4 - Basic Medical Terminology Flashcards
The prefix a- means _______
without or not
The prefix an- means _______
without or not
The prefix ab- means _______
away from
The prefix ad- means _______
toward
The prefix adeno- means _______
gland
The prefix ambi- means _______
both
The prefix angio- means _______
vessel
The prefix ante- means _______
before, forward
The prefix anti- means _______
against
The prefix arthro- means _______
joint
The prefix bi- means _______
double, two
The prefix brachio- means _______
arm
The prefix brady- means _______
slow
The prefix cardio- means _______
heart
The prefix caud- means _______
tail
The prefix cephal- means _______
head
The prefix chondro- means _______
cartilage
The prefix circum- means _______
around
The prefix cochlea- means _______
shell
The prefix contra- means _______
against, opposite
The prefix derm- means _______
skin
The prefix di- means _______
two
The prefix dia- means _______
across, through, apart
The prefix dis- means _______
separation, away from
The prefix dur- means _______
tough
The prefix dys- means _______
bad, difficult, abnormal
The prefix ecto- means _______
outer
The prefix ede- means _______
swelling
The prefix endo- means _______
inner, inside
The prefix epi- means _______
over, on
The prefix ergo- means _______
work
The prefix eryth- means _______
red
The prefix ex- means _______
out, out of, from, away from
The prefix for- means _______
opening
The prefix gastro- means _______
belly, stomach
The prefix glosso- means _______
tongue
The prefix hemi- means _______
half
The prefix hemo- means _______
blood
The prefix hepa- means _______
liver
The prefix histo- means _______
tissue
The prefix homo- means _______
same
The prefix hydro- means _______
water
The prefix hyper- means _______
excessive, too high
The prefix hypo- means _______
under, decreased, less than normal
The prefix ilio-(a) means _______
ilium
The prefix in- means _______
in, into, within, not
The prefix infra- means _______
below
The prefix inter- means _______
between
The prefix intra- means _______
within
The prefix iso- means _______
same
The prefix kine- means _______
movement
The prefix labio- means _______
lips
The prefix later- means _______
side
The prefix leuko- means _______
white
The prefix lipo- means _______
fat
The prefix macro- means _______
big
The prefix mal- means _______
bad
The prefix mater- means _______
mother
The prefix medi- means _______
middle
The prefix mega- means _______
big
The prefix multi- means _______
many
The prefix myo- means _______
muscle
The prefix neo- means _______
new
The prefix nephro- means _______
kidney
The prefix neuro- means _______
nerve
The prefix ora- means _______
mouth
The prefix orchi- means _______
testes
The prefix osteo- means _______
bone
The prefix oto- means _______
ear
The prefix para- means _______
beside
The prefix per- means _______
by, through
The prefix peri- means _______
around
The prefix poly- means _______
many
The prefix post- means _______
after, behind
The prefix pre- means _______
before, in front of
The prefix pro- means _______
before, in front of
The prefix re- means _______
again
The prefix retro- means _______
backward
The prefix semi- means _______
half
The prefix somato- means _______
body
The prefix steno- means _______
narrow
The prefix sub- means _______
under
The prefix super- means _______
above, over, excess
The prefix supra- means _______
above, over
The prefix syn- means _______
together
The prefix tachy- means _______
fast
The prefix thermo- means _______
heat
The prefix thoraco- means _______
chest
The prefix thrombo- means _______
clot
The prefix trans- means _______
across, over
The prefix tri- means _______
three
The prefix uni- means _______
one
The prefix uria- means _______
urine
The prefix uro- means _______
urine
The prefix vaso- means _______
vessel
The prefix viscero- means _______
organ
The suffix -algia means _______
pain
The suffix -ase means _______
enzyme
The suffix -ectomy means _______
surgical removal
The suffix -emia means _______
blood condition
The suffix -eum means _______
membrane
The suffix -genic means _______
produce, create
The suffix -iatric means _______
specialty
The suffix -ism means _______
condition
The suffix -itis means _______
inflammation
The suffix -sis means _______
process
The suffix -trophy means _______
growth
An explanation formulated in an attempt to explain observations in the natural world.
Theory
A theory that seems to explain a group of phenomena and can be subjected to tests, experimentation, or statistical analysis to prove or disprove.
Hypothesis
A careful, diligent search of relationships between cause and effect, conducted in a scholarly fashion that will hold up to peer review.
Research
A body of knowledge in a specific discipline or area.
Science
The study and collection of data pertaining to a particular body of knowledge through the use of hypothesizing, analysis, theory, models, law and research.
Scientific method
An understanding without the conscious use of reasoning or logic.
Intuition
The creation of something beautiful, or the skill to do so.
Art
A change in function.
Physiological effect
The belief system that what affects one also affects the other.
Body/mind effect
A scientific term for the power of suggestion.
Placebo effect
A collective term for effects on the cells of the physical body (as opposed to the mind of the spirit).
Somatic effects
The theory that while you may not consciously remember some past injury or trauma, the body does.
Cellular memory
The body’s short-term and long-term reactions to stress.
General adaption syndrome
Any factor that moves the body away from homeostasis or balance.
Stress
Another word for balance.
Homeostasis
The alarm reaction.
Fight-or-flight
Our conscious monitoring of stress, developing skills to deal with stress and the practice of putting those skills into effect.
Stress management
List the 7 stages of the life cycle.
Egg, embryo, baby, child, adolescent, adult and old age
Physiolgocial rhythms: temperature, sleep, alertness and hormone levels.
Biological rhythms or biorhythms
Biorhythms that operate on a general cycle of 24 hours.
Circadian rythms
Rhythms that help moderate hemispheric dominance in the brain.
Ultradian rhythm
The concept that two things with separate rhythms put together will soon adopt one rhythm.
Entrainment
