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Unit #4
Med Term Unit #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amyl/o | starch |
| bar/o | weight |
| bil/i | bile |
| carb/o | carbon |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| obes/o | obesity |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peps/o | digestion |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| phor/o | bear carry |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid, colon |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| trich/o | hair |
| dys (prefix) | difficult, painful, bad, abnormal |
| eu (prefix) | easy, good |
| mal (prefix) | bad, poor |
| sub (prefix) | below |
| ase (suffix) | enzyme |
| cele (suffix) | hernia |
| centesis (suffix) | surgical puncture |
| ectomy (suffix) | excise |
| genic (suffix) | forming |
| iasis (suffix) | condition, usually infestation |
| meter (suffix) | instrument |
| metry (suffix) | process, measuring |
| ostomy (suffix) | make a new opening |
| pepsia (suffix) | digestion |
| phagia (suffix) | eat, swallow |
| plegia (suffix) | paralysis |
| rrhagia (suffix) | hemorrhage |
| rrhapy (suffix) | suture |
| rrhea (suffix) | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis (suffix) | rupture |
| scope (suffix) | instrument used to look |
| scopy (suffix) | process of looking in a scope |
| tomy (suffix) | cut into |
| tripsy (suffix) | surgical crushing |
| iatrics (suffix) | medical practice |
| ity (suffix) | quality |