Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• List 5

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Amni/o

• Amnion
• (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
• Amnion
• Amniotic cavity
• Amniotic fluid
• Amniorrhea
• amnioscope

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Angi/o

• Vessel (usually blood)
• Angiography
• Angioplasty
• Angiogram
• Angiopathy

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Arteri/o

• Artery
• Artery
• Arteriography
• Arteriosclerosis
• Arteritis

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Ather/o

• Plaque (a yellow fatty material)
• Atherosclerosis
• Atheroma

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Axill/o

• Armpit (underarm)
• Axillary

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Bronchi/o

• Bronchial tube
• Bronchitis
• Bronchoscopy
• Bronchoscope

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Chem/o

• Drug or chemical
• Chemotherapy

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Cholecyst/o

• Gall bladder
• Cholecystectomy
• Cholecystitis
• Cholecystogram

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Chron/o

• Time
• Chronic

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Col/o

• Colon
• Colon
• Colonoscopy
• Colonoscope
• Colorectal surgery
• Colostomy
• Colitis

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Cry/o

• Cold
• Cryosurgery
• Cryotherapy
• Cryophobia

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Erythr/o

• Red
• erythrocytes
• erythrocytosis
• erythrophobia
• erythema

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Hem/o

• Blood
• Hemodialysis
• hemoglobin
• Hemoptysis
• Hemothorax
• hemorrhage
• hemorrhagic
• hemophobia

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• hemothorax

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Hyster/o

• Uterus (womb)
• hysterectomy
• hysteroscopy

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Leuk/o

• White
• leukemia
• leukocytes
• leukocytosis

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-megaly

• -enlargement
• cardiomegaly
• hepatomegaly

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-pathy

• -disease condition
• encephalopathy
• cardiomyopathy
• nephropathy

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-rrhea

• -Flow, discharge
• rhinorrhea

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-rrhage

• -bursting forth of blood
• Hemorrhage

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-sclerosis

• -hardening
• Arteriosclerosis

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-uria

• -Condition of urine
• polyuria
• Hematuria

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-ar

• -pertaining to
• Vascular

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-ary

• -pertaining to
• Axillary
• Mammary
• pulmonary