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Chap. 1 Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AB- | prefix meaning away from |
| DYS- | prefix meaning difficult, painful or bad |
| ENDO- | prefix meaning within or inside |
| HYPER- | prefix meaning elevated, higher, or more than normal |
| INTER- | prefix meaning between |
| POLY- | prefix meaning many or excessive |
| PRE- | prefix meaning before |
| SUB- | prefix meaning below, under or less |
| A- | prefix meaning without or no |
| AN- | prefix meaning without or no |
| AD- | prefix meaning toward |
| ANTI- | prefix meaning against |
| EU- | prefix meaning good, easy, normal |
| EX- OR EXO- | prefix meaning without, out of, outside or away from |
| ECTO- | prefix meaning outside |
| HYPO- | prefix meaning depressed, lower or less than normal |
| INTRA- | prefix meaning within |
| OLIGO- | prefix meaning scant or little |
| POST- | prefix meaning after |
| SUPER- AND SUPRA- | prefix meaning above, beyond or excessive |
| ABDUCTION | to take away fm the midline |
| EMETIC | pertaining to vomiting |
| DYSPHAGIA | difficulty eating or swallowing |
| ENDOCRINE | to secrete internally |
| ENDOPARASITE | a parasite that lives within the body |
| HYPERGLYCEMIA | elevated amounts of blood sugar (blood glucose) |
| INTERCOSTAL | between the ribs |
| POLYURIA | excessive amount or frequency of urination |
| PREANESTHETIC | before anesthesia |
| SUBLINGUAL | under the tongue |
| ATRAUMATIC | without injury |
| ANURIA | absence of urine |
| ADDUCTION | move toward the midline |
| ANTIEMETIC | prevents or stops vomiting |
| EUTHYROID | having a normally functioning thyroid |
| EXOCRINE | to secrete externally (via a duct) |
| ECTOPARASITE | a parasite on the outside of the body |
| HYPOGLYCEMIA | low amounts of blood sugar blood glucse) |
| INTRAMUSCULAR | within the muscle |
| OLIGURIA | scant amount or little frequency of urine |
| POSTANESTHETIC | after anesthesia |
| SUPERNUMERARY | more than the regular number |
| SUPRASCAPULAR | above the shoulder blade |
| WHERE IS A PREFIX FOUND? | beginning of word |
| WHERE IS A SUFFIX FOUND? | at the end of the word |
| WHAT IS A ROOT WORD? | word part that gives the meaning of the word |
| EPI- | prefix meaning upper |
| EXTRA- | prefix meaning outside |
| INFRA- | prefix meaning below or beneath |
| INTRA- | prefix meaning within |
| META- | prefix meaning beyond |
| PERI- | prefix meaning around |
| PERIOPERATIVE | around the time of an operation |
| ARTHROSCOPE | instrument used to visually examine a joint |
| GASTRITIS | inflammation of the stomach |
| GASTR/O | combining form for stomach |
| ENTER/O | combining form for small intestine |
| PANLEUKOPENIA | A DEFICIENCY OF ALL TYPES OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| PAN- | PREFIX MEANING ALL |
| LEUK/O | COMBINING FORM MEANING WHITE |
| -PENIA | SUFFIX MEANING DEFICIENCY OR REDUCTION IN NUMBER |
| PER- | PREFIX MEANING THROUGHOUT |
| SUB- | PREFIX MEANING BELOW, UNDER OR DECREASED |
| TRANS- | PREFIX MEANING ACROSS |
| ULTRA- | PREFIX MEANING ABOVE, INCREASED, OR MORE THAN NORMAL |
| -TOMY | SUFFIX MEANING CUTTING INTO OR INCISION |
| -STOMY | SUFFIX MEANING A SURGICALLY CREATED OPENING |
| -ECTOMY | SUFFIX MEANING SURGICAL REMOVAL OR EXCISION |
| -PEXY | SUFFIX MEANING SUTURE TO STABALIZE |
| -PLASTY | SUFFIX MEANING SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -CENTESIS | SUFFIX MEANING SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID OR GAS |
| -GRAM | SUFFIX MEANING RECORD OF |
| -GRAPH | SUFFIX MEANING INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS |
| -GRAPHY | SUFFIX MEANING PROCEDURE THAT RECORDS |
| -LYSIS | SUFFIX MEANING SEPARATION OR BREAKDOWN |
| -SCOPE | SUFFIX MEANING INSTRUMENT USED TO EXAMINE |
| -SCOPY | SUFFIX MEANING PROCEDURE TO EXAMINE |
| -THERAPY | SUFFIX MEANING TREATMENT |
| -RRHAGIA OR -RRHAGE | SUFFIX MEANING BURSTING FORTH |
| -RRHAPHY | SUFFIX MEANING TO SUTURE |
| -RRHEA | SUFFIX MEANING FLOW, DISCHARGE |
| -RRHEXIS | SUFFIX MEANING RUPTURE |
| GASTROTOMY | INCISION INTO THE STOMACH |
| GASTROSTOMY | SUGRICALLY CREATED OPENING BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND THE BODY SURFACE |
| GASTRECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE STOMACH |
| MASTECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE BREAST OR MAMMARY GLANDS |
| GASTROPEXY | SURGICALLY STABILIZING THE STOMACH TO THE ABDOMINAL WALL |
| RHINOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE |
| COLOSTOMY | SURGICALLY CREATED OPENING BETWEEN THE COLON AND THE BODY SURFACE |
| LAPAROTOMY | INCISION INTO THE ABDOMEN |
| CYSTOCENTESIS | PUNCTURING THE BLADDER WITH A NEEDLE TO REMOVE URINE |
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | THE ECG HARD COPY RECORD |
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH | THE MACHINE THAT RECORDS THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART |
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY | THE PROCEDURE USED TO RECORD THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART |
| URINALYSIS | SEPARATION OF THE URINE INTO ITS PARTS |
| ENDOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED TO VISUALLY EXAMINE INSIDE THE BODY |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES OR DRUGS |
| HEMORRHAGE | BURSTING FORTH OF BLOOD FROM THE VESELS |
| DIARRHEA | COMPLETE DISCHARGE OF THE BOWELS |
| MYORRHEXIS | RUPTURE OF THE MUSCLE |
| CARDIAC | HEART |
| RENAL | KIDNEY |
| OVARIAN | OVARY |
| LUMBAR | LOWER BACK |
| ALIMENTARY | GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT |
| LARYNGEAL | LARYNX |
| ENTERIC | INTESTINES |
| UTERINE | UTERUS |
| CUTANEOUS | SKIN |
| -ALGIA OR -DYNIA | SUFFIX MEANING PAIN |
| -ITIS | SUFFIX MEANING INFLAMMATION |
| -MALACIA | SUFFIX MEANING ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| -MEGALY | SUFFIX MEANING ENLARGEMENT |
| -OSIS | SUFFIX MEANING ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -PATHY | SUFFIX MEANING DISEASE |
| -SCLEROSIS | SUFFIX MEANING ABNORMAL HARDENING |
| -UM | SUFFIX MEANING STRUCTURE |
| OVARI/O | OVARY |
| HYSTERI/O | UTERUS |
| HEPATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER |
| CARDIOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEART |
| CARDIOSIS | AN ABNORMAL CONDITION OF THE HEART |
| ENTEROPATHY | DISEASE OF THE SMALL INTESTINE |
| ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | ABNORMAL HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES |
| PERICARDIUM | THE STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE HEART |
| CYANOTIC | BLUE DISCOLORATION |
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