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Unit 1
medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mono- Uni- | one |
| Bi | two |
| Tri | three |
| Ab | away |
| Ad | toward |
| Ecto Exo | outside |
| endo | within |
| Anterior or ventral | front of the body |
| Posterior or Dorsal | back of the body |
| Superior | toward the head or above another structure of the body |
| Inferior | below or closer to the feet |
| Lateral | direction that is further from the midline |
| Distal | location on the body that is farther away from the center |
| Proximal | location on the body that is closer to the trunk |
| Ambi | on both sides |
| Dys | difficulty, painful, abnormal |
| Eu | good, well, normal |
| Homo | same or alike |
| Iso | equal or same |
| Mal | bad or ill |
| Algia | pain |
| Emia | blood condition |
| Itis | inflammation |
| lysis | loosen, break down |
| Oid | Resembling |
| Opathy | Disease or disorder |
| Pnea | respiration |
| Centesis | puncture |
| Ectomy | surgically remove |
| Ostomy | an artifical opening in the abdomen to allow waste to exit |
| Otomy | to cut |
| Orrhaphy | surgical repair of a body part or tissue |
| Opexy | surgical procedure to stabilize or fix |
| Oplasty | surgical repair |
| Otripsy | crush or break |