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Med Term Ch1
Question | Answer |
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arthr/o | joint |
cardi/o | heart |
enter/o | small intestine |
gastr/o | stomach |
hepat/o | liver |
neur/o | nerve |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
my/o | muscle |
muscul/o | muscle |
angi/o | vessel |
vas/o | vessel |
vascul/o | vessel |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
cutane/o | skin |
pneum/o | lung |
pneumon/o | lung |
pulmon/o | lung |
gen/o | creation, cause |
hydr/o | water |
morph/o | change |
myc/o | 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 |
-icle | small |
-ole | small |
-ule | small |
-ula | small |
-iatrics | medical science |
-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, breakdown |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage | excessive flow |
-rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-gram | written record |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-graphy | writing procedure |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-scopy | process of looking |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |
a- | not |
an- | not |
anti- | against |
contra- | against |
de- | down, away from |
ante- | before |
pre- | before |
pro- | before, on behalf of |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
post- | after |
re- | again |
ab- | away |
ad- | toward |
circum- | around |
peri- | around |
dia- | through |
trans- | through |
e- | out |
ec- | out |
ex- | out |
ecto- | outside |
exo- | outside |
extra- | outside |
en- | in, inside |
endo- | in, inside |
intra- | in, inside |
epi- | upon |
sub | beneath |
inter- | between |
bi- | two |
hemi- | half |
semi- | half |
hyper- | over |
hypo- | under |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mono- | one |
uni- | one |
oligo- | few |
pan- | all |
poly- | many |
multi- | many |
con- | with, together |
syn- | with, together |
sym- | with, together |
dys- | bad |
eu- | good |
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