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Unit 1: Ch. 1
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Eponyms | Disease named after a person. Ex: Lou Gehrig’s disease. |
| Acronyms. | Ex: MRI |
| Ultima | the last syllable |
| Penult | the almost-last syllable. |
| Antepenult | the syllable that is just before the penult. |
| Medical terms are constructed by... | a combination of root, suffix, and often, a prefix. |
| 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 modify the root. |
| a- | not |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| an- | not |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | bad |
| e- | out |
| ec- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| en- | in, inside |
| endo- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| eu- | good |
| ex- | out |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | in, inside |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| re- | again |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | beneath |
| sym- | with, together |
| syn- | with, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through |
| uni- | one |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ula, -ula | small |
| -y | condition, process |
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