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Med Vocab 7-12
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02/25/2011
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Term
Naris
 Definition
Nostril
Term
Nasal, naso
 Definition
Nose and sinus
Term
Palat
 Definition
Palate
Term
Pharyng, pharyngo
 Definition
Pharynx (throat)
Term
Rhin, rhino
 Definition
Nose
Term
Sinus
 Definition
Cavity
Term
Tonsill, tonsilla
 Definition
Tonsil
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Nasogastric
 Definition
Nasal passages and the stomach
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Larynx
 Definition
Voicebox
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Lob, lobo
 Definition
Lobe (lungs usually)
Term
Phren, phreno
 Definition
Diaphragm
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Pleur, pleuro
 Definition
Pleura (membrane around the lung)
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-pnea
 Definition
Breathing
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Pneu, pneumo, pneuma
 Definition
Lungs, air, respiration (lungs or air in other structures as well)
Term
Pulm, pulmo
 Definition
Lungs (structural)
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spir, spiro
 Definition
Respiration
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Steth, stetho
 Definition
Chest
Term
Thorac, thoraco
 Definition
Thorax or upper chest
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Spirometer
 Definition
Measure gases of the lungs
Term
adip, adipo
 Definition
fat or fatty
Term
cutane, cutaneo, derm, dermo, dermat, dermato
 Definition
skin
Term
Hidr, hidro
 Definition
sweat gland
Term
kerat, kerato
 Definition
hard
Term
lip, lipo
 Definition
fat or fatty
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onych, onycho
 Definition
nail of the finger or toe
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plasia
 Definition
formation or growth of
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prurio, pruritis
 Definition
to itch
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purpura
 Definition
purple
Term
seb, sebo, sebi
 Definition
Relating to sebum (oil on the skin)
Term
steat, steato, stear, stearo
 Definition
fat
Term
Trich, trichi, tricho
 Definition
hair
Term
xanth, xantho
 Definition
yellow
Term
xero
 Definition
dry
Term
ankylo
 Definition
bent or fused
Term
arthr, arthro
 Definition
joint
Term
-blast
 Definition
cells that produce
Term
cervic, cervico
 Definition
neck or cervical portion of spine
Term
chondro, chondrio
 Definition
cartilage
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-clast
 Definition
breakdown
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cost, costo
 Definition
rib
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crani, cranio
 Definition
cranium
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dactyl, dactylo
 Definition
fingers or toes
Term
-dysplasia
 Definition
abnormal growth
Term
fascio
 Definition
fascia (sheet of fibrous tissue that encloses the muscle)
Term
gryposis
 Definition
curvature
Term
lumb, lumbo
 Definition
lumbar portion of the spine
Term
muscul, musculo
 Definition
muscle
Term
myel, myelo
 Definition
bone marrow or spinal cord
Term
ossi, osseo
 Definition
bone
Term
ost, oste, osteo
 Definition
bone
Term
pelv, pelvi, pelvo
 Definition
hip bone
Term
rhabd, rhabdo
 Definition
striated or skeletal
Term
sarco
 Definition
muscular in nature
Term
scolio
 Definition
curvature
Term
stern, sterno
 Definition
sternum
Term
ten,tend,tendo
 Definition
tendon
Term
scolio
 Definition
curvature
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spondylo
 Definition
vertebrae
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myelo
 Definition
bone marrow
Term
dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
cephalo
 Definition
head
Term
cerebell, cerebello
 Definition
cerebellum
Term
cebr, cerebri, cerebro
 Definition
cerebrum (or just the brain)
Term
dura
 Definition
dura matter (outter covering of the CNS)
Term
encephalo
 Definition
brain
Term
esthesi, esthesio
 Definition
sensation, perception
Term
glia, glio
 Definition
glue, neuroglia
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
lob, lobo
 Definition
subdivision of an organ
Term
medull, medullo
 Definition
medulla
Term
mening(i),mennin(i)o
 Definition
meninges (covering of brain/spinal cord)
Term
myel, myelo
 Definition
spinal cord (myelin sheath)
Term
neur, neuri, neuro
 Definition
nerve, nervous tissue or nervous system
Term
-paresis
 Definition
incomplete paralysis
Term
pitui
 Definition
pituitary
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
radicul, radiculo
 Definition
spinal nerve roots
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somat, somato
 Definition
body
Term
somn, somno
 Definition
sleep
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spin, spino
 Definition
spinal
Term
tax, taxi
 Definition
movement or coordination
Term
thalam, thalamo
 Definition
thalamus
Term
audi, audio, acous, acouso
 Definition
hearing
Term
auri, aurio
 Definition
ear
Term
blephar, blepharo
 Definition
eyelid
Term
cerumin, cerumino
 Definition
wax
Term
dacry, dacryo
 Definition
tears
Term
dextra, dextro, dexter
 Definition
right
Term
ir, irid, iridio
 Definition
iris of the eye
Term
kerat, kerato
 Definition
cornea
Term
lacri, lacrimo
 Definition
tears
Term
leava, leavus
 Definition
left
Term
myring, myringo
 Definition
eardrum
Term
oculus, oculo
 Definition
eye
Term
opthalm, ophthalmo, opt, opto
 Definition
eye
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
Term
phac, phaco, phak
 Definition
lense
Term
phot, photo
 Definition
light
Term
retin, reinto
 Definition
retina
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
salping, salpingo
 Definition
tube (ear or uterus)
Term
scler, sclero
 Definition
sclera of the eye
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sinister
 Definition
left
Term
tympan, tympano
 Definition
eardrum
Term
uterque, utrea
 Definition
each
Term
vestibulo
 Definition
vestibule of the ear
Term
vitre, vitreo
 Definition
glassy
Term
myopia
 Definition
nearsightedness
Term
hyperopia
 Definition
farsightedness
Term
phacomalacia
 Definition
softening of the lens
Term
azoo-
 Definition
without life
Term
balan, balano
 Definition
glans penis
Term
cervic, cervico
 Definition
cervix
Term
crypt-,crypto-
 Definition
hidder or obscure
Term
colp, colpo
 Definition
vagina
Term
cyst, cysti, cysto
 Definition
bladder
Term
epididym, epididymo
 Definition
epididymis
Term
episi, episio
 Definition
vulva
Term
hyster, hytero
 Definition
uterus
Term
mast, masto
 Definition
breast
Term
men, meno
 Definition
menstruation
Term
metr, metra, metro
 Definition
uterus
Term
nephr, nephro
 Definition
kidney
Term
oo, ov, ovi, ovo
 Definition
egg
Term
oo, ovari, ovario, oophor, oophoro
 Definition
ovary
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orch, orchi, orchio, orchido
 Definition
testicles
Term
prostat, prostato
 Definition
prostate
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ren, reni, reno
 Definition
kidney
Term
salping, salpingo
 Definition
tube (female organs)
Term
spermat, sperato, spermo
 Definition
sperm
Term
test, testo
 Definition
testicles
Term
toc, toco
 Definition
childbirth
Term
ur, uri, uro
 Definition
urine
Term
ureter, uretero
 Definition
ureter
Term
urethr, urethro
 Definition
urethra
Term
uter, utero
 Definition
uterus
Term
vagin, vagino
 Definition
vagina
Term
vulv, vulvo
 Definition
vulva
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