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Med Term Chpt 1
Intro to Medical Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Eponym | something named for the person who discovered or invented it |
| Acronym | word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make up a phrase |
| Ultima | is the last syllable. |
| Penult | is the second-to-last syllable. |
| Antepenult | the one that is just before the penult (ante means before) |
| Root | foundation or subject of a term |
| Suffix | ending that gives essential meaning to the term |
| Prefix | added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root |
| gen/o | creation, cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | 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, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic , -tic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle, -ole, -ule, -ula | small |
| tom/o | to cut |
| -e, e-, ec-, ex- | out |
| -ectomy | to cut out, removal |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| -ist | speacialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resmebling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | punture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a-, an- | not |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| ante-, pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| dia-, trans- | through |
| ecto-, exo-, extra- | outside |
| en-, endo-, intra- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| bi- | two |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pain- | all |
| poly-, multi- | many |
| con-, syn-, sym- | with, together |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| peri- | around |
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