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chap 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| otomy | cutting into |
| connects 2 word roots | combing vowel |
| ot/o | ear |
| epi | on, upon |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| ectomy | Denotes a surgical operation or removal of a body part |
| itis | inflammation |
| stenosis | abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure |
| dys | bad, difficult, defective, abnormal |
| tachy | Denoting something as fast, irregularly fast |
| macr(o)- | large, long |
| scope | instrument for viewing |
| laryng(o)- | Of or pertaining to the larynx, the lower throat cavity where the voice box is |
| tri- | three |
| ophthalm(o)- | Of or pertaining to the eye |
| foundation of a medical term | word rooot |
| to measure time | Prothrombin time |
| enter(o)- | Of or pertaining to the intestine |
| word root + combining vowel | coming forum |