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HOSA2011
Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acanth/o | spiny; thorny |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acromi/o | acromion (extension of shoulder bone) |
| actin/o | light |
| acu/o | sharp; severe; sudden |
| -acusis | hearing |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| af- | toward |
| agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together |
| agora- | marketplace |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
| alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
| all/o | other |
| alveol/o | air sac; small sac |
| ambly/o | dim; dull |
| -amine | nitrogen compound |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo) |
| an/o | anus |
| ana- | up; apart; backward; again, anew male |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm (widened blood vessel) |
| anis/o | unequal |
| anthrac/o | coal |
| anthr/o | antrum of the stomach |
| anxi/o | uneasy; anxious |
| -apheresis | removal |
| aphth/o | ulcer |
| apo- | off, away |
| aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
| -arche | beginning |
| -arthria | articulate (speak distinctly) |
| asbest/o | asbestos |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| aur/o auricul/o | ear |
| axillo/o | armpit |
| azot/o | urea; nitrogen |
| bacill/o | bacilli (bacteria) |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bar/o | pressure; weight |
| bartholin/o | Bartholin glands |
| bas/o | base; opposite of acid |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
| bol/o | cast; throw |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| bunion/o | bunion |
| byssin/o | cotton dust |
| cac/o | bad |
| cali/o calic/o | calyx |
| capn/o -capina | carbon dioxide |
| cata- | down |
| caus/o | burn; burning |
| celi/o | belly; abdomen |
| cerumin/o | cerumen |
| -chalasia -chalasis | relaxation |
| cheil/o | lip |
| -chezia | defecation; elimination of wastes |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| chol/e | bile; gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chori/o | chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus) |
| chorion/o | chorion |
| choriod/o | choroid layer of the eye |
| chrom/o | color |
| chron/o | time |
| chym/o | to pour |
| cib/o | meal |
| -cide | killing |
| -cidal | pertaining to killing |
| cine/o | movement |
| cis/o | to cut |
| -clasis -clast | to break |
| claustr/o | enclosed space |
| -clysis | irrigation; washing |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| cochle/o | cochlea (inner part of ear) |
| coll/a | glue |
| colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| comat/o | deep sleep |
| comi/o | to care for |
| coni/o | dust |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| cor/o core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| cras/o | mixture; temperament |
| -crit | separate |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| dem/o | people |
| desicc/o | drying |
| -desis | bind, tie together |
| dia- | complete; through |
| diaphor/o | sweat |
| -dote | to give |
| -drome | to run |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| ec- | out; ouside |
| -ectasia -ectasis | dilation; dialtation; widening |
| -elasma | flat plate |
| em- | in |
| -ema | condition |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| emmetr/o | in due measure |
| encephal/o | brain |
| eosin/o | red; rosy; dawn-colored |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| episi/o | vulva (external female genitalia) |
| epitheli/o | skin; epithelium |
| equin/o | horse |
| erg/o | work |
| erythem/o | flushed; redness |
| -esis | action; condition; state of |
| eso- | inward |
| esthes/o esthesi/o -esthesia | nervous sensation |
| ethm/o | sieve |
| eti/o | cause |
| -eurysm | widening |
| exanthemat/o | rash |
| -ferent | to carry |
| -fication | process of making |
| -fida | split |
| flex/o | bend |
| follicul/o | follicle; small sac |
| furc/o | forking; branching |
| galact/o | milk |
| ganglion/o | ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies |
| gest/o gester/o | pregnancy |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gli/o | glial cells; neuroglial cells |
| -globin -globulin | protein |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gon/o | seed |
| gonad/o | sex glands |
| goni/o | angle |
| -grade | to go |
| granul/o | granule |
| gravid/o | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant women |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -hexia | state of |
| hist/o histi/o | tissue |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| hyster/o | uterus; womb |
| ichthy/o | dry; scaly |
| -icle | small |
| idi/o | unknown; individual; distinct |
| ile/o | ileum |
| -in, -ine | a substance |
| inguin/o | groin |
| iod/o | iodine |
| ion/o | ion; to wander |
| ipsi- | same |
| ir/o irid/o | iris (color portion of eye) |
| is/o | same; equal |
| isch/o | hold back; back |
| -itus | condition |
| -ium | structure; tissue |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kerat/o | cornea; hard, horny tissue |
| kern- | nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain) |
| ket/o keton/o | ketones; acetones |
| klept/o | to steal |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| labi/o | lip |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
| -lemma | sheath, covering |
| -leptic | pertaining to seizing, taking hold of |
| leth/o | death |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| lob/o | lobe |
| log/o | study |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| -lucent | to shine |
| lute/o | yellow |
| lux/o | slide |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process (behind the ear) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| medull/o | medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow |
| men/o | menses; menstruation |
| ment/o | mind; chin |
| metr/o | uterus (womb); measure |
| metri/o | uterus (womb) |
| -mimetic | mimic; copy |
| -mission | send |
| mutagen/o | causing genetic change |
| mydr/o | wide |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| natr/o | sodium |
| nect/o | bind, tie, connect |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neutr/o | neither; neutral; neutrophil |
| nid/o | nest |
| noct/o nyct/o | night |
| norm/o | rule; order |
| nos/o | disease |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy; childbirth |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| odyn/o | pain |
| -ole | little; small |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| olig/o | scanty |
| om/o | shoulder |
| -one | hormone |
| o/o ov/o ovul/o | egg |
| oophor/o ovari/o | ovary |
| -opaque | obscure |
| -opia -opsia | vision condition |
| orch/o orchi/o orchid/o | testis |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osmia | smell |
| ossicul/o | ossicle (small bone) |
| oxy- | rapid; sharp; acid |
| oxysm/o | sudden |
| pachy- | heavy; thick |
| palat/o | palate (roof of the mouth) |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| pan- | all |
| papill/o | nipple-like; optic disc (disk) |
| -para -parous | to bear, bring forth |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| pector/o | chest |
| pend/o | hang |
| perine/o | perineum |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phac/o | lens of eye |
| phak/o | lens of eye |
| phall/o | penis |
| pharyng/o | throat (pharynx) |
| phe/o | dusky; dark |
| -pheresis | removal |
| phil/o | like; love; attraction to |
| -phil -philia | attraction for |
| phim/o | muzzle |
| phor/o | to bear |
| -phoresis | carrying; transmission |
| -phoria | to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) |
| phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
| -phthisis | wasting away |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | to grow |
| phyt/o -phyte | plant |
| pil/o | hair |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| -plakia | plaque |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| plas/o -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| ple/o | more; many; varied |
| plex/o | plexus; network (of nerves) |
| pod/o | foot |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poikil/o | varied; irregular |
| pol/o | extreme |
| polio- | gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
| polyp/o | polyp; small growth |
| pont/o | pons (a part of the brain) |
| -porosis | condition of pores (spaces) |
| -prandial | pertaining to eating or mealtime |
| -praxia | action |
| presby/o | old age |
| prurit/o | itching |
| pseudo- | false |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| purul/o py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor/o | pylorus; pyloric sphincter |
| pyret/o pyrex/o | fever |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| ren/o | kidney |
| reticul/o | network |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| roentgen/o | x-rays |
| salping/o | fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube |
| salpinx | fallopian tube; oviduct |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
| scint/i | spark |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| scot/o | darkness |
| seps/o | infection |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sider/o | iron |
| silic/o | glass |
| -sol | solution |
| -spadia | to tear, cut |
| sphen/o | wedge; sphenoid bone |
| sphygm/o -sphyxia | pulse |
| splanchn/o | viscera (internal organs) |
| spuam/o | scale |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone) |
| staphyl/o | clusters; uvula |
| steat/o | fat, seburn |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| ster/o | solid structure; steroid |
| stere/o | solid; three-dimensional |
| steth/o | chest |
| -stitial | pertaining to standing or positioned |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -stomia | condition of the mouth |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| styl/o | pole or stake |
| submaxill/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| -suppression | stopping |
| syncop/o | to cut off, cut short; faint |
| syndesm/o | ligament |
| synov/o | synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon |
| syring/o | tube |
| tax/o | order; coordination |
| tel/o | complete |
| tele | distant |
| terat/o | monster; malformed fetus |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thalass/o | sea |
| thec/o | sheath |
| thel/o | nipple |
| -thymia | mind (condition of) |
| -thymic | pertaining to mind |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland; shield |
| toc/o -tocia -tocin | labor; birth |
| ton/o | tension |
| tone/o | stretch |
| -tresia | opening |
| trich/o | hair |
| trigon/o | trigone (area within the bladder) |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| troph/o -trophy | nourishment; development |
| -ule | little; small |
| ungu/o | nail |
| -us | structure; thing |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| -verse -version | to turn |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| vit/o | life |
| vitre/o | glass |
| vol/o | to roll |
| xen/o | stranger |
| xer/o | dry |
| xiph/o | sword |
| zo/o | animal life |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| bil/i | bile |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| -cidal | killing |
| cirrh-/o | orange-yellow |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coni/o | dust |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dips/o | thirst |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| embol/o | embolus |
| gil/o | neuroglia or sticky substance |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| jejun/o | jejenum |
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