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Med. Term. 20
Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms "T"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tachy- | fast |
| tact/o- | touch |
| tampon/o- | stop up |
| tard/o- | late; slow |
| tars/o- | ankle |
| tax/o- | coordination |
| techn/o- | technical skill |
| tele/o- | distance |
| tempor/o- | temple (side of the head) |
| tendin/o- | tendon |
| tendon/o- | tendon |
| ten/o- | tendon |
| tens/o- | pressure; tension |
| terat/o- | bizarre form |
| termin/o- | end; boundary |
| testicul/o- | testis; testicle |
| test/o- | testis; testicle |
| tetr/a- | four |
| thalam/o- | thalamus |
| thanat/o- | death |
| thec/o- | sheath; layer of membranes |
| theli/o- | cellular layer |
| then/o- | thumb |
| therapeut/o- | therapy; treatment |
| therap/o- | treatment |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therm/o- | heat |
| thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
| -thorax | thorax (chest) |
| thromb/o- | thrombus (blood clot) |
| thym/o- | thymus; rage |
| thyr/o- | shield-shaped structure (thyroid gland) |
| thyroid/o- | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o- | tibia (shin bone) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| till/o- | pull out |
| -tion | a process; being or having |
| toc/o- | labor and childbirth |
| toler/o- | to become accustomed to |
| -tome | instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges |
| tom/o- | cut; slice; layer |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
| ton/o- | pressure; tone |
| tonsill/o- | tonsil |
| -tope | place; position |
| topic/o- | a specific area |
| -tor | person or thing that produces or does |
| tort/i- | twisted position |
| -tous | pertaining to |
| toxic/o- | poison; toxin |
| tox/o- | poison |
| trabecul/o- | trabecula (mesh) |
| trache/o- | trachea (windpipe) |
| trac/o- | visible path |
| tract/o- | pulling |
| tranquil/o- | calm |
| trans- | across; through |
| transit/o- | change over from one thing to another |
| transmitt/o- | to send across or through |
| transplant/o- | move something to another |
| traumat/o- | injury |
| tremul/o- | shaking |
| -tresia | opening or hole |
| tri- | three |
| trich/o- | hair |
| triglycerid/o- | triglyceride |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -triptor | thing that crushes |
| trochanter/o- | trochanter |
| trochle/o- | structure shaped like a pulley |
| -tron | instrument |
| troph/o- | development |
| -trophy | process of development |
| trop/o- | having an affinity for; stimulating; turning |
| tubercul/o- | nodule; tuberculosis |
| tuber/o- | nodule |
| tuberos/o- | knoblike projection |
| tub/o- | tube |
| tubul/o- | tube; small tube |
| turbin/o- | scroll-like structure; turbinate |
| tuss/o- | cough |
| -ty | quality or state |
| tympan/o- | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| -type | particular kind of; a model of |