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Medical Terminology-Exercises in Etymology
Lesson 10-15 Body Systems Vocab
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Undergraduate 1
12/22/2011
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Term
AMYL-
 Definition
starch
Term
ANGIN-
 Definition
choking pain, angin pectoris
Term
AORT-
 Definition
aorta
Term
ARCT(AT)-
 Definition
compress
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ATHER-
 Definition
[soup] fatty deposit
Term
ATRI-
 Definition
[entrance hall] atrium
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BOL-
 Definition
a throwing
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CAPILL
 Definition
[hair] capillary
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CIRS-
 Definition
dilated and twisted vein, varix
Term
-CLUD-, -CLUS-
 Definition
close
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COR, CORD-
 Definition
heart
Term
CORON-
 Definition
crown
Term
CUSP, -CUSPID
 Definition
point
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DEXTR-
 Definition
right (side)
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-FORM
 Definition
shape
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GURGIT-, GURGITAT-
 Definition
flood, flow
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PECTOR-
 Definition
breast, chest
Term
PHLEB-
 Definition
vein
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PULM(ON)-
 Definition
lung, pulmonary artery
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RHYTHM-
 Definition
[steady motion] heartbeat
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SEPT-
 Definition
wall, partition
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SIN-, SINUS-
 Definition
[curve, hollow] sinus
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SINISTER-
 Definition
left (side)
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SPHYGM-
 Definition
pulse
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STAL-, STOL-
 Definition
send, contraction
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TENS(I)-
 Definition
stretch
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THROMB-
 Definition
blood clot
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TOP-
 Definition
place
Term

VAG-

 

 Definition
[wandering] the vagus cerve
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VARIC-, VARIX
 Definition
dilated and twisted vein, varix
Term
VAS-
 Definition
(blood) vessel; vas deferens
Term
VEN-
 Definition
vein
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VENTR-
 Definition
belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity
Term
ALVE-
 Definition
hollow, cavity
Term
AMYGDAL-
 Definition
[almond] tonsil
Term
ANTHRAX, ANTHRAC-
 Definition
coal; anthrax
Term
AUX-, -AUXE, -AUXIS
 Definition
grow, increase
Term
BACTER(I)-
 Definition
[small staff] bacterium
Term
BRONCH(I)-
 Definition
[windpipe] bronchus
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CAPN-
 Definition
[smoke] carbon dioxide
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COCC-, -COCCUS
 Definition
[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)
Term
CONI-, KONI-
 Definition
dust
Term
LABI-
 Definition
lip
Term
LARYNX, LARYNG-
 Definition
larynx
Term
PARESIS
 Definition
slackening of strength, paralysis
Term
PHARYNX, PHARYNG-
 Definition
[throat] pharynx
Term
PHYS-
 Definition
air, gas
Term
PLEUR-
 Definition
[side] pleura
Term
PNE-
 Definition
breath
Term
PNEUM(AT)-
 Definition
[breath] air, gas
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PNEUM(ON)-
 Definition
lung
Term
SIDER-
 Definition
iron
Term
SPIR(AT)-
 Definition
breathe
Term
STAPHYL-
 Definition
[bunch of grapes] uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes)
Term
STERN-
 Definition
chest, breast, breastbone
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STETH-
 Definition
chest, breast
Term
STREPT-
 Definition
[twisted] steptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)
Term
SUD(OR)-
 Definition
sweat, fluid
Term
THORAX, THORAC-
 Definition
chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax
Term
TRACH(E)-, TRACHY-
 Definition
[rough] trachea
Term
BILI-
 Definition
bile
Term
CARDI-
 Definition
cardia (upper orifice of the stomach)
Term
CEC-
 Definition
[blind] cecum
Term
CLY(S)-
 Definition
rinse out, inject fluid
Term
COPR-
 Definition
excretment, fecal matter
Term
CREAT-
 Definition
flesh
Term
-DOCH-
 Definition
duct
Term
DOUDEN-
 Definition
[12] doudenum
Term
ESOPHAG-
 Definition
esophagus
Term
FEC-
 Definition
[sediment] excrement, fecal matter
Term
GEUS(T)-
 Definition
taste
Term
GINGIV-
 Definition
gum (of the mouth)
Term
GLOSS-
 Definition
tongue
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