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Multi - Penia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| multi- | many, multiple, excessive; multiple scleraosis (MS)- hardening of the many nerves |
| mumps | swelling; mumps- s a viral infection of the paraotid saliva gland near the ear |
| my/o- | muscle; myoma- muscle tumor |
| myc/o- | fungus; mycoid is resembling a fungus |
| mydri/o- | to widen; mydrioptic- referring to when he pupil dilates to widen the vision |
| myelo- | spinal cord or bone marrow; myelogram- recording of activity of the spinal cord |
| myring/o- | eardrum; myringtiis- inflammation of the eardrum |
| myx/o- | mucus; myxoid- resembling mucus |
| nano- | 1 billionth |
| narc/o- | sleep; narcolepsy- suddenly falling into sleep |
| nares | nose opening; nares |
| nas/o- | nose; nasal- referring to the nose |
| nat- | birth; natal- referring to birth |
| natri- | sodium or salt; hypernatremia- increase in sodium or salt in blood |
| navicul/o- | boa or boat shaped; navicular- referring to a boat shaped ankle and wrist scaphoid bones) |
| necr/o- | death, dead, dying; necrotic- referring to death or dying things |
| neo- | new; neoplasm- a new growth |
| nephr/o- | kidney; nephritis- inflammation of kidney |
| neur/o- | nerve; neuralgia- nerve pain |
| neutr/o- | neither or neutral; neutrophile- WBC that stains with a neutral PH of 7 |
| nev/o- | birthmark; nevus referring to a birth mark like moles or stains |
| nigra- | black; nigra bodies- black structures in the nucleus |
| nin/o- | nine; ninus- pertaining to nine |
| noct/i- | night or blind; nocturia- urination at night |
| -noia | mind; paranoia- beyond the mind; loss of reality |
| nucle/o- | nut; nucleus- referring to the nut shaped |
| null/i | none or no; nullipara- having a null or voided birth |
| nutri/o- | to nourish; nutrition- the process of creating nourishment |
| -o/pexy | to fixate, attach, sew; nephropexy- the process of fixing the kidney by sewing back |
| -o/plasty | repair or plastic surgery; rhinoplasty- to repair the nose through surgery |
| -o/rrhagia | bursting forth or heavy flow; menorrhagia- having an extremely heavy flow |
| -o/rrhea | discharge or flow; menorrhea- having monthly discharge or flow |
| -o/rrhexis | rupture or protrusion; enterorrhexis- a small rupture in the intestine |
| oblique | side-long or slanted; oblique- side or slanted at about 45 degree angle |
| obstetr/i- | midwife; obstetrics- pertaining to childbirth |
| occipit/o- | back of the head; occipitotomy- opening on the back of the head |
| occlusi/o- | closure or blockage; occlusion- process of closure or blockage |
| occult/o- | hidden; occulta- referring to the hidden condition |
| oct/o- | eight; octagon- having eight sides |
| ocul/o- | eye |
| odont/o- | tooth; odontoid- resembling a tooth |
| -oid | resembling; lipoid- resembling fat |
| oleo- | oil; oleo one letter off from oil, Olive Oil |
| -oleum | oil; petroleum- stone oil |
| olfact/o- | smelling or smell; olfactory |
| olig/o- | few, scanty, slight, little; oligomenorrhea- having a very light period |
| -ology | science or study of, process of |
| -oma | tumor or swelling; carcinoma- cancer swelling |
| omo- | shoulder; omobursitis- inflamation of the shoulder |
| omphal/o- | navel or umbilicus; omphalectomy- removal of the ubilicus |
| onc/o- | tumor; oncology- the study of out of control tumors known as cancer |
| onych/o- | nail; onchyofidia- a spilt nail |
| oophoro- | ovary; oophoritis- inflamed ovaries |
| ophthalm/o- | eye or eyeball; ophthalmologist- person who studies the eyes |
| opisth/o- | backwards (bending); opisthotonus- muscle contractions that allow the head to bend backwards |
| opto- | vision, sight, eye; optometrist- person who corrects vision |
| ora- | mouth; oral- pertaining to the mouth |
| orb- | circle or dish; orbital- eye socket (the circle orb part) |
| orchi/o- | teste or seed producer; orchioma- tumor in the testes |
| -orexia | appetite; anorexia- without appetite (not hungry) |
| -orrhaphy | suturing or repair; neurorrhaphy- procedure where you suture or repair the nerve |
| orth/o- | staight, normal, correct; orthodontic- braces to straighten teeth |
| os- | mouth; tracheostomy- cut open a whole in the windpipe to create a mouth to breath out of |
| oscill/o- | to swing; oscillograph- an instrument to measure the swinging |
| -ose | sugar; maltose- malt sugar |
| -osis | condition of or disease; scoliosis- disease causing crooked spine |
| osmo- | smell; anosmia- referring to not having a smell |
| oste/o- | bone; osteopath- disease caused by bone |
| -ostomy | mouth like opening produced by surgery; colostomy- opening a mouth like hole in the colon |
| ot/o- | ear; otitis- inflammation of the ear |
| -otomy | cutting, to cut, cut into; anatomy- the procedure cutting apart the body to see what's inside |
| -otripsy | crushing or to crush; lithotripsy- crushing up stones to get ride of kidney stones |
| ov/o- | egg; ovary- referring to the eggs |
| ox/y- | sharp or oxygen molecules; oxyopia- referring to very sharp vision |
| pachy- | thick; pachydermia- referring to having thick skin |
| palat/o- | palate, plate or plate of the mouth roof; palatoplasty- repairing the roof of the mouth or your mouth plate |
| pall/o- | pale or lack of color; pallor- one who is pale or lacking color |
| palm/a- | palm or palm of hand; palmar- referring to the palm |
| palpat/o- | touching or to touch; palpation- processing of touching |
| palpebra- | eyelid; palpebritis- inflammation of the eyelid |
| palpit- | quivering or fluttering; palpitation- process of quivering or fluttering of the heart |
| palsy- | slight or moderate paralysis; Cerebral palsy- paralysis of the brain or injury to brain that causes temporary or permanent loss of sensation, movement, control) |
| pan- | all, total, complete; pandemic- a complete total disease spreading everyone |
| papilla- | nippily; papillary- state of being a nipple |
| para- | near, beside, beyond, around, similar, abnormal; parathyroid- near shield shaped resembling |
| -paresis | paralysis; hemiparesis- condition of being half paralyzed |
| pariet/o- | wall or partition; parietal- referring to the wall of a cavity |
| part/o- | birth or labor; postpartum- referring to after birth |
| patell/o- | little dish or knee cap; patellar- referring to the knee cap |
| path/o- | disease; pathology- science of disease |
| paus/o- | stoppage; menopausal- referring to the monthly stoppage |
| pect/o- | chest; pectoral- chest or breast area referring |
| ped- | foot or feet; pedal- a foot operated pedal |
| pedi- | child; pediatrics- medicine treating children |
| pedicul/o- | lice; pediculosis- condition of having lice |
| peli- | purple; peliosis- condition of being purple |
| pell- | skin; pellagra- having skin |
| pelvi/o- | base, basin, pelvis; pelvic- referring to the basin that is bound by hip bones and the sacrum |
| pen/o- | tail, organ of copulation, penis; penitis- inflammation of penis |
| -penia | decrease in number; luekocytopenia- decrease in the number of WBC's |
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