| A | B |
|---|
| borborygmus | stomach growling |
| alopecia | patches of hair loss |
| lice | tinea |
| dys- | bad or difficult |
| men/o | month refers to the female period |
| -rrhea | flow |
| poly- | many |
| dipsia | thirst |
| hyper- | increased |
| kinesia | movement |
| aneurysm | balloon elargement of artery |
| Prothrombin time | anticoagulant monitor test |
| eclampsia | pregnancy complication |
| quad- | four |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| arthr/o | joint |
| lith/o | stone |
| -itis | inflammation |
| algia | pain |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| -ectomy | removal |
| acr/o | extremeties |
| -megaly | large or big |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| orch | testicle |
| pruritus | to itch |
| atrophy | muscle wasting |
| gravida- | pregnant woman |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| menarche | first period |
| -pause | stop or cease |
| uria | condition of urine |
| tachy | fast |
| brady | slow |
| presb/o | old |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -opia | vision |
| nosocomial | hospital acquired infection |
| dia- | through |
| dialysis | removal of blood waste products |
| -phagia | swallow |
| bruxism | teeth grinding in sleep |
| masticate | to chew |
| bolus | chewed up food ready to be swallowed |
| dextra | right |
| sinistra | left |
| optic | eye cranial nerve II |
| fovea centralis | sharpest vision in eye |
| cochlear | snail like structure in ear, part of sound production |
| lacrimal canal | tear sac |
| vitiligo | white patches on skin |
| homeostasis | state of equilibrium in the body |
| olig- | scanty |
| albin/o | white |
| diuretics | med used to inc urine output |
| emetic | med used to produce emesis (vomiting) |
| vertigo | dizzy |
| hemooccult | hidden blood in stools |
| eructation | belching |
| incus malleus stapes | small ear bones |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| onych/o | nail |
| xer/o | dry |
| verrucae | wart |
