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Q5
Intro to Human Disease
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acid/o | acid |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| aer/o | air |
| alveol/o | alveolus (plural. alveoli) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchus (plural, bronchi) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| hem/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| melan/o | black |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| Nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| or/o | mouth |
| Orth/o | straight |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air; lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tom/o | cut |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| -al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansions |
| -sctomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist in the study of |
| A-, an- | without, not |
| dy- | bad; painful; difficult |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hyp-, hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| peri- | around |
| -malacia | softening |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary, contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
Created by:
Kileye
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