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Elena HCP 102 #2
Medical Terminology Acronyms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| An/o | Anus, ring |
| Chol/e | Bile, gall |
| Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
| Col/o, Colon/o | Colon, large intestine |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| Enter/o | Small intestine |
| Esophag/o | Esophagus |
| Gastr/o | Stomach, belly |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| -lithiasis | Presence of stones |
| -pepsia | Digest, digestion |
| -phagia | Eating, swallowing |
| Proct/o | Anus and rectum |
| Rect/o | Rectum, straight |
| Sigmoid/o | Sigmoid colon |
| cervic/o | cervix (neck of uterus) |
| copl/o | vagina |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation, menses |
| orchid/o | testicles |
| ov/o | egg, ovum |
| ovary/o | ovary |
| -para | to give birth |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| test/i | testicle, testis |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urination, urine |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| -trispy | to crush |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction. loosening |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| dia- | through, between, apart, complete |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |