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Med Term 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| electr- | electricity |
| combining vowel o | ex: rhin/o/plasty |
| singular: vertebra | plural: vertebrae |
| singular: thorax | plural: thoraces |
| singular: apex | plural: apices |
| singular: appendix | plural: appdendices |
| singular: sarcoma | plural: sarcomata |
| singular: metastasis | plural: metastases |
| singular: spermatozoon | plural: spermatozoa |
| singular: alveolus | plural: alveoli |
| singular: ovum | plural: ova |
| singular: biopsy | plural: biopsies |
| singular: phalanx | plural: phalanges |
| encephal/o/malacia | softening of the brain |
| sub/cutane/ous | pertaining to underneath the skin |
| hyster/o/pexy | surgical fixation of the uterus |
| pan/sinus/itis | inflammation of all of the sinus |
| angi/o/rraphy | to suture a vessel |
| inter/ventricul/ar | pertaining to between ventricles |
| surgical repair of the voice box | laryng/o/plasty |
| instrument for viewing a joint | arthr/o/scope |
| pertaining to below the shoulder blade | sub/o/logy |
| study of the eye | opthalm/o/logy |
| nerve tumor | neur/oma |
| pertaining to within a muscle | intra/muscul/ar |