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Medical Terminolgy
Section1 (a-c)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no, not |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| ad- | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus (air sac within the lung) |
| amni/o | amnion (sac that surrounds the embryo) |
| -an | pertaining to |
| ana- | up, apart |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anter/o | front |
| anti- | against |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | small artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| -ation | process, condition |
| aur/o | ear |
| aut- | self |
| axill/o | armpit |
| balan/o | penis |
| bi- | two |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchiol/o | small bronchial tube |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| capillar/o | capillary |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist bones (carpals) |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| -cision | process of cutting |
| cis/o | to cut |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| -coccus | bacterium (berry-shaped) |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| col/o | colon (largest intestine) |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| comi/o | to care for |
| con- | with, together |
| coni/o | dust |
| -coniosis | abnormal condition of dust |
| coron/o | heart |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | secrete |
| -crine | secretion |
| -crit | separation |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
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