chapter 1 Flashcards
inter
between
ultra
excessive
anti
against
a
without
bi
two
pre
before
poly
many
neo
new
peri
around
hyper
excessive
plasty
surgical repair
megaly
enlargment
rrhagia
burst forth
penia
reduction
necr/o
death
toxic/o
poison
acr/o
extremity
angi/o
vessel
cyt/o
cell
melan/o
black
-cele
pouching, hernia
-ecasis
expansion, dilation
-emia
blood condition
-iasis
formation or presence of
-malacia
softening
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition or increase
-phil, -philia
attraction for
-plasia
formation of
-ptosis
falling, dropping
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhexis
rupture
-algia, -dynia
pain
-genic, -genesis
origin, production
-lysis
breaking down
-oid
resembling
-penia
abnormal reduction
-rrhea
discharge
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-centesis
surgical puncture
-desis
binding
-ectomy
excision
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-tomy
incision
-stomy
new incision
-tripsy
crushing
-ia, -ism
condition of
-ium
structure or tissue
-y
condition or process of
-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
small
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-iatrics, -iatry
treatment
-ist
one who specializes in
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
process of measuring
-poiesis
formation
-scope
instrument for examination
-stasis
stop or standing still
what is the point of the suffix
gives specific meaning by altering a root:
disease, surgical procedures, quantities, increase/decrease, direction
what are the rules for building medical terms
1 a root word links a suffix that begins with a vowel. #2 A combing form (root+o) links a suffix that begins with a suffix. #3 A combining form links a root to another root to form compound word.
four components of medical term is
root word, combining form, suffix, and prefix
