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Med Terms Quiz 4
Term | Definition |
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Phren/o | diaphragm |
comet/o | deep sleep |
Laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
Cost/o | rib |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
phag/o | swallow, to eat |
cyst/o | bladder, cyst |
plaur/o | membrane around lungs |
di- | two |
didym/o | twin, testis |
dipl/o | double |
spleen/o | spleen |
embry/o | embryo |
-emesis | vomiting |
ankyl/o | stiff |
cervic/o | neck, cervix |
-cele | hernia |
cleid/o | clavicle |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
kerat/o | hard |
esophag/o | esophagus |
-esthesia | sensation, feeling |
nat/i | birth |
andr/o | male |
gon/o | seed |
-stomy | new opening |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-rrhea | flow,discharge |
-ptysis | spitting |
gastr/o | stomach |
-plegia | paralysis; palsy |
spondyl/o | spinal column |
gynec/o | woman, female |
coagul/o | clotting |
hypn/o | sleep |
-cocci | berry-shaped |
pharyng/o | throat |
phleb/o | vein |
steth/o | chest |
immun/o | protection |
-megaly | enlargement |
ox/o | oxygen |
-pepsia | digestion |
phall/o | penis |
-phobia | fear |
-phylaxis | protection; prevention of disease |
poly- | many, much |
primi- | first |
gnath/o | jaw |
radicul/o | nerve root |
prandial | to eat |
-clasis | fractured, to break |
or/o | mouth |
-orexia | appetite |
gust/o | taste |
-hexia | condition |
gingiv/o | gums |
articul/o | joint |
carcin/o | cancer/ tumor |
an- | without |
septic, sepsis | infection |
a- | without |
micro- | small |
-osmia | smell |
tel/o | complete |
-pnea | breathing |
-stenosis | narrowing |
natal | pertaining to birth |
gustat/o | taste |
dis- | to undo, free from apart |
mamm/o mast/o | breast |
xer/o | dry |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
squam/o | scale-like |
keton/o | ketone |
lymph/o | lymph |
olig/o | scanty,few |
py/o | pus formation |
bilirubino/o | bilirrubin |
pub/o | pubis |
-apheresis | removal |
tympan/o | eardrum |
-lysis | breakdown |
oste/o | bone |
myx/o | mucus |
tomist | specialist |
-otomy | incision |
ven/o | vein |
-ous | pertaining to |
tachy | rapid,fast |
-otia | ear condition |
scot/o | darkness |
carp/o | carpals |
-penia | abnormal reduction in |