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Med Term Ch.3
Term | Definition |
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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 |