Medical Terminology 2 Flashcards by Olivia Tolly

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mastoid/o

A

mastoid process

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matur/o

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ripe

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maxill/o

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maxilla (upper jaw)

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medi/o

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middle (medial)

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum

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medic/o

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medicine

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medull/o

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medulla (inner section)

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mega-

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megal/o

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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melan/o

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black

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men/o

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menstruation

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mening/o

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meningi/o

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menisc/o

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meniscus

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menstru/o

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occurring monthly (menstruation)

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ment/o

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mind

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mesenter/o

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mesentery

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mesi/o

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middle

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meso-

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middle

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meta-

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change

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metabol/o

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change (metabolism)

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-meter

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measure

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metr/o

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metri/o

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-metrist

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one who measures

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-metry

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to measure

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micr/o

micro-

mictur/o

urinate (micturition)

mid-

middle

mio-

smaller

-mission

to send

mit/o

thread

mitr/o

like a miter

-mnesia

memory (amnesia)

mobil/o

capable of moving (mobility)

mono-

one

morbid/o

disease

morph/o

shape

mort/o

death

mot/o

motil/o

muc/o

mucos/o

multi-

many

muscul/o

muscle

mutat/o

to change (mutation)

my/o

muscle

myc/o

fungus

mydr/o

widening

myel/o

spinal cord

myos/o

muscle

myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

myx/o

mucus

narc/o

numbness; sleep; stupor

nas/o

nose

nat/o

birth

necr/o

death

-necrosis

tissue death

neo-

ne/o

nephr/o

kidney (nephrolith)

nerv/o

neur/i

neutr/o

neither

nitro-

Nitrogen

noct/o

night

nod/o

knot

nodul/o

little knot or node

non-

no

nor-

chemical compound

norm/o

normal

nucle/o

nucleus

nucleol/o

little nucleus

nulli-

none

nutri/o

nourishment

ob-

against

obes/o

obese

obstetr/o

pregnancy; birth (obstetrician)

occipt/o

back of head

ocul/o

eye

odont/o

tooth

-oid

resembling

olfact/o

smell

olig/o

scanty

-ologist

specialist

-ology

study of

-oma

tumor

omphal/o

umbilical cord

onc/o

tumor

onych/o

fingernail or toenail

o/o

egg

oophor/o

ovary

ophthalm/o

eye

-opia

vision condition

-opsia

vision

-opsy

opt/i

or/o

mouth

orch/o

orchid/o

-orexia

appetite (anorexia)

orth/o

straight

os-

mouth

-ose

full of; pertaining to; sugar

-osmia

smell

ossicul/o

ossicle (small bone)

-ostomy

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

ot/o

ear

-otomy

surgical incision

ov/i

ov/o

ovari/o

ovary

ovul/o

egg