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med term
meical terminology 2
Question | Answer |
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kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
hypo- | deficient, decreased |
Hyper- | excessive, increased |
Hemi- | half |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
end-, endo- | within, in, inside |
A-, An- | without, away from, negative, not |
ante- | before, toward |
anti- | against, counter |
brady- | slow |
inter- | between, among |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
super-, supra- | above, excessive |
sub- | below |
post- | after |
Pre- | before |
intra- | within, inside |
neo- | new, strange |
per- | excessive, through |
poly- | many |
peri- | surrounding, around |
-esthesia | sensation, feeling |
-gram, -graph | a picture or record |
-graphy | the process of recording a picture or record |
-ia | state or condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-ac, -al | pertaining to, relating to |
-algia | pain, suffering |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
-ectasis | stretching, enlargement |
cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
Pancreat/o | pancreas |
pulm/o,pulmon/o | lung |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartlage |
bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
Fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
neur/i, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
nephr/o | kidney |
pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
ren/o | kidney |
urethr/o | urethra |
ureter/o | ureter |
thorac/o | chest |