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Med Term Mini-Teach
Med Term Review Words Parts #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| -algia | pain |
| cephal/o | head |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| coron/o | corony, crown |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hyper- | excessive, increased |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -itis | infammation |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of a new opening |
| oste/o | bone |
| -otomy | surgical incision, cutting |
| path/o | disease, emotion |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| retro- | behind, back of |
| -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | to surture |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |