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Med Terminology Ch 3
Radiology
Question | Answer |
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mono-, uni- | one |
bi-, di- | two |
tri- | three |
quad-, quadri-, tetra- | four |
centi- | one hundred or one-hundredth |
milli- | one thousandth |
diplo- | double |
hemi-,semi | half |
multi-, poly- | many |
pan- | all |
primi- | first |
super-, ultra- | excessive |
peri-, circum- | around |
contra- | against or opposed |
dia- | through |
ecto-, exo-, ex-, extra- | out, without, away from |
en-, end-, endo- | inside |
epi- | above, on |
hypo-, infra-, sub- | beneath, under |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
ipsi- | same |
meso-, mid- | middle |
para- | near, beside, abnormal |
per- | through or by |
post- | after, behind |
retro- | behind, backward |
supra-, super- | above, beyond |
sym-, syn- | joined, together |
trans- | across |
ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
a-. an- | no, without |
in- | not, inside |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, difficult |
eu- | good, normal |
mal- | bad |
tachy- | fast |
alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o | white |
chlor/o | green |
melan/o | black |
xanth/o | yellow |
cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
gen/o | beginning, origin, genes |
-genic | produced by or in |
-genesis | producing or forming |
gram/o | to record |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
kinesi/o | movement |
-kinesia, -kinesis | movemen, motion |
leps/o; -lepsy | seizure |
lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
-lysin | that which destroys |
-lysis | process of destruction |
-lytic | capable of destroying |
malac/o | soft |
metr/o, metr/i | measure or uterine tissue |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
phag/o | eat, ingest |
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing |
phas/o; -phasia | speech |
pleg/o; -plegia | paralysis |
schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis | split, cleft |
scler/o | hard |
-sclerosis | hardening |
scop/o | to view, to examine |
-scope | instrument used for viewing |
-scopy | process of examining visually |
troph/o; -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
blast/o | embryonic form |
cephal/o | head |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
dips/o | thirst |
hist/o | tissue |
myc/o | fungus |
narc/o | stupor |
necr/o | dead |
optic/o, opt/o | vision |
phon/o | voice |
phot/o | light |
py/o | pus |
therm/o | heat |
top/o | position |
ech/o, son/o | sound |