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Lesson 1- Med. Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| combining form | root + combining vowel |
| modifiers | prefix and suffix |
| root (definition) | the essential meaning of the term |
| suffix (definition) | word ending |
| prefix (definition) | small part added to the beginning of the term |
| combining vowel (definition) | connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots |
| combining form (definition) | combination of root and combining vowel |
| When a term contains two or more roots related to parts of the body, what often determines which root is listed first? | anatomical position |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| erythr/o | red, red blood cell |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white, white blood cells |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | cancer |
| os, oss, oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| phleb/o | vein |
| psych/o | mind |
| sarc/o | flesh, muscle |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae, spine |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| thorax(x)/o | chest |
| esophago/o | esophagus |
| trach/o | trachea |
| cardi/o | heart |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pleur/o | pleura, membrane surrounding the lung |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestine, gut |
| dueden/o | duodenum, proximal small intestine |
| jejun/o | jejunum, middle small intestine |
| ile/o | ileum, distal small intestine |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| docho/o | duct, tube |
| col/o | colon |
| splen/o | spleen |
| pancrea | pancreas |
| ren/o, nephr/o | kidney |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| pyel/o | pelvis |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| proct/o | anus |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| cephal/o, cep/o | head |
| encephal/o | brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| crani/o | skill |
| ophthalm | eye |
| ot/o | ear |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| bucc/o | mouth |
| gloss/o, glot | tongue |
| cervic/o | neck |
| phrang/o | throat |
| laryng | voicebox |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| -ac, -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -in, -ism | condition |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study, science |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | formed like, looks like |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | visual examination |
| -osis | condition or process |
| -paresis | slow, difficulty moving |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | to produce, build |
| -rrhea | flowing |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state, condition |
| -stasis | controlling, stopping |
| -stomy | creating an artificial opening |
| -tomy | process of cutting into an organ or tissue |
| -trophy | growth, development, nourishment |
| a-, an- | without |
| ana- | up |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against, opposite |
| aut- | self |
| bi- | two, both, double |
| brachy- | short, arm |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| dis- | apart |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon, at, in addition to |
| ex- | from, our of, without, away from, over |
| hyper- | over, above, excessive |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| iso- | equal, alike, the same |
| mal- | bad |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside, near, a pair |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, about |
| poly- | many |
| pro- | before, forward |
| retro- | back, backward |
| sub- | under, below, beneath |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through |
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