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med term test 3
med term test 3 information
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| amni/o | amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo) |
| angi/o | vessel (usually a blood vessel) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | plaque (a yellow, fatty material) |
| axill/o | armpit (underarm) |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | drug or chemical |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine or bowel) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder (a sac full of fluid or a cyst) |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach) |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| inguin/o | groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen (abdominal wall) |
| laryng/o | voice box (larynx) |
| leuk/o | white |
| mamm/o | breast (use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, -plasty) |
| mast/o | breast (use with -ectomy & -itis) |
| men/o | menses (menstration), month |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain and located within the spinal column or backbone) or bone marrow (the soft, inner part of bones, where blood cells are made) |
| necr/o | death (of cells) |
| nephro/o | kidney (don't use with -al & -gram) |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pelv/o | hip area |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdominal cavity) |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney (use with -al & -gram) |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salphing/o | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| septic/o | pertaining to infection |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| ur/o | urine or urea (waist material); urinary tract |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| Diagnostic Suffixes | describe disease conditions or their symptoms |
| -algia | condition of pain; pain |
| arthragia | answer |
| otalgia | answer |
| myalgia | answer |
| neuralgia | answer |
| -emia | blood condition |
| leukemia | answer |
| septicemia | answer |
| ischemia | answer |
| uremia | answer |
| -ia | condition |
| pneumonia | answer |
| -itis | inflammation |
| bronchitis | answer |
| esophagitis | answer |
| laryngitis | answer |
| meningitis | answer |
| cystitis | answer |
| phlebitis | answer |
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