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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -gram | record |
| oste/o | bone |
| -y | process, condition |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| ped/o | child |
| sect/o | to cut |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| -logy | process of study |
| aut-/auto- | self, own |
| trans- | across, through |
| epi- | above, upon |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| onc/o | tumor |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| dia- | complete, through |
| retro- | behind |
| in- | in, into |
| a-, an- | no, not without |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| pro- | before, forward |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing |
| sub- | below, under |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| cis/o | to cut |
| end-,endo- | within |
| crin/o | to secrete (to let out) |
| cyst/o | a sac (urinary bladder) |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| ren/o | kidney |
| -ion | process |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| neur/o | nerve |
| iatr/o | treatment/physician |
| vas/o | vessel |
| coron/o | heart |
| steth/o | chest |
| ven/o | vein |
| ven/i | vein |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ather/o | yellowish plaque, fatty substance |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| atri/o | atrium (upper heart chamber) |
| brachi/o | arm |
| pericardi/o | pericardium |
| aort/o | aorta |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (lower heart chamber) |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung |
| -pnea | breathing |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| coni/o | dust |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| -osmia | smell |
| lob/o | lobe of the lung |
| -ema | condition |
| phon/o | voice |
| tel/o | complete |
| thorac/o | chest |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| spir/o | breathing |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole, small bronchus |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| -thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
| sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -ptosis | drooping; sagging |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
| -tresia | opening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -penia | deficiency (lack of) |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of the cell |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| is/o | same, equal |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| -philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| sider/o | iron |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -blast | immature cell, embryonic |
| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away |
| granul/o | granules |
| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poilkil/o | varied, irregular |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -oid | derived from |
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