chapter 3 Flashcards
angi/o
vessel (usually blood vessel)
ather/o
plaque (yellow fatty material)
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
chron/o
time
cry/o
cold
inguin/o
groin area where the thigh meets the trunk of the body
isch/o
to hold back
mamm/o
used with -ary
-graphy
-gram
and -plasty
breast
mast/o
breast
-used with -ectomy and -itis
men/o
menses (mesntruations)
meninges
membranes around the brain and spinal cord
myel/o
spinal cord
-nervous tissue connected to the brain
can also mean bone marrow
necr/o
death of cells
oophor/o
ovary
phleb/o
vein
salping/o
fallopian (uterine) tube
septic/o
pertaining to infection
ur/o
urine or urea
-urinary tract
-megaly
enlargement
-osis
-condition abnormal condition
-rrhea
flow discharge
rhinorrhea
-discharge from the nose
-rrhage or -rrhagia
excessive discharge of blood
-sclerosis
hardening
-uria
condition of urine
-ary
pertaining to
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
-lysis
-separation, breakdown, destruction
-plasty
surgical repair or surgical correction
-stomy
opening
