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Med Term Ch. 3
Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph (clear fluid) |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus (plural -cocci) | berry-shaped bacterium (plural bacteria) |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination (with an endoscope) |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishing |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | structure, substance |
| -y | condition, process |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| carcino | cancer |
| cardio | heart |
| chemo | drug, chemical |
| chondro | cartilage |
| chrono | time |
| colo | colon (large intestine) |
| cysto | urinary bladder |
| encephalo | brain |
| erythro | red |
| hemo | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| hydro | water, fluid |
| inguino | groin |
| ischo | to hold back |
| laparo | abdomen,abdominal wall |
| laryngo | larynx (voice box) |
| peritoneo | peritoneum |
| phago | to eat, swallow |
| phlebo | vein |
| plaso | formation, development |
| pleuro | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to the chest wall) |
| pneumono | lungs |
| pulmono | lungs |
| radio | x-rays |
| recto | rectum |
| reno | kidney |
| rhino | nose |
| sarco | flesh |
| spleno | spleen |
| straphylo | clusters |
| strepto | twisted chains |
| thoraco | chest |
| thrombo | clot |
| tonsillo | tonsils |
| tracheo | trachea |
| veno | vein |
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