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Chapter 4

Medical Terminology Chapter 4

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in- not, into, within
intra- in, within, into
infra- beneath; under
inter- between
meta- beyond; change
pan- all
peri- surrounding
pros- before; forward
retro- backward; behind
supra- above/ upper
syn- together ; with
sym- together; with
ultra- beyond; excess
dys- abnormal; bad; painful; difficult
contra- against; opposite
con- with; together
ante- before; forward
-plasm structure or formation
-pnea breathing
ptom- happening occurance
-plasia development, formation, growth
-physis grow
-phoria bear; carry; feeling (mental state)
carp/o wrist, bones
dactyl/o fingers; toes
duct/o tongue
immun- protection
mort/o death
flex/o bend
gloss/o tongue
norm/o rule;order
ox/o oxygen
son/o sound
top/o place; position; location
pub/o pubis; anterior; portion of hip bone
seps/o infection
somn/o sleep
the/o put place
tens/o force; strain; speech
thyr/o thyroid gland, shield
tox/o poison
urethro/o urethra
-crine to secrete
-drome run
-fusion coming together; to pour
-gea substance that produces
-lapse slide; fall; sag
-lysis breakdown; destruction; seperate
-master measure
-mission send
-or one who
-oxia oxygen
-partum birth labor
flex/o bend
Besides breakdown and destruction, what else does -lysis mean? seperate
nat/i birth
adductor IS WHAT? MUSCLE DRAWS LIMB TOWARD BODY
-cibum meals
furc/o branching
de- down lack of
DySTROPHY DIEASE(S) IT CAUSES MUSCLE WEAKNESS & deteriation
ECTOPIC out of place (hint pregnancy)
hemodylisis waste matter is seperated in a machine (false kidney when the real ones don't work anymore)
hyperglycemia means what? diabetes
ben- good
What are the three kinds of Leukocytes? Granulocytes polymorphonuclear and two mononuclear
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