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Medical terminology
Module 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| prim- | first |
| pro- | before |
| quadr(i) | four |
| para- | abnormal |
| path(o) | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| re- | again |
| retro- | backwards |
| -rrhage | burst forth |
| -rrhaphy | surgical surturing |
| -rhee | flowing, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition, disease |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| mon(o) | single |
| neo- | new |
| -oid | resemblance to |
| -logist | someone who study a certain field |
| -logy | practice of a certain field |
| -lysis | destruction, seperation |
| macr(o) | large |
| -malacia | softening |
| meg(a), -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measurement |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micro- | small |
| -ist | specialize in |
| -ite | nature of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| intra- | within |
| -ism | disease |
| iso- | equal |
| idio- | self |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| latr(o) | pertaining to medicine |
| -iatry | certain body parts |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| hyper- | above |
| hyp(o) | below |
| -iasis | condition |
| hemi- | one, half |
| heter(o) | in addition |
| home(o) | similar |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graph | record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gen | born in |
| -genic | formative |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| ex- | out of |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| endo- | inside |
| epi- | on, upon |
| eu- | true, good |
| ect(o) | outer, outside |
| -ectasis, -ectasia | dilation, removal |
| -ectomy | resection, excision |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficuly |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| di- | two |
| dis- | taking apart |
| cry(o) | cold |
| -cyte | vessel |
| -desis | together |
| -cele | pouching hernia |
| -centensis | puncture for aspiration |
| -cidal, -cide | killing, destroying |
| bi- | twice, double |
| bio- | life |
| brady- | slow |
| anti- | against |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| aut(o) | self |
| ana- | back, again |
| ansio- | unequal |
| ante- | position infront |
| algi(o) | pain |
| allo- | as an addition |
| an- | not, without |
| -al | pertaining to |
| alge(si) | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| a-, an- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| -ac, -acal | pertaining to |
| acr(o) | extremity |
| -ad | towards |
| ad- | motion towards |
| circum- | around another |
| co- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| xen(o) | foreign, different |
| -y | process of, condition |
| -trispy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -un(i) | one |
| -tomy | cutting, incising |
| tox(i), tox(o) | toxin, poison |
| trans- | across, through |
| supra- | above, excessive |
| tachy- | fast |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -stomy | creating of an opening |
| sub- | beneath |
| super- | excess, above |
| -scope | used for viewing |
| -scopy | used for viewing |
| -stasis | stop, stand |
| -penia | deficiency |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| phil(ia) | attraction for |
| -plasis | formation, development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
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