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Week5
Medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cost/o | rib |
| bucc/a | cheek |
| -cide | causing death |
| -lytic | to reduce or destroy |
| -ole | little, small |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -emia | blood condition |
| oste/o | bone |
| or/o | mouth |
| retro- | behind |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| caud/o | lower part of the body , tail |
| anter/o | before , front |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| medi/o | middle |
| later/o | side |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow |
| pyr/o | heat, fever |
| -scope | examining, instrument |
| myc/o | fungus |
| H&P | History and physical |
| Hx, hx | history |
| L&W | living and well |
| A&P | anatomy & physiology |