Medical Terminology Roots/prefixes/suffixes
Terms
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- abdomin/o
- abdominal
- aden/o
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gland
adenectomy (excision of a gland)
adenopathy (swelling and morbid change in lymph nodes: glandular disease) - adip/o
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fat
adipoma (fatty tissue tumor)
adipose(fatty; pertaining to fat)
adiposis (abnormal accumulation of fat in the body) - adren/o
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adrenal glands
adrenalectomy (excision of an adrenal gland)
adrenalcorticotropic (having a stimulatin effect on the adrenal cortex) - aer/o
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air
aerobic (living only in the presence of air)
aerophagia (the swallowing of air)
aerogenic (formation of a gas) - angi/o
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vessel
angioplasty (plastic surgery upon blood vessels)
angioplasm (spasmotic contraction of blood vessels) - anter/o
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front/anterior
anteposition (anterior displacement of the uterus)
antecubital (at the front bend side of the elbow) - aort/o
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aorta
aortectasis (dilation of the aorta)
aortography (x-ray exam of the aorta)
aortopathy (any aortic disease) - arteri/o
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artery
arteriosclerosis
(a condition where blood vessels, especially arteries, have thickened and hardened and become non-elastic)
arterostosis (calcification of an artery) - audio
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sound
audiometer (a delicate instrument for testing hearing)
audiogram (the record of the audiometer)
auditory (pertaining to the sense of hearing) - acr/o
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extremities
acropathy (any disease of the extremities
acrotic (pertaining to defective or absent beating of the pulse) - arthr/o
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joint
arthritis (inflamation of a joint)
arthrectomy (removal of a joint)arthragra (attack of acute pain in joints)