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Medical Terminology
chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
ophthalm/o | eye |
ur/o | urinary |
ger/o | aging |
gastro/o | stomach |
-ectomy | removal |
-tomy | incision |
-tome | an instrament to cut |
-opsy | a viewing |
-pathy | the disease process |
-stomy | a new opening |
peri- | surrounding |
ex- | outside, out |
an- | no, not, without |
endo- | within |
if a term ends in a | then drop the a and add ae |
if a term ends in is | then drop the is and add es |
if a term ends in nx | then drop the nx and add nges |
if a term ends in um | then drop the um and add a |
if a term ends in us | then drop the us and add i |
if a term ends in y | then drop the y and ies |