Exam One-Medical Terminoloy Flashcards
allo-
other, differing from
a-
an-
no, not, without
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
auto-
aut-
own, self
bi-
two
brady-
slow
cata-
down, under
circum-
around
con-
with, together
contra-
against,opposite
de-
down, lack of
dia-
through, throughout
dip-
dipl-
double
ec-
ecto-
outside, out
epi-
above, over, upon
extra-
outside
hemi-
half
hetero-
different
homo-
homeo-
same
infra-
below, beneath
meta-
beyond, change
mono-
uni-
one
multi-
poly-
much, many
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
near, beyond, abnormal
per-
through,throughout
peri
around, surrounding
poly-
many,much
pro-
before
quadri-
four
re-
back,again
sym-,syn-
with,together
supra-
above,beyond
super-
above, beyond
tachy-
fast
trans-
across
tri-
three
ultra-
beyond,excess
uni-
one
pre-
before, in front of
dys-
bad, difficult, abnormal
intra-
within
exo-
outside, outward
ab-
away from
ad-
toward, near
eu-
good, normal
hyper-
above, excessive, beyond
hypo-
under, deficient, below
inter-
between
micro-
small
post-
after, behind
sub-
under, beneath
-desis
binding, fixation ( of a bone or joint)
emia-
blood condition
-lysis
seperation, destruction, loosening
-clasis
break, surgical fracture
genesis-
production, formation
-tripsy
crushing
-penia
decrease, deficient
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-ptosis
prolapse, drooping
-megaly
enlargement
-itis
inflamation
-phobia
fear, aversion
-pexy
fixation of an organ
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
-cele
hernia, swelling
-graph
instrument for recording
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
-ule
-ole
little, small
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
-stomy
forming an opening
-dynia
-algia
pain
-plegia
paralysis
-toxic
poision
-graphy
process of recording
-tomy
incision
-scopy
visual examination
-centesis
surgical puncture
-rrhexis
rupture
-malacia
softening
-ist
specialist
-plasty
surgical repair
-gen
producing, generating
-rrhaphy
suture
-oma
tumor
-emesis
vomiting
-genic
produced by, forming
-drome
running, to run
-logy
the study of
-opsy
to view
-a
-an
no, not, without
anter/o
front
chrom/o
color
-cyte
cell
dist/o
distant
dors/o
back
hist/o
tissue
kary/o
nucle/o
nucleus
later/o
side
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
poster/o
behind, towards the back
proxim/o
near
ventr/o
belly, front of the body
viscer/o
internal organs
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
alb/o, albin/o
white
leuk/o
white
xanth/o
jaund/o
cirrh/o
yellow
cyan/o
blue
melan/o
black
poli/o
grey, grey matter
radi/o
x-ray, radiation
tom/o
to cuts
pathy
disease
thel/o
nipple
-lucent
to shine
-some
body
-type
class, representative
erythr/o
red
allo
other,different
-supression
to stop
-opaque
obscure
-bastoma
immature tumor
-cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
plas/o
formation, growth
infer/o
lower, below
-ago
-esis
-ia
-iasis
-ion
-ism
-osis
abnormal condition, or disease
-a
-e
-um
noun endings, creates a name for an item when attached to a root word
-ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-sis
state of, condition
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
-mission
send
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-er
one who
-or
one who
-ptom
happening, occurrence
-plasia
development, forming
-icle
small, minute
-gram
record, writing
-y
process, condition
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-iac
-ic
-ical
-ior
-ous
-bic
pertaining to
-iatry
medicine, treatment
-tome
instrument to cut
-ectomy
excision, removal
-macro
large
-retro
behind, backward
pro-
pros-
before, forward
mal
bad
in-
into, within
endo-
in, within
ec-
out, outside
de-
down, lack of
con-
with, together
path/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
