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Chabner ch-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomine |
| acr/o | extremities; top; extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp; severe; sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryro in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| hydr/o | water; fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen; abdomainal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx--VOICE BOX |
| lymph/o | lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces which is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body.) |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (white blood cell) |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat; swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation; development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| ven/o | vein |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| bi/o | life |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chron/o | time |
| erythr/o | red |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium or bacteria (plural) |
| -cocci (pleural) | berry-shaped bacterium or bacteria (plural) |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision; removal; resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing; forming |
| -genic | pertaining to producing; produced by; or in |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument used for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown; destruction; separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping; sagging; prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stasis | stopping; controlly |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth--STOMA |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision; to cut into |
| -trophy | development; nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole | little; small |
| -ule | little; small |
| -um; -ium | structure; tissue; thing |
| -y | condition; process |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ose | pertaining to ; full of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |