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MED TERM CHAPTER III
Question | Answer |
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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 |