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MED 104
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definition of Root | foundation or subject of the term |
| Definition of Suffix | ending that gives essential meaning to the term |
| Definition of Prefix | added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root |
| root for joint | arthr/o |
| root for heart | cardi/o |
| root for small intestine | enter/o |
| root for stomach | gastr/o |
| root for liver | hepat/o |
| root for nerve | neur/o |
| roots for blood | hem/o and hamat/o |
| roots for muscle | my/o and muscul/o |
| roots for vessel | angi/o, vas/o and vascul/o |
| roots for skin | derm/o, dermat/o and cutane/o |
| roots for lung | pneum/o, pneumon/o and pulmon/o |
| root for creation, cause | gen/o |
| root for water | hydr/o |
| root for change | morph/o |
| root for fungus | myc/o |
| root for death | necr/o |
| root for straight | orth/o |
| root for suffering, disease | path/o |
| root for eat | phag/o |
| root for formation | plas/o |
| root for puss | py/o |
| root for hard | scler/o |
| root for narrowing | sten/o |
| root for nourishment, development | troph/o |
| root for foreign | xen/o |
| suffixes that mean "pertaining to" - adjective | -ac (cardiac) -al (skeletal) -ar (muscular) -ary (pulmonary) -eal (esophageal) -ic (medic) -tic (neurotic) -ous (subcutaneous) |
| suffixes that mean condition - noun | -ia (pneumonia) -ism (autism) |
| suffix that mean tissue, structure - noun | -ium (pericardium) |
| suffix that mean condition, procedure - noun | -y (hypertrophy) |
| diminutive suffixes that mean small | -icle (ventricle) -ole (arteriole) -ule (pustule) -ula (uvula) |
| suffixes that mean medical science | -iatrics (pediatrics) -iatry (psychiatry) |
| suffix that means specialist in medicine | -iatrist (psychiatrist) |
| suffix that means specialist | -ist (dentist) |
| suffix that means specialist in the study of | -logist (psychologist) |
| suffix that means the study of | -logy (psychology) |
| suffixes that means pain | -algia (myalgia) -dynia (gastrodynia) |
| suffix that means hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) | -cele (hydrocele) |
| suffix that means blood condition | -emia (leukemia) |
| suffix that means presence of | -iasis (lithiasis) |
| suffix that means inflammation | -itis (arthritis) |
| suffix that means loosen, break down | -lysis (hemolysis) |
| suffix that means abnormal softening | -malacia (osteomalacia) |
| suffix that means enlargement | -megaly (hepatomegaly) |
| suffix that means resembling | -oid (keloid) |
| suffix that means tumor | -oma (melanoma) |
| suffix that means condition | -osis (thrombosis) |
| suffix that means disease | -pathy (myopathy) |
| suffix that means deficiency | -penia (leukopenia) |
| suffix that means drooping | -ptosis (nephroptosis) |
| suffixes that mean excessive flow | -rrhage (hemorrhage) -rrhagia (menorrhagia) |
| suffix that means flow | -rrhea (diarrhea) |
| suffix that means rupture | -rrhexis (metorrhexis) |
| suffix that means involuntary contraction | -spasm (myospasm) |
| suffix that means puncture | -centesis (amniocentesis) |
| suffix that means written record | -gram (cardiogram) |
| suffix that means instrument that is used to produce a record | -graph (cardiograph) |
| suffix that means writing procedure | -graphy (cardiography) |
| suffix that means instrument used to measure | -meter (cephalometer) |
| suffix that means process of measuring | -metry (cephalometry) |
| suffix that means instrument used to look | -scope (arthroscope) |
| suffix that means process of looking | -scopy (arthroscopy) |
| suffix that means binding, fixation | -desis (arthrodesis) |
| suffix that means removal | -ectomy (vasectomy) |
| suffix that means surgical fixation | -pexy (retinopexy) |
| suffix that means reconstruction | -plasty (rhinoplasty) |
| suffix that means suture | -rrhaphy (herniorrhaphy) |
| suffix that means creation of an opening | -stomy (colostomy) |
| suffix that means incision | -tomy (dermotomy) |
| plural word for -a | -ae |
| plural word for -ax | -aces |
| plural word for -ex | -ices |
| plural word for -ix | ices |
| plural word for -is | es |
| plural word for -ma | -mata |
| plural word for -on | -a |
| plural word for -um | -a |
| plural word for -us | -i |
| plural word for -y | -ies |
| plural word for vertebra | vertebrae |
| plural word for thorax | thoraces |
| plural word for appendix | appendices |
| prefixes that mean not | a- (aphasia) an- (anemia) |
| prefixes that mean against | anti- (antibiotics) contra- (contraceptive) |
| prefix that means down, away from | de- (dehydration) |
| prefixes that mean before | ante- pre- |
| prefix that means before, on behalf of | pro- |
| prefix that means slow | brady- |
| prefix that means fast | tachy- |
| prefix that means after | post- |
| prefix that means again | re- |
| prefix that means away | ab- |
| prefix that means toward | ad- |
| prefixes that mean around | circum- |
| prefixes that mean through | dia- trans- |
| prefixes that mean out | e- ec- ex- |
| prefixes that mean outside | ecto- exo- extra- |
| prefixes that mean in, inside | en- endo- intra- |
| prefix that means upon | epi- |
| prefix that means beneath | sub- |
| prefix that means between | inter- |
| prefix that means two | bi- |
| prefixes that means half | hemi- semi- |
| prefix that means over | hyper- |
| prefix that means under | hypo- |
| prefix that means large | macro- |
| prefix that means small | micro- |
| prefixes that mean one | mono- uni- |
| prefix that means few | oligo- |
| prefix that means all | pan- |
| prefixes that mean many | poly- multi- |
| prefixes that mean with, together | con- syn- sym- |
| prefix that means bad | dys- |
| prefix that means good | eu- |
| When is a combining vowel used? | to join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant and to join two roots together |
| When is a combining vowel not used? | to join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel |
| How can you usually figure out the definition of a term? | -suffix first -then prefix if one is present -lastly the root or root words |
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