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Term/Definition- C1

Term/Definition

Term/ Roots DefinitionExamples
Mono-, uni- One
Bi- Two
Tri- Three
Ab- Away from
Ad- Toward
Ecto-, exo- Outside
Endo- Inside
Epi- upon
Anterior or ventral At or near the front surface of the body
Posterior or dorsal At or near the rear surface of the body
Superior Above
Inferior Below
Inferior Side
Distal Farthest from center
Proximal Nearest to center
Ambi- Both
Dys- Bad, painful, difficult
Eu- Good, normal
Homo- Same
Iso- Equal, same
Mal- Bad. poor
-algia Pain
-emia Blood
-itis Inflammation
-lysis Destruction, break down
-oid Like
-opathy Disease of
-pnea Breathing
-centesis Puncture a cavity to remove fluid
-ectomy Surgical removal or excision
-ostomy A new permanent opening
-otomy Cutting into, incision
-orrhaphy Surgical repair or suture
-opexy Surgical fixation
-oplasty Surgical repair
-otripsy Crushing or destroying
Ultima the last syllable
Penult the almost last syllable
Antepenult the one that is just before the penult
Cardiac car/di/ac KAR/dee/ak
cardiology car/di/o/lo/gy kar/dee/AW/loh/jee
Root foundation or subject of the term
Suffix ending that gives essential meaning to the term
Prefix added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modiify the root
gen/o (JIN-oh) creation, cause pathogenic
hydr/o (HAI-droh) water hydrophobia, dehydration
morph/o (MOR-foh) change morphology
myc/o (MAI-koh) fungus dermatomycosis
necr/o (NEH-kroh) death necrosis
orth/o (OR-thoh) straight orthodontist
path/o (PAH-thoh) suffering, disease pathology
phag/o (FAY-goh) eat aphagia
plas/o (PLAH-soh) formation hyperplasia
py/o (PAI-oh) pus pyorrhea, pyemia
scler/ o (SKLEH-roh) hard scleroderma
sten/o (STIH-noh) narrowing stenosis
troph/o (TROH-foh) nourishment, development trophonlogy, hypertrophy
xen/o (ZEE-noh) foreign xenograft
Adjective often mean pertaining to
Noun turn the root into a noun
Diminutive transfroms a term's meaning to a smaller version
Created by: lourdes08
 

 



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