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1 Med Term
Chapter 1 of Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gloss/o | tongue |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| itis | inflammation |
| bi- | two |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| -al | pertaining to |
| sub- | under |
| Eponym | terms that are named after a person or place associated with the term |
| Simple abbreviation | Combination of letters and sometimes numbers: C2 second cervical vertebrae |
| Acronyms | abbreviations that are also pronounceable |
| Symbols | Graphic depictions of terms |
| PPD | purified protein derivative |
| LVAD | left ventricular assist device |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -is, -um | structure, thing, membrane |
| trop/o | turning, to turn |
| adip/o | fat |
| cheil/o | lips |
| par-, para- | abnormal |
| presby- | old age |
| lacrim/o, dacry/o | tears |
| andr/o | male |
| apo- | away from, seperate |
| HSG | hysterosalgingography |
| duct/o | carrying, to carry |
| chrom/o | color |
| carcin/o | cancer of epithelial origin |
| chym/o | juice |
| ton/o | tone, tension |
| -trite | instrument to crush |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum (space between the lungs) |
| VAD | ventricular assist device |
| aden/o | gland |
| RSV | Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
| -malacia | softening |
| papill/o, thel/e | nipple |
| blast/o | immature |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| pol/o | pole |
| viscer/o | viscera, organs |
| -pexy | suspension, fixation |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| apic/o | apex, pointed |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| pub/o | pubis (anterior pelvis bone) |
| AD | Alzheimer Disease |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -tocia | ? |
| -ptysis | Spitting |
| TNM | Tumor-nodes-metastases |
| OAE | otoacoustic emission |
| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion (outer fetal sac) |
| syndesm/o | ligament |
| AS | Aortic Stenosis |
| GN | glomerulonephritis |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |
| NSR | normal sinus rhythm |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -ule | small, tiny |
| SG | skin graft |
| -tripsy | process of cruching |
| venul/o | venule |
| CA 15-3 | tumor marker to monitor breast cancer |
| HHN | hand held nebulizer |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -philia | condition of attraction |
| -in | substance |
| MD | muscular dystrophy |
| -y | condition, process of |
| spin/o, rachi/o | spine |
| PD | Panic Disorder |
| PVC | premature ventricular condition |
| cord/o, chord/o | spinal cord |
| keton/o | ketones |
| -pause | stop, cease |
| -drome | to run, running |
| MCHC | mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration |
| squam/o | scaly |
| dextr/o | right |
| -fida | to split, splitting |
| -rrhagia | condition of bursting forth |
| nev/o | nevus (birthmark) |
| steat/o | fat |
| -crine | to secrete, secreting |
| -glia | glue, glial cell |
| cata- | down |
| log/o | study |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| DIP | distal interphalangeal joint |
| BBB | blood brain barrier |
| #? | fracture |
| canth/o | canthus (corner of eye) |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| -poietin | forming substance |
| -lapse | fall |
| myc/o | fungus |
| claustr/o | a closing |
| nat/o | born, birth |
| sider/o | iron |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| por/o | passage |
| vill/p | villus |
| top/o | place, location |
| tens/o | stretching |
| -clast | breaking down |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| fissur/o | fissure, slit |
| -orexia | condition of appetite |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| ren/o, nephr/o | kidney |
| -rrheic | pertaining to discharge |
| fund/o | fundus (base, bottom) |
| som/o | body |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -kathisia | condition of sitting |
| cephal/o | head |
| bi/o | life living |
| -stomy | new opening |
| phil/o | attraction |
| para- | beside |
| peri- | surrounding |
| cut/o | skin |
| coron/o | crown, heart |
| ante- | forward, in front of, before |
| enter/o | intestine, small intestine |
| somn/o | sleep |
| lipid/o | fat, lipid |
| -tripter | machine to crush |
| therm/o | heat, hot temperature |
| pne/o | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
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