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Lesson 1 Med Terms
Med Terms (Greek and Latin)
a- | not, without lacking deficient |
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anti- | against, preventing, relieving |
di- | two, twice, double |
dys- | difficult, painful, defective, abnormal |
ec-/ex- | out of, away from |
ecto-/ | outside of |
en- | in, into, within |
endo-/ento- | within |
epi- | upon, over, above |
exo- | outside, from the outside, toward the outside |
hemi- | half, one side of the body |
hyper- | over, above, beyond normal |
hypo- | under, deficient, below normal |
mono- | one, single |
peri- | around, surrounding |
syn- | together |
-a | (noun) state, condition |
-ac | (adj) pertaining to |
-iac | (noun) person afflicted with |
-iasis | (noun) disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence |
-ic | (adj) pertaining to, located in; (noun) drug or agent |
-in | (noun) names of substance |
-ist | (noun) person interested in |
-itic | (adj) pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation: (noun) drug or agent |
-itis | (noun) inflamed condition |
-itides | (noun) plural form of inflamed condition |
-ium | (noun) membrane, connective tissues |
-ma | (noun) abnormal or diseased condition |
-osis | (noun) abnormal or diseased condition |
-otic | (adj) pertaining to |
-sia | (noun) state, condition |
-sis | (noun) state, condition |
-tic | (adj) pertaining to; (noun) drug or agent |
acanth- | thorn, spine |
alg- | pain |
alges- | sensitivity to pain |
all- | other, divergence, difference from |
angi- | (blood) vessel, duct |
arteri- | (air passage) artery |
arthr- | joint |
bi- | life |
brady- | slow |
cardi- | heart |
cephal- | head |
crani- | skull |
cyt- | (hollow container) cell |
encephal- | brain |
erythr- | red, red blood cell |
lept- | thing, fine, slight |
leuk- | white, white blood cell |
lith- | stone, calculus |
log- | word, study |
malac- | soft |
mes- | middle, secondary, partial |
-meter, metr- | measure, measuring device |
nephr- | kidney |
neur- | nerve, nervous system |
oste- | bone |
prosop- | face |
prot- | first, primitive, early |
scler- | hard |
sten- | narrow |
stere- | solid, having three dimensions |
tachy- | rapid |
tox(i) | poison |
-logy | study, science, the study or science of |
-logist | one who specializes in a certain study or science |
-malacia | the softening (of tissues) of |
-sclerosis | the hardening (of tissues) of |
-stenosis | the narrowing (of a part of the body) |
-toxic | poisonous (to an organ) |
-toxin | a substance poisonous to (a part of the body) |