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MedicalTerminology
Medical Terminology 125
Question | Answer |
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Brady- | Slow |
A-; An- | Without |
Cyano- | Blue |
Dys- | Painful |
Exo- | Outside of |
Hyper- | Excessive; too much |
Hypo- | Too little; not enough |
Intra- | Within |
Leuko | White |
Peri- | Around |
Onco- | Tumor |
Retro- | Behind |
Tachy- | Fast |
-Algia | Fast |
-Asthenia | Weakness |
-Cele | swelling, hernia, tumor |
-Otomy | incision into |
-Pathy | Disease |
-Penia | Shortage of |
-Plasty | repair of |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage | excessive flow |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rhea | flow or discharge |
-tripsy | to crush |
-uria | urine |
Aden | gland |
Angl | blood vessel |
Arthr | joint |
Broncho | Airway between the lungs |
Ceph | Head |
Chloe | Gall; bile |
Cost | rib |
Cyst | Bladder |
Enceph | Brain |
Gastr | Stomach |
Hem | Blood |
Hepat | Liver |
Nephro | Kidney |
Phleb | Vein |
Pneumo | Lung |
Rhino | Nose |
Mental | Chin |
Digits | fingers; toes |
Writis | Wrist |
Histi/o | tissue |
Viscer/o | of or pertaining to internal organs |
Fundus- | referring to the portion of the organ furthest from it's opening |
Formix- | Any vault-like or arched structure |
Epithelial Tissue | Composed of cells that line cavities and surfaces of structures throughout the body. |
Connective Tissue | Form of fibrous tissue. i.e. blood, cartilage, bone |
Muscular Tissue | force and cause motion. i.e. skeletal, cardiac, smooth |
Nervous Tissue | Main component of nervous system which regulates and controls body functions. i.e. brain, spinal cord, nerves. |
Ipsilateral | same side |
Contralateral | opposite sides |
Medial | Middle |
Lateral | sides |
Supine | lying on the back |
Prone | lying on the front |
Anterior | Front |
Posterior | Back |
Superior | Upward |
Inferior | Downward |
Unilateral | One Side |
Bilateral | Both Sides |
Superficial | Above the skin, or surface |
Deep | Below the skin |
Proximal | Near |
Distal | Far |
Dextrad | Right |
Sinistrad | Left |
Afferent | Toward |
Efferent | Away |