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Med. terms for CNA
medical terms for CNA students
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acr/o | extremities |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| agglutin | clumping |
| albin/o | white |
| aliment/o | nourish |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| anter/o | front |
| arthro/o | joint |
| ather/o | fatty subtanc;plaque |
| audi/o | hearing |
| bil/i | bile |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bronchi/o | bronchiole |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| burs/o | sac |
| calc/o | calcium |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerbr/o | brain |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chrom/o | color |
| col/o | colon |
| cor/o | heart |
| crani/o | head, skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, sac, bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dent/o, odont/o | dental, tooth |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| dors/o | back of body |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| encophal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| erythem/o | flush |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| femor/o | femur, thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula, smaller outer bone of lower leg |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| gynec/o | women, female |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hisit/o | tissue |
| humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium, part of hip bone |
| kal/i | potassium |
| lact/o | milk |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| leuk/o | white |
| leukocyt/o | white cell |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| mast/o | breast |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus, bones of hand |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pector/o | chest |
| ped/o | foot |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| phalang/o | phalanges, bones of fingers and toes |
| phas/o | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pil/o | hair |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| py/o | pus |
| tend/o | tendon |
| thorac/o, thorax/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| trache/o | neck |
| ungu/o | nail |
| urin/o | urine |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vit/o | blemish |
| xer/o | dry |