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HOSA: Med Term Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 3 Part 2
This deck covers medical terminology roots, prefixes, and combinations, focusing on terms related to disease, anatomy, and medical conditions.
morbid/o
disease, sickness
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Key Terms
Term
Definition
morbid/o
disease, sickness
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death, dead
-mortem
death
mot/o, motil/o
motion, movement
-motor
movement
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
morbid/o | disease, sickness |
morph/o | shape, form |
mort/o | death, dead |
-mortem | death |
mot/o, motil/o | motion, movement |
-motor | movement |
muc/o, mucos/o | mucus |
multi- | many, much |
muscul/o | muscle |
mutat/o | to change |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
mydr/o | widening, enlarged |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
myocardi/o | heart muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
myx/o | mucus |
ob- | against |
obes/o | obese, extremely fat |
obstetr/o | pregnancy, birth |
occipt/o | back of skull, occipital |
ocul/o | eye |
odont/o | tooth, teeth |
-oid | like, resembling |
olfact/o | smell, sense of smell |
olig/o | scanty, few |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | science, study of |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm, mass |
omphal/o | umbilicus, the navel |
onc/o | tumor |
-one | hormone |
onych/o | nail |
o/o | egg (ovum) |
oophor/o | ovary |
-opaque | obscure, not transparent |
operat/o | to perform, operate |
ophthalm/o | eye, vision |
-opia | vision condition |
-opsia | vision, view of |
opt/i,opt/o, optic/o | eye, vision |
-opsy | view of, viewing |
-or | one who/something that takes action/does something |
or/o | mouth, oral cavity |
orbit/o | eye socket |
orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o | testicles, testis, testes |
-orexia | appetite |
organ/o | organ |
orth/o | straight, normal, correct |