Body as a Whole Suffixes, Prefixes, Directional Terms Flashcards by Unknown Unknown

-graphy

the making of a pictorial record

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tom/o

section.

ie: tomography

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-al

pertaining to.

ie: educational; pertaining to education

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-logy

study of.

ie: Psychology.

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-gram or -graph

pictorial record

Ie: cardiogram, cardiograph

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-graphy

process of making a graphical record.

Ie: cardiography

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-logist

specialist in the study of.

Ie: cardiologist, specialist in the study of the heart

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-meter

instrument for measuring.

Ie: cardiometer

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- ule

little, small.

Ie: venule; small vein

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-oid

resembling.

Ie: ovoid; resembling an egg.

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-form

resembling.

Ie: fusiform; resembling a spindle

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-ic

pertaining to.

Ie: phrenic; pertaining to the diaphragm

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-al

pertaining to

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-ous

pertaining to

Ie: venous; pertaining to a vein

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-an

pertaining to.

Ie: ovarian; pertaining to the ovary

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-ac

pertaining to

Ie: cardiac; pertaining to the heart

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-ical

pertaining to.

neurological; pertaining to the nervous system

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-tic

pertaining to.

necrotic; pertaining to tissue death

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-eal

pertaining to

esophageal; pertaining to the esophagus

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-itis

inflammation

carditis; diseas or condition(inflammation of the heart)

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-centesis

a surgical puncture to drain fluid

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algia

- dynia

pain

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-cele

pouch or sac

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-emia

condition of the blood.

ie: anemia

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- ia | - ism

condition of ie: dwarfism

-iasis

formation of, presence of ie: lithiasis

-lysis

destruction, breaking down

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor ie: sarcoma

-osis

condition ie: chondrocalcinosis

-penia

lack of ie: osteopenia

- phage | - phagis

eat or devour ie: macrophage or dysphagia

- phile | - philia

attraction for ie: necrophilia

- phobe | - phobia

fear of ie: germophobe or agoraphobia

-plasia

formation of

-pnea

to breath ie: orthopnea

-ptosis

drooping

- rrhage | - rrhagia

burst forth ie: hemorrhage

-rrhea

discharge ie: otorrhea

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

involuntary contraction ie: brionchospasm

-trophy

development ie: atrophy

-centesis

puncture to remove fluid

-desis

binding ie: tenodesis

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision ie: appendectomy

-pexy

fixation, surgical suspension ie: prchiopexy

-plasty

repair

-rrhapy

suturing of

-stomy

surgical creation of an opening ie: colostomy

-tomy

incision, cutting into ie: arthrotomy

-tripsy

crushing ie: lithotripsy

-scopy

performed with a scope ie: colonoscopy

brady-

slow

ecto- exo- intra-

outside

circum- | peri-

around

pachy-

thick

para-

alongside, beside

dia- | trans-

through, across

ecto- exo- intra-

outside

en- | endo-

inside, within

epi-

upon

hemi- | semi-

half

hyper- | ultra-

above, excessive, extreme

tachy-

fast

eu-

normal, good

meso-

middle

meta-

beyond, after, change

a- | an-

without, not

ab-

toward, to near

ambi-

both

intra- | sub-

below, under

inter-

between

mal-

bad

micro-

small

mono- | uni-

one

neo-

new

pan-

all

per-

through

anti- | contra-

against, opposed

poly- | multi-

many

auto-

self

post-

after

bi- | di-

two

quadri- | tetra-

four

con- symp- syn-

together, with

re-

again, back

de-

not, from, down

retro-

backward, behind

e- ec ex-

out, away

super-

above, excessive

dis-

apart, separate

supra-

above

dys-

faulty, painful, difficult

tri-

three

proximal

closest to the point of origin of the body

distal

farthest away from the point of origin of the body

superior

above

inferior

below

toward the front

posterior

toward the back

medial

toward the midline of the body

-emia

blood condition ie: leukemia

steno

narrow

-osis

condition ie: stenosis; narrowing

-tomy

incision, cut into

-clasia

to surgically break

-desis

stabilize, fuze

-listhesis

slipping

-porosis

porous

cata-

down

narco-

stupor, sleep

-asthenia

weakness ie: myasthenia gravis

-lepsy

seizure

-mani

abnormal impulse(attraction) toward, obsessive preoccupation

-paresis

slight paralysis

-plegia

paralysis