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HOSA: Med Term Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms Part 4

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This deck covers medical terminology roots, prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms related to various medical concepts and anatomy. It is designed to help students learn and retain important medical terms.

chem/o

drug, chemical
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
chem/o
drug, chemical
-chezia
defecation, elimination of waste
chir/o
hand
chol/e
bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile duct, bile, vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder

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TermDefinition
chem/o
drug, chemical
-chezia
defecation, elimination of waste
chir/o
hand
chol/e
bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile duct, bile, vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
cholesterol/o
cholesterol
chondr/i, chondr/o
cartilage
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion, membrane
choroid/o
choroid layer of eye
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
-cide
causing death, to kill
cili/o
eyelashes
cine-
movement
circulat/o
circulate, go in circle
circum-
around
cirrh/o
orange-yellow, tawny
cis/o
to cut
-clasis, -clast
to break down
claudicat/o
to limp
claustr/o
barrier, enclosed space
clavicul/o, cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
clon/o
violent action
-clysis
irrigation, washing
co-
together, with
coagul/o
clotting, coagulation
coarct/o, coarctat/o
press together, narrow
cocc/o
spherical bacteria
coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
cochle/o
spiral, snail, snail shell, cochlea
coit/o
coming together
col/o
colon, large intestine
colp/o
vagina
coll/a
glue
colon/o
colon, large intestine
com-
together, with
comat/o
deep sleep
comi/o
to care for
comminut/o
break into pieces
communic/o
share, to make common
con-
together, with
concav/o
hollow
concept/o
become pregnant
concuss/o
shaken together, violently agitated
coni/o
dust
congest/o
accumulation of fluid
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
constrict/o, -constriction
draw tightly together, narrowing