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CosiaA
new prep med term 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Root | the basic meaning of a word, medical terms can have multiple.... |
| Combining vowel | adds a root to a root, o a root to a suffix |
| Suffix | Adds additional meaning to the end of a term |
| Suffix begins with a vowel | do not use combining vowel |
| Direction read | read medical terms from rear to front |
| Combining form | a root plus a combining vowel is called.. |
| arthr | joint |
| gastr | stomach |
| hem, hemat | blood |
| pneum, pulmon | lung |
| sten | narrowing |
| enter | small |
| my, musculo | muscle |
| derm, dermat | skin |
| Pertaining to: | -ac, -al, -ary, -ous, -ic, -ar, -ea |
| Condition of: | -ia, osis, -ism |
| Small | -icle, -ole, -ule |
| Pain | -algia, -dynia |
| Inflimmation | -itis |
| Blood condition | -emia |
| megally | enlargement |
| penia | deficitiency |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| scope | instument used to look |
| -plasty | reconstruction or surgical repair |
| -ectomy | removal, excission |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -stomy | creating an opening |
| -tomy | incision or cut |
| -lysis | loosen or break down |
| -rrahge | excessive flow |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
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