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Terminology Final 1
Terminology Final review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abdomen | abdomin/o, lapar/o, venter-, ventro-, celi/o |
| abdominal cavity | celi/o |
| abnormal | dys- |
| abnormal condition | -iasis, -osis, -ia, |
| above | epi-, hyper-, supra-, super- |
| absence | a-, an-, |
| absence of opoening | -atresia |
| acetabulum (hip socket) | -atresia |
| acromion (projection or scapula) | acromi/o, |
| across | dia-, trans- |
| act of leading | -duction |
| adenoids | adenoid/o |
| adrenal glands | adren/o, adrenal/o |
| after | post-, meta- |
| again | re-, |
| against | ana-, anti-, contra- |
| aged | ger/o, geront/o |
| air | aer/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o |
| albumin (protein) | albumin/o |
| alike | home/0 |
| all | pan- |
| alveoli | alveol/o |
| alveolus | alveol/o, alveoli/o |
| amnion | amni/o, amniotic sac |
| amniotic sac | amnion, amni/o |
| aneurysm | aneurysm/o |
| angle | goni/o |
| anterior | anter/o |
| antrum | antr/o |
| anus | an/o, proct/o, ano- |
| aorta | aort/o |
| aponeurosis | aponeur/o |
| appendix | append/o, appendic/o |
| appetite | -orexia |
| arm | brachi/o |
| armpit | axill/o |
| around | circum-, peri-, para- |
| arteriole | ateriol/o |
| artery | artri/o |
| asbestos | asbest/o |
| atrium | atri/o |
| attraction for | phil, phil/o, philia |
| auditory tubes | -salpinx, |
| away from | ab-, ef- |
| axis | ax/o |
| axon | ax/o |
| babble | -lalia |
| back | retro-, ana-, re- |
| back (of body) | dors/o, poster/o |
| backward | retro-, re- |
| bacteria | bacteri/o |
| bad | mal-, dys- |
| bag | cyst/o |
| band | fasci/o |
| base (alkaline, opposite of acid) | bas/o |
| bear | par/o, part/o |
| before | ante-, pre-, pro-, fore-, -praxia |
| beginning | -arche, -genis |
| behind | retro-, post-, poster/o |
| belly | ventr/o |
| belly side | ventr/o |
| below | hypo-, sub-, infer/o, infra- |
| bent | ankyl/o, scoli/o |
| berry shaped | -coccus |
| besied | para- |
| between | inter- |
| beyond | meta-, ultra-, para-, hyper-, trans- |
| bile | chol/e, bil/o |
| bile duct | choledoch/o |
| bile vessel | cholangi/o |
| bilirubin | bilirubin/o |
| binding | -desis (bone) |
| birth | nat/o, -partum |
| black | anthrac/o, malan/o |
| bladder | cyst/o, vesic/o |
| blockage | isch/o |
| blood | hem/o, hemat/o, vacul/o |
| blood condition | -emia |
| blood vessel | hemangi/o |
| blue | cyan/o |
| body | corp/o, corpor/o, somat/o |
| bodies | -somes |
| bone | oste/o, os- |
| bone marrow | myel/o, oste/o |
| both | ambi- |
| brain | cerebr/o, encephal/o |
| break | -clasia, -clasis, -clast |
| breast | mamm/o, mast/o |
| breathe | spir/o |
| breathing | -pnea, |
| bringing | -duction |
| bronchi | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
| bronchial tubes | bronchi/o |
| bronchiole | bronchiol/o |
| bronchus | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
| burn | cauter/o |
| burning | caus/o,caust/o |
| bursa | burs/o |
| bursting forth | -rrhage, rrhagia |
| calcaneum (heel bone) | calcane/o |
| calcium | calc/o |
| calculus | -lith, lith/o, litho- |
| calyx | cali/o, calic/o |
| cancer | carcin/o |
| carbon dioxide | -capnia |
| carpus (wrist bone) | carp/o |
| carry | duct/o |
| carrying | -phoresis |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| cause | eti/o |
| causing | -genic |
| causing death | -cide |
| cavity | sinus/o, sin/o |
| cecum | cec/o |
| cell | -cyte, cyt/o, -cyto |
| cerebellum | cerebell/o |
| cerebrum | cerebr/o |
| cervix uteri (neck of cervix) | cervic/o |
| cessation | de- |
| change | meta-, morph/o |
| cheek | bucc/o |
| chemical | chem/o |
| chest | pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o, -thorax |
| child | ped/o, pod/o, ped/i |
| childbirth | -tocia, puerper/o |
| choroid | choroid/o |
| chorion | chori/o |
| ciliary body of eye | cycl/o |
| circular | cycl/o |
| clavicle (collar bone) | clavicul/o |
| clear | -lucent |
| cleft | schist/o |
| clonus (turmoil) | clon/o |
| closure | -clesis |
| clothes | vest/o |
| clumping | agglution/o |
| coal | anthrac/o |
| coccys (tailbone) | coccyg/o |
| cochlea | cochle/o |
| cold | cry/o |
| colon | col/o, colon/o |
| colour | chrom/o, chromat/o, -chromic |
| conceiving | -ception |
| condition | -esis, -ia, -us, -y, -ema, -iasis, -isy, -sis, -ism |
| condition of | -osis, -sis, -iasis |
| conducting | -duction |