med prefix, root,etc Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a/n | absence, without |
ambi | around, all sides |
bi | two |
brady | slow |
dys | difficult, painful |
eu | good,normal |
ex | out of |
hetero | different |
homo | same |
hyper | above, beyond, excessive |
hypo | low, decrease, deficient, below |
intra | within, into |
litho | stone, calculus |
mal | bad, abnormal |
mega | great, large |
micr/o | small |
mono | one |
olig/o | few, little |
poly | much, many |
pseudo | false |
tachy | rapid |
trans | across, through |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
aden/o | gland |
angi/o | lymph or blood vessel |
ankyl | crooked, bent, fusion |
bili | bile |
blephar/o | eyelid |
branchi/o | arm |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cervic/i/o | neck |
chol/e | bile |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cyst/i/o | bladder |
derm | skin |
gastro | stomach |
heme/a/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
lith/os | stone |
myel/o | marrow, spinal cord |
nephr/o | kidney |
neuro | nerve |
oss, oste/o | bone |
phryng/o | pharynx |
pleur/o | side, rib, pleura |
pnea | breathing |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
rhin/o | nose |
sten | narrowing |
thorac/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot |
algia | pain |
centesis | puncture a cavity to remove fluid |
ectomy | surgical removal |
itis | inflammation |
lysis | destruction, breakdown |
oma | tumor |
opathy | disease of |
oplasty | surgical repair |
orrhagia | hemorrage |
orrhaphy | surgical repair/suture |
ostomy | cutting into(incision) |
otripsy | crushing, destroying |
paresis | weakness |
plasia | growth |
poiesis | production |
rrhea | fluid discharge |
scope | observe |
taxis | movement |
tripsy | crushing |
trophy | growth |
epi | upon |
infra | below, under |
ipsi | same |
meta | after, beyond, transformation |
peri | surrounding |
retro | behind, back |
supra | above, upon |
trans | across, through |
anterior or ventral | near or at the front of the body |
posterior or dorsal | near or at the back of the body |
superior | above |
inferior | below |
lateral | side |
distal | furthest from origin |
proximal | nearest to origin |
medial | middle |
supine | lying face upward |
prone | laying face downward |
sagittal | vertical body plane that divides the body into right and left |
transverse | horizontal body plane that divides the body into top and bottom sections |
coronal | vertical body plane that divided the body into front and back sections |
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