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Basic Terminology
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Health Care
9th Grade
10/09/2014
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Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremeties

example:acrobat uses arms and legs
Term
angi/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
arthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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cerebr/o
 Definition
brain
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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cost/o
 Definition
ribs
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cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
liver
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
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later/o
 Definition
side
Term
mamm/o
 Definition
breast
Term
medial
 Definition
middle
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
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oophor/o
 Definition
ovary
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
Term
pneum/o
 Definition
lung, air
Term
rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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tend/o
 Definition
tendon
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trachi
 Definition
trachea (wind pipe)
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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arter/o
 Definition
artery
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brachi
 Definition
arm
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carp/o
 Definition
wrist
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cervic/o
 Definition
neck, neck of uterus
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col/o
 Definition
large intestines, colon
Term
cyst/o
 Definition
sac, bladder
Term
enter/o
 Definition
small intestines
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hem/o
 Definition
blood
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hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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hyster/o
 Definition
uterus
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx (voice box)
Term
lip/o
 Definition
fat
Term
mast/o
 Definition
breast
Term
myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord or bone marrow
Term
nas/o
 Definition
nose
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
oste/o
 Definition
bone
Term
plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
proct/o
 Definition
rectum
Term
salping/o
 Definition
fallopian tube
Term
thorac/o
 Definition
chest
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
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myring/o
 Definition
ear drum
Term
pulmon/o
 Definition
lungs
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vas/o
 Definition
vessel, duct
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ren/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
Term
crani/o
 Definition
pertaining to the skull
Term
chole-
 Definition
bile, gallbladder
Term
pneum/o
 Definition
lungs, air
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