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Med Terms Chap. 3-5

  1. hidr/o
    sweat
  2. hist/o, histi/o
    tissue
  3. kerat/o, scler/o
    hard
  4. myc/o
    fungus
  5. onych/o
    nail
  6. seb/o
    sebum (oil)
  7. squam/o
    scale
  8. trich/o
    hair
  9. xer/o
    dry
  10. ankyl/o
    crooked or stiff
  11. arthr/o, articul/o
    joint
  12. brachi/o
    arm
  13. cervic/o
    neck
  14. chondr/o
    cartilage (gristle)
  15. cost/o
    rib
  16. crani/o
    skull
  17. dactyl/o
    digit (finger or toe)
  18. fasci/o
    fascia (a band)
  19. femor/o
    femur
  20. fibr/o
    fiber
  21. kyph/o
    humped-back
  22. lei/o
    smooth
  23. lord/o
    bent
  24. lumb/o
    loin (lower back)
  25. myel/o
    bone marrow or spinal chord
  26. patell/o
    knee cap
  27. pelv/i
    pelvis (basin) or hip bone
  28. radi/o
    radius
  29. rhabd/o
    rod-shaped or striated (skeletal)
  30. sarc/o
    flesh
  31. scoli/o
    twisted
  32. spondyl/o, vertebr/o
    vertebra
  33. stern/o
    sternum (breastbone)
  34. ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
    tendon (to stretch)
  35. thorac/o
    chest
  36. ton/o
    tone or tension
  37. uln/o
    ulna
  38. aort/o
    aorta
  39. arteri/o
    artery
  40. ather/o
    fatty (lipid) paste
  41. atri/o
    atrium
  42. coron/o
    circle or crown
  43. pector/o, steth/o
    chest
  44. sphygm/o
    pulse
  45. thromb/o
    clot
  46. ven/o, phleb/o
    vein
  47. varic/o
    swollen, twisted vein
  48. ventricul/o
    ventricle (belly or pouch)
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Med Terms Chap. 3-5
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