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Chap. 1 med. term.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -itis | inflammation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| arthr/o | joint |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| oste/o | bone |
| cardi/o | heart |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ology | the study of a disease |
| -algia | pain |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -centisis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -graphy | process of recording a picture |
| -gram | picture |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -rrhage | abnormal excessive fluid discharge or bleeding |
| -rrhagia | abnormal excessive fluid discharge or bleeding |
| hem/o | blood |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| natal | birth |
| prenatal | before birth |
| perinatal | around birth |
| postnatal | after birth |
| laryng | throat, larynx |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ab- | away from |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| hyper- | above normal |
| inter- | between |
| sub- | below |
| ad- | toward or direction of |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hypo- | below normal |
| intra- | within, inside |
| supra- | above, excessive |
| ot/o | ear |
| lith- | stone |
| edema | excess fluid |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ostomy | surgically create artificial opening |