level: Medical Terms
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level questions: Medical Terms
Question | Answer |
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-itis | Inflammation |
-ectomy | Removal of |
-otomy | opening |
-plasty | Repair of |
-oscopy | Visualization |
-scope | Instrument |
ab- | From, away from, off |
-ac | Pertaining to |
acanth- | Thorn, Spine |
acou- | Hearing |
acr-: acro | Extremity |
acromi-: acrimo | At the top apex |
ad- | Toward |
adeno- | Gland |
adip-;adipo | Fat |
abdomin/o | Abdomen |
-al | Pertaining to |
alb-;albo | White |
alge-;algesi- | Pain |
allo- | Other, different |
ambi- | Around, both |
Ambly | Dull, dim |
Ambul | Walk |
Amygdal | Almond-shaped |
amyl-;amylo | Starch, polysaccharide |
an- | Not, without, less |
-an | Person |
an- or ano | Pertaining to |
ana- | Excessive, too much, up |
andr, andro | Male |
angi-;angio | Vessel, relating to blood |
ankylo- | Crooked, bent |
ante- | Before |
anti- | Against, opposing |
anthropo- | Man, human |
aph | Separated from |
aque- | Water |
-arche | Beginning, first |
-archy | Order |
arteri-; arterio- | Artery |
arthr; arthro | Pertaining to the joints, limbs |
aspir/o | Removal |
-asthenia | Weakness |
astr/o | Star shaped |
athero- | Pasty, fatty |
-ation | Process, condition |
atri;arto | Room |
audi-;audio | Hearing |
audio | To hear |
aug,- | Increase |
aur-;auri- | Ear. sense of hearing |
aut-;auto- | Self, same |
axill-; axillo- | Armpit |
az- or azo- | Pertaining to nitrogen |
bacter- | Denotes bacteria |
bio- | Life, living organisms |
bi- or bis- | Twice, double |
bili- | Gall, pertaining to bile |
-biotic | Way of Life |
-blast | Initial stage of development, bud, germ, sprout |
blast- or blasto- | Bud(ding), germ |
blephar- or blepharo- | Eyelid |
brachi- or brachio- | Arm, arm like |
brachy- | Short |
brady- | Slow, dull |
bronch-; broncho- | Bronchial tubes |
bucc- or bucco- | Mouth, cheek |
burs-, bursa-, burso- | Bag, sac |
calc- | Calcium |
calcaneal | Heel |
carcin-; carcino- | Cancer |
cardia-; cardio- | Heart |
-cardium | Heart |
carp-; carpal | Wrist |
cat-: cata-; cath- | Down, though, towards |
caud-; cauda-; caudi- | Tail, lower part of the body |
cecal | Single outlet, pouch |
-cele | Swelling, tumor, hernia |
celio- | Abdominal cavity |
-centesis | Surgical puncture |
-cephalia; -cephalism; cephalus; -cephaly | Pertaining to the head |
cerebr-; cerebri-; cerebro | Brain |
cervic-; cervico- | Neck, a narrow connecting structure |
cholecystis | Gallbladder |
chondr-;chondri-;chondro | Cartilage |
-chord | String, denotes anatomical |
chrom- | Color |
-cidal | Causing death |
circum- | About, around |
-coccus | Indicates a bacterium with a spherical shape |
corp- | Body |
-cost | Rib |
-crine | To secrete |
cry-; cryo- | Cold |
crypt-:crypto- | Hidden |
-cubital | Related to the ulna or forearm |
-cule | Diminutive, small |
cut-;cuti;cutane-;cutaneo- | Skin, integument |
cyan-; cyano- | dark blue, lapis |
-cyst | Sac |