Medical Terminology Flashcards by Brendon Vladick

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Angi/o

A

pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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Aort/o

A

Aorta

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Arter/o, Arteri/o

A

artery

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Ather/o

A

plaque, fatty substance

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Card/o, Cardi/o

A

heart

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Hem/o, Hemat/o

A

blood, pertaining to the blood

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Pheb/o-

A

vein

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Thromb/o-

A

clot

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Ven/o

A

vein

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Ech/o

A

sound

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Radi/o

A

radiation, x-rays

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Cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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Col/o, colon/o

A

colon, large intestine

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Duoden/i, Duoden/o

A

dueodenum

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Enter/o

A

small intestine

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Esophag/o

A

esophagus

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Gastr/o

A

stomach

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Hepat/o

A

liver

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Sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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Adredn/o, Adrenal/o

A

adrenal glands

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Gonad/o

A

sex gland

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Pancreat/o

A

pancreas

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Thyr/o, Thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

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Adip/o

A

fat

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Albin/o

white

Cephal/o

head

Cervic/o

neck, cervix (neck of the uterus)

Coron/o

coronary, crown

Cyan/o

blue

Cyt/o

cell

Erythr/o

red

Hist/o

tissue

Lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

Leuk/o

white

Lip/o

fat, lipid

Melan/o

black, dark

Myc/o

fungus

Path/o-

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

Py/o

pus

Pyr/o

fever, fire

Sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)

Carcin/o-

cancerous

Onc/o-

tumor

Cutane/o

skin

Derm/o, Dermat/o

skin

Hidr/o-

sweat

Seb/o

sebum

Ungu/o

muscle

Xer/o

dry

Aden/o

gland

Splen/o

spleen

Fasci/o

fascia, fibrous band

My/o

muscle

Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

Encephal/o

brain

Mening/o

meninges, membranes

Neur/i, Neur/o-

nerve, nervous tissue

Hyster/o

uterus

Men/o

menstruation, menses

Oo/o, Ov/i, Ov/o

egg

Oophor/o, Ovari/o-

ovary

Salping/o

uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

Uter/o

uterus

Bronch/o, Bronchio/o

bronchial tube, bronchus

Laryng/o

larynx, voice box

Pharyng/o

throat, pharynx

Pleur/o-

pleura, side of the body

Pneum/o, Pneumon/o

lung, air

Pulm/o, Pulmon/o

lung

Trache/o

trachea, windpipe

Ankly/o

crooked, bent, stiff

Arthr/o

joint

Chrondr/o-

cartilage

Cost/o

ribs

Crani/o-

skull

Myel/o-

spinal cord, bone marrow

Oss/e, Oss/i, Ost/o, Oste/o

bone

Spondyl/o-

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

Retin/o

retina

Scler/o

sclera, white of the eye, hard

Tympan/o-

tympanic membrane, eardrum

Cyst/o

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

Lith/o

stone, calculus

Nephr/o

kidney

Pyel/o

renal pelvis, bowl of the kidney

Ren/o

kidney

Ureter/o

ureter

Urethr/o

urethra