Medical Terminology (Set Four) Flashcards
- Fourth lesson medical terminology flash cards, including both root word and combining form word examples.
abdomin/o
abdomen
acu/o
sudden/sharp
adip/o
fat tissues
angi/o
vessel containing fluid
auto/
self
axill/o
armpit
bi/
two
carcin/o
cancer of gland tissue
cerebr/o
brain
chem/o
chemical, drug
cis/o
cut
con/
with
contra/
opposite, against
cost/o
rib
electr/o
electrical activity
gynec/o
female
iatr/o
treatment
klept/o
steal
laryng/o
voicebox, larynx
mandibul/o
lower jaw
maxill/o
upper jaw
meta/
change, beyond
nat/o
birth, born
nect/o
bind
ox/o
oxygen
poly/
many
sarc/o
nongland tissue, flesh
son/o
sound, ultrasound
sym/
together with
syn/
together with
trans/
across
ultra/
beyond, higher than
vit/o
living, alive
/blast
undifferentiated, original
/drome
run
/fusion
pour, bond
/genesis
creating
/malacia
softening
/mania
excess preoccupation or obsession
/oma
tumor, mass
/partum
labor, delivery
/penia
lack of, decrease, poor
/plasty
restore by surgery
/stoma
body opening
/stomy
surgically created body opening
/therapy
treatment
/tome
cutting instrument
/tomy
cut into or slice
/trophic
relating to growth, development
/trophy
growth, development by size or nourishment