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A&P medterm review
HS-III MedTerm (kjb)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab- | away from |
| -ac, -ic | pertaining to |
| cyt/o, cyte | cell |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -ology | study of; science of |
| -ologist | one who studies or specializes |
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| path/o, -pathy | disease, feeling (emotion) |
| endo- | within, in, inside |
| col/o | large intestine |
| chol/e | bile |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| lith/o | stone |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| viscer/o | guts or internal organ |
| -plasia, plas/o | development, formation, or growth |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| neo- | new |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| medi/o | middle |
| cephal/o, -ceps | head |
| caud/o | lower part of the body, tail |
| di- | two |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ostomy | surgical formation of an artificial opening |
| phag/o | to eat |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| meat/o | meatus, passage |
| cyst/o, -cyst | bladder, sac |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| adip/o | fat |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat gland |
| epi- | above, upon,on |
| lip/o | fat |
| onych/o | nail |
| a, an | without, lack of |
| pil/o | hair |
| seb/o | secretions from the sebaceous gland |
| cardi/o | heart |
| hem/o | blood |
| arteri/o | artery |
| -emia | blood/blood condition |
| phleb/o | vein |
| tachy | fast, rapid |
| ven/o | vein |
| brady- | slow |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
| oste/o | bone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | skull |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cost/o | rib |
| burs/o | sac of fluid near a joint |
| –otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| –itis | inflammation |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| aden/o | gland |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| splen/o | spleen |
| pyr/o | fever |
| ten/o, tend/o | tendon |
| sarc/o | connective tissue, flesh |
| dys- | bad, difficult, or painful |
| kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o | movement |
| fasci/o | fiborous band |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| poly- | many |
| py/o | pus |
| -oma | tumor |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cephal/o | head |
| encephal/o | brain |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hemi | half |
| phas/o | speech |
| -paresis | weakness |
| plegia | paralysis |
| psych/o | mind |
| laryng/o | voicebox (larynx) |
| -oxia | oxygen condition |
| nas/o | nose |
| -capnia | pertaining to carbon dioxide |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung |
| cyan- | blue |
| -uria | urine |
| -genesis | development |
| circumcis- | cutting around |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| mamm/o | breast, mammary glands |
| men/o | monthly, menstruation |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| orch(id)/o | testes |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| sperm(at)/o | seed |
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