Vocabulary for test 3 Flashcards
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Aden/o
A
gland
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
3
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Angi/o
A
vessel
4
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Arteri/o
A
artery
5
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Arthr/o
A
Joint
6
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Ather/o
A
plaque
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axill/o
A
armpit
8
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bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
9
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Bronchi/o
A
bronchial tubes
10
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carcin/o
A
cancerous
11
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cardi/o
A
heart
12
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chem/o
A
drug or chemical
13
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cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
14
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chron/o
A
time
15
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col/o
A
colon
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crani/o
A
skull
17
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cry/o
A
cold
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder or a sac of fluid called a cyst
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electr/o
A
electricity
20
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encephal/o
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brain
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erythr/o
A
red
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esophag/o
A
esophagus
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hem/o
A
blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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hepat/o
liver
26
hyster/o
uterus
27
inguin/o
groin
28
isch/o
to hold back
29
lapar/o
abdomen
30
laryng/o
voice box
31
leuko/o
white
32
mamm/o
breast
33
mast/o
breast
34
men/o
menses, month
35
mening/o
meninges
36
my/o
muscle
37
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
38
necr/o
death of cells
39
nephr/o
kidney
40
neur/o
nerve
41
oophor/o
ovary
42
oste/o
bone
43
ot/o
ear
44
pelv/o
hip area
45
peritone/o
peritoneum
46
phleb/o
vein
47
pneumon/o
lung
48
pulmon/o
lung
49
radi/o
x-rays
50
ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
52
salping/o
fallopian tube
53
sarc/o
flesh
54
septic/o
pertaining to infection
55
thorac/o
chest
56
tonsill/o
tonsil
57
trache/o
trachea,windpipe
58
ur/o
urine
59
vascul
blood vessel
60
-algia
condition of pain
61
- emia
blood condition
62
uremia
urine in the blood
63
-ia
condition
64
-itis
inflammation
65
-megaly
enlargement
66
-oma
tumor or mass
67
Fibroids
a benign tumor in the uterus, also calleed a myoma
68
myeloma
cancer in the bone marrow
69
chondr/o
cartilage
70
fibr/o
fibrous tissue
71
leiomy/o
smooth or visceral muscle
72
leiomyosarcoma
cancer of the visceral muscle
73
lip/o
fat
74
liposarcoma
cancer of fatty tissue
75
osteogenic sarcoma
cancer of the bone
76
rhabdomyosarcoma
cancer of the skeletal muscle
77
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle
78
melan/o
black
79
lymphoma
malignant tumor of lymph nodes
80
mesothelioma
malignant tumor of the pleural cells
81
thymoma
malignant tumor of the thymus glands
82
-osis
condition, abnormal condition
83
when -osis is used with blood cell words, what does it mean?
an increase
84
erythrocytosis
increase of red blood cells
85
-pathy
disease condition
86
cardiomyopathy
chronic disease of the heart muscle with inflammation and weakness
87
lymphadenopathy
disease condition of the lymph nodes
88
-rrhea
flow, discharge
89
-rrhage or -rrhagia
excessive discharge of blood
90
-sclerosis
hardening
91
artherosclerosis
hardened plaque in arteries, a form of arteriosclerosis
92
-uria
condition of urine
93
hematuria
blood in urine
94
-al or -eal
pertaining to
95
menorrhea
Menorrhagia
normal discharge of blood during menstration
abnormally heavy discharge of blood
96
-ar , -ary, - ic
pertaining to
97
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
98
-ectomy
removal, resection, excision
99
laminectomy
excision of a piece of backbone
100
myelogram
xray of the spinal cord
101
-graphy
process of recording
102
-lysis
separation, breakdown, destruction
103
hemodialysis
removal of blood for passage through a kidney machine to filter out waste materials
104
-plasty
surgical repair or correction
105
-scopy
process of visual examination
106
-stomy
opening
107
-therapy
treatment
108
anastomosis
when two tube like structures of the body are surgically connected
109
colocolostomy
new connection between two previously connected portions of the colon
110
-tomy
incision, cutting into
