MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SEMESTER EXAM REVIEW Flashcards
1
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angi/o
A
vessel
2
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aort/o
A
aorta
3
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ather/o
A
fatty (lipid) paste
4
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brady-
A
slow
5
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cardi/o
A
heart
6
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coron/o
A
coronary
7
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-emia
A
blood, blood condition
8
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erythr/o
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red
9
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hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
10
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leuk/o
A
white
11
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phleb/o
A
vein
12
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tachy-
A
rapid
13
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thromb/o
A
clot
14
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my/o
A
muscle
15
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pector/o, steth/o
A
chest
16
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sphygm/o
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pulse
17
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blast/o
A
immature, embryonic
18
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carcin/o
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cancerous
19
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cervic/o
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neck
20
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-cide
A
causing death
21
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-genesis
A
creation, reproduction
22
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immun/o
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immune, protection, safe
23
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-lytic
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to reduce, destroy
24
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neo-
A
new, strange
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-oma
tumor
26
onc/o
tumor
27
phag/o
eat, swallow
28
-plasm
formative material of cells
29
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
30
-tic
pertaining to
31
atel/o
incomplete
32
bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o
bronchial tube
33
cyan/o
blue
34
-ectasis
enlargement
35
laryng/o
larynx
36
ox/i, oxo/o, ox/y
oxygen
37
phon/o
voice or sound
38
pleur/o
side of the body
39
-pnea
breathing
40
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
41
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lungs
42
thorac/o
chest
43
or/o
relating to the mouth, begins preparation of food for digestion
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pharyng/o
pharynx, transports food from the mouth to the esophagus
45
esophag/o
esophagus, transports food from the pharynx to the stomach
46
gastr/o
stomach, breaks down food and mixes it with digestive juices
47
enter/o
small intestine, completes digestion and absorption of most nutrients
48
col/o
large intestine, absorbs excess water and prepares solid waste for elimination
49
an/o, proct/o, rect/o
rectum and anus, controls the excretion of solid waste
50
hepat/o
liver, secretes bile and enzymes to aid in the digestion of fats
51
cholecyst/o
gallbladder, stores bile and releases it to the small intestine as needed
