Summary HOSA Medical Terminology With Complete
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plasm - ANSWER -growth
sarc - ANSWER -flesh or connective tissue
stasis - ANSWER -stop or control
viscer - ANSWER -internal organs
-al - ANSWER -pertaining to
-genic - ANSWER -producing or causing
-logist - ANSWER -specialist (physician) who studies and treats
-logy - ANSWER -the study of
-oid - ANSWER -resembling
-oma - ANSWER -tumor
-a, -e, -y - ANSWER -no meaning
meta- - ANSWER -beyond
neo- - ANSWER -new
-itis - ANSWER -inflammation
intra- - ANSWER -within
ven - ANSWER -vein
-ous - ANSWER -pertaining to
oste - ANSWER -bone
arthr - ANSWER -joint
trache - ANSWER -trachea
poly - ANSWER -many
, cyt - ANSWER -cell
dx - ANSWER -diagnosis
px - ANSWER -prognosis
chemo - ANSWER -chemotherapy
CA - ANSWER -cancer
METS - ANSWER -metastasis
XRT - ANSWER -radiation therapy
anatomic position - ANSWER -face forward, feet front and palms forward
anter - ANSWER -front
caud - ANSWER -tail (downward)
cephal - ANSWER -head (upward)
dist - ANSWER -away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
dors - ANSWER -back
infer - ANSWER -below
later - ANSWER -side
medi - ANSWER -middle
poster - ANSWER -back or behind
proxim - ANSWER -near (the point of attachment of a body part)
super - ANSWER -above
ventr - ANSWER -belly (front)
-ad - ANSWER -toward
-ic or -ior - ANSWER -pertaining to
transverse - ANSWER -________
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