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Set 4
Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
acu/o | sudden, sharp |
adip/o | fat tissues |
angi/o | vessel containing fluid |
axill/o | armpit |
carcin/o | cancer of gland tissue |
cerebr/o | brain |
chem/o | chemical, drug |
cis/o | cut |
cost/o | rib |
electr/o | electrical activity |
gynec/o | female |
iatr/o | treatment |
klept/o | steal |
laryng/o | voicebox, larynx |
mandibul/o | lower jaw |
maxill/o | upper jaw |
nat/o | birth, born |
nect/o | bind |
ox/o | oxygen |
sarc/o | nongland tissue, flesh |
son/o | sound, ultrasound |
vit/o | living, alive |
auto/ | self |
bi/ | two |
con/ | with |
contra/ | opposite, against |
meta/ | change, beyond |
poly/ | many |
syn/ | together with |
sym/ | together with |
trans/ | across |
ultra/ | beyond, higher than |
/blast | undifferentiated, original |
/drome | run |
/fusion | pour, bond |
/genesis | creating |
/malacia | softening |
/mania | excessive preoccupation or obsession |
/manic | excessive preoccupation or obsession |
/oma | tumor, mass |
/partum | labor, delivery |
/penia | lack of, decrease, poor |
/plasty | restore by surgery |
/stoma | body opening (to the outside) |
/stomy | surgically created body opening |
/therapy | treatment |
/tome | cutting instrument |
/tomy | cut into or slice |
/trophy | growth, development by size or nourishment |
/trophic | relating to growth, development |