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Medical Terminology
Extra Credit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articulo/o | joint |
| card/o, cardi/o | heart |
| duct/o | to lead; to carry |
| electr/o | electr/o electricity |
| fasci/o | fasci/o fibrous band; fascia |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| flex/o | to bend |
| kines/o, kinesi/o movement | movement |
| lei/o | smooth |
| mscul/o | muscle |
| my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| orth/o | straight; normal |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| son/o | sound |
| tax/o | coordination |
| ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o | tendon |
| tens/o | stretched |
| ton/o | tone, tension |
| vers/o | turn, turning |
| a, an | not, without |
| ab | away |
| ad | toward |
| bi | two, both |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| dorsi | back |
| dys | painful, difficult |
| e,ex | out, away from |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | above, above normal, excessive |
| hypo | below , below normal |
| in | in, into, not |
| par, para | near, beside, alongside |
| quadri | four |
| tachy | fast |
| tri | three |
| suffix | meaning |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| asthenia | weakness |
| cele | hernia swelling, protrustion |
| ceps | heads |
| dynia | pain |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| gram | record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ia | condition |
| ion | process, state |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | breakdown |
| malacia | softening |
| oma | tumor mass |
| -paresis | weakness |
| penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| tonia | tone, tension |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |