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Ch 4
Med Term 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abdomin | Abdomen |
| An | Anus |
| Bi | Life |
| Cardi | Heart |
| Carp | Carpals (wrist bones) |
| Cis | To cut |
| Cost | Ribs |
| Crani | Skull |
| Cutane | Skin |
| Dur | Dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding brain spinal cord) |
| Gen | To produce, begin |
| Glyc | Surgar |
| Hemat | Blood |
| Later | Side |
| Men | Menses |
| Nat | Birth |
| Neur | Nerve |
| Norm | Rule, order |
| Oste | Bone |
| Peritone | Peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen) |
| Plas | Formation, growth, development |
| Ren | Kidney |
| Scapul | Scapula (shoulder blade) |
| Son | Sound |
| Thyroid | Thyroid gland |
| Top | To put, place, position |
| Troph | Development, nourishment |
| Urethr | Urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body) |
| Ven | Vein |
| Vertebr | Vertebra (backbone) |
| Al | Pertaining to |
| Ation | Process, condition |
| Cision | Process of cutting |
| Crine | Secretion |
| Dipsia | Thrist |
| Emia | Blood condition |
| Gen | To produce |
| Graphy | Process of recording |
| Ia | Condition |
| Ine | Pertaining to |
| Ism | Condition, process |
| Lapse | To fall, slide |
| Lysis | Loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction |
| Meter | Measure |
| Mission | To send |
| Mortem | Death |
| Oma | Tumor, mass |
| Ous | Pertaining to |
| Partum | Birth |
| Pathy | Disease condition |
| Phagia | Eating |
| Phasia | Speech |
| Plasia | Formation (condition) |
| Plasm | Formation (tissue) |
| Plegia | Paralysis |
| Pnea | Breathing |
| Rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| Scopy | Visual exam |
| Section | To cut |
| Stasis | Stand, place, stop, control |
| Tension | Pressure |
| Thesis | To put, place |
| Tic | Pertaining to |
| Trophy | Nourishment, development |
| Um | Urine condition |
| Y | Process, condition |
| Bi | Two, both |
| Brady | Slow |
| Con | With, together |
| Dia | Complete, through |
| Dys | Painful, abnormal |
| Ec | Out, outside |
| Endo | Within, in, inner |
| Epi | Above, upon |
| Ex | Out |
| Extra | Outside of |
| Hemi | Half |
| Hyper | Excessive |
| Hypo | Deficient |
| In | In, into |
| Inter | Between |
| Intra | Within |
| Mal | Bad |
| Meta | Change, beyond |
| Neo | New |
| Micu | Medical Intensive Care |
| Msicu | Medical surgical intensive care |
| Pacu | Post anesthesia care unit |
| Picu | Pediatric or psychiatric intensive care unit |
| Sicu | Surgical intensive care unit |
| Para | Beside, near, along the side of |
| Peri | Surrounding |
| Poly | Many |
| Post | After |
| Pre | Before |
| Pro/Pros | Before, forward |
| Quadri | Four |
| Re | Back, behind |
| Retro | Back, behind |
| Sub | Under, less than |
| Syn | With, together |
| Tachy | Fast |
| Trans | Across, through |
| Tri | Three |
| Ultra | Beyond |
| Uni | One |