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MED104
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ultima – | the last sylable |
| Penult – | the almost-last syllable |
| Antepenult – | the one that is just before the penult. |
| Hem/o and hemat/o | blood |
| Angi/o, vas/o, and vascul/o | vessel |
| gen | creation |
| hydro | sweat/water |
| morph | change |
| myc | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering/disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a, an | not |
| anti | against |
| de | down, away from |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| ab | away |
| ad | toward |
| circum | around |
| peri | around |
| dia, trans | through |
| e, ec, ex | out |
| ecto/exo | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| en, endo | inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | underneath |
| inter | between |
| bi | two |
| hemi | half |
| semi | half |
| hyper | over |
| hypo | under |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| uni | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pann | all |
| poly | many |
| multi | many |
| dys | bad |
| eu- | good |
| con | with, together |
| syn, sym | with, together |