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Med. terms for CNA
medical terms for CNA students
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
acous/o | hearing |
acr/o | extremities |
aden/o | gland |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
agglutin | clumping |
albin/o | white |
aliment/o | nourish |
an/o | anus |
angi/o | blood vessel |
anter/o | front |
arthro/o | joint |
ather/o | fatty subtanc;plaque |
audi/o | hearing |
bil/i | bile |
brachi/o | arm |
bronchi/o | bronchiole |
bronch/o | bronchus |
burs/o | sac |
calc/o | calcium |
carcin/o | cancerous |
cardi | heart |
carp/o | wrist |
cephal/o | head |
cerbr/o | brain |
cervic/o | neck, cervix |
cheil/o | lip |
chol/e | bile, gall |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
chrom/o | color |
col/o | colon |
cor/o | heart |
crani/o | head, skull |
cry/o | cold |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyst/o | cyst, sac, bladder |
cyt/o | cell |
dent/o, odont/o | dental, tooth |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
dors/o | back of body |
duoden/o | duodenum |
encophal/o | brain |
enter/o | small intestine |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
erythem/o | flush |
erythr/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
femor/o | femur, thigh bone |
fibul/o | fibula, smaller outer bone of lower leg |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
gluc/o | sugar |
gynec/o | women, female |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
hepat/o | liver |
hidr/o | sweat |
hisit/o | tissue |
humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
hyster/o | uterus, womb |
ile/o | ileum |
ili/o | ilium, part of hip bone |
kal/i | potassium |
lact/o | milk |
laryng/o | larynx |
leuk/o | white |
leukocyt/o | white cell |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
mast/o | breast |
medi/o | middle |
melan/o | black |
metacarp/o | metacarpus, bones of hand |
muscul/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
ocul/o | eye |
or/o | mouth |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
pector/o | chest |
ped/o | foot |
phag/o | eat, swallow |
phalang/o | phalanges, bones of fingers and toes |
phas/o | speech |
phleb/o | vein |
pil/o | hair |
pneum/o | lung, air |
py/o | pus |
tend/o | tendon |
thorac/o, thorax/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot |
trache/o | neck |
ungu/o | nail |
urin/o | urine |
vas/o | vessel |
vit/o | blemish |
xer/o | dry |