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Med Terms 3
Patient Care
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abort | to miscarry |
| acanth | thorn |
| acoust | hearing |
| acro | extremity,point |
| adeno | gland |
| adhes | stuck to |
| adip | fat |
| adreno | adrenal gland |
| albin | white |
| ambul | to walk |
| amputat | to cut through |
| andro | man |
| angio | vessel |
| ankyl | stiffening, crooked |
| arachn | spider |
| arche | beginning |
| arterio | artery |
| arth | joint |
| aspirat | to draw in |
| atelo | imperfect |
| arthero | fatty substance |
| axill | arm pit |
| bio | life |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| brachi | arm |
| bucco | cheek |
| calci | calcium |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| caud | tail |
| celi | abdomen |
| cheil | lip |
| cephal | head |
| cerebro | brain |
| cerv | neck |
| chemo | chemical |
| chiro | hand |
| chole | bile |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chyme | juice |
| cirrho | orange-yellow |
| claudicat | limp |
| coagul | to clot |
| colo | colon |
| colpo | vagina |
| comat | deep sleep |
| concuss | shaken violently |
| coni | dust |
| constipat | to press together |
| cor | pupil |
| corpor | body |
| cost | rib |
| cox | hip |
| crani | skull |
| creatin | flesh,creatine |
| crine | to secrete |
| cyro | cold |
| crypt | hidden |
| cyto | cell |
| cysto | bladder, sac |
| dacry | tear |
| dactyl | finger or toe |
| denti | tooth |
| derm | skin |
| duro | dura, hard |
| echo | echo |
| ectop | displaced |
| ego | self |
| embol | to cast, to throw |
| eme | to vomit |
| encephal | brain |
| enter | intestine |
| gastr | stomach |
| hem | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hyster | uterus |
| leuk | white |
| lith | stone |
| nephr | kidney |
| osteo | bone |
| phren | diaphragm |
| pneum | air |
| pyel | pelvis (renal) |
| radi | ray |
| strict | to tighten |
| superfic | near the surface |
| surrog | substitute |
| systol | contraction |
| therm | heat |
| tox | poison |
| trich | hair |
| troph | turning |
| tuss | cough |
| umbilic | naval |
| ungo | nail |
| varico | twisted vein |
| vas, vaso | vessel |
| vector | carrier |
| vermi | worm |
| vesic | bladder |
| vesicul | seminal vesicle |
| viscer | organ |
| xantho | yellow |
| xero | dry |