Medical Terminology (Anatomy & Physiology Honors)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acro/o | extremities; top, extreme point |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| andr/o | relationship to the male |
| angi/o | blood, lymph vessels |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | arter/o, artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| audi/o | audit/o, aur/i, aur/o ear, hearing |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cardi/o, card/o | heart |
| caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerumin/o | cerumen, earwax |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o, chromat/o | color |
| col/o, colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| colp/o | vagina |
| cor/o, core/o | pupil |
| corne/o, kerat/o | cornea |
| cost/o | rib |
| coron/o | coronary, crown |
| crani/o | skull |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst |
| cyt/o-cyte | cell |
| diaphor/o | sweat |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| gastro/o | stomach |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium, hip bone |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| metri/o | uterus |
| kines/o, kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | bent, hump |
| lacrim/o | tear, tear duct |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| lord/o | curved, swayback bent |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| meat/o | opening or passageway |
| men/o | menstruation |
| muc/o, mucos | mucus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| miring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| oophor/o, ovari/o | ovaries |
| orch/o, orchid/o | testicles |
| or/o | mouth |
| test/i, test/o, testicul/o | testicles |
| oste/o, oss/e-i, ost/o | bone |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| retr/o | back, behind, backward |
| salping/o | Fallopian tubes |
| scoli/o | curved, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebrate, backbone |
| tax/o | coordination |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| ureter/o | ureters |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vascul/o | blood vessels |
| ven/o | vein |
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