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Set 4
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acu/o | sudden, sharp |
| adip/o | fat tissues |
| angi/o | vessel containing fluid |
| axill/o | armpit |
| carcin/o | cancer of gland tissue |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| cis/o | cut |
| cost/o | rib |
| electr/o | electrical activity |
| gynec/o | female |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| klept/o | steal |
| laryng/o | voicebox, larynx |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw |
| maxill/o | upper jaw |
| nat/o | birth, born |
| nect/o | bind |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| sarc/o | nongland tissue, flesh |
| son/o | sound, ultrasound |
| vit/o | living, alive |
| auto/ | self |
| bi/ | two |
| con/ | with |
| contra/ | opposite, against |
| meta/ | change, beyond |
| poly/ | many |
| syn/ | together with |
| sym/ | together with |
| trans/ | across |
| ultra/ | beyond, higher than |
| /blast | undifferentiated, original |
| /drome | run |
| /fusion | pour, bond |
| /genesis | creating |
| /malacia | softening |
| /mania | excessive preoccupation or obsession |
| /manic | excessive preoccupation or obsession |
| /oma | tumor, mass |
| /partum | labor, delivery |
| /penia | lack of, decrease, poor |
| /plasty | restore by surgery |
| /stoma | body opening (to the outside) |
| /stomy | surgically created body opening |
| /therapy | treatment |
| /tome | cutting instrument |
| /tomy | cut into or slice |
| /trophy | growth, development by size or nourishment |
| /trophic | relating to growth, development |