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Med Term 131 - 2013
Med Term for KCTCS CLA 131 online
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ante- | Before |
| Pre- | Before |
| Epi- | Above, upon |
| Hypo- | Under, beneath, deficiency |
| Hyper- | Above, excessive |
| Sub- | Under |
| Inter- | Between |
| Anti- | Against |
| Intra- | Within |
| Peri- | Around |
| Supra- | Above |
| De- | Away from |
| Dextro- | Right, correct |
| Sinistro- | Left |
| Bi- | Double, both |
| Gemin- | Twin |
| Tri- | Three |
| Quadri- | Four |
| Pan- | All |
| Syn/Sym- | Together |
| Nocti/Nyct- | Night |
| Post- | After |
| Brachy- | Short |
| Auto- | Self |
| Cryo- | Cold |
| Dura/Scirrh/Scler- | Hard |
| Gyno/Gyneco- | Female |
| Homeo- | Unchanged |
| Neo- | New |
| Ortho- | Straight |
| Steno- | Narrow, constricted |
| -algia/dynia | Pain |
| -esthesia | Sensation |
| -iasis | Condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -ectasis | Dilation, expansion |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -malacia | Softness |
| -ptosis | Prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhea | Discharge, flowing |
| -cele | Hernia, swelling |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Blood |
| -gen/genesis | Forming, producing, origin |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -philia | Attraction to |
| -phobia | Fear of |
| -plasia | Formation, growth |
| -plegia | Paralysis, stroke |
| -poiesis | Formation, production |
| -rrhage/rrhagia | Bursting forth |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -stasis | Static, stoppage |
| -stenosis | Narrowing, stricture |
| -toxic | Toxic |
| -trophy | Development, nourishment |
| -lith | Stone, calculus |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -meter | Measurement |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Decrease, deficiency |
| -phagia | Eating, swallowing |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -scope/scopy | Look, observe |
| -ostomy | Surgical creation of an opening |
| -otomy | Incision |
| -opexy | Surgica fixation |
| -lysis | Separation, destruction |
| -tripsy | Crushing |
| -graph | Instrument of recording |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -gram | A record/writing |
| -ician | Use to form nouns referring to a person associated with an area |
| -ology | The study of an area |
| -ologist | Specialist in an area |
| -oid | Like, resembling |
| Cervix | Neck (7 cervical vertebrae) |
| Thorax | Chest (12 thoracic vertebrae) |
| Lumbar | Abdominal segment (lumbar region, 5 lumbar vertebrae) |
| Sacrum | Triangular bone inserted into wedge between hip bones (5 sacral vertebrae are fused to 1 bone) |
| Coccyx | Tailbone, attached to sacrum (4 coccygeal vertebrae fused to 1 bone) |
| Superior | Above, directed upward |
| Inferior | Below, directed downward |
| Anterior/Ventral | Front surface |
| Postarior/Dorsal | Back surface |
| Dextral | Right |
| Sinister | Left |
| Lateral | Pertaining to the side |
| Medial | Pertaining to the middle |
| Peripheral | Pertaining to circumference |
| Distal | Away from center of a structure |
| Proximal | Point nearest the center |
| Coronal/Frontal | a. front side- anterior or ventral aspect b. back side- posterior or dorsal aspect |
| Transverse/Horizontal | a. upper portion- superior aspect b. lower portion- inferior aspect |
| Sagittal | a. sagittal plane- unequal left and right sides b. midsagittal plane- right and left halves |
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