WVSOM Med Terms 2011 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
para- | abnormal |
epi-, super-, supra- | above |
trans- | across |
-ation, -esis | action |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
post- | after |
anti-, contra- | against |
ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | elderly or aged |
aer/o, pneum/o | air |
alveol/o | air sac |
pan- | all |
alveol/o | alveolus |
amni/o | amnion |
tars/o | ankle bone |
an/o | anus or rectum |
aort/o | aorta |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
axill/o | armpit |
acr/o | arms and legs |
circum-, peri- | around |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
arter/o, ateri/o | artery |
arthr/o | articulation or joint |
ab-, ex- | away from |
dors/o | back |
retr/o | backward |
bacter/i, bacteri/o | bacteria |
dys-, mal- | bad (difficult, poor) |
ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
gen/o, -gen, -genic, -genesis, -genous | beginning |
poster/o, post-, retro- | behind |
ventr/o | belly side |
hypo-, sub-, infra- | below or beneath |
hypo- | below normal |
par-, para- | beside |
inter- | between |
supra- | beyond |
bil/i, chol/e | bile |
nat/i, nat/o | birth |
par/o | birth/ give birth |
-para | woman who has given birth |
melan/o | black |
cyst/o | bladder, sac |
hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o, emia | blood |
cyan- | blue |
corpor/o, som/a, somat/o | body |
oste/o | bone |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
-pnea | breathing |
bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
burs/o | bursa |
calcane/o | calcaneus |
calc/i | calcium |
lith/o, -lith | calculus (mineral deposits, stone) |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
carp/o | carpus (wrist) |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cec/o | cecum |
cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
cellul/o | compartment or little cell |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cervic/o | cervix uteri |
chem/o | chemical |
thorac/o | chest |
ped/o | child (foot) |
ment/o | chin |
clavicul/o | clavicle |
thromb/o | blood clot (thrombus) |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
cry/o | cold |
clavicul/o | collarbone |
col/o, colon/o | colon |
chrom/o | color |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
-ia, -iasis, -osis, -y | condition |
home/o | constant |
-stasis | controlling |
kerat/o | cornea |
-spasm | cramp |
crani/o | cranium |
tom/o | cut (to cut) |
-tomy, -tome | incision or cutting instrument used to cut |
cyst/o | cyst |
necr/o | death |
-penia | decreased or deficient |
lys/o | destruction |
-lysin | that which destroys |
-lysis | process of destroying |
-lytic | capable of destroying |
-plasia | development |
dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
-ectasia, -ectasis | dilation |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
path/o, -osis, -pathy | disease |
lys/o | dissolving |
dist/o | distant |
diplo/o | double |
de- | down |
-ptosis | drooping |
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i | drugs, medicine |
xer/o | dry |
vas/o | duct, ductus deferens |
duoden/o | duodenum |
dur/o | dura matter |
coni/o | dust |
ot/o | ear |
phag/o | eat |
electr/o | electricity |
embol/o | embolus |
-blast, blast/o | embryonic form |
fluor/o | emitting or reflecting light |
-ase | enzyme |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
esophag/o | esophagus |
scop/o | examine |
-scope | instrument used |
-scopy | process of examining |
hyper-, super- | excessive |
-ectomy | excision |
acr/o | extremities |
opthalm/o | eye |
blephar/o | eyelid |
faci/o | face |
dist/o | far |
tachy- | fast |
adip/o, lip/o | fat |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
gynec/o | female |
femor/o | femur |
fet/o | fetus |
olig/o | few |
fibr/o | fiber, fibrous |
fibul/o | fibula |
pyr/o | fire |
primi- | first |
ichthy/o | fish |
follicul/o | follicle |
pro- | for |
-stomy | formation of an opening |
quadri-, tetra- | four |
de- | from |
anter/o | front |
myc/o | fungus |
chol/e | gall |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
gigant/o | giant |
aden/o | gland |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
gonad/o | gonad |
eu- | good |
chlor/o | green |
-physis | growth |
gingiv/o | gums |
pil/o, trich/o | hair |
hemi-, semi- | half |
chir/o | hand |
scler/o, kerat/o | hard, hardening |
cephal/o | head |
audi/o | hearing |
cardi/o | heart |
therm/o | heat |
-rrhagia | hemorrhage |
-cele, herni/o | hernia |
crypt/o | hidden |
kerat/o | horny tissue |
humer/o | humerus |
ile/o | ileum |
ili/o | ilium |
immun/o | immune |
tom/o, -tomy | incision |
-tome | instrument used for incision |
-osis | increase |
seps/o, sept/o | infection |
infer/o | inferior |
-itis | inflammation |
phag/o, -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | ingest |
in-, en-, end-, endo- | inside |
insulin/o | insulin |
enter/o, intestin/o | intestine |
iod/o | iodine |
ischi/o | ischium |
jejun/o | jejunum |
sym-, syn- | joined or together |
-static | keeping stationary |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
-cidal | killing |
patell/o | kneecap |
gigant/o, macro-, megalo-, -megaly | large |
col/o | large intestine |
laryng/o | larynx |
bi/o | life or living |
phot/o | light |
cheil/o | lip |
hepat/o | liver |
top/o | position, location, place |
lumb/o, | lower back |
pneumo-, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymph/o, lymphat/o | lymphatics |
andr/o | male, masculine |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
multi-, poly- | many |
agora- | marketplace |
metr/o | measure or uterine tissue |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-iatrics, -iatric, -iatry, pharmac/o | medicine |
-eum, -ium | membrane |
mening/o | meninges |
medi/o, meso-, mid- | middle |
obstetr/o | midwife |
lact/o | milk |
ment/o, phren/o, psych/o | mind |
men/o | month |
hyper-, | more than normal |
or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
kinesi/o | movement |
muc/o, myx/ | mucus |
muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
-stenosis | narrowing |
physi/o | nature |
par-, para-, proxim/o | near |
cervic/o | neck |
nerv/o, neur/o | nerve |
gli/o | neuroglia |
ne/o | new |
-stomy | new opening |
a-, an- | no |
nulli- | none |
norm/o, eu- | normal |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
a-, an-, in- | not |
troph/o, -trophy | nutrition |
-mania | obsessive preoccupation |
ger/o, geront/o | old, elderly |
uni-, mono- | one |
centi- | one hundred, one-hundredth |
milli- | one-thousandth |
-er, -ist | one who |
-logist | one who studies |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
genit/o, gon/o | organs of reproduction |
gen/o, -gen, -genic, -genesis | origin |
ex-, exo- | out |
ecto-, exo-, extra- | outside |
oophor/o | ovary |
ox/o | oxygen |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
dys- | painful |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pleg/o, -plegia | paralysis |
parathyroid/o | parathyroids |
pelv/i | pelvis |
-esthesi/o, -esthesia | perception |
periton/o | peritoneum |
hidr/o | perspiration |
-ac, -al, -eal, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
-logic, -logical | pertaining to the science or the study of |
phalang/o | phalanges |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
-lexia | phrases |
pituitar/o, hypophys/o | pituitary |
pleur/o | pleura |
tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
-iatrician | practitioner |
-mania | preoccupation (excessive) |
-ation, -esis | process |
-poiesis | production |
-ptosis | prolapse |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
prote/o, protein/o | protein |
pub/o | pubis |
py/o | pus |
radi/o | radiant energy, radius |
gram/o | record (to record) |
-graph | process of recording |
-gram | the record |
-graph | recording instrument |
rect/o | rectum |
erythr/o | red |
erythemat/o | redness |
-ectomy | removal |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
plast/o | repair surgically |
gon/o | reproduction |
-oid | resembling |
-esis | result of |
retin/o | retina |
de- | reversing |
rheumat/o | rheumatism |
cost/o | ribs |
-rrhexis | rupture |
sacr/o | sacrum |
-ptosis | sag |
sial/o | saliva, salivary glands |
home/o | sameness |
scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
seb/o | sebum |
crin/o, -crine | secrete |
-lepsy | seizure |
aut/o | self |
semin/o | semen |
esthesi/o, -esthesia | sensation |
algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
sept/o | septum |
later/o | side |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
mono- | single |
super/o, super-, supra- | situated above |
infer/o, infra- | situated below |
cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, -derm | skin |
crani/o | scull |
brady- | slow |
micro-, -ole | small |
enter/o | small intestine |
malac/o, -malacia | soft, softening |
ech/o, son/o | sound |
-ist | specialist |
phas/o | speech |
spermat/o | sperm, spermatozoa |
rach/i, rachi/o, spin/o, spondyl/o | spine |
splen/o | spleen |
schis/o, schiz/o, -schisis, schist/o | split |
amyl/o | starch |
gli/o | sticky substance |
-tropic | stimulate |
gastr/o | stomach |
lith/o, -lith | stone |
-stasis | stopping |
orth/o | straight |
-ectasia, -ectasis | stretching |
-logy | study or science of |
narc/o | stupor |
-poietin | substance that causes production |
glyc/o, glycos/o, -ose | sugar |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
pex/o, -pexy | surgical fixation |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-hidr/o | sweat |
-edema | swelling |
caud/o | tail |
coccyg/o | tailbone |
tars/o | tarsals (ankle bones) |
dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
dent/i, dent/o, odont/o | teeth |
ten/o, tend/o | tendon |
orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o | testis, testicle |
-tropin | that which stimulates |
dips/o | thirst |
thorac/o | thorax |
tri- | three |
pharyng/o | throat |
dia-, trans- | through |
thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
tibi/o | tibia |
hist/o | tissue |
tom/o | to cut |
gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
tonsil/o | tonsil |
ad- | toward |
trache/o | trachea |
therapeut/o, -therapy | treatment |
dendr/o | tree |
onc/o, -oma | tumor |
di- | twice |
-spasm | twitching |
bi-, di- | two |
uln/o | ulna |
omphal/o | umbilicus |
sub- | under |
epi- | upon (on) |
super/o | uppermost |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
ur/o | urinary tract |
urin/o | urination |
ur/o, urin/o | urine |
salping/o | uterine tube |
hyster/o, uter/o | uterus |
colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
ventr/o | ventral |
venul/o | venule |
spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
viscer/o | viscera |
opt/o, optic/o, -opia, ocul/o | vision |
phon/o | voice |
-emesis | vomiting |
vulv/o | vulva |
hydr/o | water |
-asthenia | weakness |
alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o | white |
trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
intra- | within |
a-, an-, ex- | without |
-lexia | words |
roentgen/o | x-ray |
xanth/o | yellow |
ather/o | yellow fatty plaque |
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