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Med. Term. Elem. A-L
Med. Term. Elements to know for Utah State Med. Ter. Benchmark exam for MA's
| Elements | Meanings |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| acromi/o | acromin (projection of scapula) |
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| aer/o | air, lung |
| pneum/o | air, lung |
| pneumon/o | air, lung |
| albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
| alveol/o | alveolus (pl. alveoli) |
| amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
| an/o | anus |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| brachi/o | arm |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| atri/o | atrium |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| poster/o | back (of body), posterior |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| fasci/o | band |
| ventr/o | belly |
| ankyl/o | bent, crooked, stiffness |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| nat/a | birth/ born |
| nat/o | birth/born |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| anthrac/o | black, coal |
| melan/o | black, coal |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| cyan/o | blue |
| oste/o | bone |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| encephal/o | brain |
| mast/o | breast |
| mamm/o | breast |
| stern/o | breast bone |
| spir/o | breath |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| calc/o | calcium |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cyt/o | cell |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| cervic/o | cervix uteri, neck |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| pector/o | chest (thorax) |
| steath/o | chest (thorax) |
| thorac/o | chest (thorax) |
| choroid/o | choroids |
| cycl/o | cilary body |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| condyl/o | condyle |
| conjuctiv/o | conjuctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| eosin/o | dawn (rose colored) |
| necr/o | death |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mindc |
| path/o | disease |
| dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
| ambly/o | dim, dull |
| dipl/o | double |
| ichthy/o | dry |
| xer/o | dry, scaly |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| ot/o | ear |
| electro/o | electric |
| blast/o | embryonic cellular development |
| megal/o | enlargement |
| epididym/o | epidiymis |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| acr/o | extremities |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| salping/o | fallopian, eustachian tubes, uterine tubes, oviducts |
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| femor/o | femor (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller, outer bone or lower leg) |
| ped/i | foot |
| pod/o | foot |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| anter/o | front, anterior |
| myc/o | fungus |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| aden/o | gland |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gli/o | glue, neuroglia |
| gonad/o | gonads, sex glands |
| granul/o | granule |
| poli/o | gray |
| chlor/o | green |
| inguin/o | groin |
| gingiv/o | gum(s) |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera (white) of the eye |
| cephal/o | head |
| cardi/o | heart |
| therm/o | heat |
| audi/o | hearing |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| humer/o | humerous bone |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| enter/o | intestines |
| irid/o | iris |
| sider/o | iron |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| arthr/o | joint |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| patell/o | knee cap |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth, inner ear |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| phac/o | lens |
| cheil/o | lip |
| labi/o | lip |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lob/o | lobe |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| pulmon/o | lung, air |
| lymph/o | lymph |
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