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Diagnostic wd pts
Newsome- medical word parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a or an | no or without |
| adeno | gland |
| algia | pain |
| angio | vessel |
| arterio | artery |
| brady | slow |
| bronchi | air tubes in lungs |
| cardi | heart |
| cele | swelling, hernia |
| cephal | head |
| chole | gallbladder |
| crani | skull |
| cyst | bladder, sac |
| cyte | cell |
| derm | skin |
| dys | difficult, painful |
| ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| emia | blood |
| erythro | red |
| gastro | stomach |
| glyco | sugar |
| graph | recording, diagram |
| hema | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| hyper | increased |
| hystero | uterus |
| hypo | decreased |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesis | motion, movement |
| leuko | white |
| mast | breast |
| megaly | enlarged |
| mono | one |
| myo | muscle |
| nephro | kidney |
| ologist | specialist |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear |
| otomy | cutting into |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | lack of, reduction in number |
| phage | to eat |
| phleb | vein |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| pnea | breathing |
| pneumo | lungs |
| pyo | pus |
| rhino | nose |
| rrhagia | excessive flow |
| rrhea | flow |
| scopy | to view |
| tachy | rapid, fast |
| thrombo | clot |
| trachea | windpipe |
| trophy | growth, nutrition |
| uria | urine |
| vaso | vessel, duct |