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Medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adeno | gland, adenoma- gland tumor |
| calculi | stone, calculosis(stones) |
| Cele | tumor hydrocele (water cyst, tumor) |
| cyto | cell, cytology (cells, study of) |
| glyco | sugar, glycosuria (sugar in the urine) |
| homeo, homo | (similar, same, like)homeostasis (same environment), |
| lingua | tongue, linguiform (tongue-shaped) |
| lip | fat, lipoma (fat tumor |
| lith | lith (stone),lithotripsy (stone dissolve) |
| madaro | falling hair,madarosis (loss of eyelashes or eyebrows) |
| psych | mind,psycho (mind; study of psychology; mental processes |
| pyo | pus,pyogenic (pus producing) |
| radi | rays,radiology (rays, study of) |
| thermic | heat,thermobiosis (exists at high temperature) |
| arthro | joint |
| carpo | wrist |
| chondro | cartilage |
| costa | rib |
| cranio | skull |
| dactyl | finger |
| ili | hip |
| manus | hand |
| myel | bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| osteo | bone |
| pedi | foot |
| spondyl | vertebra |
| cutis | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| lapsia | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| onco | tumor |
| onchyia | nailbeds |
| pedicular | lice |
| prurigo (pru-rig-oh) | itching |
| psora (sore-uh) | itch |
| sacro | flesh , sacrolysis(flesh decomposing) |
| sclero | hard |
| squama | scaly |
| tricho | hair |
| malacia | soft |
| chole (coal-lee) | bile, galbladder |
| colon | large intestine |
| emisis (emmy-sis) | vomiting, |
| entero (en-ter-oh) | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| hepat | liver |
| ile (ill-lee) | ileum |
| laparo (lap-uh-row) | obdomen |
| myxo (mix-oh) | myxoma |
| procto (prock-toe) | anus; rectum |
| pyloro (pie-lore-oh) | pylorus(gate keeper) |
| stoma | opening;mouth |
| viscero (v-is-ur-oh) | body organs |
| angio | vessel |
| arterio (ar-teer-ee-oh) | artery |
| cardio | heart |
| emboli (em-bo-lie) | vessel obstuction |
| emia | blood |
| hemo,hemo | blood |