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Med Terminology Ch 3
Radiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mono-, uni- | one |
| bi-, di- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quad-, quadri-, tetra- | four |
| centi- | one hundred or one-hundredth |
| milli- | one thousandth |
| diplo- | double |
| hemi-,semi | half |
| multi-, poly- | many |
| pan- | all |
| primi- | first |
| super-, ultra- | excessive |
| peri-, circum- | around |
| contra- | against or opposed |
| dia- | through |
| ecto-, exo-, ex-, extra- | out, without, away from |
| en-, end-, endo- | inside |
| epi- | above, on |
| hypo-, infra-, sub- | beneath, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ipsi- | same |
| meso-, mid- | middle |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| per- | through or by |
| post- | after, behind |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| supra-, super- | above, beyond |
| sym-, syn- | joined, together |
| trans- | across |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
| a-. an- | no, without |
| in- | not, inside |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| mal- | bad |
| tachy- | fast |
| alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| gen/o | beginning, origin, genes |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -genesis | producing or forming |
| gram/o | to record |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movemen, motion |
| leps/o; -lepsy | seizure |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | process of destruction |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| malac/o | soft |
| metr/o, metr/i | measure or uterine tissue |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| phag/o | eat, ingest |
| -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing |
| phas/o; -phasia | speech |
| pleg/o; -plegia | paralysis |
| schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler/o | hard |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| scop/o | to view, to examine |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | process of examining visually |
| troph/o; -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| cephal/o | head |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| dips/o | thirst |
| hist/o | tissue |
| myc/o | fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| necr/o | dead |
| optic/o, opt/o | vision |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| therm/o | heat |
| top/o | position |
| ech/o, son/o | sound |