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module 1 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | not |
| ab | away |
| ad | toward |
| an | not |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| con | with |
| contra | against |
| de | down |
| dia | through |
| dys | bad |
| e | out |
| ec | out |
| ecto | outside |
| en | in |
| endo | in |
| epl | upon |
| eu | good |
| ex | out |
| exo | outside |
| extra | outside |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | over |
| hypo | under |
| inter | between |
| intra | in |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| multi | many |
| oligo | few |
| pan | all |
| peri | around |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pro | before |
| re | again |
| semi | half |
| sub | beneath |
| sym | with |
| syn | with |
| tachy | fast |
| trans | through |
| uni | one |
| angl/o | blood vessel |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | generation, cause |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| neur/o | nerve |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| vas/o, vascul/o | blood vessel |
| xen/o | foreign |
| ac | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| ar, ary | pertaining to |
| cele | hernia |
| centesis | puncture |
| desis | binding |
| dynia | pain |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ectomy | removal |
| emia | blood condition |
| gram | written record |
| graphy | writing procedure |
| la | condition |
| lasis | presence of |
| latrics | medical science |
| latrist | specialist in medicine of |
| latry | medical science |
| ic | pertaining to |
| icle | small |
| ism | condition |
| ist | specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| lum | tissue, structure |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | loosen, break down |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | instrument used to measure |
| oid | resembling |
| ole | small |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition |
| ous | pertaining to |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | dificiency |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | reconstruction |
| ptosis | drooping |
| rrhage, rrhagia | excessive flow |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhea | flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| scope | instrument used to look |
| scopy | process of looking |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| stomy | creation of an opening |
| tic | pertaining to |
| tomy | incision |
| ula | small |
| y | condition, process |
| metry | process of measuring |
| graph | instrument used to produce a record |