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Med Term Ch.3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities; top; extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp; severe; sudden |
| amin/o | amnion |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| col/o | colon; large intestine |
| hydr/o | water; fluid |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen; abdominal wall |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| neutr/o | neutrophile |
| opi/o | opium |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat; swallow |
| phelb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation; development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
| pneumon/o, pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| ven/o | vein |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus (singular), -cocci (plural) | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -dynia | pain |
| -genesis | condition of producing/ forming |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | breakdown; destruction; separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -opsy | to view |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping; falling; prolapse |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a new mouth |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | development; nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -oid | resembling; derived from |
| -ole, -ule | little; small |
| -um, -ium | structure; tissue |
| -us | structure; substance |
| -ar, -ary, -tic, -ous | pertaining to |
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