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Med Term Ch 1-2
Medical Terminology get connected Chapters 1-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cardi- | heart |
| retro- | behind |
| -phobia | fear |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| Gastr- | stomach |
| supra- | above |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhea | discharge / flow |
| Hepat- | liver |
| trans- | across |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| Rhin- | nose |
| di- | two |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -sclerosis | hardened condition |
| Cephal- | head |
| hemi- | half |
| -megaly | enlargement / large |
| -spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| Arthr- | joint |
| hyper- | excessive / more than normal |
| -logy | study of |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| My- | muscle |
| micro- | small |
| -gram | record / picture |
| -toxic | poison |
| Oste- | bone |
| pan- | all |
| path | disease |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| Electr- | electricity |
| para- (prefix) | alongside |
| -cele | hernia / protrusion |
| Carcin- | cancer |
| multi- | many |
| -cytosis | abnormal cell condition {too many} |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| a- | without |
| ultra- | excess |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| dys- | painful / difficult |
| homo- | same |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| sub- | beneath / under |
| auto- | self |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -derma | skin condition |
| bi- (prefix) | two |
| hetero- | different |
| -dynia | pain |
| -dipsia | thrist |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| -ectasis | dilated / expansion |
| -esthesia | feeling / sensation |
| anti- | against |
| uni- | mono / one |
| -edema | swelling |
| -genesis | produces / generates |
| brady- | slow |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -oid | resembling |
| pachy- | thick |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -opia | vision |
| tachy- | fast |
| -itis | inflammation |
| ante- | before / in front of |
| -lith | stone |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| endo- | within / inner |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -pnea | breathing |
| epi- | above / upon |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -poiesis | formation |
| hypo- | below / insufficient / less than normal |
| -oma | tumor / mass |
| -trophic | development |
| infra- | below / under |
| -pathy | disease |
| -logist | one who studies |
| peri- | around |
| -penia | too few |
| bi(o) root word | life |
| -para (suffix) | to bear {offspring} |
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