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Medical terms 350
Centene course - non clinical medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lobo | Section (Lobectomy) |
| emesis | Vomiting |
| contra | Against, Counter |
| iasis | Condition |
| trans | Through, Across (Transfusion) |
| brady | Slow |
| ectasis | Expansion |
| cyt | Cell |
| odont | Tooth |
| leuk | White |
| esthesia | Sensation |
| cantho | Angle at the end of the eyelid |
| steno | Narrow, contracted (Stenosis) |
| cheli | Lip |
| cele | Hernia |
| benign | Not cancerous, mild |
| semen | Seed |
| celio | Abdomen |
| erythro | Red ( |
| vaso | Vessel (Vascular) |
| melan | Black |
| cauda | Tail |
| lingua | Tongue |
| myring | Eardrum |
| spondyl | Spinal column (Spondylous) |
| ovar | Egg, female reproductive cell |
| centesis | Puncture |
| oto | Ear |
| bili | Bile |
| squam | Scale |
| mening | Membrane |
| cec | Blind passage |
| macul | Spot |
| pexy | Suspension |
| onco | Tumor |
| or | Mouth |
| sub | Under |
| spiro | Coil |
| lacrim | Tear |
| viscero | Organ |
| lact | Milk |
| onych | Nail, claw |
| thorac | Chest |
| pyle | Gate |
| vesic | Bladder |
| sphenic | Wedge |
| myel | Marrow, spinal cord |
| anti | Against |
| myco | Fungus |
| hallux | Great toe (big toe) |
| physio | Nature |
| bucc(o) | Cheek |
| palpebr | Eyelid |
| plasia | Development |
| rug | Wrinkle, fold, crease |
| aur | Ear |
| acoust(i) | Hearing |
| colp(o) | Hollow, vagina |
| phon | Voice, sound |
| leio | Smooth |
| cor | Heart |
| ren | Kidney |
| orchi | Testis |
| encephal | Brain |
| thalam | Inner chamber |
| Plexus | Braid |
| cilia | Eyelash |
| dendr | Tree, branch |
| phleb | Vein |
| pilo | Hair |
| histo | Tissue |
| stoma | Mouth |
| tympan | Eardrum |
| umbilic | Navel |
| salpingo | Tube |
| helio | Sun |
| astr | Star shaped |
| asthenia | Weakness |
| fascia | Sheet, band |
| iso | Equal |
| tarso | Ankle |
| tope | Place |
| pod | Foot |
| malign | Bad |
| adnexa | Ties, connections |
| ocul | Eye |
| lapar | Abdominal wall |
| dacry | Tear |
| ment | Mind |
| part | Labor, bring forth |
| scler(a) | Hard |
| somato | Body |
| trachel | neck |
| sinus | Hollow space |
| hypno | Sleep |
| sept | Wall, fence |
| scirr(h) | Hard |
| antr | Cavity |
| crine | To secrete |
| dura | Hard |
| -ic,-al,-ac | Pertaining to |
| -ical | Pertaining to as set forth |
| -y | The result of |
| -ia | Unhealthy state, disease |
| -um | um is used to form a complete name from a root word "momentum" |
| -is | -is is used to form the name of a thing from the root "dermis" |
| aden | Gland |
| angi | Vessel |
| arthr | Joint |
| blephar | Eyelid |
| cardi | Heart |
| cerebr | Brain |
| dermat | Skin |
| ectomy | Surgical removal (Arthrectomy) |
| enter | Intestines (Enteritis) |
| gastro | Stomach (Gastrointestinal) |
| gingiv | Gum (Gingivitis) |
| hepat | Liver (Hepatic) |
| itis | Inflammation (Gatritis) |
| malacia | Soft (Adenomalacia) |
| megal | Enlarged (Cardiomegaly) |
| nephr | Kidney (Nephritis) |
| ologist | Specialist (Gastrologist) |
| ology | The study of disease (Dermatology) |
| oma | Tumor (Angioma) |
| osis | Condition of, disease of (Nephrosis) |
| otomy | Surgical incision, to cut into (Gastrotomy) |
| path | Disease (Cardiopathy) |
| plast | Repair of (Angioplasty) |
| rhin | Nose (Rhinoplasty) |
| spasm | Involuntary contraction(s) (Blepharospasm) |