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Question | Answer |
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Albin/o | White |
Abumin/o | Albumin (protein) |
Amni/o | Amnion (amniotic sac) |
Andr/o | Male |
Azot/o | Nitrogenous compounds |
Bacteri/o | Bacteria (Bacterium) |
Balan/o | Glans Penis |
Calyc/o | Calyx |
Cervic/o | Neck, Cervic Uteri (neck of uterus) |
Colp/o | Vagina |
Crypt/o | Hidden |
Cyst/o | Bladder |
Cyt/o | Cell |
Epididym/o | Epididymis |
Episi/o | Vulva |
Galact/o | Milk |
Gen/o | Forming, producing, Origin |
Glomerul/o | glomerulus |
Gonad/o | Gonads, Sex Glands |
Gynec/o | Woman, Female |
Hem/o | Blood |
Hyster/o | Uterus (womb) |
Idi/o | Unknown, Peculiar |
Kal/i | Potassium |
Keton/o | Ketones, Ketone Bodies |
Labi/o | Lip |
Lact/o | Milk |
Lapar/o | Abdomen |
Leuk/o | White |
Lith/o | Stone |
Mamm/o | Breast |
Mast/o | Breast |
Meat/o | Opening, Meatus |
Men/o | Menses, Menstruation |
Metr/o | Measure, Uterus (womb) |
Metri/o | Uterus (womb) |
Myc/o | Fungus |
Nat/o | Birth |
Nephr/o | Kidney |
Noct/o | Night |
Olig/o | Scanty, Little |
Oophor/o | Ovary |
Orch/o | Testis |
Orchi/o | Testis |
Orchid/o | Testis |
Ov/i | Ovary, Egg |
Ovari/o | Ovary |
Perine/o | Perineum |
Peritone/o | Peritoneum |
Prostat/o | Prostate Gland |
Py/o | Pus |
Pyel/o | Renal Pelvis |
Ren/o | Kidney |
Salping/o | Tube (usually eustachian or fallopian) |
Sperm/o | Sperm Cells |
Spermat/o | Sperm Cells |
Test/o | Testis |
Ur/o | Urine, Urinary Tract |
Ureter/o | Ureter |
Urethr/o | Urethra |
Uter/o | Uterus |
Vagin/o | Vagina |
Varic/o | Dilated Skin |
Vas/o | Vessel |
Vesic/o | Bladder |
Vesicul/o | Seminal Vessel |
a- | Not, Without |
An- | Not, Without |
Allo- | Different, Other |
Ante- | Before, Infront of |
Dia- | Across, Through |
Dys- | Bad, Painful, Difficult |
Endo- | In, Within |
Epi- | Above, Upon |
Hypo- | Deficient, Below |
Inter- | Between |
Juxta- | Proximity |
Lacti- | Milk |
Multi- | Many, Much |
Nulli- | None |
Peri- | Around |
Poly- | Many, Much |
Post- | After, Behind |
Primi- | First |
Pseudo- | False, Fake |
Retro- | Behind, Backward |
-al | P2 |
-algia | Pain |
-ar | P2 |
-arche | Beginning |
-ary | P2 |
-cele | Hernia, Swelling |
-centesis | Surgical Puncture |
-cide | Killing |
-cyesis | Pregnancy |
-ectasis | Expansion, Dilation |
-ectomy | Excision, Removal |
-emia | Blood Condition |
-gen | Forming, Producing, Origin |
-genesis | Forming, Producing, Origin |
-gram | X-ray, Writing, Record |
-graphy | Process of Recording |
-gravida | Pregnant Womam |
-ia | Condition Of |
-iasis | Abnormal Condition Of |
-ic | P2 |
-inter | Between |
-ism | Condition of |
-itis | Inflammation |
-lith | Stone |
-logist | Specialist In The Study Of |
-logy | Study Of |
-lysis | Loosening, Destruction, Separation |
-malacia | Softening |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-metry | To Measure |
-oid | Resembling |
-oma | Tumor |
-osis | Abnormal Condition Of |
-para | To Bear (offspring) |
-pathy | Disease |
-pexy | Fixation, Suspension |
-phobia | Fear |
-plasty | Sugrical Repair, Repair |
-poiesis | Formation, Production |
-ptosis | Drooping, Sagging, Prolapse, Downward Displacement |
-rrhagia | Bursting Forth, Hemorrhage |
-rrhaphy | Suture |
-rrhea | Discharge, Flow |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-salpinx | Tube (usually eustachian or fallopian) |
-schisis | A Splitting |
-scope | Instrument To View |
-scopy | Visual Exam |
-spadias | Split, Fissure, Slit |
-stenosis | Narrowing, Stricture |
-tocia | Childbirth, Labour |
-tomy | Incision, To Cut |
-tripsy | Crushing |
-uria | Urine |
-version | Turning |
ARF | Acute Renal Failure |
ATN | Acute Tubular Necrosis |
BNO | Bladder Neck Obstruction |
BPH | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia/Hypertrophy |
BSE | Breast Self-Examination |
C&S | Culture And Sensitivity |
CWP | Childbirth Without Pain |
D&C | Dilation And Curretage |
DUB | Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding |
ESRD | End-Stage Renal Disease |
FECG | Fetal Electrocardiogram |
FHR | Fetal Heart Rate |
FSH | Follicle-Stimulating Hormone |
FTND | Full-Term Normal Delivery |
GYN | Gynecology |
HRT | Hormone Replacement Therapy |
HSG | Hysterosalpingography |
HTN | Hypertension |
IUD | Intrauterine Device |
IUGR | Intrauterine Growth Rate |
IVP | Intravenous Pyelogram/Pyelography |
KUB | Kidney, Ureter, Bladder |
LBW | Low-Birth Weight |
LMP | Last Menstrual Period |
LSO | Left Salpingo-oophorectomy |
Na | Sodium (electrolyte) |
NPO | Nothing By Mouth |
OCPs | Oral Contraceptive Pills |
Pap | Papanicolaou's Smear/Test |
PID | Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
PMS | Premenstrual Syndrome |
PSA | Prostate-Specific Antigen |
STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
T&A | Tonsillectomy And Adenoidectomy |
TAH | Total Abdominal Hysterectomy |
TSE | Testicular Self-Examination |
TURP | Transuretheral Resection Of The Prostate |
UA | Urinalysis |
UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
VD | Veneral Disease |