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Med Terms Quiz 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |