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PAM
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Question | Answer |
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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 |