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Med Term 1,4,5,14
Medical Terminology Chapters 1,4,5,14 MMIBOA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ab | Away from |
| Ad | to; toward |
| Auto | Self |
| brady | slow |
| epi | above; upon |
| ex | out; outer |
| infra | below; inferior |
| inter | between; among |
| within | intra |
| same; equal | iso |
| macro | large |
| meta | change; after; beyond |
| small | micro |
| around; surrounding | peri |
| after | post |
| before | pre |
| sub | below; under |
| supra | above; on top of |
| sym | with; association |
| syn | together |
| no; not; without | a; an; ana |
| cancerous | carcin |
| difficult; painful | dys |
| above; excessive | hyper |
| below; deficient | hypo |
| mal | poor; bad; abnormal |
| ac; al; ar; ary | pertaining to |
| cell | cyte |
| picture; record | gram |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| process of recordin | graphy |
| iac; ic | pertaining to |
| (o)logist | specialist in |
| (o)logy | study of |
| ous | pertaining to |
| poiesis | formation |
| instrument for viewing | scope |
| scopy | process of viewing |
| control; stop | stasis |
| treatment | therapy |
| trophy | growth; development |
| version | to turn |
| algia | pain |
| cele | herniation; hernia |
| dynia | pain |
| is; iasis | abnormal condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | softening |
| tumor | oma |
| osis | condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decreased number |
| rrhea | flow; discharge |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| spasm | contraction; twitching |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| desis | binding together |
| ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| (o)stomy | create an opening |
| incision to | (o)tomy |
| surgical repait | plasty |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| horny tissue; hard | kerat/o |
| black / brown | melan/o |
| pil/o | hair |
| wrinkles | rhytid/o |
| sebum | seb/o |
| around; beside | para |
| py/o | pus |
| Bx | biopsy |
| I&D | Incision and drainage |
| SC; SubQ | Subcutaneous |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| wrist bone | carp/o |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| cost/o | rib |
| skull | crani/o |
| electricity | electr/o |
| band of fibrous tissue | fibr/o |
| ligament | ligament/o |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| muscle | my/o |
| orth/o | straight |
| bone | oste/o |
| pect/o | chest |
| lateral curvature of the spine, crooked; bent | scoli/o |
| vertebra | vertebr/o |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| brady | slow |
| many | poly |
| without feeling or sensation | asthenia |
| movement | kinesia |
| muscle tone | tonia |
| inflammation of an articular cartilage | arthrochondritis |
| EMG | electromyography |
| fx | fracture |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| total hip replacement | THR |
| microorganisms that cause disease | pathogens |
| fungus | myc/o |
| emia | blood |