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unite 1
introduction to medical and anatomic terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomien |
| arc/o | extremities |
| adnex/o | adjacent,accessory |
| anatom/o | body structures |
| anter/o | front |
| blast/o | immature/embryonic cell |
| caud/o | tail |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cephal/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dermat/o,derm/o | skin |
| dist/o | distant from origin |
| dors/o | black |
| epitheli/o | epithelia |
| eti/o | cause of disease |
| hist/o | tissue |
| later/o | side |
| mediasten/o | mediastinum |
| medi/o | middle |
| megal/o | enlaged |
| morph/o | form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| physi/o | function |
| pleur/o | lung cavity |
| poster/o | back |
| proxim/o | closer to origin |
| ser/o | serum or serous membrane |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ventr/o | front |
| peri- | surrounding |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlaged |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -osis | condition |
| -paralysis | loss of movement and feeling |
| -pathy | disease |
| -tic,-ous,-ic,-al,-ible,-able | adjective ending |
| -um,-y,-a,-us | noun endings |
| viser/o | organs |