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MED TERM CHAP 5
WORD ROOTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANEURYSM/O | ANEURYSM |
| ANGI/O | BLOOD OR LYMPH VESSEL |
| AORT/O | AORTA |
| ARTHER/O | PLAQUE, FATTY SUBSTANCE |
| ATRI/O | ATRIUM |
| CAPILL/O | CAPILLARIES |
| CARD/O, CARDI/O | HEART |
| CHROMAT/O, CHROM/O | COLOR |
| CORON/O | CORONARY, CROWN |
| CYT/O | CELL |
| ECH/O | SOUND |
| ELECTR/O | ELECTRICITY, ELECTRIC |
| HEM/O, HEMAT/O | BLOOD, RELATING TO THE BLOOD |
| HEMANGI/O | BLOOD VESSEL |
| ISCH/O | TO HOLD BACK |
| LEUK/O | WHITE |
| PHLEB/O | VEIN |
| PLAST/O | GROWTH |
| SCLER/O | HARD |
| SEPT/O | PARTITION |
| SPHYGM/O | PULSE |
| STEN/O | NARROWING |
| STETH/O | CHEST |
| THROMB/O | CLOT |
| VALVUL/O, VALV/O | VALVE |
| VARIC/O | VARICOSE VEIN |
| VAS/O | VESSEL |
| VASCUL/O | BLOOD VESSEL, LITTLE VESSEL |
| VEN/O | VEIN |
| VENTRICUL/O | VENTRICLE OF BRAIN OR HEART, SMALL CHAMBER |
| AN | NO, NOT, WITHOUT |
| BRADY | SLOW |
| DYS | BAD, DIFFICULT, PAINFUL |
| END,ENDO | IN, WITHIN, INSIDE |
| PERI | AROUND, SURROUNDING |
| RE | BACK, AGAIN |
| TACHY | FAST, RAPID |
| AL | PRETAINING TO |
| CRASIA | A MIXTURE OR BLENDING |
| ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL, CUTTING OUT, EXCISION |
| EMIA | BLOOD, BLOOD CONDITION |
| GRAPHY | THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A PICTURE OR RECORD |
| IA | ABNORMAL CONDITION, DISEASE, PLURAL OF IUM |
| IC | PRETAINING TO |
| ISM | CONDITION, STATE OF |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| LTIC | TO REDUCE, DESTROY |
| NECROSIS | TISSUE DEATH |
| OLOGIST | SPECIALIST |
| OMA | TUMOR, NEOPLASM |
| OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION, DISEASE |
| PENIA | DEFICIENCY, LACK, TOO FEW |
| RRHAPHY | SURGICAL SUTURING |
| SCLEROSIS | ABNORMAL HARDENING |
| SPASM | SUDDEN INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS, TIGHTENING, CRAMPING |
| STASIS | CONTROL, MAINTENANCE OF A CONSTANT LEVEL |
| STENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING |
| TIC | PERTAINING TO |
| US | THING, SINGULAR NOUN ENDING |
| ARTERI/O, ARTER/O | ARTERY |
| EMBOL/O | SOMETHING INSERTED OR THROWN IN |
| ERYTHR/O | RED |