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introduction to medical and anatomic terminology
Question | Answer |
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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 |