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med term
meical terminology 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| Hyper- | excessive, increased |
| Hemi- | half |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| end-, endo- | within, in, inside |
| A-, An- | without, away from, negative, not |
| ante- | before, toward |
| anti- | against, counter |
| brady- | slow |
| inter- | between, among |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| super-, supra- | above, excessive |
| sub- | below |
| post- | after |
| Pre- | before |
| intra- | within, inside |
| neo- | new, strange |
| per- | excessive, through |
| poly- | many |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -gram, -graph | a picture or record |
| -graphy | the process of recording a picture or record |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -ac, -al | pertaining to, relating to |
| -algia | pain, suffering |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -ectasis | stretching, enlargement |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
| Pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pulm/o,pulmon/o | lung |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartlage |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
| laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
| pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
| Fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
| neur/i, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| thorac/o | chest |