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Unit Buliding Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do Mono mean? | one |
| What do Uni mean? | one |
| What do Bi mean? | two |
| What do Tri mean? | three |
| Give an example of Mono | monochrome |
| Give an example of Uni | uniform |
| Give an example of Bi | bilateral |
| Give an example of Tri | tricuspid |
| What is ab mean? | away |
| What does ad mean? | toward |
| What does Epi mean? | Upon |
| What does ecto, exo | outside |
| What does endo mean? | inside |
| What does Anterior or ventral ? | front |
| What does Posterior or dorsal? | back |
| What does Superior mean? | above |
| What does Inferior mean | Below |
| What does Lateral mean | out to the side |
| Give an example of ab? | abnormal |
| Give an example of ad? | adduction |
| Give an example of epi? | Epidermis |
| Give an example of ecto, exo? | exoskeleton |
| Give an example of endo? | Endocrine |
| Give an example of Anterior or ventral? | The sternum is anterior to the heart. |
| Give an example of Posterior or dorsal? | The gluteus maximus is posterior to the femur. |
| Give an example of Superior? | The nose is superior to the neck. |
| Give an example of Lateral | away from the midline of the body |
| What does Distal mean? | Away from the body |
| What does Proxmial mean? | Close to the body |
| What does Ambi mean? | Both sides |
| What does dys mean? | bad, difficult, abnormal, painful, or impaired |
| What does Eu mean ? | Good |
| What does Homo mean? | same/like |
| What does Iso mean? | equal, like, or same. |
| What does Mal mean? | bad, abnormal, or diseased |
| Give an example of Ambi | Ambilateral |
| Give an example of dys | Dyslexia |
| Give an example of Eu | Eupnea |
| Give an example of Homo | Homogeneous |
| Give an example of Iso | Isotonic |
| Give an example of Mal | Malignant |
| What does algia mean? | pain |
| What does emia mean? | blood condition |
| Give an example of algia | neuroglia |
| Give an example of emia | Anemia |
| What does itis mean? | inflammation |
| What does lysis mean? | loose/breakdown |
| What does opathy mean? | disease |
| What does pnea mean? | deficiency |
| Give an example of itis | arthitis |
| Give an example of lysis | Dialysis |
| Give an example of oid | keloid |
| Give an example of opathy | cardiomyopathy |
| Give an example of pnea | Bradypena |
| What does centesis mean? | puncture |
| What does ectomy mean? | removal |
| What does ostomy mean? | creation of an opening |
| What does otomy mean? | incision |
| What does orrhaphy mean? | surgical repair/suture |
| What does -opexy mean? | surgical fixation |
| What does oplasty mean? | surgical reconstruction |
| What does otripsy mean? | surgical crushing, breaking up, or destruction of a structure |
| Give an example of centesis | Abdominocentesis |
| Give an example of ectomy | appendectomy |
| Give an example of ostomy | Colostomy |
| Give an example of otomy | Gastrotomy |
| Give an example of orrhaphy | Cardiorrhaphy |
| Give an example of opexy | Cystopexy |
| Give an example of oplasty | Arthroplasty |
| Give an example of otripsy | Lithotripsy |