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Chapters 1 - 3
Medical Language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Intra - | Within |
| Endo - | Within |
| - Ptosis | Drooping / Sagging |
| - Trophy | Growth / Development |
| - Plasia | Growth / Development |
| - Plasm | Growth / Development |
| Peri - | Out |
| - Lysis | Break up / Destruction |
| - Lytic | Break up / Destruction |
| - Ory | Pertaining to |
| - Ous | Pertaining to |
| - Ual | Pertaining to |
| Tachy - | Fast |
| Cis/o | Cutting |
| - Pia | Vision |
| - Ule | Small |
| - Ole | Small |
| - Icle | Small |
| - Ula | Small |
| - Iatry | Treatment |
| - Rrhaphy | Suturing |
| - Oma | Tumor / Mass |
| - Rrhexis | Rupture |
| - Al | Pertaining to |
| - Ar | Pertaining to |
| - Ary | Pertaining to |
| Contra - | Against |
| Pleg/o | Paralyis |
| Para - | Live or viable birth |
| Inter - | Between |
| - Ion | Process |
| - Y | Condition |
| Circum - | Around |
| - Stenosis | Narrowing |
| - Ia | Condition |
| - Eal | Pertaining to |
| - Ia | Condition |
| - Ism | Condition |
| - Penia | Deficiency |
| Acro/o | Heights |
| Carcin/o | Cancerous |
| - Pnea | Breathing |
| Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Later/o | Side |
| Supra - | Above |
| Epi - | Above |
| - Scope | Usually lighted instrument |
| Colon/o | Colon |
| Glyc/o | Sugar |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| A - | No |
| - Emia | Blood |
| Retro - | Behind |
| Arteri/o | Artery |
| Lip/o | Fat |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Prandi/o | Meals |
| Nas/o | Nose |
| Hyper - | Excessive |
| Pelvi/o | Pelvis |
| - Ic | Pertaining to |
| - Ac | Pertaining to |
| - Tic | Pertaining to |
| Bi - | LIfe |
| - Metry | Process of measuring |
| - Meter | Instrument used to measure |
| - Hypo | Under / deficiency the skin |
| - Graphy | The process of recording |
| - Graph | Machine used to record |
| Therm/o | Heat |
| Phob/o | Fear |
| Micro - | Small |
| Anti - | Against |
| Trans - | Across or through |
| - Uria | Urination |
| - Logy | The study of |
| - Ist | A person in the study of |
| - Al | Pertaining to |
| - Gram | Record |
| Echo - | Sound / repitition |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| - Cele | Herniation |
| Brandy - | Slow |
| - Genic | Creation |
| - Rrhea | Flow |
| Sub - | Under / below |
| Diplo - | Double |
| Dys - | Painful / difficult |
| Semi - | Pertaining to half a circle |
| Poly - | Excessive |
| - Centesis | Surgical Puncture |
| - Tomy | Surgical Incision |
| Post - | After |
| - Spasm | Involuntary muscle contraction |
| Lith/o | Stone |
| Nat/o | Birth |
| Ren/o | Kidney |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| - Scopy | The process of using a usually lighted instrument |
| Phag/o | Swallowing |
| Excision | Surgical Removal |
| - Emesis | Vomiting blood |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Electro - | Electrical Activity |
| Nerv/o | Nerve |
| Phas/o | Speech |
| Lapar/o | Abdomen |
| Bi/o | Life |
| Thorac/o | Thorax / Chest |
| Herni/o | Hernia |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Thrombo - | Clot |
| Leuko - | White |
| Esthesi/o | Feeling or nervous sensation |
| Card/o | Heart/ pulse |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Blephar/o | Eyelid |
| Thyr/o | Thyroid |
| Tox/o | Toxic |
| Mast/o | Breast |
| Append/o | Appendix |
| Hepa/o | Liver |
| Splen/o | Spleen |
| Hemi- | Half (side) the body |
| Quadri - | Four extremities |
| - Algia | Pain |
| - Dynia | Pain |
| - Pexy | Surgical Fixtation |
| Cept/o | Conception |
| - Rrage | Rapid flow |
| - Rrhagia | Rapid flow |
| - Osis | Abnormal Condition |
| - Iasis | Abnormal Condition |
| - Ostomy | New or artifical opening |
| - Ectomy | Surgical Removal |
| - Tome | Cutting instrument |
| - Plasty | Surgical repai |
| - Oid | Resembling |
| Men/o | Menstrual |
| Cephal/o | The head |
| - Tripsy | Crushing |
| - Megaly | Enlargement |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Phleb/o | Vein |
| - Itis | Inflammation |
| Pre - | Before |
| Vas/o | Vessel |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Neo - | New |
| Nephro - | Kidneys |
| - Cide | Kill |
| Rhin/o | Nose |
| Cutaneous | Pertaining to skin |
| - Ism | Condition |
| Cell | The basic unit of life |
| Tissue | Groups of cells that perform specific tasks |
| Organ | Groups of tissue that perform special body actions |
| System | Groups of organs that work together to perform complex body functions |
| Cranial Cavity | Skull, contains the brain |
| Spinal Cavity | Contains the spinal cord |
| Thoracic Cavity | Contains heart, lungs, esophagus, and trachea |
| Abdominal Cavity | Contains stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen and uterus |
| Pelvic Cavity | Urinary bladder, reproductive organs, parts of large intestine, rectum |
| Amyl/o | Starch |
| Amylase | Starch enzyme |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Myocardial | Pertaining to heart muscle |
| Sarc/o | Flesh |
| Sarcoma | A mass or tumor of the flesh |
| Onc/o | Tumor or mass |
| Oncologist | A specialist in the study of tumors / masses |
| Somat/o | Body |
| Psychosomatic | Pertaining to mind over the body |
| Cyan/o | Blue |
| Cyanosis | Abnormal condition of blue |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Erythrocyte | Red Cell |
| Erythema | Red skin cell |
| Albinism | Condition of white skin |
| Melan/o | Black |
| Melanoma | Black tumor or mass |
| Jaund/o | Yellow |
| Cirrh/o | Yellow |
| Xanth/o | Yellow |
| Infer/o | Below |
| Anter/o | Front |
| Ventr/o | Front |
| Poster/o | Back / behind |
| Dors/o | Back / behind |
| Proxim/o | Beginning |
| Med/i | Middle |
| Later/o | Side |
| Anteroposterior | (AP) Front to back |
| Posteroanterior | (PA) Back to front |
| Mediolateral | Pertaining to middle to side |
| Supine | Lying on your backside |
| Prone | Lying on your front side |
| Hypochondriac | Superior right and left regions of the abdomen |
| Lumbar | Medial right and left regions of the abdomen |
| Inguinal / Iliac | Inferior right nad left regions of the abdomen |
| Epigastric | Superior medial of the abdomen |
| Umblicial / Umbilicas | Medial region of the abdomen |
| Hypogastric | Inferior medial region of the abdomen |
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