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Med/Surg Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Head | crani- |
| Eye | optic-, opt- |
| Ear | ot- |
| Nose | nas-rhin- |
| Mouth | stomat- |
| Pharynx | pharyngo- |
| Tooth | odont- |
| Mind | psych- |
| Brain | cephal- |
| Nerve | neur- |
| Spine | spino- |
| Neck | cervic- |
| Throat | pharyngo-, fauci, laryngo |
| Windpipe | trache- |
| Chest | thorac |
| Chest lining (membrane) | pleur- |
| Lungs | pneum-, pulm- |
| Heart | cardi-, cordi- |
| Artery | arteri- |
| Vein | phleb-, vene, |
| Blood, Bleeding | hema-, emia |
| Gland | aden-, adeno- |
| Life | bio |
| Rib | cost-, costo- |
| Pelvis | pelvi- |
| Arm | brachi- |
| Hand | chir-, man- |
| Leg | mel- |
| Foot | ped-, pod- |
| Bone | ossi-, osti- |
| Marrow | myel- |
| Joint | arthr- |
| Cartilage | chondr- |
| Gullet | esophag- |
| Stomach | gastro- |
| Liver | gastr-, hepae-, adeno- |
| Belly | abdomin- |
| Cell | cyt- |
| Cancer | carcin-, carcino- |
| Tissue | hist-, histio- |
| Body | somat-, somato- |
| Movement | -duction |
| Gall Bladder | cholecyst- |
| Intestines | enter-, colo- |
| Kidney | nephr-, ren- |
| Kidney pelvis | pyel- |
| Breast | mamm- |
| Ovary | ovari- |
| Woumb | uter-, hyster- |
| Testicle | orchi- |
| Skin | derm-, epithel- |
| Muscle | myo- |
| cutting | -sect |
| puncturing | -centesis |
| breaking (remedy a deformity) | -clasia |
| dilation | -ectasis |
| removing, cut out | -ectomy, -tomy |
| making an opening | -ostomy |
| a process or its result | -iasis |
| inflammation expansion | -itis |
| knowledge of, science of | -ology |
| gradual decline | -lysis |
| measure instrument | -meter |
| cutting instrument | -tome |
| tumor, swelling | -oma |
| use of heat displacement | -thermy |
| condition of state caused by | -osis |
| disease | -pathy |
| fixation | -lexy |
| molding, repairing | -plasty |
| bursting forth | -rrhagia |
| suturing, sewing | -rrhaphy |
| flowing | -rrhea |
| instrument of examination | -scope |
| dilation or | -extasis |
| sensation | -esthesia |
| graphic record | -gram |
| graphic recording instrument | -graph |
| incision into a part | -otomy |
| lack of | -penia |
| downward | -ptosis |
| breath | -pnea |
| away from | ab- |
| without | a-, an- |
| to, at | ad- |
| before | ante- |
| position in front of | antero- |
| against | anti- |
| slow | brady- |
| through | dia- |
| difficult, painful, unusual | dys-, dis- |
| outside of | ecto- |
| electric | electro- |
| within, inside | endo- |
| upon | epi- |
| out of, away from | ex-, ec- |
| over, excessive | hyper- |
| under, below less | hypo- |
| below, after | infra- |
| around | circum- |
| large | macro- |
| excessively large | mega- |
| new | neo- |
| within | intra- |
| bad | mal- |
| middle (half way) | medio- |
| middle of | meso- |
| beyond, more than | meta- |
| beside, beyond | para- |
| surrounding | peri- |
| many, several | poly- |
| grayish | polio- |
| false | psuedo- |
| backward | retro- |
| beneath | sub- |
| above | super-, supra- |
| across, beyond | trans- |
| beyond | ultra- |
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