Chapter 3 Flashcards
mono-, uni-
one
multi-, poly-
many
bi-, di-
two
tri
three
quad-, quadri-, tetra-
four
centi
one hundred
milli
one thousand
diplo
double
hemi-, semi-
half or partly
hyper
excessive
hypo
below or beneath
multi-, poly-
many
nulli-
none
pan-
all
primi
first
super-, ultra-
excessive
ab-
away
ad-
towards
ante-, pre-, pro-
before
circus-, peri-
around
contra-
against or opposed
dia-
through
ecto-,ex-,exo-,extra-
out, without, away from
en-, end-, endo-
inside
epi-
above or on
hypo-, infra-, sub-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
within
ipsi-
same
meso-, mid-
middle
para-
near, beside,
per,
through or by
post
after
retro-
behind
super-, supra
above, beyond
sym-, syn-
joined, together
trans-
across
micro
small
macro, mega, megalomaniac
large
a-, an-
no, not, without
in-
not or inside
anti-, contra-
against
Brady-
slow
tachy-
fast
dys-
bad difficult
eu
good, normal
mal-
bad
alb/o, Albin/o, leuk/o,leuc/o
white
chlor/o
green
cyan
blue
erythr/o
red
melan/o
black
xanth/o
yellow
cyt/o
cell
-cyte
cell
gen/o
beginning, origin
gram/o
to record
-genesis
producing or forming
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
kinesi/o, -kinesia, kinesis
movement
leps/o
seizure
-lepsy
seizure
lys/o
destruction, dissolving
-lysin
that which destroys
-lysis
process of destroying
-lytic
capable of or producing destroying
malac/o
soft, softening
megal/o
large or enlarged
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlargement
metr/o
measure, uterine tissue
-metry
process of measuring
path/o
disease
-meter
instrument used to measure
-pathy
disease
phag/o
eat, ingest
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
eating, swallowing
phas/o
speech
-phasia
speech
pleg/o
paralysis
-plegia
paralysis
schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
split, cleft
scler/o
hard
-sclerosis
hardening
scop/o
to examine, to view
-scope
instrument used for viewing
-scopy
process of examining visually
troph/o
nutrient
-trophic, -trophy
nutrition
aer/o
air
blast/o
embryonic form
cancer/o, carin/o
cancer
cephal/o
head
crypt/o
hidden
cry/o
cold
dips/o
thirst
electr/o
electricity
fibr/o
fiber
hist/o
tissue
narc/o
stupor
Myc/o
fungus
necr/o
dead
optic/o, opt/o
vision
phon/o
voice
phot/o
light
py/o
pus
top/o
position, place
therm/o
heat
trache/o
trachea