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VET 114 Week 4
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Ox/o | Oxygen/O2 |
| Phleb/o | Vein |
| Ather/o | Plaque (Fatty Substance) |
| Sphygm/o | Pulse |
| Steth/o | Chest |
| Capn/o | Carbon Dioxide (CO2) |
| Thromb/o | Clot |
| Valvul/o | Valve |
| Coron/o | Heart |
| Cyan/o | Blue |
| Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Isch/o | To Hold back, back |
| Man/o | Pressure |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Inter- | Between |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| -Oma | Tumor, Mass/collection of fluid |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -Plasty | Surgical repair |
| -rraphy | Suture |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -ole | Small |
| -Megaly | Enlargement |
| -Tomy | Incision, Process of cutting |
| Pector/o | chest |
| Phragm/o | Wall |
| Capn/o | Carbon Dioxide (Co2) |
| Phren/o | Diaphragm |
| Pneum/o | Lung/air/Gas |
| Furc/o | Fork/ branching |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Spir/o | To Breath, Breathing |
| Thorac/o | Chest |
| Olfact/o | Smelling |
| Tuss/i | Cough |
| anti- | against |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Meta- | Beyond |
| Para- | Near, beside |
| -ation | Process, Condition |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | Spitting |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -ectasia | dialation |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stenosis | tightening; narrowing; stricture |
| -stomy | new openin |
| ET Tube | endotracheal tube |
| URI | Upper respiratory infection |