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HOSA BOWL MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY EXAM UPDATED 2025- 2026|469 QS AND VERIFIED AS |A+ GRADED
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a-, an- without, lack of a/pnea without or lack of breathing ab- from, away ab/duct to move away from the body -ac, -ic
pertaining to cardi/ac pertaining to the heart acr- (o) extremities acro/cyan/osis condition of blueness of the extremities ad- to, toward, near ad/duct to move toward the body
a cavity or pouch swollen with gas or air -al like, similar, pertaining to neur/al pertaining to a nerve alba-, albi- white albi/no an organism deficient in pigment, white alges- (i, ia) pain
algesi/meter instrument for measuring pain -algia pain my/algia muscle pain ambi- both, both sides ambi/lateral both sides an- (o, us)
ante/partum before labor or childbirth anti- against anti/bacterial against bacteria append- (i, o) appendix append/ectomy surgical removal of the appendix arter- (io)
artery arterio/gram tracing or picture of the arteries arthr- (o) joint arthr/itis inflammation of a joint -ase enzyme peptid/ase enzyme that aids in the digestion of proteins
a fatty hardening audi- (o) sound, hearing audio/meter instrument to measure sound or hearing aur- ear aur/al pertaining to the ear auto- self
auto/phobia a fear of being by oneself or alone bi- (s) twice, double, both bi/lateral two sides bio- life bio/logy study of science of life -blast
brachy- short brachy/dactyl/ic condition of having short fingers brady- slow brady/cardia slow heart bronch- (i, o) air tubes in lungs bronch/itis
inflammation of the air tubes in the lungs bucc- (a, o) cheek bucco/lingu/al pertaining to the cheek and tongue calc (u, ulus) stone calcul/osis condition of having a stone carcin- (o) cancer, malignancy
swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia meningo/cele swelling or tumor of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord cent- (i) 100 centi/meter hundred part of a meter -centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid thora/centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
cephal- (o) head, pertaining to head cephal/algia headache cerebro- brain cerebro/spin/al pertaining to the brain and spinal cord cerv- (ic, io) neck, neck of uterus cervio/fascial
chlor/opsia visual defect in which all colors appear green chol- (e, o) bile, gallbladder chole/cyst/ic pertaining to the gallbladder chond- (i, r, ri) cartilage chondr/itis inflammation of cartilage chrom- (a, at, o)
color chromato/meter instrument for measuring color perception -cide causing death germi/cide causing death to germs circum- around, about circum/duction movement in a circular motion