Chapter 3 (Terminology) Flashcards
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding embryo in the uterus)
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
axill/o
armpit
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
chem/o
drug/chemical
chron/o
time
col/o
colon
hydr/o
water
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdomen/ abdominal wall
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
necr/o
death
neutr/o
neutrophil
opi/o
opium
ot/o
ear
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation/development
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
rect/o
rectum
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
thorac/o
chest
tonsill/o
tonsils
-cele
hernia
-centesis
punture to remove fluid
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium (singular)
-cocci
plural (bacteria)
-dynia
pain
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-scerlosis
hardening
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
-therapy
treatment
-trophy
development, nourishment
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-oid
resembling, derived from
-ole
little, small
-ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to