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Erwin A&P - Murphy Med Terms
Question | Answer |
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a-, an- | without, lack of, not |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ante- | before |
anti-, contra- | against, opposite |
auto- | self |
brady- | slow |
dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
enod-, intra- | within, inside |
epi- | upon, outer, on top |
eu- | normal, well, easy, good |
ex-, ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
hemi-, semi- | half |
hyper- | above, above normal |
hypo-, sub- | below, below normal |
inter- | between |
mal- | bad |
micro- | tiny, too small to see w/naked eye |
macro- | large |
nulli- | none |
olig- | scanty, few, light, low |
pan- | all, complete |
per- | through |
peri- | around, surrounding |
poly-, multi- | many, much, excessive |
post- | after (as in time), behind (as in location) |
pro- | before, foreward, first |
retro- | back, behind |
tachy- | fast, repid |
trans- | across, through |
-dynia, -algia | pain |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | sergical removal, excision |
-emia` | blood condition |
-gram | record (e-ray, graph-, EKG or ECG, etc...) |
-graph | machine used to record |
-graphy | process of recording or making a record |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, collection of fluid |
-pathy | disease; dz |
-pexy | sergical fination, putting something where it belongs |
-plasty | sergical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathe, breathing |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | heavy bleeding |
-rrhaphy | suture, stitch |
-rrhexis | rupture, burst |
-scalerosis | abnormal hardening |
-scope | instrament for viewing/exam |
-scopy | process of using scope |
-stomy | artificial mouth or opening |
-therapy | treatment, tx |
-tomy | to cut into, sergical incision |
-trophy | growth, development |
-uria | urine condition |