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The combining form that means "life" is - ANS bi/o The combining form that means "cancer" is - ANS carcin/o The combining form that means "heart" is - ANS cardi/o The combining form that means "chemical" is - ANS chem/o The combining form that means "to cut" is - ANS cis/o The combining form that means "skin" is - ANS dermat/o The combining form that means "small intestine" is - ANS enter/o T...

alges/o - ANS sense of pain astr/o - ANS stars centr/o - ANS center cerebell/o - ANS cerebellum cerebr/o - ANS cerebrum clon/o - ANS rapid contracting and relaxing concuss/o - ANS to shake violently dur/o - ANS dura mater encephal/o - ANS brain esthesi/o - ANS sensation, feeling gli/o - ANS glue medull/o - ANS medulla oblongata mening/o - ANS...

aer/o - ANS air alveol/o - ANS alveolus anthrac/o - ANS coal atel/o - ANS incomplete bronch/o, bronchi/o - ANS bronchus coni/o - ANS dust cyan/o - ANS blue cyst/o - ANS sac diaphragmat/o - ANS diaphragm epiglott/o - ANS epiglottis hal/o - ANS to breathe laryng/o - ANS larynx lob/o - ANS lobe muc/o - ANS mucus nas/o, ...

Abdomen or Abdominal (pl) - ANS Part of the trunk between thorax and pelvis. Pertaining to the abdomen -Latin: Abdomen R) Abdomin- abdomen S) -al (pertaining to) Anatomy - ANS Study of the structures of the human body R) Ana- (apart from) S) -tomy (process of separating) Anatomical - ANS Pertaining to anatomy R) Ana- (apart from) S) -tomy (process of separating) S) -ical (pertaining to) Anterior - ANS The front surface of the body; situat...

CHAPTER 4: cartilage - ANS nonvascular, firm connective tissue found mostly in joints -Latin: Gristle chiropractic - ANS diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system S) -ic (pertaining to) R/CF) Chir/o- (hand) R) -pract- (efficient, practical) chiropractor - ANS practitioner of chiropractic R/CF) Chir/o- (hand) R) -pract- (efficient, practical) S) -or (a doer) detoxification - ANS removin...

acr/o - ANS extremities aden/o - ANS gland adren/o - ANS adrenal gland adrenal/o - ANS adrenal gland andr/o - ANS male calc/o - ANS calcium carcin/o - ANS cancer chem/o - ANS drug cortic/o - ANS outer layer crin/o - ANS to secrete cyt/o - ANS cell estr/o - ANS female gluc/o - ANS glucose glyc/o - ANS sugar glycos/o -...

auscultation - ANS the process of listening to sounds within your body by using a stethoscope is known as sphygmomanometer - ANS is used for measuring blood pressure; also known as a blood pressure cuff stethoscope - ANS is an instrument for listening to body sounds, such as chest, heart, or intestines cardiac biomarkers - ANS a blood test to determine level of proteins specific to heart muscle in blood is called a serum lipoprotein level - ANS...

abdomin/o - ANS abdomen adip/o - ANS fat aer/o - ANS air anter/o - ANS front brachi/o - ANS arm bucc/o - ANS cheek cardi/o - ANS heart caud/o - ANS tail cephal/o - ANS head cervic/o - ANS neck chondr/o - ANS cartilage crani/o - ANS skull crin/o - ANS to secrete crur/o - ANS leg cutane/o - ANS skin cyt/o ...

medical terminology - ANS language for medical health professionals constructed terms - ANS made up of multiple word parts that are combined to form a new word eponym - ANS derived from names of people acronyms - ANS derived from the first letter of words in a compound term nonconstructed terms - ANS must be committed to memory, derived from languages word parts - ANS Word roots, Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes ...

biopsy - ANS S) -opsy (to view) R) bi- (life) Removing tissue from a living person for lab examination carcinoma - ANS S) -oma (tumor, mass) R) carcin- (cancer) A malignant and invasive epithelial tumor cryosurgery - ANS S) -ery (process of) R) cryo- (icy cold) R) -surg- (operate) use of liquid nitrogen or argon gas in a probe to freeze and kill abnormal tissue cutaneous - ANS S) -ous (pertaining to) R/CF) cutan/e- (skin) Pertaini...