Med Term Chapter 3 Flashcards
Amni/o
amnion (sac that surrounds the embryo)
necr/o
death
angi/o, vascul/o, vas/o
vessel (blood)
arteri/o
artery
ather/o
fatty plaque
axill/o
armpit
bronchiol/o
small bronchial tube
chem/o
drug, chemical
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
chron/o
time
col/o
colon
cry/o
cold
therm/o
heat
vesic/o
urinary bladder
hyster/o, uter/o
uterus
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
men/o
menstruation
mening/o
meninges (membrane covering brain and spinal cord)
my/o, myos/o
muscle
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
oophor/o, ovari/o
ovary
ot/o, aur/o
ear
phleb/o, ven/o
vein
pneumon/o, pulmon/o
lung
radi/o
x-ray; radius
salping/o
fallopian tube, eustachian tube
septic/o
infection
tonsill/o
tonsils
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
-megaly
enlargment
-pathy
disease condition
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-rrhage, -rrhagia
excess flow of blood
-sclerosis
hardening
-uria
urine condition
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
-ectomy
excision; process of cutting out
-tomy
incision, process of cutting into
-stomy
opening
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, seperation
-plasty
surgical repair
-therapy
treatment
-ar, -ary
pertaining to