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medicine ch 3
language of medicine ch 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| axill/o | armpit |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry shaped bacterium |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasia | development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| staphyl/o | cluster |
| -dynia | pain |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| my/o | muscle |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, budden |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| anteri/o | artery |
| angi/o | vessel |
| amni/o | amnion |
| argor/a | marketplace |
| ot/o | ear |
| neutr/o | neutrophil |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| mast/o | breast |
| -oid | resembling |
| -y | condition, process |
| -um | structure, tissue, thing |
| -ium | structure, tissue, thing |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| chron/o | time |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| -osis | abnormal, condition |
| -er | one who |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -theraphy | treatment |
| -phobia | fear |
| -pathy | disease |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trorac/o | chest |
| splen/o | spleen |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal | brain |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| -stasis | stopping |
| hydr/o | water fluid |
| -genic | pertaining to |
| -gram | record |
| ven/o | vein |
| -opsy | to view |
| ren/o | kidney |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| muc/o | mucus |
| necr/o | death |
| inguin/o | groin |
| -ia | condition |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chem/o | drug chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| col/o | color |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ose | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -itic | pertaining to |
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