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Med Term Test 1

  1. Combining Vowels
    a e i o u
  2. combining forms
    word root
  3. Named after a person or place
    eponyms
  4. arthr/o
    joint
  5. gastr/o
    stomach
  6. opthalm/o
    eye
  7. ot/o
    ear
  8. rhin/o
    nose
  9. hepat/o
    liver
  10. -algia
    pain
  11. -tomy
    incision
  12. -scope
    instrument view
  13. -logy
    study of
  14. -plasty
    surgical repair
  15. -itis
    inflammation
  16. -icle
    small
  17. -is
    structure or thing
  18. -ole
    small
  19. -ule
    small
  20. Pertaining to suffixes
    • -ac
    • -al
    • -ar
    • -eal
    • -ic
    • -ous
  21. -cele
    herniation
  22. -emia
    blood condition
  23. -malacia
    softening
  24. -megaly
    enlargement
  25. -oma
    tumor
  26. -osis
    abnormal condition
  27. -path
    disease process
  28. -ptosis
    drooping
  29. -rrhage
    busting forth
  30. -rrhea
    discharge
  31. -rrhexis
    rupture
  32. -sclerosis
    hardening
  33. -stenosis
    narrowing
  34. -graphy
    process of recording
  35. -metry
    process of measuring
  36. -opsy
    process of viewing
  37. -scopy
    process of viewing
  38. -gram
    process of recording
  39. -ectomy
    removal
  40. -rraphy
    suture
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Med Term Test 1
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