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Chabner ch-3
Question | Answer |
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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 |