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Ch 4
Med Term 4
Question | Answer |
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Abdomin | Abdomen |
An | Anus |
Bi | Life |
Cardi | Heart |
Carp | Carpals (wrist bones) |
Cis | To cut |
Cost | Ribs |
Crani | Skull |
Cutane | Skin |
Dur | Dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding brain spinal cord) |
Gen | To produce, begin |
Glyc | Surgar |
Hemat | Blood |
Later | Side |
Men | Menses |
Nat | Birth |
Neur | Nerve |
Norm | Rule, order |
Oste | Bone |
Peritone | Peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen) |
Plas | Formation, growth, development |
Ren | Kidney |
Scapul | Scapula (shoulder blade) |
Son | Sound |
Thyroid | Thyroid gland |
Top | To put, place, position |
Troph | Development, nourishment |
Urethr | Urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body) |
Ven | Vein |
Vertebr | Vertebra (backbone) |
Al | Pertaining to |
Ation | Process, condition |
Cision | Process of cutting |
Crine | Secretion |
Dipsia | Thrist |
Emia | Blood condition |
Gen | To produce |
Graphy | Process of recording |
Ia | Condition |
Ine | Pertaining to |
Ism | Condition, process |
Lapse | To fall, slide |
Lysis | Loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction |
Meter | Measure |
Mission | To send |
Mortem | Death |
Oma | Tumor, mass |
Ous | Pertaining to |
Partum | Birth |
Pathy | Disease condition |
Phagia | Eating |
Phasia | Speech |
Plasia | Formation (condition) |
Plasm | Formation (tissue) |
Plegia | Paralysis |
Pnea | Breathing |
Rrhea | Flow, discharge |
Scopy | Visual exam |
Section | To cut |
Stasis | Stand, place, stop, control |
Tension | Pressure |
Thesis | To put, place |
Tic | Pertaining to |
Trophy | Nourishment, development |
Um | Urine condition |
Y | Process, condition |
Bi | Two, both |
Brady | Slow |
Con | With, together |
Dia | Complete, through |
Dys | Painful, abnormal |
Ec | Out, outside |
Endo | Within, in, inner |
Epi | Above, upon |
Ex | Out |
Extra | Outside of |
Hemi | Half |
Hyper | Excessive |
Hypo | Deficient |
In | In, into |
Inter | Between |
Intra | Within |
Mal | Bad |
Meta | Change, beyond |
Neo | New |
Micu | Medical Intensive Care |
Msicu | Medical surgical intensive care |
Pacu | Post anesthesia care unit |
Picu | Pediatric or psychiatric intensive care unit |
Sicu | Surgical intensive care unit |
Para | Beside, near, along the side of |
Peri | Surrounding |
Poly | Many |
Post | After |
Pre | Before |
Pro/Pros | Before, forward |
Quadri | Four |
Re | Back, behind |
Retro | Back, behind |
Sub | Under, less than |
Syn | With, together |
Tachy | Fast |
Trans | Across, through |
Tri | Three |
Ultra | Beyond |
Uni | One |