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Term
An/o
 Definition
anus
Term
chol/e
 Definition
bile
Term
cholangi/o
 Definition
bile duct
Term
enter/o
 Definition
intestine
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
liver
Term
ile
 Definition
ileum
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
proct/o
 Definition
rectum and anus
Term
sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
Term
-cele
 Definition
protrusion
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomit
Term
-ostomy
 Definition
cutting into
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eat, swallow
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
Term
jejun/o
 Definition
jejunum
Term
cirrhosis
 Definition
chronic liver disease
Term
Crohn disease
 Definition
chronic inflammatory bowel disease with membrane ulcers
Term
Helicobacter pylori
 Definition
test for bacteria that causes gastric ulcers
Term
ileus
 Definition
obstruction in intestine
Term
barium enema
 Definition
xray of the instestine and colon
Term
jaundice
 Definition
yellow colored eyes
Term
melana
 Definition
dark stools with presence of blood
Term
balan/o
 Definition
glans penis
Term
cyst/o
 Definition
bladder
Term
lith/o
 Definition
stone
Term
nephro
 Definition
kidney
Term
orchid/o
 Definition
testes
Term
pyel/o
 Definition
renal pelvis
Term
ren/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
semin/o
 Definition
semen
Term
ur/o
 Definition
urine
Term
urethr/o
 Definition
ureter
Term
vas/o
 Definition
vans deferens
Term
vesicul/o
 Definition
seminal vescile
Term
azot/o
 Definition
nitrogen waste
Term
corpor/o
 Definition
body
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
Term
hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
hem/o
 Definition
blood
Term
noct/i
 Definition
night
Term
olig/o
 Definition
scanty
Term
ven/o
 Definition
vein
Term
-genesis
 Definition
produces
Term
-lysis
 Definition
destruction
Term
-ostomy
 Definition
create an opening
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition

suture

 
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening condition
Term
-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
Term
-trophy
 Definition
development
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside of
Term
calculus
 Definition
stone formed within organ
Term
trichomoniasis
 Definition
STD: causes infllamation of genitourinary
Term
amini/o
 Definition
aminion
Term
cervic/o
 Definition
neck, cervix
Term
colp/o
 Definition
vagina
Term
episi/o
 Definition
vulva
Term
gynec/o
 Definition
woman, female
Term
hyster/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
mamm/o
 Definition
breast
Term
fibr/o
 Definition
fibrous
Term
metr/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
nat/o
 Definition
birth
Term
o/o
 Definition
egg
Term
oophor/o
 Definition
ovary
Term
salping/o
 Definition
fallopian tubes
Term
-centesis
 Definition
puncture to withdraw fluid
Term
-centesis
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
-gravida
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
-lytic
 Definition
destruction
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
Term
-para
 Definition
to bear
Term
-partum
 Definition
birth
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
bursting forth
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
ante-
 Definition
before
Term
intra-
 Definition
inside
Term
nulli-
 Definition
none
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
primi-
 Definition
first
Term
fistula
 Definition
abnormal passageway between two structures
Term
encephal/o
 Definition
brain
Term
myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord
Term
pont/o
 Definition
pons
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
lumb/o
 Definition
low back
Term
scler/o
 Definition
hardening
Term
vascul/o
 Definition
blood vessels
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
hemi-
 Definition
half
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
adren/o
 Definition
adrenal glands
Term
crin/o
 Definition
secrete
Term
thym/o
 Definition
thymus gland
Term
thyr/o
 Definition
thyroid gland
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremities
Term
-edema
 Definition
swelling
Term
-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
Cushing syndrome
 Definition
condition of hypersecretion of adrenal cortex
Term
anthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
audi/o
 Definition
ear
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
liver
Term
ocul/o
 Definition
eye
Term
ot/o
 Definition
ear
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
-centesis
 Definition
puncture to withdraw fluid
Term
-cytosis
 Definition
condition of too many cells
Term
-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
-derma
 Definition
skin condition
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation
Term
-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
Term
-ecstasis
 Definition
dialated
Term
-edema
 Definition
swelling
Term
-emia
 Definition
condition of blood
Term
-gen
 Definition
that which produces
Term
-globin
 Definition
protein
Term
-iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-iatric
 Definition
medical specialty
Term
-iatrist
 Definition
physician
Term
-ician
 Definition
specialist
Term
-iartry
 Definition
treatment, condition
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward
Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without
Term
allo-
 Definition
different
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
de-
 Definition
without
Term
infra-
 Definition
below
Term
intra-
 Definition
inside
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
nulli-
 Definition
none
Term
pachy-
 Definition
thick
Term
per-
 Definition
through
Term
para-
 Definition
alongside, near
Term
pseudo-
 Definition
false
Term
pseudo-
 Definition
false
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
xeno-
 Definition
foreign, strange
Term
bas/o
 Definition
base
Term
coagul/o
 Definition
clotting
Term
chrom/o
 Definition
color
Term
cosin/o
 Definition
red
Term
hem/o, hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
neutr/o
 Definition
neutral
Term
phleb/o
 Definition
vein
Term
septic/o
 Definition
infection
Term
thromb/o
 Definition
clotting
Term
cortic/o
 Definition
cortex
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
morph/o
 Definition
shape
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
phag/o
 Definition
eating
Term
phag/o
 Definition
eating
Term
splen/o
 Definition
spleen
Term
aer/o
 Definition
air
Term
alveol/o
 Definition
air sac
Term
atel/o
 Definition
incomplete
Term
bronchi/o
 Definition
bronchus
Term
coni/o
 Definition
dust
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blue
Term
lingu/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
lob/o
 Definition
lobe
Term
pnem/o
 Definition
lung,air
Term
anter/o
 Definition
front
Term
brachi/o
 Definition
arm
Term
caud/o
 Definition
tail
Term
chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
Term
proxim/o
 Definition
nearest to start
Term
inguin/o
 Definition
groin
Term
later/o
 Definition
side
Term
lumb/o
 Definition
low back
Term
poster/o
 Definition
backside
Term
ventr/o
 Definition
belly side of body
Term
vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra, backbone
Term
an/o
 Definition
anus
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
enter/o
 Definition
small intestine
Term
proct/o
 Definition
rectum & anus
Term
meninges
 Definition
membrane that covers brain & spinal cord
Term
-manometer
 Definition
instrument for measuring pressure
Term
-opsy
 Definition
view of
Term
-orexia
 Definition
appetite
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-osmia
 Definition
smell
Term
-ostomy
 Definition
surgically creating an opening
Term
-otomy
 Definition
cutting into
Term
-paresis
 Definition
weakness
Term
-partum
 Definition
birth, labor
Term
-penia
 Definition
too few
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
-phil
 Definition
attracted to
Term
-phonia
 Definition
voice
Term
-plasm
 Definition
formation
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
coughing up
Term
-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
Term
-ule
 Definition
small
Term
hidr/o
 Definition
sweat
Term
cutane/o
 Definition
skin
Term
ichthy/o
 Definition
scaly
Term
morbid/o
 Definition
ill
Term
myc/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
onc/o
 Definition
tumor
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus
Term
seb/o
 Definition
oil
Term
trich/o
 Definition
hair
Term
vesic/o
 Definition
bladder, sac
Term
xanthr/o
 Definition
yellow
Term
xer/o
 Definition
dry
Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib
Term
kyph/o
 Definition
hump
Term
lord/o
 Definition
bent backwards
Term
myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
Term
orth/o
 Definition
straight
Term
scoli/o
 Definition
crooked
Term
spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebra
Term
ten/o
 Definition
tendon
Term
angi/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
ather/o
 Definition
fatty substance
Term
ather/o
 Definition
fatty substance
Term
coron/o
 Definition
heart
Term
isch/o
 Definition
to keep back
Term
embol/o
 Definition
plug
Term
pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
Term
son/o
 Definition
sound
Term
sphygm/o
 Definition
pulse
Term
sphygm/o
 Definition
pulse
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremities
Term
alges/o
 Definition
sense of pain
Term
crin/o
 Definition
secrete
Term
gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
scapul/o
 Definition
shoulder blade
Term
hyster/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
-cytosis
 Definition
abnormal cell condition
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stopping
Term
-clasia
 Definition
surgical breaking
Term
-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
Term
-thorax
 Definition
chest
Term
-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining
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