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Medical Terminology
Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cutane/o | skin |
| plas/o | growth |
| cis/o -section | to cut |
| cost/o | rib |
| hemat/o | blood |
| later/o | side |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ism | condition |
| -cision | process of cutting |
| an/o | anus |
| -mortem | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| son/o | sound |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| -phasia | speech |
| -lysis | breakdown or destruction |
| uni- | one |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| bilateral | both sides |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four limbs |
| A patient has bilateral injuries from a motorcycle accident. What possible injuries might he have? | broken right wrist and sprained left ankle |
| hemi- | half |
| poly- | many |
| a- and an- | no, not, without, or none |
| con- and syn- | with or together |
| hemicrania | a type of headache that occurs only in one half of the head |
| -crania | of the head |
| hemiplegia | paralysis that affects only one half or one side of the body |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| apnea | without breathing and is the temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep |
| anemia | a blood condition characterized by a lack of erythrocytes, or red blood cells |
| polycystic | a genetic disorder in which many cysts form on the kidney. |
| congenital | if a person is born with a disorder |
| spina bifida | a congenital fissure of the vertebral column |
| syndactyly | congenital disorder in which fingers or toes are fused together |
| dactyl/o | fingers or toes |
| syndrome | a condition characterized by a set of symptoms that occur together |
| therm/o | temperature |
| ultrafiltration | allows for more than the usual separation |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, or abnormal |
| dyspnea | difficult breathing |
| dysuria | painful or difficult urine |
| dysplasia | an abnormality of development of organs or tissues |
| -plasia | development |
| mal- | bad |
| neo- | new |
| -plasm | formation |
| tumor | or neoplasm |
| Abnormal growth of cells | dysplasia |
| Painful or difficult urination | dysuria |
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