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Medical terminology
Medical Core Ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a/an | without, away from, not, negative |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | deficient, decreased |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| end-,endo | within, in, inside |
| hyper- | over, above, increased, excessive |
| hypo- | under, below, decreased |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within, inside |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| super/supra | above, excessive |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| ac, al, ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -centesis | punture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood or blood condition |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -gram/graph | resulting film or record |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | destrcution, separation, breaking down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -necrosis | death of tissue |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condtion |
| -ostomy | surically creating a new opening |
| -otomy | incision, cut into |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -peri | around, surrounding |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -scopy | to see, visual examination |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -tripsy | to crush, destruction |
| -trophy | development, growth |
| abdomn/o | abdomen |
| angi/o | pertaining to blood or lymph vessels |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o card/o | heart |
| col/o | colon |
| cost/o | rib |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gonad/o | sex gland |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepst/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| men/o | tissue |
| mening/o | meninges, membranes |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| nat/o (natal) | birth |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| seb/o | sebum |
| ur/o | urine, urinary |
| xer/o | dry |
| gate | a structure that opens and closes within a fencing unit |
| gait | the way a person walks |
| ileum | intestines, in the gastrointestineal system |
| ilium | ribs, in the skeltal system |
| dysphagia | difficulty eating |
| dysphasia | difficulty speaking |
| pyelo | renal pelvis |
| pyo | pus |
| myo | muscle |
| myelo | both marrow and spinal cord |
| mucus | a subsatnce secreted by mucus membranes |
| palpation | examine with hands |
| palpitation | pounding or racing heart |
| prostate | male gland |
| prostrate | collapse, overcome with exhaustion |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Melan/o | black |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Poli/o | gray |
| rrhagia/rrhage | abnormal, excessive bursting forth flow |
| rrhaphy | suture or stitch |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
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