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Chapt1-MedTermino
Chapter One Medical Terminology words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Bi/o | life |
| cardi/o | heart |
| Col/o or Colon/o | large intestine |
| dent/l or ordont/o | teeth |
| derm/o or dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electrical activity |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| fet/o | fetus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lith/o | stone |
| log/o | study, knowledge |
| nat/o | birth |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| therm/o | heat, temperature |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| a- | not, without |
| acu- | sharp |
| an- | no, not, without |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above, on top of |
| eu- | well, good |
| ex- | outside, out |
| hemi- | half, partial |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | deficient, below |
| in | not, in |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| neo- | new |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pre- | before |
| sub- | under, below |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -gram | a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | one who specializes |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | the study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | an instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measurement |
| -opsy | a viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease process |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | examine |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | a new opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tome | an instrument to cut |
| -tomy | an incision |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -tripter | an instrument to crush |
| -trite | an instrument to crush |
| -um | noun ending - usually means "structure" |
| -y | noun ending - usually means "of" |
| Be careful of | ante and anti |
| Be careful of | per, pre- and peri- |
| Be careful of | -tomy, stomy and -ectomy |
Created by:
ande2007
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