NURS 209 Medical Terminology Quiz 5

colp/o

vagina

cyst/o

urinary bladder

dips/o

thirst

episi/o

vulva

galact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o

uterus, womb

kal/i

potassium

lact/o

milk

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, menstruation

natr/o

sodium

nephr/o

kidney

obstetr/o

pregnancy and birth

olig/o

scant

oophor/o

ovary

orch/o, orchi/o

testis, testicle

py/o

pus

pyl/o

renal pelvis

ren/o

kidney

salping/o

fallopian tubes

-arche

beginning

-cele

hernia, swelling

-gravida

pregnant

-parous

bearing, bringing forth

-tocia

labor and birth

-uria

urination, urine condition

ankyl/o

stiff

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

blast

embryonic or immature cell

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium, skull

kyph/o

humpback, hunchback

lamin/o

lamina, part of the vertebral arch

lord/o

curve, swayback

-myalgia

muscle pain

-myoma

muscle tumor

my/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

scoli/o

crooked, bent

spondyl/o

vertebra

-asthenia

lack of strength

-clast

to break

-listhesis

slipping

-malacia

softening

-physis

to grow

-porosis

pore, passage

-tome

instrument to cut

comat/o

deep sleep

enchephal/o

brain

kinesi/o

movement

mening/o, meningi/o

membranes, meninges

neur/o

nerve

syncop/o

to cut off, cut short

tax/o

order, coordination

-algesia

sensitivity to pain

-algia

pain

-esthesia

feeling, sensation

-lepsy

seizure

-paresis

weakness

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-praxia

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