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100 Medterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anti- | against |
| neuro- | nerves or nervous system |
| -ology | study of |
| sub- | under or below |
| bradycardia | slow heart rate |
| hepat- | liver |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| trans- | across or through |
| hemorrhage | excessive bleeding |
| oste- | bones |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| dys- | difficult or painful |
| myo- | muscles |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| hyper- | excessive or above normal |
| ren- | kidneys |
| -pathy | disease or suffering |
| epi- | upon or above |
| anemia | deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin |
| cyto- | cells |
| -oma | tumor or mass |
| peri- | around or surrounding |
| arthr- | joints |
| -itis | inflammation |
| hyper- | excessive or above normal |
| cardi- | heart |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| a- or an- | without or lack of |
| tachycardia | rapid heart rate |
| dermat- | skin |
| -algia | pain |
| macro- | large or long |
| pulmon- | lungs |
| -lysis | destruction or breaking down |
| micro- | small |
| sangui- | blood |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| post- | after |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach and intestines |
| laryng- | larynx (voice box) |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| intra- | within |
| vaskul- | blood vessels |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate |
| pre- | before |
| spondyl- | vertebrae |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| multi- | many or multiple |
| cholecystectomy | surgical removal of the gallbladder |
| col- | colon |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| anti- | against |
| gloss- | tongue |
| -osis | condition or disease |
| circum- | around |
| hem- | blood |
| -gen | producing or origin |
| bi- | two |
| cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscle |
| nephro- | kidneys |
| -cele | hernia or swelling |
| pseudo- | false |
| rhin- | nose |
| -ectasis | dilation or expansion |
| super- | above or over |
| pleur- | pleura (lining of the chest cavity) |
| -phobia | fear of |
| contra- | against |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of bone and bone marrow |
| encephal- | brain |
| -tomy | incision or cutting |
| endo- | within |
| chondro- | cartilage |
| -uria | urine condition |
| a- or an- | without or lack of |
| myopathy | disease of muscle |
| gastro- | stomach |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| semi- | half |
| coagul- | clotting |
| -rhage | excessive flow or discharge |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
| trache- | trachea (windpipe) |
| -ist | specialist or practitioner |
| nulli- | none or zero |
| thromb- | clot |
| -crine | to secrete |
| ultra- | beyond or excessive |
| pyrexia | fever |
| vas- | blood vessels |
| -genesis | formation or creation |
| tachy- | fast or rapid |
| endocrin- | internal secretion (hormones) |
| -clast | breaker or destroyer |
| trans- | across or through |
| rhinorrhea | discharge from the nose |
| cephal- | head |
| -septic | infection or decay |
| auto- | self |
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