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Health Med Term
Question | Answer |
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acro /o | extremities, top extreme point |
acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
amin/o | aminon |
angi/o | vessel |
axill/o | armpit |
blephar/o | eye lid |
bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
chron/o | time |
isch/o | To hold back |
lapar/o | abdomen, abdomen wall |
laryng/o | larnyx (voice box) |
leuk/o | white |
mamm/o mast/o | breast |
morph/o | shape, form |
muc/o | mucus |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
neucr/o | death (of cells of whole body) |
neut/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
ophthalm/o | eye |
ot/o | ear |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
phag/o | to eat. swallow |
phleb/o | vein |
plas/o | formation/development |
pneumon/o pulmon/o | lungs |
rect/o | rectum |
splen/o | spleen |
staphyl/o | clusters |
strept/o | twisted chains |
ven/o | vein |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-coccus | berry shaped bacteria |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | condition of, producing, forming |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | development, growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | falling, dropping |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument to visual examine |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth |
-therapy | treatment |
-er | one who |
-ia | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-ole | little, small |
-ule | little, small |
-um, -ium | structure, tissue |
-us | structure, substance |
-y | condition, process |
-ac, -iac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-oid | resembling |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
hem/o | blood |
bi/o | life |
col/o | colon |
arthr/o | joint |
arteri/o | artery |
carcin/o | cancer |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
amni/0 | amnion |
cardi/o | heart |
chem/o | drug chemical |
chrond/o | cartilage |
chron/o | time |
-blast | embryonic,immature |
-crine | to secrete |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-drome | to run |
-fusion | coming together |
-gen | substance that produces |
-lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
-meter | to measure |
-mission | to send |
-or | one who |
-partum | birth, labor |
-phoria | to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) |
-physis | to grow |
-plasis | development, formation, growth |
-plasm | structure or formation |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapse |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-stasis | stopping, controling |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up, apart |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self, own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
dia- | through, complete |
en-, endo- | in, within |
epi- | upon, on, above |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | out, outside, away from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, under |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | brain |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
cyst/o | bladder |
cyt/o | cell |
derma | skin |
enter/o | intestine |
gastr/o | stomach |
hema | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
lip/o | fat |
my/o | muscle |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
opthalm/o, ocul/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
pneum/o | lung |
rhin/o | nose |
thorac/o | chest |
ven/o,phelb/o | vein |
arteri/o | artery |
cerebr/o | brain |
cost/o | rib |
-cide | to kill or destroy |
-emia | blood |
-ism | condition |
-lithiasis | presence of stones |
-ology | study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
a-, an- | without, with |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
bi- | two,double |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |