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Medical Assistant 1
Terminology Word Parts week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without, absense of |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| aden | gland |
| adrenal | adrenal gland |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| an- | without, absense of |
| angi | blood vessel |
| anter | before,front |
| appendic | appendix |
| arteri | artery |
| arthr | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| audi | hearing |
| blephar | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch | bronchus, bronchi |
| burs | bursa |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| caud | tail, downward |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical punture to remove fluids |
| cephal | head, or upwards |
| cerebr | brain |
| cervic | neck, cervix |
| cheil | lip |
| chole | gall, bile |
| chondr | cartilage |
| col | colon |
| colp | vagina |
| cost | rib |
| crani | cranium, skull |
| cutane | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | bladder, sac |
| cyt | cell |
| derm | skin |
| dermat | skin |
| dys- | difficult, painful, abnormal |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | surgical removing removal of |
| -emia | condition of blood |