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Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acro | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acuo | sudden, sharp, severe |
| amnio | amnion |
| angio | vessal |
| aterio | artery |
| axillo | armpit |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| broncho | bronchial tubes |
| leuko | white |
| lympho | lymph |
| mammo | breast |
| masto | breast |
| morpho | shape, form |
| muco | mucus |
| myelo | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necro | death |
| oto | ear |
| peritoneo | peritoneum |
| phago | to eat, swallow |
| phlebo | vein |
| plaso | formation, development |
| pleuro | pleura |
| pneumono | lungs, air |
| pulmono | lungs |
| rectro | rectum |
| speno | spleen |
| staphylo | clusters |
| strepto | twisted chain |
| tonsillo | tonsils |
| veno | vein |
| algia | pain |
| cele | hurnia |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| coccus | bacterium |
| cyte | cell |
| dynia | pain |
| ectomy | surgical removel |
| emia | blood condition |
| genesis | conditon of producing, forming |
| malacia | softening |
| lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
| megaly | enlargement |
| osis | condition |
| penia | deficiency |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | development, formation, growth |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plexy | surgical fixation |
| ptosis | sagging, drooping |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| stasis | stopping, controling |
| therapy | treatment |
| tomy | cutting into - not removing |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| ia | condition |
| ole | small, little |
| ule | small, little |
| um, ium | structure, tissue |
| us | structure, substance |
| genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by |
| oid | resembling |
| ose | full of |