Medical Terminology Week 5 Flashcards
angio /o
Vessel
aotr /o
Aorta
arteri /o
Artery
cardi /o
Heart
atri /o
Atrium
electr /o
Electric
lymph /o
Lymph
phleb /o
Vein
thromb /o
Bloot Clot
ventricul /o
Ventricle
cerebr /o
Cerebrum
hem /o
Blood
my /o
Muscle
necr /o
Death, Necrosis
scler /o
Hardening; Sclera
anti /o
Against
by /o
Two
brady /o
Slow
endo
In, Within
epi-
Above; Upon
micro-
Small
peri-
Around
tachy /o
Fast, Rapid
tri /o
three
-ectomy
Excision; Removal
-lysis
Separate; Destruction, Loosening
-plasty
Surgical Repair
-rrhaphy
Suture
-cardia
Heart Condition
-cyt
Cell
-ectasis
Dilation, Expansion
-genesis
Forming; Producing; Origin
-gram
Record; Writing
-graphy
Process of Recording
-lith
Stone; Calculus
-malacia
Softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-oid
Resembling
-ole
Small; Minute
-ule
Small; Minute
-oma
Tumor
-osis
Abnormal Condition, Increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy
Disease
-phagia
Swallowing; Eating
-phobia
Fear
-pnea
Breathing
-rrhexis
Rupture
-spasm
Involuntary Contraction, Twitching
-stenosis
Narrowing; Stricture
-um
Structure, Thing