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Med. Term. 20
Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms "T"
Question | Answer |
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tachy- | fast |
tact/o- | touch |
tampon/o- | stop up |
tard/o- | late; slow |
tars/o- | ankle |
tax/o- | coordination |
techn/o- | technical skill |
tele/o- | distance |
tempor/o- | temple (side of the head) |
tendin/o- | tendon |
tendon/o- | tendon |
ten/o- | tendon |
tens/o- | pressure; tension |
terat/o- | bizarre form |
termin/o- | end; boundary |
testicul/o- | testis; testicle |
test/o- | testis; testicle |
tetr/a- | four |
thalam/o- | thalamus |
thanat/o- | death |
thec/o- | sheath; layer of membranes |
theli/o- | cellular layer |
then/o- | thumb |
therapeut/o- | therapy; treatment |
therap/o- | treatment |
-therapy | treatment |
therm/o- | heat |
thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
-thorax | thorax (chest) |
thromb/o- | thrombus (blood clot) |
thym/o- | thymus; rage |
thyr/o- | shield-shaped structure (thyroid gland) |
thyroid/o- | thyroid gland |
tibi/o- | tibia (shin bone) |
-tic | pertaining to |
till/o- | pull out |
-tion | a process; being or having |
toc/o- | labor and childbirth |
toler/o- | to become accustomed to |
-tome | instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges |
tom/o- | cut; slice; layer |
-tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
ton/o- | pressure; tone |
tonsill/o- | tonsil |
-tope | place; position |
topic/o- | a specific area |
-tor | person or thing that produces or does |
tort/i- | twisted position |
-tous | pertaining to |
toxic/o- | poison; toxin |
tox/o- | poison |
trabecul/o- | trabecula (mesh) |
trache/o- | trachea (windpipe) |
trac/o- | visible path |
tract/o- | pulling |
tranquil/o- | calm |
trans- | across; through |
transit/o- | change over from one thing to another |
transmitt/o- | to send across or through |
transplant/o- | move something to another |
traumat/o- | injury |
tremul/o- | shaking |
-tresia | opening or hole |
tri- | three |
trich/o- | hair |
triglycerid/o- | triglyceride |
-tripsy | process of crushing |
-triptor | thing that crushes |
trochanter/o- | trochanter |
trochle/o- | structure shaped like a pulley |
-tron | instrument |
troph/o- | development |
-trophy | process of development |
trop/o- | having an affinity for; stimulating; turning |
tubercul/o- | nodule; tuberculosis |
tuber/o- | nodule |
tuberos/o- | knoblike projection |
tub/o- | tube |
tubul/o- | tube; small tube |
turbin/o- | scroll-like structure; turbinate |
tuss/o- | cough |
-ty | quality or state |
tympan/o- | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
-type | particular kind of; a model of |