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Terms mod 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acromi/o | acromion |
| aer/o | air |
| an/o | anus |
| anklyl/o | stiffness:bent |
| append/o or appendic/o | appendix |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| calcane/o | calcanem heel bone |
| carp/o | carpus wrist bone |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck:cervix |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile,gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| cholelith/o | gallstones |
| chondr/0 | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium skull |
| dactyl/o | fingers and toes |
| decidu/o | falling off: shedding |
| dent/o | teeth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine usually small |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| fasci/o | band,fasica |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium |
| iscji/o | ishium |
| jejun/o | jeiunum |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| labi/o | lip |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lith/o | stobe, calulus |
| lord/o | curve or swayback |
| lumb/o | loins |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus |
| metatars/o | metatarsus |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| odont/o | teeth |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/i | foot child |
| ped/o | foot child |
| pelv/i or o | pelvis |
| peps/o | digestion |
| phalang/o | phalangies |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pod/o | foot |
| proct/o | anus,rectum |
| pub/o | pelvis bone |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| rachio/o | spine |
| radi/o | radiation:x-ray |
| rect/o | rectum |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle |
| rug/o | fold, ruga |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| synov/o | synovial membrance |
| ten,tend,tendon/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| vertebr/o | verebra: spinalor |
| -ad | toward |
| -al,ar,eal | p2 |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -cele | hernia or swelling |
| -clasia, clast | break |
| -cure | care of |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gram | record: x ray film |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatry | physican: treatment |
| -ism | state of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in study by |
| -lysis | loosening: separating |
| -malacia | softning |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metry | act of measurement |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -oma | tumour:swelling |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating: swallowing |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -porosis | passage |
| -prandial | meal |
| -ptosis | dropping,sagging |
| `-rrhapy | surting:repairing |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -schisis | split |
| -scope | instrument used 4 visual exam |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -spasm | sudden |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| trophy | nourishment |
| a- | with or absence |
| an- | without or absence |
| ante- | before |
| dia- | through:complete |
| dys- | difficult: painful |
| endo- | within infront of |
| epi- | on upon over |
| hypo- | below: incomplete |
| leuko- | white |
| meta- | after beyond change |
| peri- | surrounding outer around |
| quadra- | four |
| radio- | radiation |
| sub- | under below |
| supra- | above superior |
| syn- | together, joined union |
| EMG | electromyography |
| ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholongia pancreatography |
| FX | fracture |
| GB | gallbladder |
| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| HD | hearing distance |
| HP | hemipelvectomy |
| IBS | irritable bowel syndrome |
| IM | itramuscular |
| IV | intravenous |
| MG | myasthenia |
| MS | mitral stenosis |
| NSAIDS | nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
| PUD | peptic ulcer disease |
| R/O | rule out |
| ROM | range of motion |
| THA | total hip arthroplastry |
| THR | total hip replacement |
| TKA | total knee arthroplasty |
| ABC | aspiration biopsy cytology |
| ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
| AE | above the elbow |
| AK | above the knee |
| BA | barium |
| BAE | barium enema |
| BK | below the knee |
| BM | bowel movement |
| C1,C2 | first and second cervical vertebra |
| CA | cardiac arrest |
| CDH | congenital dislocation of hip |
| CF | cystic fibrosis |
| CT | computed tomography |
| DJD | degenerative joint disease |