Exploring Health Science Words
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DeTaylor10 on November 15, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aden/o | gland |
| amni/o | amnion (sac of lfuid surround the embryo) |
| angi/o | vessel (usually blodd vessel) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | plaque (yellow, fatty material) |
| axill/o | armpit (underarm) |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | drug or chemical |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine or bowel) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyst/o | urinary baldder; also sac of fuid or cyst |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus (tube leading from throat to stomach) |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| inguin/o | groin (area ewhere thigh meets trunk of body) |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen (abdominal wall) |
| laryng/o | voice box (larynx) |
| leuk/o | white |
| mamm/o | breast (used for -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, -PLASTY) |
| mast/o | breast (used for -ECTOMY, -ITIS) |
| men/o | menses (menstruation) |
| mening/o | meniges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| necr/o | death (of cells) |
| nephr/o | kidney (use with all suffxes except -AL, -GRAM; ) |
| ren/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pelv/o | hip area |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdominal cavity) |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney (use with -AL and -GRAM) |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| septic/o | pertaining to infection |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | windpipe; trachea |
| ur/o | urine or urea (waster material) |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
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