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Med Terms HA
Mr. G Medical Terms for the Health Assistant Student
Question | Answer |
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arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | brain |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
cyst/o | bladder |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o | skin |
enter/o | small intestine |
gastr/o | stomach |
geront/o | old age, elderly |
hem/o hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
lip/o | fat |
my/o | muscle |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
neur/o | nerve |
ocul/o, opthtal/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
pneum/o | lung |
thorac/o | chest |
ven/o, phleb/o | vein |
a-, an- | no, not, without |
anti- | againts |
auto- | self, own |
bi- | two, double |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
eu- | good, normal |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | above, excessive |
hypo- | less than, under |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
multi- | many |
peri- | surrounding, around |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front |
pseudo- | false |
quad- | four |
retro- | behind, backward |
semi- | half |
sub- | under, below |
tachy- | fast |
-ac, -al, -eal, -ic | pertaining to |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-cide | to kill, destroy |
-ectomy | surgical removal, removal |
-emia | blood condition, blood |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument to record |
-ism | condition |
-itis | inflammation of |
-lithiasis | presences of stones |
-ology | study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor, mass or swelling |
-otomy | surgical incision |
-pathy | disease, disease process |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing, respiration |
-rrhea | drainage, runny discharge, flow |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining |
-stasis | stoppage, to stop, control; place |
-ostomy | surgical creation of a mouth |