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MED TERM CHAPTER III
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| axill/o | armpit |
| arteri/o | artery |
| -oid | resembling |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| col/o | colon, large intestines |
| -algia | pain |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| adip/o | fat |
| splen/o | spleen |
| rect/o | rectum |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| laryng/o | larnyx, (voice box) |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| acu/o | sharp, sudden, severe |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| ot/o | ear |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -ptosis | sagging, drooping, prolapse |
| strept/o | twisted chain |
| -lysis | breakdown, seperation, loosening |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| necr/o | death ( whole cell, or body) |
| -dynia | pain |
| thorac/o | chest |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| -graph | intrument for recording |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -malacia | softening |
| -phobia | fear |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| muc/o | mucus |
| mast/o | breast |
| -ole | little, small |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| my/o | muscle |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| inguin/o | groin |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| bronch/o | broncial tubes |
| phleb/o | vein |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| -coccus | berry shaped bacterium |
| -er | one who |
| neutr/o | neutrophil |
| plas/o | development, formation |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| mamm/o | breast |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| angi/o | vessel |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| ophtalm/o | eye |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| hem/o | blood |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| ven/o | vein |
| -us | stucture, substance |
| -ule | small, little |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| chron/o | time |
| -al, -iac, -ac | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |