Medical Terminology Ch01
Terms
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a-
an- - without
-
anti-
contra- -
against
opposed to - de-
-
from
down
not - ab-
- away from
- ad-
-
to
toward
near -
peri-
circum- - around
-
dia-
trans- -
across
through -
e-
ec-
ex- -
out
away -
ecto-
exo-
extra- - outside
-
en-
endo-
intra- - within
- epi-
- upon
- inter-
- between
- meso-
- middle
- meta-
-
beyond
after
change - para-
-
alongside of
abnormal - retro-
-
backward
behind - bi-
-
two
both -
hemi-
semi- - half
- hyper-
-
above
excessive - hypo-
-
below
deficient - macro-
-
large
long - micro-
- small
-
mono-
uni- - one
- oligo-
-
few
deficient - pan-
- all
-
poly-
multi- - many
- quadri-
- four
-
sub-
infra- -
below
under -
super-
supra- -
above
excessive - tri-
- three
- ultra-
-
beyond
excessive -
ante-
pre-
pro- - before
- brandy-
- slow
- tachy-
- fast
- post-
-
after
behind - re-
-
again
back -
con-
syn-
sym- -
together
with - dys-
-
painful
difficult
faulty - eu-
-
good
normal - neo-
- new
-
-algia
-dynia - pain
- -genesis
-
origin
production - -lysis
-
breaking down
dissolution - -megaly
- enlargement
- -oid
- resembling
- -penia
- abnormal reduction
- -rrhea
- discharge
- -spasm
- involuntary contraction
- -cele
-
pouching
hernia - -ectasis
-
expansion
dialation - -emia
- blood condition
- -iasis
- formation or presence of
- -itis
- inflammation
- -malacia
- softening
- -oma
- tumor
- -osis
-
condition
increase -
-phil
-philia - attraction for
- -ptosis
-
falling
downward displacment -
-rrhage
-rrhagia - to burst forth
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -centesis
- puncture for aspiration
- -desis
- binding
- -ectomy
- excision (removal)
- -pexy
-
suspension
fixation - -plasty
-
surgical repair
reconstruction - -rrhaphy
- suture
- -tomy
- incision
- -stomy
- creation of an opening
- -ation
- process
- -e
- noun marker
-
-ia
-ism - condition of
- -y
-
condition
process of - -ium
-
structure
tissue -
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic - pertaining to
-
-icle
-ole
-ula
-ule - small
-
-gram
-graph
-graphy -
record
recording -
-iatrics
-iatry - treatment
- -logy
- study
- -logist
- one who specializes in the study or treatment of
- -ist
- one who specializes in
- -meter
- instrument for measuring
- -metry
- process of measuring
- -poiesis
- formation
-
-scope
-scopy -
instrument for examination
process of examination - -stasis
-
stop
stand - cyan/o
- blue
- erythr/o
- red
- leuk/o
- white
- melan/o
- black
- aer/o
-
air
gas -
hem/o
hemat/o - blood
- hydr/o
- water
- lip/o
- fat
- py/o
- pus
-
ur/o
urin/o - urine
-
abdomin/o
lapar/o - abdomen
- acr/o
-
extremity
topmost - aden/o
- gland
-
angi/o
vas/o
vascul/o - veseel
- arthr/o
- joint
- cardi/o
- heart
- cephal/o
- head
-
col/o
colon/o - colon
- cyt/o
- cell
-
derm/o
dermat/o
cutane/o - skin
- enter/o
- small intestine
- esophag/o
- esophagus
- gastr/o
- stomach
- hepat/o
- liver
- hist/o
- tissue
-
nas/o
rhin/o - nose
-
nephr/o
ren/o - kidney
- neur/o
- nerve
- or/o
- mouth
- oste/o
- bone
- pneumon/o
-
air
lung - carcin/o
- cancer
- crin/o
- to secrete
- esthesi/o
- sensation
- fibr/o
- fiber
- gen/o
-
origin
production - gynec/o
- woman
- lith/o
- stone
- morph/o
- form
- necr/o
- death
- onc/o
-
tumor
mass - orth/o
-
straight
normal
correct - path/o
- disease
- ped/o
-
child
foot - phag/o
-
eat
swallow - phas/o
- speech
- plas/o
- formation
- phob/o
-
exaggerated fear
sensitivity - psych/o
- mind
- scler/o
- hard
- son/o
- sound
- sten/o
- narrow
-
tox/o
toxic/o - poison
- troph/o
-
nourishment
development