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MT EXAM 1
Chapters 1-6
Term | Definition |
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Root | The main or core meaning of the word |
Combining form | A vowel that connects other word elements together |
Prefix | A word element that goes before the root; can change the meaning of the word |
Suffix | A word element that goes after the root; can change the meaning of the word |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | one who studies |
-logy | study of |
-scopy | visual exam |
-desis | fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-chezia | to pass a stool |
-crit | to separate |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-lysis | destruction |
-oma | mass, tumor |
-philia | attraction |
-ptysis | spit |
-rrhage | to flow profusely |
-rrhoid | to flow |
-uria | urine |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | surgical suture |
-stomy | surgical formation of an opening |
-tomy | surgical incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-algia | pain |
-ectasis | dilation |
-edema | accumulation of fluid in the tissues |
-emesis | vomiting |
-genesis | to form/produce |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | lack of, deficiency |
-phobia | fear of |
-stenosis | narrowing |
suffixes that mean pertaining to: | al, ac, ary, ior, tic |
-iatry | treatment, medical specialty |
-ician | specialist, expert |
-icle | small, minute |
-ist | specialist, expert |
-istry | medical specialty |
-ole | small, minute |
-ule | small, minute |
peri- | around |
endo- | within/inside |
epi- | above |
hypo- | below |
ante- | before |
anti- | against |
circum- | around |
exo- | outside, outward |
hyper- | above, excess |
inter- | between |
intra- | inside, within |
para- | adjacent, alongside |
post- | after |
pre- | before |
retro- | backward |
supra- | above, excessive |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | higher, beyond |
bi- | two, twice, double |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
di- | two |
eu- | normal |
hemi- | half |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mono- | one |
multi- | many |
pan- | all |
poly- | excessive |
primi- | first |
quadri- | four |
tri- | three |
uni- | single, one |
ab- | away from |
ad- | towards |
ante- | coming before, in front of |
post- | coming after, behind |
sub- | under, beneath |
syn- | coming together |
medical | Latin; pertaining to the practice of medicine |
care | English; to worry; to look after and tend to |
breath | English; single cycle of inhaling and exhaling |
cough | English; to expel breath from your lungs |
mucus | Latin; clear, sticky secretion |
record | Latin; to remember; an account of a patients medical history |
patient | English; to suffer/ to undergo; person who is under medical treatment |
knee | Englsih; an angular shape; joint or junction between upper and lower leg |
apex | Latin; tip or summit |
patent | Latin; open or exposed |
quadrant | Latin; quarter |
umbilicus | Latin; navel or belly button |
toxin | Greek; poison |
lymph | Latin; clear spring water |
breech | English; buttocks |
specialist | Latin; of a given species; one who devotes professional attention to a particular subject or area |
-um | structure |
Color of Roots and combining forms | pink |
Color of prefixes | green |
Color of Suffixes | blue |
Singular ending -a | Plural ending -ae |
Singular ending -ax | Plural ending -aces |
Singular ending -en | Plural ending -ina |
Singular ending -ex | Plural ending -ices |
Singular ending -is | Plural ending -es or -ides |
Singular ending -ix | Plural ending -ices |
Singular ending -ma | Plural ending -mata |
Singular ending -um | Plural ending -a |
Singular ending -on | Plural ending -a |
Singular ending -us | Plural ending -i |
Singular ending -x | Plural ending -ges |