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Module 1
Medical Terminology chapter 1-3 plus study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- an- | absence or without |
| ab- | away from |
| -ac -acal | pertaining to |
| acr(o) | Extremity, topmost |
| -ad | toward, in the direction of |
| ad- | increase, adherence, motion toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| alge(si)- | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| algi(o) | pain |
| allo- | different, or an additional |
| an- | not, without |
| ana- | back, again, up |
| ansio- | describing something as unequal |
| ante- | positioned in front of another thing |
| anti- | against or opposed to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| aut(o)- | self |
| bi- | two |
| bio- | life |
| brady- | slow |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cidal -cide | killing, destroying |
| circum- | around (something around another) |
| co- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| cry(o)- | cold |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding |
| di- | two |
| dia- | through, across |
| dis- | separation, taking apart |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ect(o)- | outer, outside |
| -ectasis -ectasia | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| endo- | inside or within |
| epi- | above , upon |
| eu- | good, well |
| ex- | away from |
| exo- | outside of another |
| extra- | outside |
| -gen gen(o)- genesis- | forming, producing, origin |
| -genic | pertaining to producing |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| hemi- | half |
| heter(o)- | different |
| home(o)- | similar or same |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hyp(o)- | less or below normal |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatr(o) | pertaining to medicine or physician |
| -iatry | a field of medicine of a certain body type |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| idio- | self |
| infra - | below, inferior |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| -ism | condition |
| iso- | equal |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -ite | the nature of resembling |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | someone who studies a certain field |
| -logy | study of a certain field |
| -lysis | separation, loosening |
| -macro | large |
| -malacia | softening |
| meg(a)- megaly- | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micro- | small |
| mon(o)- | single, one |
| neo- | new |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | a conditon, disease or increase |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| para- | near, beside, beyond |
| path(o) | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| -phil(ia) | attraction for |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair, reconstruction |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| prim- | first, or most important |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| quadr(i)- | four |
| re- | again, backwards |
| retro- | backwards, behind |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flowing discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for viewing, examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stomy | creation of an opening (mouth) |
| sub- | beneath |
| super- | above, superior |
| supra- | above, excessive |
| tachy- | fast |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision |
| tox (i) (o)- | poison |
| trans- | across or through |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| uni- | one |
| xen(o)- | foreign, different |
| -y | condition process |
| derma/ cutane | skin |
| nephr(o)/ ren | kidney |
| stomat/ or | mouth |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| hepat(o) | liver |
| oste(o) | bone |
| esthes | feeling |
| therm | heat |
| my-/ muscul- | muscle |
| nas- rhin- | nose |
| ur- | urine |
| nat- | birth |
| enter- | intestine |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| arthr- | joint |
| splen- | spleen |
| hyster- | uterus |
| neur- | nerve |
| ot- | ear |
| lith- | stone, calculus |
| mast- | breast |
| cardi- | heart |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -al | pertains to |
| -ia | condition |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | removal, excision |
| -emisis | vomiting |
| -dynia | pain |
| -centesis | surgical punctiure |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -clasis | to break surgically |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a joint) |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -pexy | fixation of an organ |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speach |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation, growth (of tissue) |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ole | small |
| -ule | small |
| infra- | under, below |
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