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med term chapter 1/2
med abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| root of word | foundation of term |
| suffix | word ending |
| prefix | word beginning |
| combo vowel | combines root to suffix |
| aden/o | gland |
| arthro/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous,cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cis/o | cut |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gynec/o | female,woman |
| hema/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | something caused by a physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cute |
| thromb/o | clot,clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study |
| -oma | tumar,mass,swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument used to physically examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -y | process, conditon |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| aut- | self, own |
| auto- | self, own |
| dia- | through, complere |
| end- | within |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above |
| ex- | out |
| exo- | outside of, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less |
| in- | into,in |
| peri- | surrounding |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
| What does a line above a vowel mean? | long sound |
| what does a u above a vowel mean? | short sound |
| what are cells? | the fundamental unit of all living things? |
| cranial | brain |
| thoracic | lungs and heart |
| abdominal | stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas |
| pelvic | portions of the small and large intestines |
| what are the first set of 7 vertabrae called? | 7 cervical |
| what are the 2nd set of 12 vertabrae called? | 12 thoracic |
| what are the third set of 5 vertabrae called? | 5 lumbar |
| what are the fourth set of 4 vertabrae called? | 4 sical |
| what is the tail bone of the spine called? | coxyagyel |
| superior | towards head |
| inferior | towards feet |
| posterior | dorsal, back |
| anterior | ventral, front |
| proximal | closer to the body |
| distal | farther from body |
| deep | in deep |
| superficial | on top of skin |
| frontal plane | divides body into front and back |
| sagital plane | divides body into left and right halfs |
| transverse plane | top and bottom |
| medial | closer to midline |
| lateral | farther from midline |
| supine | on back |
| prone | on stomach |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast, throw |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilege |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccys(tailbone) |
| crain/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/0 | ilium (of pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lover back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine |
| thel/o | nipple |
| tharco | chest |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilical |
| ventr/o | belly, side of body |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| ana- | up |
| cata- | down |
| epi- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | change |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -plasm | formation |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | picture |
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