Chp 1 Med Term Word Scramble
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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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