Medical Terminology Letter V
Medical Terminology Letter V
| TERM |
MEANING |
| vaccin/o |
vaccine |
| vagin/o |
vagina |
| vag/o |
vagus nerve |
| valv/o, valvul/o |
valve |
| varic/o |
varicose veins |
| vari/o, variat/o |
change, vary |
| vascul/o |
blood vessel |
| vas/o |
vessel, vas deferens |
| venere/o |
sexual intercourse |
| ven/o |
vein |
| ventil/o |
to aerate, oxygenate |
| ventricul/o |
ventricle of the heart or brain |
| ventr/o |
belly, front of the body |
| venul/o |
venule |
| verm/i |
worm |
| verruc/i |
wart |
| vers/o, -verse |
turn, turning |
| vertebr/o |
vertebra |
| vesic/o |
urinary bladder |
| vesicul/o |
seminal vesicle, a vesicle |
| vestibul/o |
vestibule |
| vibr/o, vibrat/o |
to quiver, shake |
| viril/o |
masculine, manly |
| vir/o |
virus |
| viscer/o |
internal organs |
| viscid/o, viscos/o |
sticky, glutinous |
| vit/o, vital/o |
life |
| vitre/o |
glassy, vitreous body |
| viv/i |
life, alive |
| -volemia |
blood volume |
| volv/o, volut/o |
to roll |
| vulv/o |
vulva |
