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Medical Terms 1 Phle
Medical Terms for Phlebotomy #1 including combining vowel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| abrupt/o | broken away from |
| abcess/o | going away, collection of pus |
| aer/o | air, gas |
| agglutin/o | clumping, stick together |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angin/o | chocking, strangling |
| aort/o | aorta |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease, suffering |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plasm/o | something molded or formed |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| ren/o | kidney |
| resuscit/o | revive |
| retr/o | behind, backward |
| scler/o | sclera, white of eye |
| sphincter/o | tight band |
| staphyl/o | cluster, bunch of grapes |
| strept/o | twisted chain |
| syring/o | tube |
| systol/o | contraction |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| tunic/o | covering, cloak, sheath |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| varic/o | swollen or dilated vein |
| vascul/o | little vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | in front, belly side of body |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of brain or heart |
| venul/o | venule, small vein |
| a-, an- | away from, negative, no, not without |
| Prefix: ab- | away from |
| Prefix: ac-, ad-, af-, as-, at- | toward, to |
| Prefix: al- | like, similar |
| Prefix: ante- | before, forward |
| Prefix: anti- | against, counter |
| Prefix: bi- | twice, double, two |
| Prefix: brachy- | short |
| Prefix: brady- | slow |
| Prefix: cent- | hundred |
| Prefix: circum- | around, about |
| Prefix: co-, com-, con- | together, with |
| Prefix: contra- | against, counter, opposite |
| Prefix: cort- | covering |
| Prefix: cyst- | bag, bladder |
| Prefix: de- | from, not, down, lack of |
| Prefix: demi- | half |
| Prefix: di- | twice, twofold, double |
| Prefix: dia- | through, between, apart, complete |
| Prefix: dis- | negative, apart, abscence |
| Prefix: dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
| Prefix: ecto- | out, outside |
| Prefix: em- | in |
| Prefix: en- | in, into, whithin |
| Prefix: endo- | within, in, inside |
| Prefix: epi- | upon, above, on, upper |
| Prefix: eu- | well, easy, good |
| Prefix: ex-, exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| Prefix: extra- | on the outside, beyond, outside |
| Prefix: fore- | before, in front of |
| Prefix: hem- | relating to the blood |
| Prefix: hemi- | half |
| Prefix: hydra- | relating to water |
| Prefix: hyper- | over, above, increased, excessive |
| Prefix: hypo- | under, decreased, deficient, below |
| Prefix: in- | in, into, not, without |
| Prefix: infra- | beneath, below, inferior to |
| Prefix: inter- | between, among |
| Prefix: intra-, intro- | within, into, inside |
| Prefix: mal- | bad, poor, evil |
| Prefix: med-, mes- | middle |
| Prefix: mega- | large, great |
| Prefix: meta- | change, transformation, subsequent to, behind, hindmost, after or next |
| Prefix: multi- | many, much |
| Prefix: neo- | new, strange |
| Prefix: nitro- | nitrogen |
| Prefix: non- | no |
| Prefix: nuli- | none |
| Prefix: ortho- | straight, normal, correct |
| Prefix: os- | mouth, bone |
| Prefix: pan- | all, entire, every |
| Prefix: para- | apart from, beside, near, abnormal |
| Prefix: per- | excessive, through |
| Prefix: peri- | around, surrounding |
| Prefix: poly- | many |
| Prefix: post- | after, behind |
| Prefix: pre- | before, in front of |
| Prefix: pro- | before, in behalf of |
| Prefix: re- | back, again |
| Prefix: retro- | behind, backward, back of |
| Prefix: semi- | half |
| Prefix: sub- | under, less, below |
| Prefix: super- | above, excessive, higher than |
| Prefix: sym- | with, together |
| Prefix: syn- | union, association |
| Prefix: tachy- | fast, rapid |
| Prefix: tetra- | four |
| Prefix: trans- | across, through |
| Prefix: tri- | three |
| Prefix: ultra- | beyond, excess |
| Prefix: un- | not |
| Prefix: uni- | one |
| Prefix: venter- | the abdomen |