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Medical Terminology
several weeks of medterms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| -blast | immature, embroyonic |
| -cide | causing death |
| immune/o | immune, safe |
| -lytic | reduce, destroy |
| neo- | new |
| onc/o | tumor |
| phag/o | swallow, eat |
| -plasmn | formative material of cells |
| sarc/o | connective tissue, flesh |
| splen/o | spleen |
| -edema | swelling |
| -pathy | disease |
| -ole | small, little |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -able | capable of, able to |
| acr/o | extremities, top |
| ambul/o | walk |
| -one | hormone |
| or/o | oral cavitiy |
| varic/o | varicose veins, swollen or dialated veins |
| ven/o | vein |
| arter/o | artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| carp/o | wrist bone |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| mega- | large |
| pan- | all of, every, entire |
| para- | near |
| trache/o | trachea |
| atel/o | imcomplete |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| ecstasis- | stretching, enlargement |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| phon/o | sound |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| laryng/o | larynx, voicebox |
| nas/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinuses |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| alveol/o | alveoli |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -al | pertaining to |
| brachy- | short |
| -poesis | formation |
| -ologist | specialist |
| post- | after |
| hypo- | decreased |
| tachy- | fast |
| a-, an- | without |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -graphy | process of producing a record |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| scoli/o | curved |
| nat/i | birth |
| ad- | near |
| ot/o | ear |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| derm/o | skin |
| -gyn | female |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| -oscopy | visual examination |
| -us | noun ending |
| poli/o | gray |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| throa/o | chest |
| heter/o | other |
| pub/o | pubis |
| -y | noun ending |
| ather/o | fatty, lipid |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| ab- | away from |
| ment/o | mind, chin |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -brady | slow |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| cyan/o | blue |
| anti- | against |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| cox/o | hip joint |
| auto- | self |
| ambi- | both |
| dermat/o | skin |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| -cyte | cell |
| kyph/o | hump |
| leuk/o | white |
| ceps- | head |
| asthmat/o | gasping, choking |
| plast- | growth |
| metabol/o | change |
| mamm/o | breast |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| pre- | before |
| oste/o | bone |
| hem/o | blood |
| cost/o | rib |
| consci/o | aware |
| -phoria | bear, carry |
| pleb/o | vein |
| mobil/o | capable of moving |
| cephal/o | head |
| electr/o | electricity |
| chrom/o | color |
| thromb/o | clot |
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