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CNA 2016 med terms
medical terminology word association
Term | Definition |
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gastr- (gas truck) | (See the gas truck with a stomach for a tank.) Stomach |
Cardi-(card) | (See the people playing card with real live hearts.) Heart |
megal-(my gal) | (See my gas as the most enlarged gal in the world.) Enlarged |
dermat-(doormat) | (See the dormat made of skin) Skin |
Plast-(plastic/cement) | (see the tube of plastic cement with a surgeon coming out to repair something) Surgical repair |
cerebr-(zebra) | (see the zebra with a brain for a head) Brain |
path- | (see the path covered with daisies) Disease |
-ectomy | (see the exit tommy is surgically removing) Surgical removal |
-enter (enter sign) | (See the enter sign with intestines all over it) Intestines |
-osis (Oh sis) | (see "oh sis" holding the air-conditioning) Any condition |
-otomy (Oh Tommy) | (See Tommy's mother saying, "Oh Tommy you cut into the wall" Cut into |
angi- (angel) | (see the angel covered with blood vessels) Vessel |
aden- (a den) | (see the den with glands on the walls) Gland |
-oma (Oh Ma) | (See the children saying "Oh Ma! Two more!") Tumor |
nephr-(nephew) | (see the nephew, a kid on the knee) Kidney |
Hepat- (he pat) | (see the man as he pats the liver) Liver |
arthr- (art) | (see the art with joints all over it) Joint |
blephar- (blue fur) | (See the lady wearing a blue fur covered with eyelid) Eyelid |
-ologist (hollow chest) | (See the man with the hollow chest for books: He is a specialist) Specialist |
rhin- (rhinoceros) | (See the rhinoceros with a human nose growing on it) Nose |
gingiv- (gingerbread man) | (See the gingerbread man with a gum stuck to him) Gum |
-malacia (my late show) | (See the image for my late show, a TV that is very soft) Soft |
-ology (hollow cheese) | (See the hollow cheese with the people making a study of it) The study of |
spasm (spaceman) | (See the spaceman being forced to sign an involuntary contract) Involuntary contraction |
-algia (algae) | (See the algae on the pond with a window pane floating on it) Pain |
crani- (crane) | (See the crane made of a skull) Skull |
end- (the end) | (See the end of the motion picture with real people inside or within the screen) Inside, within |
hemi- (hemisphere) | (See the hemisphere broken in half) Half |
oid- (void) | Like |
hyper- (high purr) | (See the cat high-purring above a more than normal number of cats on the church) Above, more than normal |
cyst- (sister) | (See sister holding a sack containing fluid) sac containing fluid |
chole- (coal) | (See the coal pile on top of the coal) Bile |
hypo- (hippo) | (See the hippo under the table) Under |
scop- (scope) | (See the telescope with people observing it, instead of looking through it) Observe |
hyster- (his stir) | (See his stir saying "You turn us") Uterus, womb |
-ostomy (Oh Stop Tommy) | (See Tommy's mother saying "Oh stop Tommy!" as he runs away after creating an opening in the wall) Create an opening |
para- (parachute) | (See the parachutes beside each other and other parachute beyond them) Beside, beyond |
-lysis (license) | (See the license loosening and being destroyed) Loosening, destruction |
cervic- (serve hic) | (See the waiter serving hiccups from a bottle with a real neck) Neck |
chondr- (cone door) | (See the cone with a door and a cart of leaves bursting our of it) Cartilage |
cyan- (sign) | (See the stop sign with blue paint poured over it) Blue |
ost- (ostrich) | (See the ostrich made of bones) Bone |
psycho- (cycle) | (See the cycle with people fighting over it saying "Mine, Mine") Mind |
my- (my eye) | (See my eye with muscles.) Muscle |
lip- (lip) | (See the woman with the fat lips) Fat |
lith- (lather) | (See the lather on the soap made of stone) Stone |
ophthalm- opt- (up thumb/thumbs up) | (See the thumbs up with an eye on it) Eye |
proct- (Procter and Gamble) | (See the Procter and Gamble with anacins pouring out of it) Anus |
cost- (coaster) | (see the coaster made of ribs) Ribs |
-gram (graham) | (see the graham cracker shaped like a record) Record |
acro- (acrobat) | (see the acrobat performing tricks with her extrmemties) Extremeties |
whexis (wrecks) | (See the wreck breaking/bursting the car) break/burst |
carcin-(car sign) | (see the car with a cancer awareness sign) Sign |
-penia (pen) | (see the pen writing in in decreasing size) decrease |