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Med Term Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What ancient languages did Medical Language originate from? | Greek and Latin |
| What modern languages is Medical Language used in? | German, French, and English |
| Ultima | Last syllable |
| Penult | Almost last syllable |
| Antepenult | Third to last syllable |
| Root | Subject |
| Prefix | Beginning modification |
| Suffix | Ending modification - essential meaning |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Enter/o | Small intestine |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Hem/o | Blood |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Muscul/o | Muscle |
| Angl/o | Vessel |
| Vas/o | Vessel |
| Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Dermat/o | Skin |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Pneum/o | Lung |
| Pneumon/o | Lung |
| 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 | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ism | Condition |
| -ium | Tissue, structure |
| -y | Condition, procedure |
| -icle | Small |
| -ole | Small |
| -ule | Small |
| -ula | Small |
| -iatrics | Medical science |
| -iatry | Medical science |
| -iatrist | Specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -logist | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy | Study of |
| -algia | Pain |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -iasis | Presence of |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lysis | Loosen, break down |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -ptosis | Drooping |
| -rrhage | Excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | Excessive flow |
| -rrhea | Flow |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -spasm | Involuntary contraction |
| -centisis | Puncture |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | Instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | Writing procedure |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -scope | Instrument used to look |
| -scopy | Process of looking |
| -desis | Binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | Removal |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -plasty | Reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -stomy | Creation of an opening |
| -tomy | Incision |
| a- | Not |
| an- | Not |
| anti- | Against |
| contra- | Against |
| de- | Down, away from |
| ante- | Before |
| pre- | Before |
| pro- | Before, on behalf of |
| brady- | Slow |
| tachy- | Fast |
| post- | After |
| re- | Again |
| ab- | Away |
| ad- | Toward |
| circum- | Around |
| peri- | Around |
| dia- | Through |
| trans- | Through |
| e- | Out |
| ec- | Out |
| ex- | Out |
| ecto- | Outside |
| exo- | Outside |
| extra- | Outside |
| en- | In, inside |
| endo- | In, inside |
| intra- | In, inside |
| epi- | Upon |
| sub- | Beneath |
| inter- | Between |
| bi- | Two |
| hemi- | Half |
| semi- | Half |
| hyper- | Over |
| hypo- | Under |
| macro- | Large |
| micro- | Small |
| mono- | One |
| uni- | One |
| aligo- | Few |
| pan- | All |
| poly- | Many |
| multi- | Many |
| con- | With, together |
| syn- | With, together |
| sym- | With, together |
| dys- | Bad |
| eu- | Good |
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