Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Ab/
A
away from
2
Q
Anti/
A
against
3
Q
Eu/
A
good, easy, normal
4
Q
Ex/Exo
A
without, out of, outside, away from
5
Q
Inter/
A
between
6
Q
Oligo/
A
little
7
Q
Sub/
A
below, under or less
8
Q
-scope
A
instrument used to visually examine
9
Q
Enter/o
A
small intestine
10
Q
-penia
A
deficiency or reduction in number
11
Q
Extra/
A
outside or beyond
12
Q
Per/
A
excessive or through
13
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to cardiac
14
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to lumbar
15
Q
-ic
A
pertaining to small intestine
16
Q
-tic
A
pertaining to kidney
17
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
18
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
19
Q
-graphy
A
procedure that records
20
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
21
Q
-rrhapy
A
to suture
22
Q
-algia
A
pain
23
Q
-ion
A
action, process, state or condition
24
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
25
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
26
A/ or An/
without or no
27
Ecto/
outside
28
Endo/
within or inside
29
Hyper
elevated, high
30
Intra/
within
31
Pre/
before
32
Super/
above, beyond, excessive
33
-itis
inflammation
34
Pan/
all entire or every
35
Infra/
below or beneath
36
Trans/
across
37
-al
pertaining to renal
38
-ary
pertaining to GI tract
39
-ine
pertaining to uterus
40
-ectomy
surgical removal
41
-stomy
surgical created opening
42
-gram
record of
43
-lysis
separation or breakdown
44
-rrhagia
bursting forth
45
-rrhea
flow or discharge
46
-dynia
pain
47
-ive
performs or tends toward
48
-osis
abnormal condition
49
-um
structure
50
Ad/
toward
51
Dys/
difficult, painful, or bad
52
Hypo/
lower or less then normal
53
Poly/
many
54
Post/
after
55
Supra/
above, increased, more then normal
56
Gastro/
stomach
57
Leuk/o
white
58
Epi/
upper
59
Meta/
beyond
60
Ultra/
above, increased, more then normal
61
-an
pertaining to ovary
62
-eal
pertaining to larynx
63
-ous
pertaining to skin
64
-pexy
suture to stabilize
65
-tomy
cutting into
66
-graph
instrument that records
67
-rrhage
bursting forth
68
-rrhexis
rupture
69
-ia
state or condition
70
-malacia
abnormal softening
71
-pathy
disease
72
-us
thing
