PCOM Medical Term Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Abdomin/o | abdomen |
Acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
Acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus |
angi/o | vessel |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
axill/o | armpit |
bi/o | life |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
chem/o | drug , chemical |
chondr/o | cartilidge |
chron/o | time |
col/o | colon (large intestine) |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
encephl/o | brain |
erythr/o | red |
hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hydr/o | water, fluid |
ingui/o | groin |
isch/o | to hold back |
lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
laryng/o | larynx |
leuk/o | white |
lymph/o | lymph; a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
morph/o | shape, form |
muc/o | mucus |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
neur/o | nerve |
neutr/o | neutrophil ( a white blood cell) |
nucle/o | nucleus |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
path/o | disease |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
phag/o | to eat, swallow |
phleb/o | vein |
plas/o | formation, development |
pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
pneumon/o | lungs |
pulmon/o | lungs |
radi/o | x-rays |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh |
splen/o | spleen |
staphyl/o | clusters |
strept/o | twisted chains |
thorac/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
ven/o | vein |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluids |
-coccus | berry shaped baterium |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | developement, formation, growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | process of visual examination (with an endoscope) |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, cutting, into |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-er | one who |
-ia | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-ole | little, small |
-ule | little, small |
-um, -ium | structure, tissue |
-us | structure, substance |
-y | condition, process |
-ac, -iac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-genic | pertaining to producing, producing, produced by, or in |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-oid | resembling |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
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