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Medical tem. exam 1
Question | Answer |
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Dors/o | Back,dorsum, uppermost part |
a- | no, not, without |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
-able | ability, able to be |
-al | pertaining to |
ambulat/o | walking |
ana- | apart from, excessive, again |
ancill/o | servant, accessory |
anter/o | anterior, before |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-atic | pertaining to |
-ation | process of being or having |
-ative | pertaining to |
-atory | pertaining to |
auscult/o | listening |
cardi/o | heart |
caud/o | tailbone, lower part of the body |
cav/o | hollow space |
cephal/o | head |
chondr/o | cartilage |
coron/o | encircling structure |
communic/o | Impart, transmit |
congenit/o | present at birth |
crani/o | cranium/ skull |
-crine, crin/o | a thing that secretes |
de- | reversal of, without |
dent/o | tooth |
dermat/o | skin |
dia- | complete |
dietet/o | food, diet |
dist/o | away from the center, or point of origin |
-drome | a running |
endo | in, within |
enter/o | outside |
-eon | one who performs |
epi- | upon, above |
-ery | process of |
eti/o | cause of disease |
exacber/o | increase, provoke |
extern/o | outside |
fract/o | break up |
front/o | front |
gastr/o | stomach |
-gen | that which produces |
gener/o | production, creation |
gen/o | arising from, produced by |
ger/o | old age |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | female, women |
habilitat/o | give ability |
hemat/o | blood |
heredit/o | genetic inheritance |
horizont/o | boundry b/w the earth and sky |
-iac | pertining to |
iatr/o | physician, medical treatment |
-ician | skilled proffessional |
-ics | knowledge, practice |
idi/o | unknown; individual |
immun/o | immune |
infect/o | disease within |
infer/o | below |
inguin/o | groin |
inspect/o | looking at |
integument/o | skin |
intern/o | inside |
-ion | action, condition |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ious | pertaining to |
-ist | one who |
-istry | process, related to the specialty of |
-ity | state, condition,quality of |
-ive | pertaining to |
laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
later/o | side |
log/o, -logy | study of |
lumb/o | lower back/ b/w ribs and pelvis |
macr/o | large |
medi/o | middle |
micr/o | small |
mid- | middle |
muscul/o | muscle |
nat/o | birth |
ne/o | new |
neur/o | nerves |
nerv/o | nerve |
nucle/o | nucleous |
nutri/o | nourishment |
obstetr/o | pregnancy & childbirth |
opthalm/o | eye |
orth/o | straight |
-ory | having the function of |
-osis | condition, abnormal, process |
ot/o | ear |
-ous | pertaining to |
palliat/o | reduce the severity |
palpat/o | touching, feeling |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child |
pelv/o | pelvis(hip bone, renal pelvis) |
percuss/o | tapping |
pharmac/o | medicine,drug |
physi/o | physical function/ nature |