Terminology Chapter 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the emryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | armpit |
| lephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tus (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| ot/o | ear |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | bein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pneumon/o, pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| ven/o | vein |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -dynia | pain |
| -lysis | brakedown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination (with an endoscope) |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ole, -ule | little, small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | strcture, substance |
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