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Ross Med Terms
Med term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abdomin(o) | abdomen |
| An(o) | anus |
| Appendic(o) | appendix |
| bili(o) | bile |
| bucc(o) | cheek |
| cec(o) | cecum |
| ile(o) | ileum |
| cheil(o) | lip |
| chol(e) | gall |
| cholangi(o) | bile duct |
| col(o) | colon |
| colon(o) | colon |
| duaden(o) | duedenum |
| enter(o) | intestines |
| esophag(o) | esophagus |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| gingiv(o) | gums |
| gloss(o) | tongue |
| lingu(o) | tongue |
| hepat(o) | liver |
| leuk(o) | white |
| lip(o) | fat |
| jejun(o) | jejunum |
| lapar(o) | abdominal wall |
| lith(o) | stone |
| or(o) | mouth |
| stomat(o) | mouth |
| pancreat(o) | pancreas |
| peritone(o) | peritoneum |
| pharyng(o) | pharynx |
| polyp(o) | polyp |
| proct(o) | rectum |
| rect(o) | rectum |
| sial(o) | saliva |
| sigmoid(o) | sigmoid colon |
| endo- | within |
| retro- | backward |
| -cele | hernia; protrusion |
| -iasis | condition |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| neur(o) | a nerve cell/nervous system |
| path(o) | disease |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | study of/specialty of |
| -ectasis/-ectasia | expansion or dilation |
| -emia | abnormal blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of/formation of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -penia | reduction of size or quanity |
| -plasia | abnormal formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | downward displacement |
| -rrhage | flowing forth |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | muscular contraction |
| -pnea | breath/respiration |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -desis | surgical binding |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gen, -genic, -genesis | origin/producing |
| -gram | wriiten or pictorial record |
| -graph | device for graphic or pictorial recording |
| -graphy | act of graphic or pictorial recording |
| -meter | device for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -otomy | incision |
| -cyte | cell |
| -edema | excessive fluid in intracellular tissues |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -globin | the protein in hemoglobin |
| -ism | indication a condition, practice,or doctrine |
| -lysis | destroy |
| -mania | a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought |
| -opsy | visual examination |
| -phobia | fear |
| -poieses | producing/formation |
| -sclerosis | hard/hardness |
| -sis | condition |
| -stasis | level/unchanging |
| -stenosis | narrowed/blocked |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| ab- | away from/outside of/beyond |
| ad- | toward/near to |
| ante-, pre- | before |
| anti- | against/opposed |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | abnormally slow |
| con-, sym-, syn- | with |
| contra- | against |
| dia- | across/through |
| dys- | bad/difficult |
| ec-, ecto- | outside |
| en- | inside |
| epi- | upon |
| ex-, exo- | outside |
| extra- | beyond |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| hyper- | above/beyond normal |
| hypo- | below/below normal |
| infra- | inside or below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | inside |
| macro- | big |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond |
| micro- | small |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| neo- | new |
| olig-, oligo- | few/scanty |
| pan- | everywhere |
| para- | alongside/ like |
| post- | after |
| quadri- | four |
| tachy- | abnormally high |
| tri- | three |
| echo | reverberation of sound |
| electr(o) | electrical |
| my(o) | muscle |
| ather(o) | gruel-like |
| anter(o) | front |
| crani(o) | skull |
| dors(o) | back |
| inguin(o) | groin |
| later(o) | side; away from midline |
| lumb(o) | loin |
| medi(o) | middle |
| pelv(i) | pelvis |
| poster(o) | back |
| proxim(o) | near |
| spin(o) | spine |
| thorac(o) | chest |
| umbilic(o) | navel |
| ventr(o) | front side; belly |
| cut(o), cutane(o) | skin |
| derm(o), dermat(o) | skin |
| hidr(o) | sweat |
| kerat(o) | hard |
| melan(o) | black |
| myc(o) | fungus |
| onych(o), ungu(o) | nail |
| pil(o) | hair |
| seb(o) | sebum |
| sud(o), sudor(o) | sweat |
| trich(o) | hair |
| xer(o) | dry |
| bx | biopsy |
| ID | intradermal |
| I & D | incision and drainage |
| SC, subQ | subcutaneous |
| ankyl(o) | stiff,mobile |
| arthr(o) | joint |
| articul(o) | joint |
| burs(o) | burso |
| carp(o) | wrist bones |
| chondr(o) | cartilage |
| clavicul(o) | clavicle, collarbone |
| coccyg(o) | coccyx, tailbone |
| cost(o) | rib |
| femor(o) | femur, thigh bone |
| fibr(o) | fiber |
| fibul(o) | fibula, outer lower leg bone |
| humer(o) | humerus, upper arm bone |
| ili(o) | ilium, upper pelvic bone section |
| ischi(o) | lower pelvic bone section |
| kyph(o) | outward curvature of the spine, hump |
| lord(o) | forward curvature of the back, swayback |
| lumb(o) | lower back |
| mandibul(o) | mandible, lower jawbone |
| maxill(o) | maxilla, upper jawbone |
| metacarp(o) | hand bones |
| metatars(o) | foot bones |
| myel(o) | bone marrow |
| orth(o) | straight, to straighten |
| oste(o) | bone |
| patell(o) | patello, kneecap |
| phalang(o) | finger and toe bones |
| pubi(o), pub(o) | pubis, anterior pelvic bone section |
| radi(o) | radius, outer lower arm bone |
| sacr(o) | sacrum |
| scapula(o) | scapula, shoulder blade |
| spondyl(o) | vertbra |
| stern(o) | sternum, breastbone |
| tars(o) | ankle bones |
| vertebr(o) | vertebra |
| BE | barium enema |
| EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| LAGBP | laparoscopic adjustable gastric bypass |
| NG | nasogastric |
| PEG | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
| RYGBP | Roux-en-Y gastric bypass |
| TPN | total parenteral nutrition |
| UGI | upper gastrointestinal |
| UPPP | uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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