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Med term 3B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab | from, away from |
| abduction | movement of a limb away from the body |
| ad | toward |
| adduction | movement toward the body |
| circum | around |
| ren | kidney |
| al | pertaining to |
| circumrenal | pertaining to the area around he kidney |
| peri | around |
| odont | teeth |
| periodontal | pertaining to the area around the teeth |
| dia | through, accross |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| diarrhea | flow through |
| trans | through, accross |
| vagin | vagina |
| transvaginal | pertaining to across or around the vagina |
| ecto | outside, outward |
| gen | forming, producing, origin |
| ous | pertaining to |
| ectogenous | forming outside |
| exo | outside, outward |
| extra | outside, outward |
| tropia | turning |
| crani | cranium (skull) |
| exotropia | turning outward |
| extracranial | pertaining to outside the skull |
| para | near beside |
| nas | nose |
| paranasal | beside the nose |
| super | upper, above |
| supra | above, excessive, superior |
| ultra | excess, beyond |
| ior | pertaining to |
| superior | pertaining to above or the upper part of a structure |
| suprarenal | pertaining to above the kidney |
| son | sound |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ultrasonic | pertaining to a sound beyond (that which the human ear can hear) |
| a- | without, not |
| an- | without, not |
| mast | breast |
| ia | condition |
| amastia | without a breast |
| esthes | feeling |
| anesthesia | without feeling |
| anti | against |
| contra | against |
| bacteri | bacteria |
| ception | conceiving |
| contraception | against conceiving |
| auto | self, own |
| graft | transplantation |
| autograft | transplantation to self |
| brady | slow |
| dys | bad, painful, difficult |
| eu | good, normal |
| cardia | heart |
| tocia | childbirth, labor |
| pnea | breathing |
| bradycardia | slow heart rate |
| dystocia | difficult childbirth |
| eupnea | normal breathing |
| hetero | different |
| heterograft | different transplantation (aka xenograft) |
| homo | same |
| homograft | same transplantation (allograft) |
| homeoplasia | formation or growth of same (or similar tissue) |
| plasia | formation, growth |
| tachy | rapid |
| pnea | breathing |
| tachypnea | rapid breathing |