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AH111
quiz 1(chapter1,2,3)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ab- | From away from |
| Ad- | toward, increase |
| Ambi- | both, both sides |
| Circum- | around |
| De- | down, from |
| dia- | through |
| ecto- | outside |
| Endo- | within, inner |
| Epi- | upon, over |
| Ex- | out, away from, outside |
| Exo- | outside, outward |
| Extra- | outside, beyond |
| Hypo- | under, below, beneath, less than normal |
| in- | in, inside, within, not |
| infra- | beneath, below, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| juxta- | near, beside |
| meso- | middle |
| para- | near, beside, beyond, two like parts |
| peri- | around |
| pre- | before, infront |
| pro- | infront, before |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | avobe, over |
| trans- | across, through |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hyp- | under, below, beneath, less than normal |
| multi- | many |
| poly- | many, much |
| black | melan/o |
| blue | cyan/o |
| gray, silver | glauc/o |
| gray,silver | poli/o |
| green | chlor/o |
| purple | purpur/o |
| red | erythr/o |
| red | eosin/o |
| red | rube- |
| white | alb- |
| white | albin/o |
| white | leuk/o |
| yellow | cirrh/o |
| yellow | jaund/o |
| yellow | xanth/o |
| bi | two, double |
| hemi | half |
| milli | one-thousandth |
| mono | one, single |
| nulli | none |
| primi | first |
| quadri | four |
| semi | half |
| tetra | four |
| tri | three |
| uni | one |
| an- | without, not, no |
| ante- | before, in front |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bio- | life |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | together, with |
| contra- | against |
| dis- | free of, to undo |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful, disorsdered |
| eu- | well, easily, good, normal |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | likeness, same |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| idio- | individual |
| im- | not |
| meta- | beyond, after |
| non- | not |
| pan- | all |
| per- | through |
| post- | after, behind |
| pseudo- | false |
| sym- | joined, together |
| syn- | joined, together |
| tachy- | rapid |
| ultra- | beyond,excess |
| -a | (A is a noun ending) |
| -ate | something that.... |
| -e | (E is a noun ending) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -esis | condition of |
| -ia | condition (IA is a noun ending) |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
| -ion | action, process |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | practitioner |
| -ole | small or little |
| -osis | condition |
| -tion | process of |
| -ula | small, little |
| -ule | "samll one" |
| -um | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |
| -us | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |
| -y | condition; process (noun ending) |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ory | pertaining to characterized by |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist in a field of study |
| -iatrics | relating to the medicine, physicians, or medical treatment |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
| -iatrist | one who treats; a physician |
| -ian | specialist in the field of study |
| -ist | practitioner |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of |
| -logy | the study of |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up |
| -desis | binding or surgical fushion |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record or pic |
| -graph | an instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ize | to make;to treat or combine with |
| -lysis | destruction or detachment |
| -meter | an instrument used to measure |
| -metry | the process of messuring |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -prexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -scope | an instrument used to view |
| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
| -tomy | incision into |
| tripsy | intentional crushing |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | embryonic stage of development |
| -cele | swelling or herniation |
| -cide | to kill; to destroy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectasia | streching or dialation |
| -dyna | pain |
| -ectasis | streching or dialating |
| -gen | that which generates |
| -genesis | generating; formation |
| -genic | pertaining to formation, producing |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
| -iatrician | one who treats; a physician |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizure, attack |
| -lith | stones |
| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a "madness" |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | visual condition |
| -opsia | visial condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease in; deficiency |
| -philia | attraction to |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasia | formation or development |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | droopin gor prolapse |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| -uria | a characteristics of the urine |
| hypo- | under, below, less than normal |