MEDICAL TERMINOLOGIES Flashcards
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What does ABDOMIN/O refer to?
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ABDOMEN
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What is the meaning of ACOUS?
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SOUND, HEARING
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ACRO refers to which part of the body?
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EXTREMITY, END
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What does ADEN/O signify in medical terminology?
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GLAND
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ADIP/O is associated with which substance?
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FAT
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What does ADREN/O indicate?
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ADRENAL GLAND, EPINEPHRINE
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ADRENAL/O refers to which gland?
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ADRENAL GLAND
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What area of the body does ADRENOCORTIC/O pertain to?
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ADRENAL CORTEX
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AER/O is related to what element?
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AIR, GAS
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What do ALG/O, ALGI/O, and ALGESI/O have in common?
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PAIN
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AMNIO- is related to which part of pregnancy?
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AMNION
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What does AMYL/O represent?
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STARCH
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ANDR/O is associated with which gender?
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MALE
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What does ANGI/O refer to?
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VESSEL
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AN/O pertains to which part of the body?
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ANUS
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What is the meaning of AORT/O?
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AORTA
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What does ARTER/O signify?
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ARTERY
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What is represented by ARTERIOL/O?
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ARTERIOLE
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What does ARTHR/O refer to?
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JOINT
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ATEL/O indicates what condition?
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INCOMPLETE, IMPERFECT
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What anatomical structure does ATLANT/O refer to?
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ATLAS
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What does ATRI/O represent?
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ATRIUM
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AUDI/O is related to what sense?
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HEARING
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AZOT/O pertains to which type of compounds?
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NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS
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What does BACILL/I refer to?
BACILLUS
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What is the meaning of BACTERI/O?
BACTERIUM
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BALAN/O is associated with which part of the male anatomy?
GLANS PENIS
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What does BAR/O signify?
PRESSURE
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What does BILI refer to?
BILE
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BIO is related to which concept?
LIFE
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What does BLAST/O signify?
IMMATURE CELL
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BLEPHAR/O refers to which part of the body?
EYELID
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What does BRACHI/O indicate?
ARM
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What is represented by BRONCH/I?
BRONCHUS
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What does BRONCHIOL refer to?
BRONCHIOLE
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What does BUCC/O pertain to?
CHEEK
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What is the meaning of BURS/O?
BURSA
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CALC/I is associated with which mineral?
CALCIUM
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What does CALI/O represent?
CALYX
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What does CARCIN/O refer to?
CANCER
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CARDI/O is related to which organ?
HEART
42
What does CARP/O indicate?
WRIST
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What does CAUD/O signify?
TAIL
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CUBIT/O pertains to which joint?
ELBOW
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CEC/O is related to which part of the digestive system?
CECUM
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What does CELI/O refer to?
ABDOMEN
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What does CENTESIS indicate?
PUNCTURE
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What does CEPHAL/O refer to?
HEAD
49
CEREBELL/O is associated with which part of the brain?
CEREBELLUM
50
What does CEREBR/O signify?
CEREBRUM
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CERVIC/O refers to which body part?
NECK
52
What does CHEIL/O indicate?
LIP
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What is the meaning of CHEM/O?
CHEMICAL
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What does CHIR/O represent?
HAND
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What does CHOLANGI/O refer to?
BILE DUCT
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What does CHOL/E signify?
BILE, GALL
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CHOLECYST/O is associated with which organ?
GALL BLADDER
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What does CHOLEDOCH/O refer to?
COMMON BILE DUCT
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What does CHROND/O signify?
CARTILAGE
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What does CHORI/O relate to?
CHOROID
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What is indicated by CHROM/O?
COLOR
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What does CHRON/O refer to?
TIME
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What does CLASIS signify?
BREAKING
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What does CLITOR/O pertain to?
CLITORIS
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COCCY refers to which part of the body?
COCCYX
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What does COCHLE/O indicate?
COCHLEA
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What does COLON/O refer to?
COLON
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What does COLP/O signify?
VAGINA
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COPRO is associated with what substance?
FECES
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What does COR/O represent?
PUPIL
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What does CORNE/O indicate?
CORNEA
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CORTIC/O is related to which part of the brain?
CEREBRAL CORTEX, OUTER PORTION
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What does COST/O refer to?
RIB
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What does CRANI/O signify?
CRANIUM, SKULL
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What does CRY/O indicate?
COLD
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What does CRYPT/O refer to?
HIDDEN
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CUS is associated with which sense?
SOUND, HEARING
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What does CYCL/O represent?
CILIARY BODY, CILIARY MUSCLE (OF EYE)
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What does CYT/O refer to?
CELL
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DACRY/O is related to what?
TEAR, LACRIMAL APPARATUS
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What does DACTYL/O signify?
FINGERS
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What does DACRYOCYST/0 refer to?
LACRIMAL SAC
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What do DENT/O and DENT/I have in common?
TOOTH, TEETH
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DERM/O and DERMAT/O relate to which organ?
SKIN
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What does DILATION, DILATATION indicate?
EXPANSION, WIDENING
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DORS/I is associated with which part of the body?
BACK
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What does DUODEN/O refer to?
DUODENUM
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What does DYNAM/O signify?
FORCE, ENERGY
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What does ECTASIA, ECTASIS mean?
DILATION, DILATATION, DISTENTION
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What does EDEMA refer to?
SWELLING, ACCUMULATION OF FLUID
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What does ELECTR/O signify?
ELECTRICITY
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EMBRY/O is associated with which developmental stage?
EMBRYO
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What does EMESIS mean?
VOMITING
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What does ENCEPHAL/O refer to?
BRAIN
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ENDOCRIN/O is related to what system?
ENDOCRINE
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What does ENTER/O indicate?
INTESTINE
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What does EPIDIDYM/O refer to?
EPIDIDYMIS
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What does EPISI/O signify?
VULVA
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What does ERG/O represent?
WORK
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What do ERYTHR/O and ERYTHROCYT/O refer to?
RED, RED BLOOD CELL
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What does ESOPHAG/O relate to?
ESOPHAGUS
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FACI/O is associated with which part of the body?
FACE
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What does FASCI/O signify?
FASCIA
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FER is related to which action?
CARRY
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What do FERR/I and FERR/O indicate?
IRON
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What does FET/O represent?
FETUS
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What does FIBR/O signify?
FIBER
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GALACT/O is associated with which substance?
MILK
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What does GANGLION/O, GANGLI/O refer to?
GANGLION
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What does GASTR/O signify?
STOMACH
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What does GEN indicate?
ORIGIN, FORMATION
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What do GER/E and GER/O refer to?
OLD AGE
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What does GINGIV/O represent?
GUM, GINGIVA
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What does GLI/O signify?
NEUROGLIA
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What does GLOMERUL/O indicate?
GLOMERULUS
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What does GLOSS/O refer to?
TONGUE
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What does GLUC/O signify?
GLUCOSE
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What does GLYC/O indicate?
SUGAR, GLUCOSE
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What does GNATH/O represent?
JAW
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What does GONI/O refer to?
ANGLE
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What does GRAVIDA mean?
PREGNANT WOMAN
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What do GYN/O and GYNEC/O refer to?
WOMAN
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What do HEM/O and HEMAT/O indicate?
BLOOD
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What does HIPAT/O represent?
LIVER
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What does HIDR/O signify?
SWEAT, PERSPIRATION
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What does HIST/O and HISTI/O refer to?
TISSUE
127
What does HYDR/O indicate?
WATER, FLUID
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What does HYPN/O represent?
SLEEP
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What does HYPOPHYSI/O refer to?
PITUITARY, HYPOPHYSIS
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What does HYSTER/O signify?
UTERUS
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What does IATR/O indicate?
PHYSICIAN
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ILE/O is associated with which part of the intestine?
ILEUM
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What does ILI/O represent?
ILIUM
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What does IMMUN/O signify?
IMMUNITY, IMMUNE SYSTEM
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What does INGUIN/O refer to?
GROIN
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What does IRID/O indicate?
IRIS OF THE EYE
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What does IN/O represent?
FIBER, MUSCLE FIBER
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What does INSUL/O signify?
PANCREATIC ISLETS
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What does IRIT/O refer to?
IRIS
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JEJUNO is associated with which part of the intestine?
JEJUNUM
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What does KALI signify?
POTASSIUM
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What does KARY/O refer to?
NUCLEUS
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What does KERAT/O indicate?
KERATIN, CORNEA, HORNY LAYER OF SKIN
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What do KIN/O, KINE, KINESI/O, and KINET/O have in common?
MOVEMENT
145
What does LABI/O pertain to?
LIP
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What does LABYRINTH/O signify?
LABYRINTH (INNER EAR)
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What does LACRIM/O represent?
TEAR, LACRIMAL APPARATUS
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What does LACT/O indicate?
MILK
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What does LAPAR/O refer to?
ABDOMEN, ABDOMINAL WALL
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What does LARYNG/O signify?
LARYNX
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What does LENT/I refer to?
LENS
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What do LEUK/O and LEUKOCYT/O indicate?
WHITE, COLORLESS, WHITE BLOOD CELL
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What does LINGU/O signify?
TONGUE
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What does LIP/O pertain to?
LIPID, FAT
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What does LISTHESIS mean?
SLIPPING
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What does LITH refer to?
CALCULUS, STONE
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What does LUMB/O signify?
LUMBAR REGION, LOWER BACK
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What does LYMPHADEN/O refer to?
LYMPH NODE
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What does LYMPHANGI/O indicate?
LYMPHATIC VESSEL
160
What do LYMPH/O and LYMPHOCYT/O refer to?
LYMPH, LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, LYMPHOCYTE
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What does LYSIS mean?
SEPARATION
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What does MALACIA signify?
SOFTENING
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What do MAMM/O and MAST/O represent?
BREAST, MAMMARY GLAND
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What does MANIA indicate?
EXCITED STATE, OBSESSION
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What does MEDULL/O refer to?
MEDULLA, SPINAL CORD, INNER PART, OBLONGATA
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What does MELAN/O signify?
DARK, BLACK, MELANIN
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What does MENINGE/O represent?
MENINGES
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What do MEN/O and MENS refer to?
MENSTRUATION, MONTH
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What does METR/O indicate?
MEASURE
170
What do METR/O and METR/I refer to?
UTERUS
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What does MORPH/O signify?
FORM, STRUCTURE
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What does MUC/O indicate?
MUCUS, MUCOUS MEMBRANE
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What does MUSCUL/O refer to?
MUSCLE
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What does MYC/O signify?
FUNGUS, MOLD
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What does MYEL/O represent?
BONE MARROW, SPINAL CORD
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What does MY/O indicate?
MUSCLE
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What does MYRING/O refer to?
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
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What does MYX/O signify?
MUCUS
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What does NARC/O indicate?
STUPOR, UNCONSCIOUSNESS
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What does NAS/O refer to?
NOSE
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What does NAT/I signify?
BIRTH
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What does NATR/I represent?
SODIUM
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What does NECROSIS mean?
DEATH OF TISSUE
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What does NEPHR/O indicate?
KIDNEY
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What does NEUR/O refer to?
NERVOUS SYSTEM, NERVE
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What does NOCT/I signify?
NIGHT
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What does NUCLE/O represent?
NUCLEUS
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What does NYCT/O indicate?
NIGHT, DARKNESS
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What does OCUL/O signify?
EYE
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What does ODONT/O represent?
TOOTH, TEETH
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What does ONC/O indicate?
TUMOR
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What does ONYCH/O refer to?
NAIL
193
What does OO signify?
OVUM
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What does OOPHOR/O represent?
OVARY
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What does OPHTHALM/O indicate?
EYE
196
What does OPT/O mean?
EYE, VISION
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What do ORCHID/O and ORCHI/O refer to?
TESTIS, TESTICLE
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What does OR/O signify?
MOUTH
199
What does OSCHE/O represent?
SCROTUM
200
What does OSM/O indicate?
SMELL
201
What does OSTEO/O refer to?
BONE
202
What does OT/O signify?
EAR
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What does OVARI/O represent?
OVARY
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What do OV/O and OVUL/O indicate?
OVUM
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What does OX/Y refer to?
OXYGEN, SHARP, ACUTE
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What does PALAT/O signify?
PALATE
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What does PALPEBR/O indicate?
EYELID
208
What does PANCREAT/O represent?
PANCREAS
209
What does PAPILL/O refer to?
NIPPLE
210
What does PARA mean?
WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN BIRTH
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What does PARATHYR/O signify?
PARATHYROID
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What does PARESIS indicate?
PARTIAL PARALYSIS
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What does PATH/O refer to?
DISEASE, ANY DISEASE OF
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What does PED/O signify?
FOOT, CHILD
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What does PEDVI/O represent?
PELVIS
216
What does PERINE/O refer to?
PERINEUM
217
What does PERITON, PERITONE/O indicate?
PERITONEUM
218
What do PHAC/O and PHAK/O signify?
LENS
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What does PHAG/O represent?
EAT, INGEST
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What do PHARM and PHARMAC/O indicate?
DRUG, MEDICINE
221
What does PHARYNG/O refer to?
PHARYNX
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What does PHIL mean?
ATTRACTING, ABSORBING
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What does PHLEB/O signify?
VEIN
224
What does PHOBIA mean?
FEAR
225
What does PHON/O refer to?
SOUND, VOICE
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What does PHOT/O indicate?
LIGHT
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What does PHREN/O signify?
DIAPHRAGM
228
What does PHRENIC/O refer to?
PHRENIC NERVE
229
What does PHYT/O represent?
PLANT
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What does PITUITAR/I refer to?
PITUITARY, HYPOPHYSIS
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What does PLAS mean?
FORMATION, MOLDING, DEVELOPMENT
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What does PLEUR/O signify?
PLEURA
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What do PNEUM/O and PNEUMAT/O indicate?
AIR, GAS, LUNG, RESPIRATION
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What does PNEUMON/O refer to?
LUNG
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What does POD/O signify?
FOOT
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What does PROCT/O indicate?
RECTUM
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What does PROSTAT/O represent?
PROSTATE
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What does PROTE/O signify?
PROTEIN
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What does PSYCH/O refer to?
MIND
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What does PTOSIS mean?
DROPPING, DOWNWARD, DISPLACEMENT, PROLAPSE
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What does PTYSIS indicate?
SPITTING
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What does PUER mean?
CHILD
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What do PULM/O and PULMON/O refer to?
LUNG
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What does PUPILL/O signify?
PUPIL
245
What does PYEL/O represent?
RENAL PELVIS
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What does PYLOR/O refer to?
PYLORUS
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What does PY/O indicate?
PUS
248
What do PYR/O and PYRET/O signify?
FEVER, FIRE
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What does RACHI/O refer to?
SPINE
250
What does RADICUL/O signify?
ROOT OF SPINAL NERVE
251
What does RADI/O indicate?
RADIATION, X-RAY
252
What does RECT/O represent?
RECTUM
253
What does REN/O signify?
KIDNEY
254
What does RETICUL/O refer to?
NETWORK
255
What does RETIN/O indicate?
RETINA
256
What does RHABD/O signify?
ROD, MUSCLE CELL
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What does RHIN/O represent?
NOSE
258
What does SACCHAR/O mean?
SUGAR
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What does SACR/O refer to?
SACRUM
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What does SALPING/O indicate?
TUBE, UTERINE TUBE, AUDITORY (EUSTACHIAN) TUBE
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What does SCHISIS signify?
FISSURE
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What does SCLER/O represent?
HARD, SCLERA (OF EYE)
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What does SCLEROSIS indicate?
HARDENING
264
What does SCB/O refer to?
SEBUM, SEBACEOUS GLAND
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What does SEMIN indicate?
SEMEN
266
What does SEPT/O signify?
SEPTUM, PARTITION, DIVIDING WALL
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What does SIAL/O refer to?
SALIVA, SALIVARY GLAND
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What does SIDER/O represent?
IRON
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What does SIGMOID/O indicate?
SIGMOID COLON
270
What does SKELET/O signify?
SKELETON
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What does SOMAT/O mean?
BODY
272
What do SOMN/I and SOMN/O refer to?
SLEEP
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What does SON/O represent?
SOUND, ULTRASOUND
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What does SPASM indicate?
SUDDEN CONTRACTION, CRAMP
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What does SPERM/I signify?
SEMEN, SPERMATOZOA
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What do SPERMAT/O indicate?
SEMEN, SPERMATOZOA
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What does SPHYGM/O refer to?
PULSE
278
What does SPIR/O signify?
BREATHING
279
What does SPLEN/O represent?
SPLEEN
280
What does SPONDYL/O indicate?
VERTEBRA
281
What do STAPED/O and STAPEDI/O refer to?
STAPES
282
What does STASIS mean?
SUPPRESSION, STOPPAGE
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What does STEAT/O signify?
FATTY
284
What does STENOSIS refer to?
NARROWING, CONSTRUCTION
285
What does STETH/O represent?
CHEST
286
What does STHEN/O signify?
STRENGTH
287
What does STOMA, STOMAT/O mean?
MOUTH
288
What does SYNOV/I refer to?
SYNOVIAL JOINT, SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE
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What does TAX/O signify?
ORDER, ARRANGEMENT
290
What do TEN/O and TENDIN/O represent?
TENDON
291
What does TERAT/O mean?
MALFORMED FETUS
292
What does TEST/O refer to?
TESTIS, TESTICLE
293
What does THALAM/O signify?
THALAMUS
294
What does THERM/O indicate?
HEAT, TEMPERATURE
295
What does THORAC/O represent?
CHEST, THORAX
296
What does THROMB/O signify?
BLOOD CLOT
297
What does THROMBOCYT/O refer to?
PLATELET, THROMBOCYTE
298
What does THYM/O indicate?
THYMUS GLAND
299
What does THYR/O and THYROID/O represent?
THYROID
300
What does the root word TEN/O refer to?
TENDON
301
What does the root word TEST/O refer to?
TESTIS, TESTICLE
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What does the root word THALAM/O refer to?
THALAMUS
303
What does the root word THERM/O refer to?
HEAT, TEMPERATURE
304
What does the root word THORAC/O refer to?
CHEST, THORAX
305
What does the root word THROMB/O refer to?
BLOOD CLOT
306
What does the root word THYM/O refer to?
THYMUS GLAND
307
What does the root word THYR/O refer to?
THYROID
308
What does the root word TOX/O refer to?
POISON, TOXIN
309
What does the root word TRACHE/O refer to?
TRACHEA
310
What does the root word TRICH/O refer to?
HAIR
311
What does the root word VAGIN/O refer to?
SHEATH, VAGINA
312
What does the root word VALV/O refer to?
VALVE
313
What does the root word VARIC/O refer to?
TWISTED AND SWOLLEN VEIN, VARIX
314
What does the root word VESIC/O refer to?
URINARY BLADDER
315
What does the root word VEN/O refer to?
VEIN
316
What does the root word VERTEBR/O refer to?
VERTEBRA, SPINAL COLUMN
317
What does the root word UR/O refer to?
URINE, URINARY TRACT
318
What does the root word UTER/O refer to?
UTERUS
319
Fill in the blank: The root word ADREN/O refers to _______.
ADRENAL GLAND
320
Fill in the blank: The root word GASTR/O refers to _______.
STOMACH
321
Fill in the blank: The prefix Anti- means _______.
against
322
True or False: The prefix Dys- means good or normal.
False
323
True or False: The prefix Hyper- means below.
False
324
What does the prefix Tachy- mean?
fast
325
What does the prefix Brady- mean?
slow
326
What does the root word CYT/O refer to?
CELL
327
What does the root word HEMATO refer to?
BLOOD
328
What does the root word CHOL/E refer to?
BILE
329
What does the root word NEPHR/O refer to?
KIDNEY
330
What does the root word HYSTER/O refer to?
UTERUS
331
Fill in the blank: The root word ERYTHR/O refers to _______.
RED
332
What does the root word ALVEOLI/O refer to?
AIR SAC
333
Fill in the blank: The root word ADIP/O refers to _______.
FAT
334
What does the root word AORT/O refer to?
AORTA
335
What does the root word BRONCH/O refer to?
BRONCHUS
336
What does the root word LARYNG/O refer to?
LARYNX
337
Fill in the blank: The prefix HETER/O means _______.
OTHER, DIFFERENT
338
What does the root word CYAN/O refer to?
BLUE
339
What does the root word FIBR/O refer to?
FIBERS
340
Fill in the blank: The prefix INTRA- means _______.
within
341
What does the root word HIST/O refer to?
TISSUE
342
True or False: The prefix Sub- means above.
False
