Ch. 1 Flashcards
a-
not
an-
not
anti-
against
contra-
against
de
down, away from
ante-
before
pre-
before
pro-
before, on behalf of
brady-
slow
tachy-
fast
post-
after
re-
again
ab-
away
ad-
toward
circum-
around
peri-
around
dia-
through
trans-
through
e-
out
ec-
out
ex-
out
ecto-
outside
exo-
outside
extra-
outside
en-
in, inside
endo-
in, inside
intra-
in, inside
epi-
upon
sub-
beneath
inter-
between
bi-
two
hemi-
half
semi-
half
hyper-
over
hypo-
under
macro-
large
micro-
small
mono-
one
uni-
one
oligo-
few
pan-
all
poly-
many
multi-
many
con-
with, together
syn-
with, together
sym-
with, together
dys-
bad
eu-
good
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-ia
condition
-ism
condition
-ium
tissue, structure
-y
condition, procedure
-icle
small
-ole
small
-ule
small
-ula
small
-iatrics
medical science
-iatry
medical science
-iatrist
specialist in medicine of
-ist
specialist
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
study of
-algia
pain
-dynia
pain
-cele
hernia
-emia
blood condition
-iasis
presence of
-itis
inflammation
-lysis
loosen, break down
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-ptosis
drooping
-rrhage
excessive flow
-rrhagia
excessive flow
-rrhea
flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-centesis
puncture
-gram
written record
-graph
instrument used to produce a record
-graphy
process of recording
-meter
instrument used to measure
-metry
process of measuring
-scope
instrument used to look
-scopy
process of looking
-desis
binding, fixation
-ectomy
removal
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
reconstruction
-rrhaphy
suture
-stomy
creation of an opening
-tomy
incision
gen/o
creation, cause
hydr/o
water
morph/o
change
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
death
orth/o
straight
path/o
suffering, disease
phag/o
eat
plas/o
formation
py/o
pus
scler/o
hard
sten/o
narrowing
troph/o
nourishment, development
xen/o
foreign