Patient Eval Quiz 2

Chapter 3

aden/o

gland

amni/o

amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

angi/o

vessel (usually a blood vessel)

arthr/o

joint

ather/o

plaque (a yellow fatty material)

axill/o

armpit

Bronch/o, bronchio

bronchial tube

carcin/o

cancerous

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

drug; chemical

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

chron/o

time

col/o

colon

coron/o

heart, crown

crani/o

skull

cry/o

cold

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

erythr/o

red

esophag/o

esophagus

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hyster/o

uterus

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen (abdominal wall)

laryng/o

voice box, larynx

leuk/o

white

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, month

mening/o

meninges

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, can also mean bone marrow

necr/o

death (of cells)

nephr/o, ren/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

oophor/o

ovary

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

pelv/o

hip area

peritone/o

peritoneum

phleb/o

vein

pneumon/o, pulmn/o

lung

radi/o

xrays

rhin/o

nose

salping/o

fallopian tubes

sarc/o

flesh

septic/o

pertaining to infection

thorac/o

chest

tonsill/o

tonsil

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

ur/o

urine, urea

vascul/o

blood vessel

blood conditon

-emia

-algia

condition of pain

-ia

condition

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor/mass

cartilage

Chondr/o

fibr/o

fibrous tissue

leiomy/o

smooth muscle

lip/o

fat

rhabdomy/o

skeletal muscle

melan/o

black

sarcoma

malignant tumors of fibrous tissue

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease condition

-rrhea

flow/discharge

rrhage, rrhagia

excessive discharge of blood

-sclerosis

hardening

-uria

condition of urine

-al/-eal/-ar/-ary/-ic

pertaining to

-centesis

puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy

removal, resection, excision

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-lysis

separation, breakdown, destruction

-plasty

surgical repair, surgical correction

-scopy

process of visual examination

-stomy

opening

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

incision, cutting into