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Med Term Final Exam
MA Med Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ren/o, nephr/o | kidney |
| esthesi/o | feeling/sensation |
| hemat/o | blood |
| path/o | disease |
| -phren | mind |
| esophag/o | tube that connect the mouth with the stomach |
| colon/o | large intestines |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| odont/o | teeth |
| perine/o | area between female genital organs and anus |
| cervic/o | opening between the vagina and uterus |
| subjective data | what patient states-health history, complaint of pain, etc |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| review of systems | assessment of individual body systems |
| xer/o | dry |
| -tropin | stimulating hormone |
| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| thrombocyte | clotting cell |
| phleb/o | vein |
| leukoderma | white skin |
| gonad/o | sex organs |
| hemorrhage | loss of blood |
| femor/o | femur |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| pericardium | tissue around the heart |
| hypertonia | increased tone |
| myomalacia | muscle softening |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| myring/o | ear drum |
| acous/o | sound |
| ureter/o | tube that carries urine from kidneys to bladder |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| insulin | hormone of the pancrease that controls metabolism of sugar |
| myocardium | muscle of the heart |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| nas/o | nose |
| alveol/o | hollow air scas of the lower respiratory tract |
| men/o | month |
| fet/o | offspring |
| part/o | to give birth |