| Question | Answer |
| swelling, accumulation of fluid | -edema
ex) lymphedema ( swelling of the lymph nodes) |
| seperation, dissolving, looseling, destruction | -lysis
ex) dyalisis (seperation of substances by passing through a membrane) |
| malacia | sofetening
ex) splenomalacia = sofeting of the spleen (splen/o) |
| death of tissue | necrosis
ex. osteonecrosis = death of the bone tissue |
| narrowing, constriction | stenosis
anteriostenosis = narrowing of the artery |
| supression, stoppage | statis
menostatis- supression of menstrual (men/o) flow |
| dilation, dilatation | expansion, widening
vasodialation- widening of the vessels |
| dilation | ectasia, ectasis
bronchiectasis- dilation of the bronchus (bronch/o) |
| spasm | sudden contraction, cramp
bronchospasm- contraction of the bronchus |
| ptosis | drooping downward displacement, prolapse
blepharoptosis - dropping of the eyelid ( blephar/0) |
| fissure, splitting | -schisis
retinoschisis |
| pain | -odynia
urodynia - pain of urination (ur/o) |
| pain | -algia, -algesia
myalgia - pain in the muscle (my/o) |
| -megaly | enlargement
cardiomegaly, hepatomegaly - enlargement of the liver (hepat/o) |
| -clasis, -clasia | breaking
osteoclasis - breaking of the bone (oste/o) |
| tumor | -oma
carcinoma, blastoma- tumor of the immature cells |
| any disease of | -pathy
cardiopathy- any disease of the heart |
| -itis | inflamation
arthritis- inflammation of the joints |
| -cele | hernia, localized dilation
hydrocele- localized hernia containing fluid |
| -rhage, -rhagia | bursting forth, hemmorrhage, profuse flow
hemorrhage- profuse flow of blood |
| flow , discharge | -rhea
mucorrhea- discharge of the mucous |
| rupture | -rhexis
amniorrhexis- rupture of the amniotic sac |
| -centesis | puncture , tap
thoracentesis- puncture of the thorax ( chest) |
| crushing | -tripsy
lithotripsy - crushing of a stone |
| plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction | -plasty
rhinoplasty- plastic surgery of the nose ( rhin/o) |
| surgical fixation | -plexy
cystoplexy- surgical fixation of the bladder ( cyst/o) |
| -desis | binding, fusion
pleurodesis- binding of the pleural membranes |
| excision, surgical removal | -ectomy
hysterectomy- removal of the uterus (hyster/o) |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening
-colostomy |
| surgical repair, suture | -rhapy
herniorrhapy- surgical repair of the hernia |
| crushing | -tripsy
lithotripsy |
| incision , cutting | -tomy
trechotomy |
| -tome | instrument for incision, cutting
microtome |
| before, infront of | pre-
predisposing - leading towards a condition |
| before, infront of | pro-
prodrome- symptom that precedes a disease |
| after, behind | post-
postmenopausal- after menopause |
| before | ante-
antenatal- before birth |
| around | peri-
perivasucular - around the vessel |
| circum- | around
circumoral- around the mouth |
| in, within | intra
intrauterine |
| backward | retro-
retroperitoneal- behind the peritoneum |
| above | supra-
suprascapular |
| above, excess | super-
supernumery |
| on, over | epi-
epicardium, epithelium |
| outside | extra-
extracellular |
| below | infra-
infrapatellar |
| below,under | sub-
subcutaneous- below theh skin |
| near, beside | juxta-
juxtaposition- near or beside another structure |
| near beside behind | para-
parasagittal- near or beside a sagittal plane |
| inter- | between
intercostal |
| right | dextr/o
dextrocardia |
| left | sinistr/o
sinistrad- toward the left |
| yellow | xanth/0 |
| middle | mes/o
mesencephalon- midbrain |
| together | syn-sym-
synapse- junction between two nerve cells |
| in, within | end/o
endoscope- device for viewing the inside of a cavity or organ |
| ex/o | away from, outside
excise- to cut out |
| out, outside | ec- ecto-
ectoderm- outermost layer of the developing embryon |
| hyper- | over, excess, abnormally high, increased
hyperventilation- excess breathing |
| hypo- | below, under, abnormally low, decreased
hypotonic, hypoxia- decreased oxygen in the tissues |
| above, excess | super-
supernumerary |
| all | pan-
panacea- remedy that cures all ills |
| few, scanty | olig/o
oligomenorrhea- scanty menstrual flow |
| equal, same | equi-
equilateral- equal sides |
| equal, same | iso-
isotonic, isograft |
| other, different , unequal | hetero-
heterosexual- pertaining to opposite sex |
| eu- | true, easy normal, good
euthanasia - easy death ( thanat/o) |
| homo- homeo- | same, unchanging
homeostatis, homothermic |
| macro | large, abnormally large
macrocyte-= large rbc |
| ab- | away from
abduct |
| ad- | near, towards
abduct |
| through | dia-
dialysis- seperation of substance by passage through a membrane |
| through | trans-
transfusion- introduction of blood into blood stream |
| through | per-
percutaneous- through the skin |
| leuk/o | white, colorless
-leukoplakia- white patches in the mouth |
| melan/o | black, dark
melanin- dark pigment in skin |
| cyan/o | blue
cyanosis- blue discoloration of the skin cuz of lack of oxygen |
| red | erythr/o
erythorcyte- rbc |
| one | mono-
monocular |
| one | unicellular |
| half, one side | hemi-
hemidiaphragm |
| four | quadr/i-
quadrant |
| four | tetra-
tetrahedron |
| multi- | many
multiple - many parts |
| many, much | poly-
polysaccharide |
| three | tri-
triplet, triangle |
| dipl/o | double
diploid |
| half, partial | semi-
semisolid |
| two, twice | di-
dimorphous- 2 forms |
| two, twice | bi-
bipolar |
| first | prim/i
primitive- first in time |
| brady- | slow
bradypnea, bradycardia |
| tachy | fast, rapid
tachycardia |
| mal- | mad, poor
malnutrition |
| thick | pachy-
pachyemia- thick blood |
| dys- | abnormal, painful, difficult
dysplasia- abnormal develop. of tissues |
