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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| ar,ary,tic,ic,eal,ical,ial,ine,ior,ory,ous,al,ac | pertaining to |
| ago,esis,ia,iasis,ion,ism,osis | abnormal condition |
| path | disease |
| algia | pain,painful condition |
| dynia | pain |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | abnormal softing |
| sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
| gram | a picture or record |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| scopy | visual examanation |
| rrhage/rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharged |
| rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| rrhea | flow or discharged |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| dys | bad,difficult,painful |
| eu | good,normal,well,easy |
| hyper | excessive increased |
| hypo | deficient,decreased |
| inter | between or among |
| intra | within,inside |
| sub | under,less,below |
| super/supra | above upper excessive |
| pre | before |
| peri | around |
| post | after |
| lith | stone calculus |
| arteri/o | joint |
| endarterial | pertaining to the joint and within |
| ather/o | plaque |
| ARTHR/O | JOINT |
| ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL,CUTTING OUT, EXCISION |
| OSTOMY | SURGICALLY CREATING AN OPENING |
| OTOMY | CUTTING |
| FISSURE | CRACK,SPLIT,CLEFT |
| fistula | tube or pipe |
| ileum | small intestions |
| illium | hip bone |
| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendons attaches muscles to bone |
| ton/o | tension tone streaching |
| tri | three |
| a or an | no not without |
| tax/o | coordination |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| plegia | paralysis |
| cel/o | hernia,tumor,swellling |
| dys | bad,difficult,painfull |
| BI | TWO |
| TROPH/O TROPHY | DEVELOPEMENT |
| POLY | MANY |
| BRADY | SLOW |
| NOCT/I | NIGHT |
| HYP/O | DECERASED, LESS THAN NORMAL |
| PARA | BESIDES NEAR BEYOND |
| PARESIS | PARTIAL INCOMPLETE PARAYSIS |
| FASCI/O | COVER |
| KINESIS/O | MOVEMENT |
| HYPER | INCREASED MORE THAN NORMAL |
| FIBR/O | FIBER |
| MY/O | MUSCLES |
| IC | PERTAINING TO |
| IA | PERTAINING TO |
| QUARDR/I QUARDR/O | POUR |
| DIAPHORESIS | SWEATTING |
| HIRSUT/O | HAIRY |
| FOLLICUL/O | FOLLICLE,SMALL SAC |
| ALOPEC/O | BALDNESS |
| CONTUS/O | BRUISE |
| ECCHYM/O | POURING OUT OF JUICE |
| HEMANGI/O | BLOOD VESSEL |
| HEMAT/O | BLOOD |
| PRURIT/O | ITCHING |
| PY/O | PUS |
| TRANDS | ACROSS,THROUGH |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
| CRY/O | COLD |
| OMA | TUMOR |
| PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |