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Med Term Ch1
General medical terminology
Question | Answer |
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-icle | small, tiny |
-is | structure, thing |
-ole | small, tiny |
-ule | small, tiny |
-um | structure, thing, membrane |
-y | process of |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cele | herniation |
-dynia | pain |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease process |
-ptosis | prolapse, drooping, sagging |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
-stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing |
-graphy | process of recording |
-metry | process of measuring |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-scopy | process of viewing |
-ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | new opening |
-tomy | incision, cutting |
-tripsy | crushing |
-graph | instrument to record |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-scope | instrument to view |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tripter | instrument to crush |
-trite | instrument to crush |
-er | one who |
-iatrician | one who specializes in treatment |
-iatrics | treatment |
-iatrist | one who specializes in treatment |
-iatry | process of treatment |
-ist | one who specializes |
-logist | one who specializes in the study of |
-logy | study of |
a- | no, not, without |
an- | no, not, without |
ante- | foward, in front of, before |
anti- | against |
dys- | abnormal, difficult, bad, painful |
endo-, end- | within |
epi- | above, upon |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | below, deficient |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
neo- | new |
par- | near, beside |
para- | abnormal |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding, around |
poly- | many, much, excessive, frequent |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
sub- | under, below |
trans- | through, across |