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Chap. 1 med. term.
Question | Answer |
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Cyan/o | blue |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
poli/o | gray |
neur/o | nerve |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-itis | inflammation |
gastr/o | stomach |
enter/o | small intestine |
myel/o | spinal cord |
my/o | muscle |
arthr/o | joint |
myel/o | bone marrow |
oste/o | bone |
cardi/o | heart |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ology | the study of a disease |
-algia | pain |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
hepat/o | liver |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-centisis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-graphy | process of recording a picture |
-gram | picture |
-scopy | visual examination |
-rrhage | abnormal excessive fluid discharge or bleeding |
-rrhagia | abnormal excessive fluid discharge or bleeding |
hem/o | blood |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | abnormal flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
natal | birth |
prenatal | before birth |
perinatal | around birth |
postnatal | after birth |
laryng | throat, larynx |
rhin/o | nose |
ab- | away from |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
hyper- | above normal |
inter- | between |
sub- | below |
ad- | toward or direction of |
eu- | good, normal |
hypo- | below normal |
intra- | within, inside |
supra- | above, excessive |
ot/o | ear |
lith- | stone |
edema | excess fluid |
-ologist | specialist |
-ostomy | surgically create artificial opening |