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Chp 1 Med Term
Chapter 1 of Medical Terminology: includes prefixes, suffixes and combining term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | not, without, lacking, deficient |
| anti- | against, opposed to, preventing, relieving |
| di- | two, twice, double |
| dys- | difficult, painful, defective, abnormal |
| ec- | out of, away from |
| ecto- | outside of |
| en- | in, into, within |
| endo-/ento- | within |
| epi- | upon, over, above |
| exo- | outside, from the outside, toward the outside |
| hemi- | half, partial, one side of the body |
| hyper- | over, above exceissive, beyond normal |
| hypo- | under, deficient, below normal |
| mono- | one, single |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| syn- | together, with, joined |
| -a | -abstract nouns -state, condition |
| -ac | -adjectives -pertaining to, located in |
| -ia/-y | -abstract nouns -will appear as -y -state, condition |
| -iac | -nouns -person afflicted with |
| -iasis | -nouns -disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presecent of -when used with -lith: formation and/or presece of calculi in the body |
| -ic | -adjectives -pertaining to, located in, person suffering from a certain disability or condition -can be used as adjective or noun: but with noun it often indicates a drug or agent |
| -in/-ine | -form names of substances |
| -ist | -nouns -a person interested in |
| -itic | -adjectives -pertaining to, inflammation -can indicate a drug or agent |
| -itis | -nouns -indicating an inflamed condition |
| -itides | -plural form for words ending in -itis |
| -ium | -nouns -membrane, connective tissue |
| -ma | -nouns -abnormal or diseased condition |
| -osis | -abstract nouns -abnormal or diseased condition |
| -otic | -adjectives from nouns ending in -osis -pertaining to |
| -sia | -abstract nouns -state, condition |
| -sis | -abstract nouns -state, condition |
| -tic | -forms adjectives from nouns ending in -sis -pertaining to, often indicates a drug or agent |
| ACANTH- | thorn, spine |
| ALG- | pain |
| ALGES- | sensitivity to pain |
| ALL- | other, divergence, difference from |
| ANGI- | (blood) vessel, duct |
| ARTERI- | (air passage) artery |
| ARTHR- | joint |
| BI- | life |
| BRADY- | slow |
| CARDI- | heart |
| CEPHAL- | head |
| CRANI- | skull |
| CYT- | (hollow container) cell |
| ENCEPHAL- | brain (a combination of en and cephal) |
| ERYTHR- | red, red blood cell |
| LEPT- | thin, fine, slight |
| LEUK- | white, white blood cell |
| LITH- | stone, calculus |
| LOG- | word, study |
| MALAC- | soft |
| MES- | middle, secondary partial, mesentery |
| -METER/METR- | measure, measuring device (words ending in -meter indicate instruments for measuring) |
| NEPHR- | kidney |
| NEUR- | (tendon) nerve, nervous system |
| OSTE- | bone |
| PROSOP- | face |
| PROT- | first, primitive, early |
| SCLER- | hard |
| STEN- | narrow |
| STERE- | solid, having 3 dimensions |
| TACHY- | rapid |
| TOX(I)- | poison |
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