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Med Terms HA
Mr. G Medical Terms for the Health Assistant Student
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| geront/o | old age, elderly |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lip/o | fat |
| my/o | muscle |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o, opthtal/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pneum/o | lung |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ven/o, phleb/o | vein |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| anti- | againts |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two, double |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | less than, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| multi- | many |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front |
| pseudo- | false |
| quad- | four |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under, below |
| tachy- | fast |
| -ac, -al, -eal, -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cide | to kill, destroy |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, removal |
| -emia | blood condition, blood |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -lithiasis | presences of stones |
| -ology | study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, mass or swelling |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -pathy | disease, disease process |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing, respiration |
| -rrhea | drainage, runny discharge, flow |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -stasis | stoppage, to stop, control; place |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of a mouth |