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A comprehensive list of medical terminology terms and their definitions, along with correct answers to associated questions. It is a valuable resource for students preparing for a medical terminology final exam, particularly those studying at ivy tech. A wide range of prefixes, suffixes, and root words commonly used in the medical field, making it a helpful tool for understanding and applying medical terminology.
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adip/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fat bronchiol/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bronchiole aden/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔gland balan/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔glans penis arther/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔plaque, fatty substance arthr/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔joint adren/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔adrenal gland carcin/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cancer bronch/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bronchus abdomin/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abdomen
cardi/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔heart chole/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bile, gall chondr/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cartilage coagul/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔clotting colon/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔colon colp/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔vagina conjuctive/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔conjuctiva cost/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔rib crani/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔skull cyan/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔blue cycl/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ciliary body cyst/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bladder
femor/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔femur gangli/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ganglion gastr/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔stomach glomerul/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔glomerulus gluc/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sugar glucos/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sugar glyc/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sugar gonad/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sex glands gyn/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔woman gynec/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔woman, female hem/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔blood hemat/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔blood
hepat/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔liver hyster/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔uterus irid/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔iris jejun/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔jejunum (second part of small intestine) kal/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Potassium kerat/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cornea lacrim/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct lact/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔milk lapra/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abdomen laryng/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔larynx leuk/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔white lip/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fat
nas/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nose natr/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sodium nephr/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔kidney neur/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nerve norm/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔normal odont/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tooth olig/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔scanty, few oophor/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ovary oste/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bone ot/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ear pachy/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔thick palat/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔palate
path/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔disease peritone/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔peritoneum phag/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔eat, swallow pharmac/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔drug pharyng/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pharynx (throat) phleb/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔vein phren/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔diaphragm pil/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hair pneum/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lung, air pneumat/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lung, air presby/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔old proct/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔anus and rectum
tars/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ankle thorac/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔chest thromb/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔clot tonsill/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tonsils trache/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔trachea, windpipe troph/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔development, nourishment ungu/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nail ven/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔vein vesic/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔urinary bladder xanth/o - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔yellow a, an- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔without anti- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔against
dys- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bad eu- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔good hyper- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔above hypo- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔below pan- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔all par- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔equal poly- - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔many -algia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pain -cele - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hernia, tumor, swelling -centesis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔surgical puncture to remove fluid -clasia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔to surgically break -cyte - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cell
-logy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔study of -lysis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔separation; destruction; loosening -malacia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abnormal softening -megaly - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔enlargement -oma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tumor -opia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔vision -osis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abnormal condition -pathy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔disease -penia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔deficiency -plasty - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔surgical correction or repair -plegia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔paralysis -polesis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔formation
-ptosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔drooping -rrhaphy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔suture -rrhexis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔rupture -sarcoma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔malignant tumor -sclerosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abnormal hardening -scope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔instrument for viewing -scopy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔visual examination -spasm - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involuntary contraction -stenosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔narrowing -stomy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔surgical opening -thorax - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔chest -tomy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔to cut
N&V - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nausea and vomiting OS - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔left eye OU - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔both eyes PKD - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔polycystic kidney disease SVC - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔superior vena cava TIA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔transient ischemic attack TID - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔three times a day UTI - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔urinary tract infection VA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Visual Activity Bx - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔biopsy IVF - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔in vitro fertilization LMP - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔last menstrual period
CA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cancer NSAID - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug OA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔osteoarthritis RA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔rheumatoid arthritis C&S - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔culture and sensitivity NPO - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nothing by mouth BM - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bowel movement NGT - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nasogastric tube GERD - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔gastroesophageal reflux disease adrenal insufficiency - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔condition in which the adrenal glands underproduce necessary hormones antibody - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A protein that acts against a specific antigen
ecchymosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bruise enuresis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involuntary discharge of urine hematocritt - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔volume of RBC in 100mL of blood hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Excessive or profuse bleeding hemostatic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔controls or stops bleeding (Amicar, Humafac, vitamin K) ideopathic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔unknown cause incontinence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔inability to control bladder and/or bowels lateral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔away from the midline macule - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔flat, colored spot on the skin medial - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔toward the midline menarche - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔onset of menstruation
nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Involuntary rapid eye movements occlusion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔closure of a blood vessel due to blockage papule - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔small, solid skin elevation petechia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔small bruise prone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lying face down reflux - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abnormal backward flow sagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔divides body into left and right sphygmomanometer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔instrument to measure blood pressure splenectopy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔displacement of the spleen; sometimes called floating spleen stroke - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A sudden attack of weakness or paralysis that occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is interrupted Ischemic Stroke - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a type of stroke that occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is blocked
