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Medical Terminology
Unit 1 Assignment Building Words
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Mono-, uni- | One |
Bi- | Two |
Tri- | Three |
Ab- | Away from the body |
Ad- | Towards the body |
Ecto-, exo- | outside |
Endo- | inside |
Epi- | upon |
Anterior or ventral | Front |
Posterior or dorsal | Back |
Superior | above |
Inferior | below |
Lateral | Out to the side |
Distal | Away from the center |
Proximal | Closer in to the center |
Ambi- | Both/around |
Dys- | Bad |
Eu- | Good |
Homo- | same |
Iso- | equal |
Mal- | Ill/bad |
-algia | Pain |
-emia | blood |
-itis | Inflammation |
-lysis | Break down |
-oid | Resembling |
-opathy | disease |
-pnea | breath |
-centesis | Puncture |
-ectomy | Removal |
-ostomy | Creation of an opening |
-otomy | incision |
-orrhaphy | Suture |
-opexy | Surgical fixation |
-oplasty | reconstruction |
-otripsy | Crushing/breaking up |