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PAM
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o: celi/o | abdomen |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o: appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | bile |
| bucc/o | cheeck |
| cec/o | cecum |
| chol/e | bile:gall |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o; colon/o | colon |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines |
| esphag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o; lingu/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| or/o; stomat/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| polyp/o | polyp |
| proct/o;rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | salivary gland;saliva |
| endo- | within |
| retro- | backward |
| cele | hernia;herniation |
| iasis | condition |
| pepsia | disgestion |
| phagia | swollowing to swallow |
| tripsy | crushig |
| EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| NG | nasogastric |
| UGI | upper gastrointestinal |
| andro | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cyst/o | bladder;sac;urinary bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| hydr/o | water |
| lith/o | stone |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | few;diminished |
| orch/o; orchi/o orchid.o | testis; testes |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| semin/i | semen |
| sperm/o; spermat/o | sperm; spermatic cord |
| test/o; testicul/o | testes; testis; testicle |
| ur/o | urine; urinary system |
| ureter/o urethra/o | ureter |
| varic/o | twisted veins or vessels |
| vas/o vasdeferens | vessel |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| a-;an- | without; lack of |
| carcin- | cancer |
| epi | upon; on |
| cele | hernia; protrusion |
| genesis | producing |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| ptosis | drooping; saggina |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| CAPD | continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis |
| CCPD | continuous cycler assisted peritone dialysis |
| IVP | intravenos pyelography |
| IVU | intravenous urography |
| KUB | kidneys, ureters, and bladder |
| NIPD | nocturnal intermittent peritoneal dialysis |
| UA | urinalysis |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| VCUG | voiding cystourethrography |