Week 1 - Basic Medical Terminology
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| ab | away from
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| a | without or no
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| an | without or no
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| ad | toward
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| anti | against
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| dys | difficult, painful or bad
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| eu | good, easy or normal
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| endo | within or inside
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| ex/exo | without, out of, outside or away from
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| endo | within or inside
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| ecto | outside
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| hyper | elevated, higher or more than normal
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| hypo | depressed, lower or less than normal
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| inter | between
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| intra | within
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| poly | many or excessive
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| oligo | scant or little
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| pre | before
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| post | after
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| sub | below, under, less or decreased
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| super/supra | above, beyond or excessive
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| epi | upper
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| extra | outside
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| infra | below or beneath
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| meta | beyond
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| per | throughout
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| trans | across
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| ultra | above, increased or more than normal
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| pan | all
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| -penia | deficiency or reduction in number
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| -tomy | cutting into or incision
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| -stomy | surgically created opening
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| -ectomy | surgical removal or excision
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| -pexy | suture to stabilize
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
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| -gram | record of
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| -graph | instrument that records
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| -graphy | procedure that records
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| -lysis | separation or breakdown
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| -scope | instrument to visually examine
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| -scopy | procedure to visually examine
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -rrhagia/-rrahge | bursting forth
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| -rrhaphy | to suture
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -algia/-dynia | pain
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -malacia | abnormal softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -pathy | disease
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| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening
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| -um | structure
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| oste(o) | bone
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| myo/sarco | muscle
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| neur(o) | nerves
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| derm- | skin
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| angi(o) | blood vessels
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| ven(o)/phleb(o) | veins
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| cardi(o) | heart
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| rhin(o) | nose
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| tympan | eardrum
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| neph | kidney
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| cran(i) | skull
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| opthalm/ocul(o) | eye
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| oto | ear
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| thromb(o) | blood clot
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| hepat(o) | liver
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| mamm(o) | breast
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| colo | large intestine
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| gastro | stomach
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| ileo | small intestine
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| thorac(o) | chest
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| pneumo/pleuro | lu
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| micro | small
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| macro | large
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| tachy- | fast or rapid
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| brady- | slow or reduced
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| chloro- | green
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| leuk- | white
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| eryth- | red
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| cyan- | blue
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| echo | using ultrasonic waves
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -pathy | disease
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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