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MED TERM**
chapter 1,2,3,4,19
Question | Answer |
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infra | beneath |
inter | between |
intra | into, within |
macro | large |
mal- | bad |
meta- | change, beyond |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | abnormal |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre= | before, in front of |
pro- | before, forward |
pseudo- | false |
re- | back, again |
retro- | behind, backward |
sub- | under |
supra- | above, upper |
syn, sym- | together, withsym- B, M, P |
tachy- | rapid/fast |
trans- | accross, through |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
uni- | one |
alveol/o- | small sac |
cac/o | bad |
carcin/o- | cancer, cancerous |
cauter/o | burn/ heat |
chem/o | chemical, drug |
cry/o | cold |
cyst/o- | sac of fluid |
fibr/o- | fibers |
follicul/o | small glandular sacs |
fung/i | fungus, mushroom |
medull/o | soft, inner part |
mucos/o | mucous membrane |
mut/a | genetic change |
mutagen/o | causing genetic change |
necr/o | dead |
onc/o- | tumor |
papill/o- | nipple-like |
pharmac/o- | chemical, drug |
plas/o | formation |
polyp/o- | polyp |
radi/o | rays, x-rays |
sarc/o- | flesh |
scirrh/o- | hard |
xer/o- | dry |
-blastoma | immature tumor |
-genesis | formation |
-oma | mass, tumor |
-plasia | formation, growth |
-plasm | formation, growth |
-suppression | to stop |
-therapy | treatment |
ana- | backward |
apo- | off, away |
brachy- | short(distance) |
epi- | upon |
meta- | beyond, change |
prot/o- | first |
tele- | far |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
-coccus | coccyx |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-logy | the process of studying |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass collection of fluid |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficient |