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med term chapter 1/2
med abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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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 |