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Med Term 1
Term | Definition |
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electr- | electricity |
combining vowel o | ex: rhin/o/plasty |
singular: vertebra | plural: vertebrae |
singular: thorax | plural: thoraces |
singular: apex | plural: apices |
singular: appendix | plural: appdendices |
singular: sarcoma | plural: sarcomata |
singular: metastasis | plural: metastases |
singular: spermatozoon | plural: spermatozoa |
singular: alveolus | plural: alveoli |
singular: ovum | plural: ova |
singular: biopsy | plural: biopsies |
singular: phalanx | plural: phalanges |
encephal/o/malacia | softening of the brain |
sub/cutane/ous | pertaining to underneath the skin |
hyster/o/pexy | surgical fixation of the uterus |
pan/sinus/itis | inflammation of all of the sinus |
angi/o/rraphy | to suture a vessel |
inter/ventricul/ar | pertaining to between ventricles |
surgical repair of the voice box | laryng/o/plasty |
instrument for viewing a joint | arthr/o/scope |
pertaining to below the shoulder blade | sub/o/logy |
study of the eye | opthalm/o/logy |
nerve tumor | neur/oma |
pertaining to within a muscle | intra/muscul/ar |