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Medical terms 350
Centene course - non clinical medical terms
Question | Answer |
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lobo | Section (Lobectomy) |
emesis | Vomiting |
contra | Against, Counter |
iasis | Condition |
trans | Through, Across (Transfusion) |
brady | Slow |
ectasis | Expansion |
cyt | Cell |
odont | Tooth |
leuk | White |
esthesia | Sensation |
cantho | Angle at the end of the eyelid |
steno | Narrow, contracted (Stenosis) |
cheli | Lip |
cele | Hernia |
benign | Not cancerous, mild |
semen | Seed |
celio | Abdomen |
erythro | Red ( |
vaso | Vessel (Vascular) |
melan | Black |
cauda | Tail |
lingua | Tongue |
myring | Eardrum |
spondyl | Spinal column (Spondylous) |
ovar | Egg, female reproductive cell |
centesis | Puncture |
oto | Ear |
bili | Bile |
squam | Scale |
mening | Membrane |
cec | Blind passage |
macul | Spot |
pexy | Suspension |
onco | Tumor |
or | Mouth |
sub | Under |
spiro | Coil |
lacrim | Tear |
viscero | Organ |
lact | Milk |
onych | Nail, claw |
thorac | Chest |
pyle | Gate |
vesic | Bladder |
sphenic | Wedge |
myel | Marrow, spinal cord |
anti | Against |
myco | Fungus |
hallux | Great toe (big toe) |
physio | Nature |
bucc(o) | Cheek |
palpebr | Eyelid |
plasia | Development |
rug | Wrinkle, fold, crease |
aur | Ear |
acoust(i) | Hearing |
colp(o) | Hollow, vagina |
phon | Voice, sound |
leio | Smooth |
cor | Heart |
ren | Kidney |
orchi | Testis |
encephal | Brain |
thalam | Inner chamber |
Plexus | Braid |
cilia | Eyelash |
dendr | Tree, branch |
phleb | Vein |
pilo | Hair |
histo | Tissue |
stoma | Mouth |
tympan | Eardrum |
umbilic | Navel |
salpingo | Tube |
helio | Sun |
astr | Star shaped |
asthenia | Weakness |
fascia | Sheet, band |
iso | Equal |
tarso | Ankle |
tope | Place |
pod | Foot |
malign | Bad |
adnexa | Ties, connections |
ocul | Eye |
lapar | Abdominal wall |
dacry | Tear |
ment | Mind |
part | Labor, bring forth |
scler(a) | Hard |
somato | Body |
trachel | neck |
sinus | Hollow space |
hypno | Sleep |
sept | Wall, fence |
scirr(h) | Hard |
antr | Cavity |
crine | To secrete |
dura | Hard |
-ic,-al,-ac | Pertaining to |
-ical | Pertaining to as set forth |
-y | The result of |
-ia | Unhealthy state, disease |
-um | um is used to form a complete name from a root word "momentum" |
-is | -is is used to form the name of a thing from the root "dermis" |
aden | Gland |
angi | Vessel |
arthr | Joint |
blephar | Eyelid |
cardi | Heart |
cerebr | Brain |
dermat | Skin |
ectomy | Surgical removal (Arthrectomy) |
enter | Intestines (Enteritis) |
gastro | Stomach (Gastrointestinal) |
gingiv | Gum (Gingivitis) |
hepat | Liver (Hepatic) |
itis | Inflammation (Gatritis) |
malacia | Soft (Adenomalacia) |
megal | Enlarged (Cardiomegaly) |
nephr | Kidney (Nephritis) |
ologist | Specialist (Gastrologist) |
ology | The study of disease (Dermatology) |
oma | Tumor (Angioma) |
osis | Condition of, disease of (Nephrosis) |
otomy | Surgical incision, to cut into (Gastrotomy) |
path | Disease (Cardiopathy) |
plast | Repair of (Angioplasty) |
rhin | Nose (Rhinoplasty) |
spasm | Involuntary contraction(s) (Blepharospasm) |