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Med Term Chap 3
LOM Chapter 3 Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -cele | hernia |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| adip/o | fat |
| amin/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| -coccus, pl. -cocci | berry-shaped bacterium |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
| -dynia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflamation |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph - a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape/form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| -logy | study of |
| 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, ven/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole, -ule | little, small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | structure, substance |
| -ar, -ary, -ous, -itc | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
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