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Medical Terminology
Trouble prefix/Suffix/Root Words
Term | Definition |
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auscul/o- | listening |
vesicul/o- | bladder / fluid-filled sac |
articul/o- | joint |
calcane/o- | heel bone / calcaneus |
ethm/o- | sieve |
goni/o- | angle |
ischi/o- | hip bone / ischium |
kyph/o- | bent / humpbacked |
lacrim/o- | tears |
lord/o- | swayback / an exaggerated spinal curvature at the lumbar |
pariet/o- | wall of cavity |
perone/o | fibula / lower leg bone |
albumin | most abundant plasma protein |
eosin/o- | red acidic die (eosin) |
aggreg/o- | together / crowding |
-ian | action / condition |
uln/o- | ulna / forearm bone |
tars/o- | ankle |
sphen/o- | wedge shape |
sacr/o- | sacrum |
pub/o- | hip bone / pubis |
ungu/o- | nail |
theli/o- | cell layer |
sudor/i- | sweat |
sebace/o- | sebum (oily secretion of sebaceous glands) |
rhytid/o- | wrinkle |
plast/o | growth / formation |
pil/o- | hair |
pedicul/o- | lice |
onych/o- | nail |
kel/o- | tumor / fibrous growth |
integu/o- | to cover |
integument/o | skin |
hirsut/o- | hairy |
ecchym/o- | blood in the tissues |
cut/i- | skin |
cry/o- | cold |
all/o- | other / strange |
actin/o- | ray / radiation |
thym/o- | thymus / denotes mind, soul, emotions |
thromb/o- | blood clot |
reticul/o- | small network |
phil/o- | having an affinity or love for |
phag/o- | eating or swallowing |
neutr/o- | neutral / not taking part |
morph/o- | shape or form |
kary/o- | nucleus |
bas/o- | base of structure / basic |
vascul/o- | blood vessel |
steth/o- | chest |
sphygm/o- | pulse |
isch/o- | keep back or block |
infarct/o- | area of dead tissue |
coron/o- | structure that encircles (like a crown) |
athero- | soft, pasty materials |
angi/o- | blood vessel / lymphatic vessel |
perone/o | lower leg bone / fibula |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | rupture |