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MED104
Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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Ultima – | the last sylable |
Penult – | the almost-last syllable |
Antepenult – | the one that is just before the penult. |
Hem/o and hemat/o | blood |
Angi/o, vas/o, and vascul/o | vessel |
gen | creation |
hydro | sweat/water |
morph | change |
myc | fungus |
necr/o | death |
orth/o | straight |
path/o | suffering/disease |
phag/o | eat |
plas/o | formation |
py/o | pus |
scler/o | hard |
sten/o | narrowing |
troph/o | nourishment, development |
xen/o | foreign |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-ia | condition |
-ism | condition |
-ium | tissue, structure |
-y | condition, procedure |
-iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
-iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
-ist | specialist |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | loosen, break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage | excessive flow |
rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-gram | written record |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-desis | binding |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |
a, an | not |
anti | against |
de | down, away from |
brady | slow |
tachy | fast |
ab | away |
ad | toward |
circum | around |
peri | around |
dia, trans | through |
e, ec, ex | out |
ecto/exo | outside |
extra- | outside |
en, endo | inside |
epi- | upon |
sub- | underneath |
inter | between |
bi | two |
hemi | half |
semi | half |
hyper | over |
hypo | under |
macro | large |
micro | small |
mono | one |
uni | one |
oligo- | few |
pann | all |
poly | many |
multi | many |
dys | bad |
eu- | good |
con | with, together |
syn, sym | with, together |