Ch 3 & 4 SBC MedTerm Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
In- | not, into, within |
meta- | beyond, change |
retro- | behind, backward |
tachy- | fast |
ab- | away from |
ad- | towards |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
endo- | inside |
eu- | normal |
ex- | outside, away from |
hemi | half |
intra- | within |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mal- | bad |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | beside, near |
poly- | many |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
supra-, super- | above, upper |
uni- | one |
tri- | three |
quad- | four |
ec- or ecto- | surgically remove, excision |
trophy- | development, nourishment |
-o/tomy | incision, cutting into |
thermia- | pertaining to heat, temperature |
-o/stomy | surgical creating of an opening |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plasia | development of growth, formation |
-penia | deficiency |
-megaly | enlargement |
-malacia | softening |
-lysis | break apart, destruction, rupture |
-graphy | process of recording |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-gram | record |
-emia | blood condition |
acu/o | sever, sudden, sharp |
-dynia | pain |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
isch/o | to hold back |
phleb/o | vein |
phag/o | to eat |
necr/o | death |
morph/o | shape |
hydr/o | water |
axill/o | armpit |
epi | upon, on or above |
contra | against |
carcin/o | cancer |
hem/o | blood |
chem/o | drug, chemical |
strept/o | twisted chains |
staphyl | clusters |
infra- | beneath, under |
adenectomy | removal of a glad |
adenoma | tumor of a glad |
sarcoma | tumor of flesh |
atrophy | to waste away, no development |
endocrine | to secret within (the blood) |
exocrine | to secrete out (a duct, to the outside of the body) |
hyperplasia | abnormal cell growth, INCREASED # of cells |
hypertrophy | abnormal cell growth (Increased SIZE of cells) |
hyperthermia | extremely HIGH temp |
hypothermia | extremely LOW temp |
c.c. | with meals |
C.C. | chief complaint |
a.c. | before meals |
p.c. | after meals |
pt | patient |
p (with hyphen over it) | after |
a (with hyphen over it) | before |
s (with hyphen over it) | without |
c (with hyphen over it) or con | with |
FHx | Family History |
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