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Medical Term HLC160
Ch.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | without |
| anti-,contra- | against or opposed to |
| de- | from, down, or not |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | to, toward, near |
| circum-,peri- | around |
| dia-, trans- | across or through |
| e-, ec-, ex- | out or away |
| ecto-, exo-, extra-, | outside |
| en-, endo-, intra- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| inter- | between |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, after, or change |
| para- | alongside of or abnormal |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| sub-, infra- | below or under |
| bi- | two or both |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| hyper- | above or excessive |
| hypo- | below or deficient |
| macro- | large or long |
| micro- | small |
| mono-,uni- | one |
| oligo- | few or deficient |
| pan- | all |
| poly-, multi- | many |
| quadr- | four |
| super-, supra- | above excessive |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond or excessive |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after or behind |
| re- | again or back |
| con-, syn-, sym- | together or with |
| dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
| eu- | good or normal |
| neo- | new |
| abdomin/o, lapar/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremity or topmost |
| aden/o | gland |
| aer/o | air or gas |
| angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o | skin |
| dextr/o | right or on the right side |
| erythr/o | red |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | origin or production |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -genesis | origin or production |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | formation or presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| -phil, -philia | attraction |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth( usually blood) |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | excison or removal |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -tomy | incision |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -e | noun marker |
| -ia, -ism | condition of |
| -ium | structure or tissue |
| -ation, -y | condition or process of |
| -ac | cardiac |
| -al | pedal |
| -ar | glandular |
| -ary | pulmonary |
| -eal | esophageal |
| -ic | toxic |
| -ous | fibrous |
| -tic | cyanotic |
| -icle | ventricle |
| -ole | bronchiole |
| -ula | macula |
| -ule | postule |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iatrics, -iatry | treatment |
| -logy | study |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | examination |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
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