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HOSA: Med Term Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 2 Part 1

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This deck covers medical terminology roots, prefixes, and combinations related to various anatomical and physiological terms. It is designed to help students memorize and understand key medical terms.

faci/o

face, form
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
faci/o
face, form
fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
fec/a, fec/o
dregs, sediment, waste
femor/o
femur, thigh bone
fenestr/a
window, small opening
fer/o
to bear, carry

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TermDefinition
faci/o
face, form
fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
fec/a, fec/o
dregs, sediment, waste
femor/o
femur, thigh bone
fenestr/a
window, small opening
fer/o
to bear, carry
-ferent
to carry
fertil/o
fertile, able to conceive
fet/o
fetus, unborn child
fibr/o
fibrous tissue, fiber
fibrin/o
fibrin, fibers, threads of clot
fibul/o
fibula
-fic
making, producing, forming
-fication
process of making
-fida
split
filtr/o, filtrat/o
filer, to straight through
fiss/o
crack, split, cleft
flatul/o
flatus, rectal gas
flex/o
bend
fluor/o
glowing, luminous
foc/o
focus point
follicul/o
follicle, small sac
foramin/o
opening, foramen
fore-
before, in front of
-form, form/o
resembling K shape
fove/o
small pit, depressed area
fract/o
break
front/o
front, forehead
-fuge
separate by spinning
fund/o
bottom, base, fundus
fung/o
fungus
-fusion
to come together; to pour
galact/o
milk
gangli/o
tumor, cystic tumor
ganglion/o
ganglion, cluster of nerve cell bodies
gangrene/o
tissue death, gangrene
gastr/o
stomach
gemin/o
twin, double, group
gen-, gen/o, -gen
producing, forming, substance that produces
-gene
production, origin, formation
-genic, -genesis
creation, reproduction, formation, produced by/in
genit/o
reproduction
-genous
producing
ger/i
old age
germin/o
bud, sprout, embryonic tissue
geront/o
old age
gest/o, gestat/o
pregnancy, gestation to birth
gigant/o
giant, very large
gingiv/o
gingival tissue, gums
glauc/o
gray