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vocab words from chapters 1-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dermat or derm | skin |
| cutane | skin |
| ren | kidney |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| stomat | mouth |
| or | mouth |
| erythr/o | red, reddish |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
| oste/o | bone |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pathy or -path | disease |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -cyte | cell |
| an- | without |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| intra- | in, within |
| para- | near, beside; beyond |
| poly- | many, much |
| pre- | before |
| esthes | feeling |
| therm | heat |
| muscul | muscle |
| nas | nose |
| ur | urine |
| nat | birth |
| -ia | condition |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| enter | intestine |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| pnacreat | pancreas |
| append | appendix |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| splen/o | spleen |
| colon/o | colon |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -logy or -log | study of |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -dynia | pain |
| encephal | brain |
| mening | meninges |
| -clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding; fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| thromb | blood clot |
| mast/o | breast |
| rhin/o | nose |
| my/o | muscle |
| trache | trachea (windpipe) |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| electr | electrical activity of the heart |
| cardi | heart |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| endo- | in, within |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| neur- | nerve |
| ot/o | ear |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -malacia | softening |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily in blood cells) |
| bronchi | bronchus |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cyan | blue |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| hem/o | blood |
| quadri | four |
| dia- | through, across |
| arteri/o | artery |
| -spasm | involuntary control |
| -stenosis | narrowing; stricture |
| -toxic | poison |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| pulmon | lung |
| esophag | esophagus |
| thorac | chest |
| poster | back (of body), behind, posterior |
| acous | hearing |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -iatry | medicine; treatment |
| -ist | medicine; treatment |
| -y | condition; process |
| -icle | small; minute |
| -ole | small; minute |
| -ule | small; minute |
| pneumon | air; lung |
| thyroid | thyroid gland |
| psych | mind |
| ventr/o | belly; belly side |
| ven | vein |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after |
| epi- | above; upon |
| -crine | secrete |
| -is | noun ending |
| hypo- | under; below; deficient |
| infra- | under; below |
| sub- | under; below |
| inter- | between |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| cost | ribs |
| -version | turning |
| bi- | two |
| dipl/o- | double |
| hemi- | one half |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| uni- | one |
| multi- | many, much |
| poly- | many, much |
| quadri- | four |
| tri- | three |
| later | side |
| -opia | vision |
| bacteri | bacteria |
| calc | calcium |
| -therapy | treatment |
| nucle | nucleus |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -ceps | head |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| dia- | through, across |
| trans- | through, across |
| ecto- | outside, outward |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| extra- | outside, outward |
| -duction | act of leading, bringing, conduction |
| odont | teeth |
| vagin | vagina |
| -tropia | turning |
| crani | cranium (skull) |
| super- | upper, above |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| ultra- | excessive, beyond |
| son | sound |
| a- | without, not |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| -graft | transplantation |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -pnea | breathing |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| homeo- | same |
| tachy- | rapid |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| anter/o | anterior, front |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| medi/o | middle |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -ice | noun ending |
| cyan/o | blue |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | grey; grey matter (of the brain or spinal cord) |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| tom/o | to cut |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| umbilic | umbilicus, navel |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| myel | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| AP | anteriorposterior |
| Bx, bx | biopsy |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CT | computed tomography |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| LAT, lat | lateral |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant |
| LUQ | left upper quandrant |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| RF | rheumatoid factor; frequency |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| SPECT | single-photon emission computed tomography |
| Sx | symptons |
| Tx | treatment |
| U&L / U/L | upper and lower |
| US | ultrasound, ultrasonography |
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