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MT Word Part Final
Final Review of Word parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | without, away from, negative, not |
| endo-,end- | within, in, inside |
| ante- | before, toward |
| hemi- | half |
| anti- | against, counter |
| hyper- | excessive |
| brady | slow |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| dys- | bad, difficult painful |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within, inside |
| post- | after |
| neo- | new, strange |
| pre- | before |
| per- | excessive, through |
| sub- | below |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| super-, supra- | above, excessive |
| poly- | many |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| -ac, -al | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -algia | pain, suffering |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -ectasis | stretching, enlargement |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -gram, -graph | picture or record |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation,loosening |
| -graphy | the process or recording |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -ology | the science or study of |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -oma | tumor |
| -pause | stop |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, to put in place |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ptosis | prolapsed, drooping forward |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -rrhagia,-rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| -scopy | to see, visual examination |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| Arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| -uria | urine, urinatioin |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Angi/o | pertaining to blood vessels |
| Hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| Aort/o | aorta |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Thromb/o | clot |
| Col/o, colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| Ven/o | vein |
| Duoden/i, duoden/o | duodenum |
| Ech/o | sound |
| Enter/o | small intestine |
| Radi/o | radiation, xray |
| Esophag/o | esophagus |
| Cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Thyr/o | thyroid |
| Sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| Adip/o | fat |
| Adren/o | adrenal gland |
| Albin/o | white |
| Gonad/o | sex gland |
| Cephal/o | head |
| Pancreat/o | pancreas |
| Cervic/o | neck. Cervix |
| Coron/o | coronary, crown |
| Lapar/o | abdomen. Abdominal wall |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Lip/o | fat, lipid |
| Erythro/o | red |
| Melan/o | black, dark |
| Hist/o | tissue |
| Myc/o | fungus |
| Path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| Onc/o | tumor |
| Py/o | pus |
| Cutane/o | skin |
| Pyr/o | fever, fire |
| Derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| Carcin/o | cancerous |
| Seb/o | sebum |
| My/o | muscle |
| Tend/o | tendon |
| Aden/o | gland |
| Encephal/o | brain |
| Spleen/o | spleen |
| Mening/o | meninges |
| Fasci/o | facia |
| Neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| Bronch/o | bronchus |
| Pulm/o | lung |
| Laryng/o | larynx |
| Trache/o | trachea |
| Pharyng/o | pharynx |
| Ankly/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| Pleur/o | pleura, side of body |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Pneum/o | lung, air |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| Cost/o | rib |
| thorac/o | chest |
| Crani/o | skull |
| Kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
| Myel/o | spinal cord, bond marrow |
| Myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Optic/o | eye, vision |
| Ot/o | ear, hearing |
| Spondyl/o | spine |
| Retin/o | retina |
| Nephr/o | kidney |
| Sclera/o | sclera, white of the eye |
| Pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| Ren/o | kidney |
| Cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| Ureter/o | ureter |
| Lith/o | stone |
| Urethr/o | urethra |