level: Medical Terms
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level questions: Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -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 |