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Language of Medicine
Chapter 3
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremities, top, extreme |
acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
amin/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
angi/o | vessel |
arteri/o | artery |
arthro/o | joint |
axill/o | armpit |
bi/o | life |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
chem/o | drug, chemical |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chron/o | time |
col/o | colon (large intestine) |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
encephal/o | brain |
erythr/o | red |
hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hydro/o | water |
inguin/o | groin |
isch/o | to hold back |
lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
laryng/o | larynx |
leuk/o | white |
lymph/o | lymph Lymph, a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body. |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
morph/o | shape, form |
muc/o | mucus |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow context of usage indicates the meaning intended. |
necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
nucle/o | nucleus |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
path/o | disease |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
phag/o | to eat, swallow |
phleb/o | vein |
plas/o | formation, development |
pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
pneumon/o | lungs |
pulmon/o | lungs |
radi/o | x-rays |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh |
splen/o | spleen |
staphyl/o | clusters |
strept/o | twisted chains |
thorac/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
ven/o | vein |