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Term | Definition |
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Jelana Edwards | Medical term flash cards |
Achilles | Achilles-heel |
Acid | PH |
Acoust | Hearing |
ACR | extremity |
Actin | ray |
acu | needle |
aden | gland |
all | other |
angina | choke |
axill | armpit |
aur | ear |
bacteri | bacteria |
bol | cast/throw |
brachy | arm |
buts | pouch |
bio | life |
bip | gall/bite |
bucc | check |
blephar | eyelid |
bronch | bronchi |
balan | glans |
cac | bad/diseased |
calc | calcium |
calcane | heel hone |
cardi | heart |
ER | emergency room |
caud | tail |
carp | wrist |
celi | abdomen |
caus | heat |
cervic | neck |
cheil | lip |
cephal | head |
cine | motion |
chondr | cartilage |
cirrho | yellow |
cis | cut |
coagul | clot |
colon | colon |
colp | vagina |
condyl | knuckle |
cord | cord |
cost | rib |
cox | hip |
cutane | skin |
cycl | ciliary body |
cyst | bladder |
dacry | tear |
dactyl | finger/toe |
dent | tooth |
dips | thirst |
disk | disk |
dur | hard |
enter | intestine |
episi | vulva |
encephal | brain |
dos | giving |
dipl | double |
electr | electricity |
emphys | inflate |
esthesi | feeling |
format | formation |
fibul | fibula |
foramin | opening |
genital | genitals |
gigant | giant |
glue | glucose/sugar |
gingiv | gums |
gloss | tongue |
ger | oldage |
a- | noun ending |
ab | away |
ad | toward |
de | from/down |
dia | through |
dys | painful |
eu | normal |
micro | small |
neo | new |
nulli | none |
peri | surrounding |
poly | many |
post | after |
pre | before |
tri | three |
sub | below/under |
uni | one |
epi | on |
multi | many |
inter | between |
meta | after/beyond |
endo | within |
brady | slow |
anti | against |
ante | before |
bi | twice |
hemi | half |
hyper | above |
macro | large |
pachy | thick |
pan | all |
para | besides |
per | through |
pro | before |
sub | below |
supra | above |
sym | joined |
syn | together |
tachy | fast |
trans | through |
a- | ending |
ac | pertaining to |
ad | toward |
algia | pain |
amnios | amnion |
ary | pertaining to |
asthenia | weakness |
cyte | cell |
emesis | vomiting |
ectomy | cut out |
eal | pertaining to |
emia | in the blood |
esis | condition |
gen | substance |
genic | producing |
itis | inflammation |
iatry | specialty |
iasis | condition |
ictal | seizure |
logy | study of |
lysis | separating |
meter | instrument |
megaly | enlarged |
old | resembling |
osis | abnormal |
plasm | growth |
plasty | surgical repair |
rrhea | discharge |
scopic | visual examination |
schisis | split |
spasm | sudden |
stasis | stop |
stomy | creation of artificial opening |
tome | instrument |
tomy | cut out |
um | no meaning |
uria | urine |
us | no meaning |
trophy | nourishment |
thorax | chest |
carcin | cancer |
ar | pertaining to |
carcinoma | tumor |
cele | hernia |
cyesis | pregnancy |
drome | run |
cyte | cell |
cencrite | to secrete |
graphy | recording |
ia | condition |
ism | state of |
logist | special of |
malacia | softening |
megaly | enlargement |
oma | tumor |
opia | vision |
pathy | disease |
ous | pertaining to |
penia | abnormal |
physis | growth |
rrhage | ecxessive bleeding |
rrhaphy | repairing |
rrhagia | conditions of excessive bleeding |
rrhexis | rupture |
salphinx | fallopian tube |
sciersiosis | hardening |
tocia | birth |
trsipy | surgical crushing |
sarcoma | malginant tumor |