Exam 3 Terminology Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
cephal/o
head
chol/e
bile/gall
cocc/i
coccus
crani/o
skull
cyst/o
bladder
dipl/o
double
hydro
water
lith/o
stone
metr/o
measure
ot/o
ear
pelv/i
pelvis
phob/ia
fear
py/o
pus
rhin/o
nose
staphyl/o
grape
strept/o
chain
therap/o
treatment
thorac/o
thorax
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
-ar
pertaining to
-centesis
puncture of a cavity
-genesis
produce/originate
-meter
measuring instrument
-orrhea
flow, discharge
angi/o
vessel
fibr/o
fiber
arter/io
artery
blast/o
embryo
colp/o
vagina
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hyster/o
uterus
kinesi/o
motion
crypt/o
hidden
men/o
menses
my/o
muscle
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
o/o
egg, ovum
oophor/o
ovary
lys/o
destruction
pyel/o
pelvis of the kidney
salping/o
fallopian tube
scler/o
tough, hard
spermat/o
sperm
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
orchid/o
testes
peps/o
digestion
ur/o
urine
a-, an-
without
dys-
pain
-blast
embryonic
-y, -ia
noun ending
-orrhagia
hemorrhage
orrhaphy
suture
-pexy
fixation
-ptosis
dropping
-spasm
twitching
-sperm
sperm