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Terms mod 1
Question | Answer |
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acromi/o | acromion |
aer/o | air |
an/o | anus |
anklyl/o | stiffness:bent |
append/o or appendic/o | appendix |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
bucc/o | cheek |
calcane/o | calcanem heel bone |
carp/o | carpus wrist bone |
cec/o | cecum |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck:cervix |
cheil/o | lip |
chol/e | bile,gall |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | bile duct |
cholelith/o | gallstones |
chondr/0 | cartilage |
clavicul/o | clavicle |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium skull |
dactyl/o | fingers and toes |
decidu/o | falling off: shedding |
dent/o | teeth |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestine usually small |
esophag/o | esophagus |
fasci/o | band,fasica |
femor/o | femur |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibul/o | fibula |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
humer/o | humerus |
ile/o | ileum |
ili/o | ilium |
iscji/o | ishium |
jejun/o | jeiunum |
kyph/o | humpback |
labi/o | lip |
lamin/o | lamina |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
lingu/o | tongue |
lith/o | stobe, calulus |
lord/o | curve or swayback |
lumb/o | loins |
metacarp/o | metacarpus |
metatars/o | metatarsus |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow |
odont/o | teeth |
or/o | mouth |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
patell/o | patella |
ped/i | foot child |
ped/o | foot child |
pelv/i or o | pelvis |
peps/o | digestion |
phalang/o | phalangies |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
pod/o | foot |
proct/o | anus,rectum |
pub/o | pelvis bone |
pylor/o | pylorus |
rachio/o | spine |
radi/o | radiation:x-ray |
rect/o | rectum |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle |
rug/o | fold, ruga |
scapul/o | scapula |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum |
stomat/o | mouth |
synov/o | synovial membrance |
ten,tend,tendon/o | tendon |
thorac/o | thorax |
tibi/o | tibia |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
vertebr/o | verebra: spinalor |
-ad | toward |
-al,ar,eal | p2 |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-cele | hernia or swelling |
-clasia, clast | break |
-cure | care of |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | surgical fixation |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision |
-emesis | vomiting |
-gram | record: x ray film |
-graph | instrument to record |
-graphy | process of |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | condition |
-iatry | physican: treatment |
-ism | state of |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-logist | specialist in study by |
-lysis | loosening: separating |
-malacia | softning |
-megaly | enlargement |
-metry | act of measurement |
-ole | small, minute |
-oma | tumour:swelling |
-orexia | appetite |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating: swallowing |
-physis | growth |
-plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-porosis | passage |
-prandial | meal |
-ptosis | dropping,sagging |
`-rrhapy | surting:repairing |
-rrhea | flow |
-schisis | split |
-scope | instrument used 4 visual exam |
-scopy | visual exam |
-spasm | sudden |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-tomy | incision |
trophy | nourishment |
a- | with or absence |
an- | without or absence |
ante- | before |
dia- | through:complete |
dys- | difficult: painful |
endo- | within infront of |
epi- | on upon over |
hypo- | below: incomplete |
leuko- | white |
meta- | after beyond change |
peri- | surrounding outer around |
quadra- | four |
radio- | radiation |
sub- | under below |
supra- | above superior |
syn- | together, joined union |
EMG | electromyography |
ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholongia pancreatography |
FX | fracture |
GB | gallbladder |
GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease |
HD | hearing distance |
HP | hemipelvectomy |
IBS | irritable bowel syndrome |
IM | itramuscular |
IV | intravenous |
MG | myasthenia |
MS | mitral stenosis |
NSAIDS | nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
PUD | peptic ulcer disease |
R/O | rule out |
ROM | range of motion |
THA | total hip arthroplastry |
THR | total hip replacement |
TKA | total knee arthroplasty |
ABC | aspiration biopsy cytology |
ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
AE | above the elbow |
AK | above the knee |
BA | barium |
BAE | barium enema |
BK | below the knee |
BM | bowel movement |
C1,C2 | first and second cervical vertebra |
CA | cardiac arrest |
CDH | congenital dislocation of hip |
CF | cystic fibrosis |
CT | computed tomography |
DJD | degenerative joint disease |