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Question | Answer |
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aneurysm/o | aneurysm (widened blood vessel) |
anthrac/o | coal, coal dust |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
atel/o | incomplete; imperfect |
ather/o | fatty plaque |
bronch/o | bronchus (plural, bronchi) |
bronchi/o | bronchus (plural, bronchi) |
cardi/o | heart |
coni/o | dust |
cyan/o | blue |
electr/o | electricity |
emphys/o | to inflate |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
hem/o | blood |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
isch/o | to hold back; block |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
lob/o | lobe |
my/o | muscle |
nas/o | nose |
ox/i | oxygen |
pector/o | chest |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
phleb/o | vein |
phren/o | daiphragm; mind |
pleur/o | pleura |
pneum/o | air; lung |
pneumon/o | air; lung |
pulmon/o | lung |
py/o | pus |
rhin/o | nose |
scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of the eye) |
sept/o | septum |
sphygm/o | pulse |
spir/o | breathe |
steth/o | chest |
therm/o | heat |
thorac/o | chest |
thromb/o | blood clot |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
valvul/o | valve |
vas/o | vessel; vas deferns; duct |
vascul/o | vessel (usually vessel or lymph) |
ven/o | vein |
a-, an- | without, not |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
endo- | in, within |
eu- | good, normal |
extra- | outside |
hyper- | excessive, above normal |
peri- | around |
tachy- | rapid |
trans- | across, through |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-capnia | carbon dioxide (co2) |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-clysis | irrigation, washing |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
-oxia | oxygen |
-pathy | disease |
-phonia | voice |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptysis | spitting |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-gram | record, writing |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-lysis | seperation; destruction; loosening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-stasis | standing still |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-thorax | chest |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tomy | incision |