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MED TERM**
chapter 1,2,3,4,19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| infra | beneath |
| inter | between |
| intra | into, within |
| macro | large |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre= | before, in front of |
| pro- | before, forward |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sub- | under |
| supra- | above, upper |
| syn, sym- | together, withsym- B, M, P |
| tachy- | rapid/fast |
| trans- | accross, through |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| alveol/o- | small sac |
| cac/o | bad |
| carcin/o- | cancer, cancerous |
| cauter/o | burn/ heat |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyst/o- | sac of fluid |
| fibr/o- | fibers |
| follicul/o | small glandular sacs |
| fung/i | fungus, mushroom |
| medull/o | soft, inner part |
| mucos/o | mucous membrane |
| mut/a | genetic change |
| mutagen/o | causing genetic change |
| necr/o | dead |
| onc/o- | tumor |
| papill/o- | nipple-like |
| pharmac/o- | chemical, drug |
| plas/o | formation |
| polyp/o- | polyp |
| radi/o | rays, x-rays |
| sarc/o- | flesh |
| scirrh/o- | hard |
| xer/o- | dry |
| -blastoma | immature tumor |
| -genesis | formation |
| -oma | mass, tumor |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -suppression | to stop |
| -therapy | treatment |
| ana- | backward |
| apo- | off, away |
| brachy- | short(distance) |
| epi- | upon |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| prot/o- | first |
| tele- | far |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | coccyx |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -logy | the process of studying |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficient |