HOSA Word Scramble
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Term | Defenition |
A-,an- | Without,lack of |
Ab- | From,away |
-Able | Capable of |
-Ac,-ic | Pertaining to |
Acr-(O) | Extremities(arms & legs) |
Ad- | To,toward,near |
Aden-(O) | Gland,Glandular |
Adren-(O) | Adrenal gland |
Aer-(O) | Air |
-Al | Like,similar,pertaining to |
Alba- | White |
Alges-(i,ia) | Pain |
-Algia | Pain |
Ambi | Both,both sides |
An-(o,us) | Anus(opening to rectum) |
Angi-(O) | Vessel |
Ankyl- | Crooked,looped,inmovable,fixed |
Ante-(ro) | Before,in front of,ahead of |
Anti- | Against |
Append-(i,o) | Appendix |
Arter-(io) | Artery |
Arthr-(o) | Joint |
-Ase | Enzyme |
-Asis | Condition of |
-Asthenia | Weakness,lack of strength |
Ather-(O) | Fatty,lipid |
Audi-(O) | Sound,hearing |
Aur- | Ear |
Auto- | Self |
Bi-(s) | Twice,double,both |
Bio- | Life |
-Blast | Germ/embryonic cell |
Blephar-(O) | Eyelid |
Brachi- | Arm |
Brachy- | Short |
Brady | Slow |
Bronch-(i,o) | Air tubes in lungs |
Bucc-(a) | Cheek |
Calc-(u,ulus) | Stone |
Carcin-(O) | Cancer,malignancy |
Cardi-(a,o) | Pertaining to heart |
Carp-(O) | Wrist |
-Cele | Swelling,tumor,cavity,hernia |
Cent-(i) | One hundred |
-Centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
Cephal-(O) | Head,petaining to head |
Cerebro- | Brain |
Cerv-(ic) | Neck,neck of uterus |
Cheil-(O) | Lip |
Chem-(O) | Drug,chemical |
Chir-(O) | Hand |
Chlor-(O) | Green |
Chol-(e,o) | Bile,gallbladder |
Chond-(i,r,ri) | Cartilage |
Chrom-(O) | Color |
-Cide | Causing death |
Circum- | Around,about |
-Cise | Cut |
-Clysis | Washing,irrigation |
Co-(n) | With,together |
-Coccus | Round |
-Coele | Chamber,enlarged space |
Col-(in,o) | Colon,bowel,large intestine |
Colp-(i,o) | Vagina |
Contra- | Against,counter |
Cost-(a,i,o) | Rib |
Crani-(o) | Pertaining to the skull |
-Crine | Secrete |
Cryo- | Cold |
Crypt- | Hidden |
Cut- | Skin |
Cyan-(O) | Blue |
Cyst-(i,o) | Bladder,bag,sac |
Cyt-(e,o) | Cell |
Dacry- | Tear duct,tear |
Dactyl-(O) | Finger,toe |
Dec-(a,i) | Ten |
Demi- | Half |
Dent-(i,o) | Tooth |
Derm(a,at,o) | Pertaining to skin |
-Desis | Surgical union or fixation |
Dextr-(i,o) | To the right |
Di-(Plo) | Double,twice |
Dia- | Through,between,apart |
Dis-(ti,to) | Seperation,away from |
Dors-(i,o) | To the back,back |
Duoden-(o) | Duodenum |
Dyni-(a,c) | Pain |
Dys- | Difficult,painful,bad |
E-(c) | Without |
-Eal | Pertaining to |
Ec-(ti,to) | Outside,external |
-Ectasis | Expansion,dilation,stretching |
-Ectonomy | Surgical removal of |
-Electr(o) | Electrical |
-Emesis | Vomit |
-Emia | Blood |
Encephal-(o) | Brain |
Endo- | Within,innermost |
Enter-(i,o) | Intestine |
Epi- | Upon,over,upper |
Erythro- | Red |
-Esis | Condition of |
-Esthesia | Sensation,perception,feel |
Eu- | Well,easy,normal |
Ex-(o) | Outside of,beyond |
Faci- | Face |
-Fascia | Fibrous band |
-Ferous | Producing |
Fibr-(a,i,o) | Fiber,connective tissues |
Fore- | In front of |
-Form | Having the form of,shape |
-Fuge | Driving away,expelling |
Galacto- | Milk,galactose(milk sugar) |
Gast-(i,ro) | Stomach |
-Genesis | Development,production,creation |
-gen(tic,ic) | Origin,reproducing,causing |
Genito- | Organs of reproduction |
-Genous | Kind,type |
Geront-(o) | Old age,elderly |
Gingiv- | Gums,gingiva |
Gloss-(o) | Tongue |
Gluc-(o) | Sweetness,sugar,glucose |
Gly-(co) | Sugar |
-Gram | Tracing,picture,record |
-Graph | Diagram,instrument for recording |
Hem-(a,ato,o) | Blood |
Hemi- | Half |
Hepat-(o) | Liver |
Herni- | Rupture |
Hetero- | Other,unlike,different |
Hist-(o) | Tissue |
Hom-(eo,o) | Same,like |
Hydro- | Water |
Hyper- | Excessive,high,over,increased,more than normal |
Hypno- | Sleep |
Hypo | Decreased,deficient,low,under,less than normal |
Hyster-(o) | Uterus |
-ia,-iasis | Condition of,abnormal/pathological state |
-ic,-ac | Pertaining to |
Idio- | Peculiar to an individual,self-originating |
Ile-(o,um) | ileum |
Infra- | Beneath,below |
Inter- | Between,among |
Intra- | Within,into,inside |
-Ism | Condition,theory,state of being |
Iso- | Equal,alike,same |
-itis | Inflammation,inflammation of |
Kerat-(o) | Cornea of eye |
-Kinesis,-Kinetic | Motion |
Labi-(a,o) | Lip |
Lacrima- | Tears |
Lact-(o) | Milk |
Lapar-(o) | Abdomen,abdominal wall |
Laryng-(o) | Larynx(voice box) |
Latero- | Side |
-Lepsy | Seizure,convulsion |
Leuco-,Leuko- | White |
Lingua-(a,o) | Tongue |
Lip-(o) | Fat,lipids |
Lith-(o) | Stone,calculus |
-Logy | Study of,science of |
Lymph-(o) | Lymph tissue |
-Lys(is,o) | Destruction,dissolving of |
Macro- | Large |
Mal- | Bad,abnormal,disordered,poor |
Malac-(ia) | Softening of a tissue |
Mamm-(o) | Breast,mammary glands |
-Mania | Insanity,mental disorder |
Mast-(o) | Breast |
Med-(i) | Middle,midline |
-Megaly,Mega | Large,enlarged |
Melan-(o) | Black |
Mening-(o) | Membranes covering the the brain and spinal cord |
Meno- | Monthly,menstruation |
Mes-(o) | Middle,midline |
-Meter | Measuring instrument,measure |
-Metry | Measurment |
Micro- | Small |
Mono- | One,single |
-Mortem | Death |
Muc-(o,us) | Mucus,secretion of mucous membrane |
Multi- | Many,much,a large amount |
My-(o) | Muscle |
Myc-(o) | Fungus |
Myel-(o) | Bone marrow,spinal cord |
Myring-(o) | Eardrum,tympanic membrane |
Narc-(o) | Sleep,number,stupor |
Nas-(o) | Nose |
-Natal | Birth |
Necr-(o) | Death |
Neo- | New |
Nephr-(r,ro) | Kidney |
Neur-(o) | Nerve,nervous system |
Noct-(i) | Night,at night |
Non- | No,none |
Ocul-(o) | Eye |
-Ode,-oid | Form,shape,like,resembling |
Odont-(o) | Tooth |
Olig-(o) | Few,less than normal,small |
-Ologist | Person who does/studies |
-Ology | Study of,science of |
-Oma | Tumor,a swelling |
Onco- | Mass,bulk,tumor |
Oophor-(o) | Ovary,female egg cell |
Ophthalm-(o) | Eye |
-Opia | Vision |
-Opsy | To view |
Opt-(ic) | Vision,eye |
Or-(o) | Mouth |
Orch-(ido) | Testicle,testes |
-Orreah | Flow,discharge |
Orth-(o) | Normal,straight |
Ost-(e,eo) | Bone |
-Oscopy | Diagnostic examination |
-Osis | Condition,state,process |
Ot-(o) | Ear |
-Otic | Pertaining to a condition |
-Otomy | Cutting into |
-Ous | Full of,containing,pertaining to,condition |
Ovi-,Ovario | Egg,female sex gland,ovary |
Pan- | All,complete,entire |
Pancreat-(o) | Pancreas |
Para- | Near,beside,beyond,abnormal,lower half of the body |
-Paresis | Paralysis |
-Partum | Birth,labor |
Path-(ia,o,y) | Disease,abnormal condition |
Ped-(ia) | Child |
-Penia | Lack of,abnormal reduction in number,deficiency |
Pent-(a) | Five |
-Pepsia,-Pepsis | Digestion |
Per- | Through by,excessive |
Peri- | Around |
-Pexy | Fixation |
Phag-(o) | Eat,ingest |
-Phage,-Phagia | To eat,consuming,swallow |
Pharyng-(o) | Pharynx,throat |
-Phas,-phasia | Speech |
-Philia,-Philic | Affinity for,attracted to |
Phleb-(o) | Vein |
-Phobia | fear |
Phon-(o) | Sound,voice |
-Phylaxis | Protecion,prevention |
-Plasty | Surgical correction or repair |
-Plegia | Paralysis |
Pleuro- | Side,rib |
-Pnea | Breathing |
Pneum-(o,on) | Lung,pertaining to the lungs,air |
Pod-(e,o) | Foot |
Poly- | Many,much |
Post- | After,behind |
Pre- | Before,in front of |
Pro- | In front of,forward |
Proct-(o) | Rectum,rectal,anus |
Psora- | Itch |
Pseudo- | False |
Psych-(i,o) | Pertaining to the mind |
-Ptosis | Drooping down,sagging,downward displacement |
Pulmon-(o) | Lung |
Py-(o) | Pus |
Pyel-(o) | Renal pelvis of kidney |
Pyr-(o) | Heat,fever |
Quad-(ra,ri) | Four |
Radi-(o) | X-Rays,radiation |
Re- | Back,again |
Rect-(o) | Rectum |
Ren-(o) | Kidney |
Retro- | Backward,in back,behind |
Rhin-(o) | Nose,pertaining to |
-Rraphy | Suture of,sewing up of a gap or defect |
-Rrhagia | Sudden or excessive flow |
-Rrhea | Flow,discharge |
-Rrhexis | Rupture of,bursting |
Salping-(i,o) | Tube,fallopian tube |
Sanguin-(o) | Blood |
Sarc-(o) | Malignant(cancer) connective tissue |
-Sarcoma | Tumor,cancer |
Scler-(o) | Hardening |
-Sclerosis | Dryness or hardness |
-Scope | Examining instrument |
-Scopy | Observation |
-Sect | Cut |
Semi- | Half,part |
Sep-(ti) | Poison,rot,infection |
Sinistr-(o) | Left |
Soma-(t) | Body |
Son-(o) | Sound |
-Spasm | Involuntary contraction |
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