Final Exam Review Flashcards
anti
against
per
through
pan
all
re
again
sym
together
ex/o
away from, outside
end/o
in, within
ante
before
pre, pro
before
dis
absence, removal, separation
dys
difficult, abnormal, painful
hyper
over, increased, abnormally high
hypo
under, below, abnormally low
erythro
red
stenosis
narrowing, constriction
costochondral
pertaining to rib & cartilage
chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
rib
plasty
surgical reconstruction
subcostal
below the rib
coccygeal
pertaining to the coccyx
tumor of bone and cartilage
osteochondroma
arthr/o
joint
arthrostenosis
narrowing of a joint
pelvimetry
measurement of the pelvis
parasacral
near the sacrum
osteo
bone
pertaining to sacrum and ilium
sacroiliac
blast
immature cell
paresis
partial paralysis
pathy
any disease of
brady
slow
tachy
rapid
pachy
thick
xero
dry
-lysis
separation, loosening, destruction
-clasis, -clasia
breaking
-algia, -algesia
pain
-cele
hernia
cyst/o
sac, cyst, bladder
dilation
expansion, widening
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
malacia
softening
necrosis
death of
ptosis
dropping, prolapse, downward displacement
-schisis
fissure, splitting
-rhexis
rupture
stasis
suppression, stoppage
-graph
instrument for recording data
-graphy
act of recording data
-gram
record of data
-centesis
puncture, tap
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
-desis
binding, fusion
-pexy
surgical fixation
-rhaphy
suture, surgical repair
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
-tomy
incision, cutting
blast/o, -blast
immature cell
gen
origin, formation
phag/o
eat, ingest
paresis
partial paralysis