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Chapter 1: Med Lang.
Nurs104 - Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antrh/o | Joint |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Enter/o | Small Intestine |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Hemat/o | blood |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Muscul/o | Muscle |
| Angi/o | vessel |
| Vas/o | Vessel |
| Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Dermat/o | Skin |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Pueum/o | lung |
| Pulmon/o | lung |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| Gen/o | creation/ cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac | pertaing to |
| -al | pertaing to |
| -ar | pertaing to |
| -ary | pertaing to |
| -eal | pertaing to |
| -ic | pertaing to |
| -tic | pertaing to |
| -ous | pertaing to |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, pressure |
| -icle | small |
| -ole | small |
| -ule | small |
| -ula | small |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loose, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive, abnormal flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | an instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | written procedure |
| -meter | instrument of measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument of viewing |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a- | not |
| anti- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| ante- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| dia- | through |
| e- | out |
| peri- | around |
| trans- | through |
| ec- | out |
| ex- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| en- | in, inside |
| endo- | in, inside |
| intra- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| semi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| uni- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| multi- | many |
| con- | with, together |
| syn- | with, together |
| sym- | with, together |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
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