Ivy Tech Medical Terminology Final Exam

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

aden/o

gland

balan/o

penis

ather/o

fatty plaque

adren/o

adrenal gland

carcin/o

cancer

bronch/o

bronchus

abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o

abdomen

chole

bile

coagul/o

coagulation

col/o, colon/o

colon (large intestine)

colp/o

vagina

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

dips/o

thirst

ellipto

oval shaped

embol/o

embolus (plug)

episi/o

vulva

glomerul/o

glomerulus

gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o

sugar

gonad/o

gonads, sex glands

gynec/o, gyn/o

woman

hyster/o, metr/o, uter/o

uterus

jejun/o

jejunum (second part of small intestine)

kal/o

Potassium

lact/o

milk

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

lith/o

stone, calculus

lymph/o

lymph

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

melan/o

black

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

natr/o

Sodium

nephr/o, ren/o

kidney

norm/o

normal

odont/o

tooth

olig/o

few

oophor/o

ovary

palat/o, uran/o

palate

peritone/o, periton/o

peritoneum; membrane covering abdominal organs

phag/o

eat, swallow

pharmac/o

drug

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

phleb/o

vein

pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o

lung, air

proct/o

anus and rectum

psych/o

mind

pulmon/o

lung

pyel/o

renal pelvis

reticul/o

net

rhin/o

nose

salping/o

fallopian tube

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

splen/o

spleen

stomat/o, or/o

mouth

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

ven/o

vein

vesic/o

urinary bladder

a-, an-

not, without

eu-

good

pan-

all

-cele

hernia

-cyte

cell

-emesis

vomiting

-ism

condition, state of

-penia

deficiency

-plegia

paralysis

-poiesis

formation

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-stenosis

narrowing

-stomy

surgical opening

-thorax

chest

-tripsy

crushing

-trophic

development

-uria

urine condition

BS

blood sugar

CABG

coronary artery bypass graft

FBS

fasting blood sugar

IVC

inferior vena cava

LASIK

laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

N&V

nausea and vomiting

OS

left eye

OU

both eyes

PKD

polycystic kidney disease

SVC

superior vena cava

TIA

transient ischemic attack (mini stroke)

UTI

urinary tract infection

chondr/o

cartilage

Conjuctiv/o, Conjuctiva

conjuctiva

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

cycl/o

ciliary body

cyst/o

bladder

dacr/o

tear