medical terms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
aden/o | gland |
amni/o | amnion (sac that surrounds the embryo) |
angi/o | vessel (blood) |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
ather/o | fatty plaque |
axill/o | armpit |
bronch/o | bronchial tube |
bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
cardi/o | heart |
chem/o | drug, chemical |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
chron/o | time |
col/o | colon |
crani/o | skull |
cry/o | cold |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
erythr/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hyster/o | uterus |
inguin/o | groin |
isch/o | to hold back |
lapar/o | abdomen |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
leuk/o | white |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
men/o | menstruation |
mening/o | meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
necr/o | death |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
oophor/o | ovary |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
pelv/o | hip bone |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
phleb/o | vein |
pneumon/o | lung |
pulmon/o | lung |
radi/o | x-ray; radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
salping/o | fallopian (uterine) tube; eustachian tube |
sarc/o | flesh |
septic/o | infection |
thorac/o | chest |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
vascul/o | blood vessel |
-algia | pain |
-emia | abnormal blood condition |
-ia | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tummor, mass, swelling |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease condition |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhage | excessive flow of blood |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-uria | abnormal urine condition |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-centesis | surgical condition to remove fluid |
-ectomy | excision (resection, removal); process of cutting out |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording, to record |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-stomy | opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, process of cutting into |
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