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Med Term 4-5
Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
| -ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
| -a | noun suffix,no meaning |
| -coccus | berry shaped(form of bacterium) |
| per- | through |
| para- | beside,beyond,around,abnormal |
| sub- | under,below |
| trans- | through,across,beyond |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| rrhea | flow,discharge |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -malacia | softening |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -opsy | view of, viewing |
| -itis | inflammation |
| myc/o | fungus |
| bi/o | life |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| trich/o | hair |
| heter/o | other |
| aut/o | self |
| seb/o | sebum(oil) |
| coni/o | dust |
| intra- | within |
| staphyl/o | |
| xer/o | dry |
| pachy/o | thick |
| epi- | on,upon,over |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| necr/o | death (cells,body) |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus |
| lob/o | lobe |
| diaphragmat/o, phren/o | diaphragm |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| alveol/o | aveolus |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| trache/o | trachea |
| pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | lung,air |
| sept/o | septum |
| py/o | pus |
| phon/o | sound,voice |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| orth/o | straight |
| muc/o | mucus |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| atel/o | imperfect,incomplete |
| ox/o, ox/i | oxygen |
| spir/o | breathe, breathing |
| pan- | all,total |
| endo- | within |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| somn/o | sleep |
| eu- | normal,good |
| a-,an- | without or absence of |
| poly- | many,much |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -tomy | cut into or incision |
| -thorax | chest |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| -metry | measurement |
| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ar, -ary, -eal | pertaining to |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilatation, expansion |
| -algia | pain |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid ( with a sterile needle) |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| -cele | hernia or protrusion |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
| cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| hidr/o | sweat |
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