Med. Term. Ch. 3

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cf: acr/o

meaning: extremities, top, extreme point
cf: acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden
cf: amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
cf: angi/o

vessel
cf: arteri/o

artery
cf: arthr/o

joint
cf: axill/o

armpit
cf: blephar/o

eyelid
cf: bronch/o

broncial tubes (2 tubes, one right and one left that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
cf: carcin/o

cancer
cf: chem/o

drug, chemical
cf: chondr/o

cartilage
cf: chron/o

time
cf: col/o

colon (large intesine)
cf: cyst/o

urinary bladder
cf: encephal/o

brain
cf: hepat/o

liver
cf: hydr/o

water, fluid
cf: isch/o

to hold back
cf: lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall
cf: laryng/o

larynx (voice box)
cf:leuk/o

white
cf:lymph/o

lymph: clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body
cf: mamm/o

breast
cf: mast/o

breast
cf: morph/o

shape, form
cf: muc/o

mucus
cf: my/o

muscle
cf: myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

context of usage indicates the meaning intended
cf: necr/o

death (of cells or whole body)
cf: nephr/o

kidney
cf: neur/o

nerve
cf: neutr/o

neutrophil (a WBC)
cf: opthalm/o

eye
cf: oste/o

bone
cf: ot/o

ear
cf: peritone/o

peritoneum
cf: phag/o

to eat, swallow
cf: phleb/o

vein
cf: plas/o

formation, development
cf: pleur/o

pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
cf: pneumon/o

lungs
cf pulmon/o

lungs
cf: radi/o

x-rays
cf: rect/o

rectum
cf: ren/o

kidney
cf: rhin/o

nose
cf: sarc/o

flesh
cf: splen/o

spleen
cf: staphyl/o

clusters
cf: strept/o

twisted chains
cf: thorac/o

chest
cf thromb/o

clot
cf: tonsill/o

tonsils
cf:trache/o

trachea (windpipe)
cf: ven/o

vein
s: algia
- pain
- arthralgia
s: cele
- hernia
- rectocele
s: centesis
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
- amniocentesis
s: coccus; cocci (plura)
- berry-shaped bacterium
- streptococcus
s: cyte
- cell
- erythrocyte
s: dynia
- pain
- pleurodynia
S: ectomy
- excision, removal, resection
- larynectomy
s: emia
- blood condition
- anemia
s: genesis
- condition of producing, forming
- pathogenesis
s: graphy
- process of recording
- electroencephalography
s: lysis
- break down
- hemolysis
s: malacia
- softening
- osteomalacia
s: megaly
- enlargement
- acromegaly
s: oma
- tumor, mass, collection of fluid
- myoma
s: osis
- condition, usually abnormal
- necrosis
s: penia
- deficiency
- erythropenia
s: phobia
- fear
- acrophobia
s: plasia
- development, formation, growth
- achondroplasia
s; plasty
- surgical repair
- angioplasty
s: ptosis
- falling, dropping, prolapse
- blepharoptosis
s: scelrosis
- hardening
- arteriosclerosis
s: scope
- instrument for visual examination
- laparoscope
s: scopy
- process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
- laparoscopy
s: stasis
- stopping, controlling
- metastasis
meta

beyond
cf: acr/o

extremeties
s: stomy
- opening to form a mouth (stoma)
- colostomy
s: therapy
- treatment
- hydrotherapy
s: tomy
- incision, cutting into
- phlebotomy
s: trophy
- development, nourishment
- atrophy
s: er
- one who
- (radiographer)
s: ia
- condition
- leukemia
s: ist
- specialist
- nephrologist
s: ole
- little, small
- arteriole
s: ule
- little small
- venule
s: um, ium
- struture, tissue
- pericardium
s: us
- structure, substance
- mucus
s: y
- condition, process
- nephropathy
s: ac, iac
- pertaining to
- cardiac
s: al
- pertaining to
- peritoneal
s: ar
- pertaining to
- tonsillar
s: ary
- pertaining to
- pulmonary
s: eal
- pertaining to
- laryngeal
s: genic
- pertaining to producing, produced by, or in
- osteogenic
s: ic, ical

pertaining to

chronic
s: oid

resembling

adenoids
s: ose

pertaining to, full of

adipose
s: ous

pertaining to

mucous membrane
s: tic

pertaining to

necrotic

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