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Med Term Chap1and 2
Medical Terminology The language of Health Care Second Edition
Question | Answer |
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a-, an- | without |
anti-, contra- | against or opposed to |
de- | from, down, or not |
ab- | away from |
ad- | to, toward, or near |
circum-, peri- | around |
dia-, trans- | across or through |
e-,ec-, ex- | out or away |
ecto-,exo-, extra- | outside |
en-, endo-,intra- | within |
epi- | upon |
inter- | between |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, after, or change |
para- | alongside of or abnormal |
retro- | backward or behind |
sub-, infra- | below or under |
bi- | two or both |
hemi-, semi- | half |
hyper- | above or excessive |
hypo- | below or deficient |
macro- | large or long |
micro- | small |
mono-, uni- | one |
oligo- | few or deficient |
pan- | all |
poly-, multi- | many |
quadr- | four |
super-, supra- | above or excessive |
tri- | three |
ultra- | beyond or excessive |
ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
post- | after or behind |
re- | again or back |
con-, syn-, sym- | together or with |
dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
eu- | good or normal |
neo- | new |
abdomin/o, lapar/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremity or topmost |
aden/o | gland |
aer/o | air or gas |
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o | skin |
dextr/o | right or on the right side |
erythr/o | red |
fibr/o | fiber |
gastr/o | stomach |
gen/o | origin or production |
gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o | sugar |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hydr/o | water |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
melan/o | black |
morph/o | form |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
necr/o | death |
or/o | mouth |
orth/o | straight, normal, or correct |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child or foot |
phob/o | exaggerated fear or sensitivity |
phon/o | voice or sound |
plas/o | formation |
pod/o | foot |
psych/o | mind |
py/o | pus |
ren/o, nephr/o | kidney |
scler/o | hard |
sinistr/o | left or on the left side |
son/o | sound |
sten/o | narrow |
therm/o | heat |
tox/o, toxico | poison |
troph/o | nourishment or development |
ur/o, urin/o | urine |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-genesis | origin or production |
-lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-penia | abnormal reduction |
-rrhea | discharge |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-cele | pouching or hernia |
-ectasis | expansion or dilation |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | formation or presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition or increase |
-phil, -philia | attraction for |
-ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
-rrhage, rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood) |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-centesis | puncture for aspiration |
-desis | binding |
-ectomy | excision or removal |
-pexy | suspension or fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-tomy | incision |
-stomy | crceation of an opening |
-tripsy | crushing |
-e | noun marker |
-ia, -ism | condition of |
-ium | structure or tissue |
-ation, -y | condition or process of |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-icle | small |
-ole | small |
-ula | small |
-ule | small |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-iatrics, -iatry | treatment |
-logy | study of |
-logist | one who specializes in the study or treatmernt of |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | process of measuring |
-poiesis | formation |
-scope | instrument for examination |
-scopy | examination |
-statis | stop or stand |
Prime Time | The time of day when you are most alert and at your finest, when learning is best accomplished |
See it, say it, write it | Visual, auditory, kinisthetic |
Prefix | placed at beginning of word structure helps to further modify the roots |
Root | The foundation or subject of the word |
Suffix | The ending word structure that gives meaning to the root. |
First most common combining vowel | O |
Second most common combining vowel | i |
Rule 1 | CV used to join root to root and root to suffix beginning with a consonant |
Rule 2 | CV is NOT used before a suffix that begins with a vowel |
Rule 3 | If the root ends in a vowel and the suffix begins with the same vowel drop the final vowel from root and do not use a CV |
Rule 4 | CV is inserted between two roots even when the second root begins with a vowel. |
Rule 5 | Occasionally, when a prefix ends in a vowel and root begins with vowel, final vowel dropped from the prefix. |
Origin of diagnosis and surgery | Greek |
Origin of anatomy of the body | Latin |