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SSCT Medical Term...
SSCT Medical Terminology Web3 Chapters 7 & 8 & Abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cali/o | calyx (calix) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| trigon/o | trigone (region of the bladder) |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| albumin/o | albumin (a blood protein) |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| dips/o | thirst |
| ket/o | ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone) |
| lith/o | stone |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| py/o | pus |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| ur/o | urine |
| urin/o | urine |
| -uria | urination; urine condition |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chori/o | chorion |
| chorion/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus |
| metri/o | uterus |
| my/o | muscle, muscle tumor |
| myom/o | muscle, muscle tumor |
| nat/i | birth |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cysesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| -parous | bearing, bringing forth |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -version | act of turning |
| dys- | painful |
| endo- | within |
| in- | in |
| intra- | within |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | no, not, none |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| retro- | backward |