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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| chol/e, bil/i | bile or gall |
| or/o | mouth |
| -cele | hernia |
| eu- | normal |
| -iasis | condition |
| phon/o | sound |
| ad- | toward |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| trich/o, pil/o | hair |
| opthalm/o, ocul/o | eye |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ot/o | ear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -tomy | incision |
| dys- | abnormal |
| -pnea | breath/respiration |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| D&C | dilation and curettage |
| OSHA | occupational safety and health administration |
| -iatrics | medical care |
| ili/o | ilium |
| korat/o | cornea or keratin |
| lip/o | fats or lipids |
| mast/o | breast or mammary gland |
| noc/i | pain or injury |
| -osis | abnormal condition or disease |
| -oid | form or shape |
| pharynx | throat |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| orth/o | straight |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| gyn/o | female |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| angi/o | vessel |
| encephal/o | brain |
| hepat/o | liver |
| myel/o | spinal cord/bone marrow |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o | lungs |
| -stasis | controlling |
| -ectasis | dilatation |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| -rrhagia | hemorrage/excessive flow of blood |
| chir/o | hand |
| -ose | sugar |
| -eum | membrane |
| amyl/o | starch |
| contra- | opposed |
| infra- | under |
| para- | near, beside, or abnormal |
| dia-, per- | through |
| epi- | on |
| syn- | together |
| trans- | across |
| -opia | vision |
| -phagia | swallowing |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -phasia | speech |
| schizo- | split |
| -schisis | split |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| myc/o | fungus |
| cry/o | cold |
| -dipsia | thirst |