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Terminology Tech
Terminology for Pharm Tech
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an | without |
| ambi | both |
| ante, pre, pro | before |
| anti | against |
| bi | two or both |
| brady | slow |
| chlor | green |
| circum, peri | around |
| cirrh, xanth | yellow |
| con, sym, syn | with |
| contra | against |
| cyan | blue |
| dia, trans | across or through |
| dis | seperate from or apart |
| dys | painful or difficult |
| ec | away or out |
| ecto, exo | outside |
| endo, intra | within |
| epi | upon |
| erythr, rube | red |
| eu | good or normal |
| hemi, semi | half |
| heter | different |
| hyper, super, supra | above or excessive |
| hypo | below or deficient |
| im, in | not |
| immun | safe, protected |
| infra, sub | below or under |
| inter | between |
| iso | equal |
| leuk | white |
| macro | large |
| medi, mid, meso | middle |
| melan | black |
| meta | beyond, after, changing |
| micro, icle, ula, ule, ole | small |
| mono, uni | one |
| multi, poly | many |
| neo | new |
| pan | all |
| para | alongside of or abnormal |
| polio | gray |
| post, retro | after |
| pseudo | false |
| purpur | purple |
| quadri | four |
| re | again or back |
| tachy | fast |
| tri | three |
| ultra | beyond or excessive |
| xer | dry |
| ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ous, tic | pertaining to |
| algia, cynia | pain |
| asthenia | without strength |
| cele | pouching or hernia |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| ectomy | removal |
| emia | blood conditioin |
| genic | origin or production |
| gram | record |
| graph | recording instrument |
| graphy | recording process |
| ia, ism | condition of |
| iasis | condition, formation of |
| iatry | treatment |
| itis | inflammation |
| ium | tissue or structure |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | measuring instrument |
| metry | measuring process |
| mycosis | fungal infection |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| opia, opsia | vision |
| osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| osmia | smell |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease |
| phagia | swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction for |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation |
| plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| rrhage | to burst forth |
| rrhea | discharge |
| sclerosis | narrowing, constriction |
| scope | examination instrument |
| scopy | examination |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| statis | stop or stand |
| tocia | childbirth, labor |
| tomy | incision |
| toxic | poison |
| tropic | stimulate |
| y | condition, process of |
| angi | vessel |
| aort | aorta |
| card | heart |
| oxy | oxygen |
| pector | chest |
| phleb, ven | vein |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| thromb | clot (blood) |
| vas(cu) | blood vessel |
| adrena | adrenal |
| glyc | sugar |
| lipid, adip | fat |
| nepher, ren | kidney |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| somat | body |
| thym | thymus |
| chol | bile |
| col | colon |
| duoden | duodenum |
| enter | intestine |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gastr | stomach |
| hepat | liver |
| lapar | abdomen |
| cutane, derma | skin |
| hist | tissue |
| kerat | hard |
| mast, mamm | breast |
| necr | death |
| onych | nail |
| aden | gland |
| cyt | cell |
| hemo, hemat | blood |
| lymph | lymph |
| splen | spleen |
| chondr | cartilage |
| my | muscle |
| fibr | fiber |
| tendin | tendon |
| emesis | vomit |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| dementio | to be mad |