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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

QuestionAnswer
cyan/o blue
erythr/o red
leuk/o white
melan/o black
poli/o gray
ar,ary,tic,ic,eal,ical,ial,ine,ior,ory,ous,al,ac pertaining to
ago,esis,ia,iasis,ion,ism,osis abnormal condition
path disease
algia pain,painful condition
dynia pain
itis inflammation
malacia abnormal softing
sclerosis abnormal hardening
megaly enlargement
necrosis tissue death
stenosis abnormal narrowing
centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid
graphy the process of producing a picture or record
gram a picture or record
plasty surgical repair
scopy visual examanation
rrhage/rrhagia bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharged
rrhaphy surgical suturing
rrhea flow or discharged
rrhexis rupture
ab away from
ad toward
dys bad,difficult,painful
eu good,normal,well,easy
hyper excessive increased
hypo deficient,decreased
inter between or among
intra within,inside
sub under,less,below
super/supra above upper excessive
pre before
peri around
post after
lith stone calculus
arteri/o joint
endarterial pertaining to the joint and within
ather/o plaque
ARTHR/O JOINT
ECTOMY SURGICAL REMOVAL,CUTTING OUT, EXCISION
OSTOMY SURGICALLY CREATING AN OPENING
OTOMY CUTTING
FISSURE CRACK,SPLIT,CLEFT
fistula tube or pipe
ileum small intestions
illium hip bone
ten/o tend/o tendin/o tendons attaches muscles to bone
ton/o tension tone streaching
tri three
a or an no not without
tax/o coordination
rrhexis rupture
plegia paralysis
cel/o hernia,tumor,swellling
dys bad,difficult,painfull
BI TWO
TROPH/O TROPHY DEVELOPEMENT
POLY MANY
BRADY SLOW
NOCT/I NIGHT
HYP/O DECERASED, LESS THAN NORMAL
PARA BESIDES NEAR BEYOND
PARESIS PARTIAL INCOMPLETE PARAYSIS
FASCI/O COVER
KINESIS/O MOVEMENT
HYPER INCREASED MORE THAN NORMAL
FIBR/O FIBER
MY/O MUSCLES
IC PERTAINING TO
IA PERTAINING TO
QUARDR/I QUARDR/O POUR
DIAPHORESIS SWEATTING
HIRSUT/O HAIRY
FOLLICUL/O FOLLICLE,SMALL SAC
ALOPEC/O BALDNESS
CONTUS/O BRUISE
ECCHYM/O POURING OUT OF JUICE
HEMANGI/O BLOOD VESSEL
HEMAT/O BLOOD
PRURIT/O ITCHING
PY/O PUS
TRANDS ACROSS,THROUGH
BLEPHAR/O EYELID
CRY/O COLD
OMA TUMOR
PLASTY SURGICAL REPAIR
Created by: cobyc12010
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