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PCC MP 111 TEST 1
PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, CFs, TERMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Inguin/o | groin |
| Pelv/i | pelvis |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Cephal/o | head |
| Hemat/o | blood |
| Angi/o | vessel |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Son/o | sound |
| Tom/o | to cut |
| Ped/o | feet, kid |
| Umbilic/o | umbilicus, naval |
| Coccyg/o | coccyx |
| Esthesi/o | sensation |
| Vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| Crani/o | cranium, skull |
| Ili/o | ilium |
| Dist/o | far, farthest |
| Thorac/o | chest |
| Fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| Viscer/o | internal organs |
| Ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| Caud/o | tail |
| Dors/o | back |
| Fluor/o | luminous, fluorescence |
| Sarc/o | flesh |
| Path/o | disease |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Medi/o | middle |
| Append/o | appendix |
| Therapeut/o | treatment |
| Immun/o | immune |
| Later/o | side, to one side |
| Sacr/o | sacrum |
| Vascul/o | vessel |
| My/o | muscle |
| Psych/o | mind |
| Anter/o | anterior, front |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Lumb/o | loins |
| Spin/o | spine |
| Proxim/o | near, nearest |
| Poster/o | back, behind, posterior |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -dynia | pain |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -ose | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -rrhagia | forth |
| -algia | pain |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -scope | instrument to view or examine |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -iatry | medicine, treatment |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -y | condition |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -pexy | suspension, fixation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -lucent | to shine, clear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -oma | tumor |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -clasis | to break |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -rrhage | bursting |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -edema | swelling |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ician | specialist |
| -ist | specialist |
| -malacia | softening |
| -pathy | disease |
| -opaque | obscure |
| Peri- | around |
| Dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| Circum- | around |
| Poly- | much, many |
| Sub- | under, below |
| Dia- | through, across |
| Para- | near, beside, beyond |
| An- | without, not |
| a- | without, not |
| hypo- | under, below |
| post- | after, behind |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| supra- | above, excessive |
| Epi- | above, upon |
| Tachy- | rapid |
| Brady- | slow |
| Syn- | union, together, joined |
| Ad- | toward |
| Intra- | in, within |
| Im- | not |
| Neo- | new |
| Infra- | under, below |
| Iso- | same, equal |
| Micro- | small |
| Dipl- | double |
| Endo- | in, within |
| Inter- | between |
| Trans- | through, across |
| Echo- | repeated sound |
| In- | in, not |
| Pseudo- | false |
| Macro- | large |
| Ab- | from, away from |
| Retro- | backward, behind |
| Ultra- | excess, beyond |
| Deep | Away from the surface |
| External | Outside, exterior to |
| Internal | within, interior to |
| Superficial | toward or on the surface |
| Inferior | below; toward the tail |
| Superior | above; toward the head |
| Prone | lying flat on the abdomen with the head turned slightly to the side with arms with above the head and extended or alongside the body |
| Supine | lying flat on the back with arms at the sides or above the head |
| Diaphragm | A thick muscular wall that separated the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities. |
| barium sulfate | A contrast medium used in diagnostic contrast studies of the gastrointestinal (GI) system. |
| catheter | A hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel or cavity of the body to inject or remove fluids. |
| coldspot | Light shades of gray on a scan that indicate a decreased uptake of a radiopharmaceutical substance. |
| contrast medium | A substance that is injected into the body, via catheter or swallowed, to facilitate radiographic imaging of internal structures that otherwise are difficult to visualize on x-ray films. |
| hotspot | Darker shades of gray on a scan that indicate an increased uptake of a radiopharmaceutical substance. |
| radiation | Emission of x-rays from a common source; used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. |
| radioisotope | A radioactive isotope of an element; used for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. |
| radiopharmaceutical | Radioactive chemical occurring either as an individual element or as an element attached to another substance called a carrier. It is used in testing the location, sixe, outline, or function of tissues, organs, vessels, or body fluids. |