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M01 MT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -megaly (suffix) | Enlargement |
| -ous (suffix) | Pertaining to |
| Tachycardia | Fast/rapid pulse |
| Condition suffixes | -ism, -ia, -osis |
| Ex- (prefix) | Out |
| Trans- (prefix) | Through |
| Peri- (prefix) | Around |
| Ad- (prefix) | Toward |
| Ab- (prefix) | Away |
| Roots for lung | Pulmon/o, pneum/o |
| -spasm (suffix) | Autonomic contraction |
| -rrhexis (suffix) | Rupture |
| -rrhage (suffix) | Excessive flow |
| -ptosis (suffix) | Drooping |
| -penia (suffix) | Deficiency |
| -pathy (suffix) | Disease |
| -oma (suffix) | Tumor |
| The most common combining vowel | "O" |
| Osteotomy | Incision into a bone |
| What two languages is MT made primarily from? | Greek, Latin |
| Think of medical language as____ | Sentences to be translated |
| Pen- (Prefix) | Almost |
| Cardiac syllables | CAR/di/ac |
| Root definition | Foundation/subject of a term |
| Suffix definition | Ending that gives essential meaning to a term |
| Prefix definition | Added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root |
| Arthr/o (root) | Joint |
| Enter/o (root) | Small intestine |
| Gastr/o (root) | Stomach |
| Hepat/o (root) | Liver |
| Muscul/o, My/o (root) | Muscle |
| Angi/o, Vas/o, Vascul/o (root) | Vessel |
| Derm/o, Dermat/o, Cutane/o, | Skin |
| Pneum/o, Pneumon/o, Pulmon/o | Lung |
| 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 (suffix) | Pertaining to |
| -ia, -ism (suffix) | Condition |
| -ium (suffix) | Tissue, structure |
| -y (suffix) | Condition, Procedure |
| -icle, -ole, -ule, -ula (suffix) | Small |
| -iatrics, -iatry (suffix) | Medical science |
| -iatrist (suffix) | Specialist in medicine of |
| -ist (suffix) | Specialist |
| -logist (suffix) | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy (suffix) | Study of |
| -algia, -dynia (suffix) | Pain |
| -cele (suffix) | Hernia |
| -emia (suffix) | Blood condition |
| -iasis (suffix) | Prescence of |
| -itis (suffix) | Inflammation |
| -lysis (suffix) | Loosen, break down |
| -malacia (suffix) | Abnormal softening |
| -oid (suffix) | Resembling |
| -osis (suffix) | Condition |
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