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Module 8

Medical Terminology Module 8 Fall Semester 2025

QuestionAnswer
-ac refers to, pertains to, or state of
af- toward
angi/o- vessel
angin/o- vessel
aneurysm- dilation or ballooning
-apheresis to remove or separate (blood into parts)
arteri/o- artery
athero- porridge or yellow fat
-atresia closure
atri/o- chamber
-blast beginning or young
brevi- short
capillo/o- hair-like
cardi/o- heart
catheter/o- to let down into
-clast breakdown
coagul/o- clotting or to clot
coron/o- crowning
cost/o- rib
crenat/o- notched
-crit separate
cyan/o- blue
-cytosis increase in numbers
-emesis vomit
-emia blood
eosin/o- rose-red color
erythr/o- red
-ference to carry
ferro- iron
foramen/o- opening
gangren/o- eating sore
hem/o- blood
heme- iron
hypn/o- sleep
hypo- under or below
infarct- to stuff into
isch/o- deficiency, blockage, to hold back
leuk/o- white
macro- large or huge
mon/o- one
natri- sodium or salt
neutr/o- neither or neutral
-o/rrhagia bursting forth or heavy flow
occlusi/o- closure or blockage
oscill/o- to swing
-penia decrease in number
peri- around
phago- eat, eating, perverse appetite
phleb/o- vein
-phoresis migration, transport, move, or carry
-phraxia stoppage or obstruction
-poie/sis to make, form, produce
poikil/o- irregular or varied shape
pykn/o- thick, dense, compact
reticul/o- network
-rrhythm rhythm or contraction
scler/o- hardening
sept/a- partition or wall
sept/o- poison, infection, decay, putrefy
sider/o- iron
spher/o- ball, globe, round
-stasis stoppage, standing, location
-stat to stop or immediately
-staxia dripping or trickling
sten/o- narrowing
-stole contract
sy/stol/o- to draw together or contract
tachy- fast or swift
thromb/o- clot, clump together, or curdle
tract/o- to draw or pull
varic/o- twisted
vas/o- vessel
ven/o- vein
vera- true
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