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HSO Final Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dermat | skin |
| arthr | joint |
| respir | breathe |
| enter | intestines |
| gastr | stomach |
| abd | abdomen |
| hemat | blood |
| hem | blood |
| oste | bone |
| cardi | heart |
| append | appendix |
| rhin | nose |
| herni | hernia |
| trache | trachea, wind pipe |
| lith | stone |
| cyst | urinary bladder |
| neur | nerve |
| erythr | red |
| arteri | artery |
| gynec | female |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -uria | urine |
| -dialysis | to separatte |
| -crit | to separate |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -philia | attraction |
| -ptysis | spit |
| -rrhage | to flow profusely |
| -rrhoid | to flow |
| -desis | fixation |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suture |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tomy | surgical incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -algia | pain |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| circum- | around |
| endo- | inside |
| epi- | upon |
| exo- | outside |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| para- | alongside |
| peri- | surrounding |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| retro- | backward |
| supra- | above |
| trans- | through |
| ultra- | beyond |
| tachy- | fast |
| brady- | slow |
| psych | mind |
| pediatr- | treatment of children |
| dent | tooth |
| ven | vein |
| bio | life |
| cis | to cut |
| crine | to secrete |
| dermis | skin |
| trophy | nourishment |
| cost | rib |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -genesis | produce |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| derm | skin |
| nat | birth |
| gnosis | knowledge of an abnormal condition |
| tens | pressure |
| vertebr | spine |
| -iatry | treatment, medical specialty |
| -ician | specialist |
| -icle | small |
| -ist | specialist |
| -istry | medical specialty |
| di- | two |
| eu- | normal |
| hemi- | half |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many, much |
| quadri- | four |