritoneum |
combining form phleb/o | vein |
combining form pneumon/o, pulmon/o | lung |
combining form radi/o | x-rays |
combining form ren/o | kidney |
combining form rhin/o | nose |
combining form salping/o | fallopian tube |
combining form sarc/o | flesh |
combining form septic/o | pertaining to infection |
combining form thorac/o | chest |
combining form tonsill/o | tonsil |
combining form trache/o | trachea |
combining form ur/o | urine |
combining form vascul/o | blood vessels |
diagnostic suffixes -algia | pain |
diagnostic suffixes -emia | blood condition |
diagnostic suffixes -ia | condition |
diagnostic suffixes -itis | inflamation |
diagnostic suffixes -megaly | enlargement |
diagnostic suffixes -oma | tumor, mass |
diagnostic suffixes -osis | abnormal condition |
diagnostic suffixes -pathy | disease condition |
diagnostic suffixes -rrhea | flow, discharge |
diagnostic suffixes -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood |
diagnostic suffixes -sclerosis | hardening |
diagnostic suffixes -uria | condition of urine |
adjective suffixes -al, -eal, -ar, -ary, -ic | pertaining to |
procedural suffixes -centesis | procedure to remove fluid |
procedural suffixes -ectomy | removal |
procedural suffixes -gram | record |
procedural suffixes -graphy | process of recording |
procedural suffixes -lysis | breakdown |
procedural suffixes -plasty | repair |
procedural suffixes -scopy | visual examination |
procedural suffixes -stomy | opening |
procedural suffixes -therapy | treament |
procedural suffixes -tomy | incision |
inflamations appendicitis | appendix |
inflamations bursitis | bursa |
inflamations cellulitis | soft tissue under skin |
inflamations dermatitis | skin |
inflamations endocarditis | inner lining of the heart |
inflamations epiglottitis | epiglottis |
inflamations gastritis | stomach |
inflamations hepatitis | liver |
inflamations myositis | muscle |
inflamations nephritis | kidney |
inflamations osteomyelitis | bone and bone marrow |
inflamations otitis | ear |
inflamation peritonitis | peritoneum |
inflamation pharyngitis | throat |
inflamation thrombophlebitis | vein (with clot formation) |
sarcomas chondrosarcoma | cartilage |
sarcomas fibrosarcoma | fibrous tissue |
sarcomas leiomyosarcoma | visceral / smooth muscle |
sarcomas liposarcoma | fatty tissue |
sarcomas osteogenic sarcoma | bone |
sarcomas rhabidomyosarcoma | skeletal muscle |
assorted malignant tumors hepatoma | liver |
assorted malignant tumors lymphoma | lymph nodes |
assorted malignant tumors melanoma | pigmented cells in the skin |
assorted malignant tumors mesothelioma | pleural cells in lungs |
assorted malignant tumors multiple myeloma | bone marrow cells |
assorted malignant tumors thymoma | thymus gland |
disease condition adenopathy | lymph nodes |
disease conditions adrenopathy | adrenal glands |
disease conditions hepatopathy | liver |
disease conditions lymphadenopathy | lymph nodes |
disease conditions myopathy | muscles |
disease conditions neuropathy | nerves |
disease conditions osteopathy | bones |
disease conditions retinopathy | retina of the eye |
resections adenectomy | gland |
resections adenoidectomy | adenoids |
resections appendectomy | appendix |
resections colectomy | colon |
resections gastrectomy | stomach |
resections laminectomy | a piece of the backbone |
resections myomectomy | muscle tumor |
resections pneumonectomy | lung |
resectons prostatectomy | prostate |
resections splenectomy | spleen |