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Kelly Made
premade med
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Suffix | Comes at the end of the word |
| Suffix | Describes condition, diseas, disorder, procedure |
| Itis | Inflammation |
| Ectomy | Surgical Removal |
| ac, al | Pertaining to |
| osis | Abnormal condition or disease |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| path | disease |
| ology | study of |
| algia | pain and suffering |
| dynia | also means pain but not frequently used |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| megaly | enlargement |
| centisis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| graphy | create photo or record |
| angi | blood vessel |
| gram, graph | picture or record |
| rrhage/rrhagia | bleeding; referring to sudden or severe amounts of bleeding |
| rrhaphy | surgical suture |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| rrhage | bursting forth of blood |
| prefixes | influence a terms meaning |
| prefixes indicate | location, date, time or number |
| al | pertaining to |
| pre | before |
| peri | during, surrounding, around |
| post | after |
| oophor/o, ovari/o | ovary |
| cost/o | rib |
| retin/o | retina |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung |
| -ectasis | stretching, enlargement |
| super-, supra- | excessive, above |
| arthr/o | joint |
| hypo- | decreceased, deficient |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| sub- | below |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| inter- | among, between |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| mening/o | meninges |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| arther/o | plaque or fatty substance |
| -ia | state or conidition |
| intra- | within, inside |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck (neck of cervix) |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| anti- | against, counter |
| poly | many |
| neur/i, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| seb/o | sebum |
| xer/o | dry |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fever, fire |
| kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
| thromb/o | clot |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| ven/o | vein |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| aort/o | aorta |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| -lysis | loosening |
| fasci/o | fasia, fibrous band |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| splen/o | spleen |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| ungu/o | nail |
| thorac/o | chest |
| hepat/o | liver |
| per- | excessive, through |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -scopy | see, visual examination |
| -pause | stopping |
| card/o, cardi/o | heart |
| lip | fat |
| brady- | slow |
| myring/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| erythr/o | red |
| -oma | tumor |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -ptosis | drooping forward, prolapse |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| coron/o | coronary, crown |
| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| ech/o | sound |
| optic/o, opt/o | eye, vision |
| gonad/o | sex gland |
| radi/o | rays, radiation, x-rays |
| ot/o | hearing, ear |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| cholescyst/o | gallbladder |
| myc/o | fungus |
| -pexy | surgically place |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood, pertaining to blood |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| adip/o | fat |
| end-, endo | inside, within, in |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hist/o | tissue |
| aden/o | gland |
| cephal/o | head |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| phleb/o | vein |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| scler/o | hard, white of eye, sclera |
| crani/o | skull |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| men/o | menstruation, menses |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| salping/o | uterine 9fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube |
| ren/o | kidney |
| oo/o, ov/i, ov/o | egg |
| lith/o | stone |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| colp/o | vagina |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| metr/o, metri/o | uterus |
| -cyte | cell |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| hemi- | half |
| -desis | surgical fixation of joint, bind, tie together |
| ankly/o | crooked |
| hyper- | increased, excessive |
| -algia | pain, suffering |
| esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| a-, an- | without |
| ante- | before, toward |
| neo- | new |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| uter/o | uterus |
| oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, syst, sac of fluid |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| albin/o | white |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| encephal/o | brain |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| pleur/o | side of body, pleura |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretching, extend |
| cutaine/o | skin |
| duoden/i, duoden/o | duodenum |
| laryng/o | largnx, voice box |
| onc/o | tumor |
| my/o | muscle |
| col/o, colon/o | large intestive, colon |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
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