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Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
---|---|
ARTHR/O | JOINT |
CARDI/O | HEART |
DERM/O; DERMAT/O | SKIN |
GASTR/O | STOMACH |
HEPAT/O | LIVER |
OSTE/O | BONE |
ENDO- | WITHIN |
EPI- | ABOVE,UPON |
HEMI- | HALF |
HYPO- | BELOW, DEFICIENT |
PERI- | AROUND |
POLY- | MANY |
-ALGIA | PAIN |
-IC | PERTAINING TO |
-ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
-MEGALY | ENLARGED;ENLARGEMENT |
-PATHY | DISEASE |
-PLASTY | REPAIR |
AB- | AWAY FROM |
AD- | TO;TOWARD |
ANTE- | BEFORE |
ASTR- | STAR |
AUTO- | SELF |
BRADY- | SLOW |
ECT- | OUTSIDE;OUTER |
EN- | WITHIN;IN |
ENDO- | WITHIN;INNER |
EX- | OUT:OUTER |
INFRA- | BELOW;INFERIOR |
INTER- | BETWEEN;AMONG |
INTRA- | WITHIN |
ISO- | SAME;EQUAL |
MACRO- | LARGE |
META- | CHANGE;ALTER;BEYOND |
MICRO- | SMALL |
MULTI- | MANY |
NEO- | NEW |
PAN- | ALL |
PARA- | NEAR;BESIDE |
PERI- | AROUND;SURROUNDING |
POLY- | MANY |
POST- | AFTER |
PRE- | BEFORE; IN FRONT OF |
RETRO- | BEHIND;BACKWARD |
SEMI- | HALF |
SUB- | BELOW;UNDER |
SUPER- | ABOVE;OVER;EXCESS |
SUPRA- | ABOVE;ON TOP OF |
SYM- | WITH;ASSOCIATION |
SYN- | TOGETHER;WITH;UNION |
TACHY- | FAST |
A;AN;ANA | NO;NOT;WITHOUT |
ANTI- | AGAINST |
CONTRA- | AGAINST;OPPOSITE |
NON- | NOT |
BI- | TWO;DOUBLE;BOTH |
CENTI- | HUNDRED;HUNDREDTH |
DEC- | TEN |
MILLI- | ONE THOUSANDTH |
QUADR- | FOUR |
TRI- | THREE |
UNI- | ONE |
CARCIN- | CANCEROUS |
DYS- | DIFFICULT;PAINFUL |
HYPER- | ABOVE;EXCESSIVE |
HYPO- | DEFICIENT;BELOW |
MAL- | BAD;POOR;ABNORMAL |
-AC;-AL, -AR;-ARY | PERTAINING TO |
-CRINE | TO SECRETE |
-CRIT | TO SEPARATE |
-CYTE | CELL |
-GEN;-GENESIS;-GENIC | PRODUCING;FORMING |
-GLOBIN;-GLOBULIN | PROTEIN |
-GRAM | RECORD |
-GRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING |
-GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
-IAC;IC | PERTAINING TO |
-OID | RESEMBLING;LIKE |
-(O)LOGIST | SPECIALIST |
-(O)LOGY | STUDY OF |
-OUS | PERTAINING TO |
-PEPSIA | DIGESTION |
-PHAGIA | EATING;SWALLOWING |
-PHONIA | VOICE;SOUND |
-PHORESIS | CARRYING;TRANSMISSION |
-PHORIA | FEELING;MENTAL STATE |
-PNEA | BREATHING |
-POIESIS | FORMATION |
-SCOPE | INSTRUMENT FOR VIEWING |
-SCOPY | PROCESS OF VIEWING |
-SOMNIA | SLEEP |
-STASIS | CONTROL;STOP |
-THERAPY | TREATMENT |
-THORAX | CHEST;PLEURAL CAVITY |
-TOCIA | LABOR;BIRTH |
-TRESIA | OPENING |
-TROPHY | GROWTH;DEVELOPMENT |
-TROPIN | NOURISH;DEVELOP;STIMULATE |
-VERSION | TO TURN |
-CELE | HERNIA |
-CYTOSIS | CONDITION OF CELLS |
-DYNIA | PAIN |
-EMESIS | VOMITING |
-EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
-IA;IASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
-LYSIS;-LYTIC | BREAKDOWN;DESTRUCTION |
-MALACIA | SOFTENING |
-OMA | TUMOR |
-OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
-PARESIS | SLIGHT PARALYSIS |
-PENIA | DECREASED NUMBER |
-PHOBIA | ABNORMAL FEAR |
-PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
-PTOSIS | DROOPING;SAGGING;PROLAPSE |
-PTYSIS | SPITTING UP |
-(R)RHAGE;(R)RHAGIA | BURSTING FORTH OF BLOOD |
-(R)RHEA | FLOW;DISCHARGE |
-(R)RHEXIS | RUPTURE |
-SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
-SPASM | CONTRACTION;TWITCHING |
-STENOSIS | NARROWING;TIGHTENING |