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Final Term Medix
Question | Answer |
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a-, an- | without, not |
per- | through |
anti- | against |
epi- | upper |
peri- | around |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
brady- | slow |
pro- | before, on behalf of |
extra- | outside |
trans- | across |
endo- | within |
pneu- | lungs and air |
eu- | good, normal, well, easy |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
trans- | across |
lacti- | milk |
primi- | first |
ante- | before, in front of |
multi- | many, most |
post- | after, behind |
juxta- | beside, next to |
hyper- | excessive |
hypo- | below, deficient in |
poly- | many, much |
dia- | through, across |
retro- | behind |
bi- | two, double |
eso- | inward |
intra- | within, in |
inter- | between |
extra- | on the outside |
exo- | outward |
mono- | one |
sub- | below |
hydro- | water |
contra- | against |
pachy- | thick |
para- | beside, beyond, around |
syn- | together, joined |
uni- | one |
necto- | death, necrosis |
ultra- | excess, beyond |
quadra- | four |
quadri- | four |
supra- | above, excessive, superior |
aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
ab- | from, away from |
af- | toward |
ad- | toward |
allo- | other, differing from the normal |
bi- | two |
cata- | down |
cine- | movement |
de- | cessation |
ec- | out, out from |
ef- | away from |
en- | in, within |
hemi- | one half |
infra- | below, under |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
medi- | middle |
mega- | enlargement |
meso- | middle |
meta- | change, beyond |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
nulli- | none |
oxy- | quick, sharp |
pan- | all |
pre- | before, in front of |
semi- | one half |
tri- | three |
-cyte | cell |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument to record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-oma | tumor |
-phage | cell that destroys, eats |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-crasia | mixture, blending |
-fusion | joining, pour |
-itis | inflammation |
-penia | deficiency of |
-spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-pnea | breathing |
-phonia | voice |
-ectasis | stretching, dilation (enlargement) |
-osmia | smell |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptysis | spitting |
-thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
-arche | beginning |
-para | near, beside, beyond |
-tocia | childbirth, labor |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-salpinx | tube |
-gravida | pregnant woman |
-version | turning |
-genesis | forming, production, orgin |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-uria | urinary condition |
-al, -ar | pertaining to |
-cide | killing |
-ism | condition of |
-algia | pain |
-ectomy | excission |
-tomy | surgical incission |
-cele | herniation, swelling |
-spadias | slit, fissure |
-cusis | hearing |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging |
-opia, -opsia | vision |
-acusia | hearing |
-pexy | put in place, fixation |
-plexy | stroke |
-algisia | pain |
-lepsy | seizure |
-asthenia | meakness or loss of strength |
-esthesia | feeling, sensation |
-phasia | speech |
-kinesia | movement |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-megaly | enlargement |
-orexia | appetite |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | swalling, eating |
-prandial | meal |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
-rrhage | bursting forth (of) |
-rrhythm/o | rhythm |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasis | break, surgical fracture |
-clast | to break |
-desis | bidnding, fixation of a bone or joint |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-porosis | orous |
-schisis | a splitting, cleft, fissure |
-scopy | process of viewing |
-scope | instrument for viewing |
-derma | skin |
-dynia | pain |
-oid | resembling |
-ologist | expert in the study of |
-ology | the study of |
-phil | attraction for |
-therapy | treatment |
-pathy | disease of |
-ate | having the form of, possessing |
-ation | process (of) |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-cardia | heart condition |
-ceps | head |
-ception | conceiving |
-cision | a cutting |
-clesis | closure |
-clysis | irrigation, washing |
-continence | to hold back |
-crine | secrete |
-duction | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
-edema | swelling |
-ema | state of; condition |
-ferent | to carry |
-glia | glue, neuroglial tissue |
-globin | protein |
-ician | specialist |
-ion | the act of |
-ization | process (of) |
-lalia | speech, babble |
-lucent | to shine; clear |
-lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
-mania | state of mental disorder, fenzy |
-metry | act of measuring |
-ole | small, minute |
-ose | pertaining to, sugar |
-oxia | oxygen |
-phylaxis | protection |
-plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
-poiesis | formation, production |
-potence | power |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-sis | state of, condition |
-spadias | slit, fissure |
-stasis | standing still |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-taxia | order |
-toxic | poison |
-tripsy | crushing |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-tropin | stimulate |
-um | structure, thing |