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Med. Term. 19
Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms "V, X, Y, Z"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vaccin/o- | giving a vaccine |
| vagin/o- | vagina |
| vag/o- | wandering; vagus nerve |
| valv/o- | valve |
| valvul/o- | valve |
| varic/o- | varix; varicose vein |
| vascul/o- | blood vessel |
| vas/o- | blood vessel; vas deferens |
| vegetat/o- | growth |
| veget/o- | vegetable |
| venere/o- | sexual intercourse |
| ven/i- | vein |
| ven/o- | vein |
| ventilat/o- | movement of air |
| ventil/o- | movement of air |
| vent/o- | a coming |
| ventricul/o- | ventricle (lower heart chamber, chamber in the brain) |
| ventr/o- | front; abdomen |
| verd/o- | green |
| -verse | to travel; to turn |
| vers/o- | to travel; to turn |
| vertebr/o- | vertebra |
| vert/o- | to travel; to turn |
| vesic/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
| vesicul/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
| vestibul/o- | vestibule (entrance) |
| vest/o- | to dress |
| viril/o- | masculine |
| vir/o- | virus |
| viscer/o- | large internal organs |
| viscos/o- | thickness |
| vis/o- | sight; vision |
| vitre/o- | transparent substance |
| voc/o- | voice |
| volunt/o- | done of one's one free will |
| vuls/o- | to tear |
| vulv/o- | vulva |
| xanth/o- | yellow |
| xen/o- | foreign |
| xer/o- | dry |
| xiph/o- | sword |
| -zoon | animal; living thing |
| zygomat/o- | zygoma (cheekbone) |