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Med. Term. 19
Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms "V, X, Y, Z"
Question | Answer |
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vaccin/o- | giving a vaccine |
vagin/o- | vagina |
vag/o- | wandering; vagus nerve |
valv/o- | valve |
valvul/o- | valve |
varic/o- | varix; varicose vein |
vascul/o- | blood vessel |
vas/o- | blood vessel; vas deferens |
vegetat/o- | growth |
veget/o- | vegetable |
venere/o- | sexual intercourse |
ven/i- | vein |
ven/o- | vein |
ventilat/o- | movement of air |
ventil/o- | movement of air |
vent/o- | a coming |
ventricul/o- | ventricle (lower heart chamber, chamber in the brain) |
ventr/o- | front; abdomen |
verd/o- | green |
-verse | to travel; to turn |
vers/o- | to travel; to turn |
vertebr/o- | vertebra |
vert/o- | to travel; to turn |
vesic/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
vesicul/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
vestibul/o- | vestibule (entrance) |
vest/o- | to dress |
viril/o- | masculine |
vir/o- | virus |
viscer/o- | large internal organs |
viscos/o- | thickness |
vis/o- | sight; vision |
vitre/o- | transparent substance |
voc/o- | voice |
volunt/o- | done of one's one free will |
vuls/o- | to tear |
vulv/o- | vulva |
xanth/o- | yellow |
xen/o- | foreign |
xer/o- | dry |
xiph/o- | sword |
-zoon | animal; living thing |
zygomat/o- | zygoma (cheekbone) |