HST III - Medical Terminology Abbrevations Test # 10 - November 16, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 opt(ic) | vision,eye |
| or(o) | mouth |
| orch(ido) | testicles,testes |
| orrhea | flow,discharge |
| orth(o) | normal,straight |
| ost(e,eo) | bone |
| oscopy | diagnostic examination |
| osis | condition,state,process |
| ot(o) | ear |
| otic | pertaining to a condition |
| otomy | cutting into |
| ous | full of, containing,pertaining to, condition |
| ovi,ovario | egg, female sex gland,ovary |
| pan | all,complete,entire |
| pancreat(o) | pancreas |
| para | near, beside,beyond,abnormal,lower half of the body |
| paresis | paralysis |
| partum | birth,labor |
| path(ia,o,y) | disease,abnormal condition |
| ped(ia) | child |
| penia | lack of,abnormal reduction in number,deficiency |
| pent(a) | five |
| pepsia,pepsis | digestion |
| per | through,by,excessive |
| peri | around |
| pexy | fixation |
| phag(o) | eat,ingest |
| phage,phagia | to eat,consuming,swallow |
| pharyng(o) | pharynx,throat |
| phas,phasia | speech |
| philia,philic | affinity for,attracted to |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| phobia | fear |
| phon(o) | sound,voice |
| phylaxis | protection,prevention |
| plasty | surgical correction or repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pleuro | side, rib |
| pnea | breathing |
| pneum(o,on) | lung,pertaining to the lungs,air |
| pod(e,o) | foot |
| poly | many,much |
| post | after,behind |
| pre | before,in front of |
| pro | in front of,forward |
| proct(o) | rectum,rectal,anus |
| pseudo | false |
| psych(i,o) | pertaining to the mind |
| ptosis | drooping down,sagging,downward displacement |
| pulmon(o) | lung |
| py(o) | pus |
| pyel(o) | renal pelvis of kidney |
| pyr(o) | heat,fever |
| quad(ra,ri) | four |
| radi(o) | radiographs(X-rays),radiation |
| rect(o) | rectum |
| ren(o) | kidney |
| retro | backward,in back,behind |
| rhin(o) | nose,pertaining to the nose |
| rraphy | suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect |
| rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow |
| rrhea | flow,discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture of, bursting |
| salping(i,o) | tube,fallopian tube |
| sanguin(o) | blood |
| sarc(o) | malignant (cancer) connective tissue |
| sacroma | tumor,cancer |
| scler(o) | hardening |
| sclerosis | dryness or hardness |
| scope | examining instrument |
| scopy | observation |
| sect | cut |
| semi | half, part |
| sep (ti, tic) | poison, rot, infection |
| sinistr (o) | left |
| soma (t, to) | body |
| son (o) | sound |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| sperm (ato) | spermatozoa, male germ (sex) cell |
| splen (o) | spleen |
| stasis | stoppage, maintaining a constant level |
| steno | contracted, narrow |
| stern (o) | sternum, breast bone |
| stoma (t) | mouth |
| stomy | artificial opening |
| sub | less, under, below |
| sup (er, ra) | above, upon, over, higher in position |
| sym, syn | joined, fused, together |
| tach (o, y) | rapid, fast |
| ten (do, don, o) | tendon |
| tetra | four |
| therapy | treatment |
| therm (o, y) | heat |
| thorac (o) | thorax, chest |
| thromb (o) | clot, thrombus |
| thym (o) | thymus gland |
| thyr (o, oid) | thyroid gland |
| tome | instrument that cuts |
| tox (ic) | poison |
| trach (e, i, o) | trachea, windpipe |
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