Introduction Flashcards by Katy Mullins

Q

Eponyms

A

put your name on something

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Acronyms

A

Made up of first letters
ex: MRI

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Ultima

A

the last syllable

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penult

A

almost last syllable

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antepenult

A

the one that is just before the penult

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Q

Put emphasis on the

A

antepenult (3rd to last syllable)

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gen/o

A

creation, cause

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hydr/o

A

water

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morph/o

A

change

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myc/o

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fungus

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necr/o

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death

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orth/o

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straight

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path/o

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disease

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phag/o

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eat

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plas/o

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formation

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py/o

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pus

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scler/o

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hard

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sten/o

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narrowing

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xen/o

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foreign

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troph/o

A

nourishment

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-ia
-ism

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condition

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-ium

A

tissue, structure

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-y

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condition, procedure

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-icle,ole,ule,ula

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small

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-iatrics -iatry

medical science

-iatrist -logist

specialist in mecine of

-ist

specialist

-logy

study of

-algia -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia (bulging tissue)

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

presence of

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosen, break down

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage -rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrhea

flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-centesis

puncture

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to look

-scopy

process of looking

-desis

binding, fixation

-ectomy

removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

reconstruction

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

creation of an opening

-tomy

incision

a- an-

not

anti- contra-

against

de-

down, away from

ante- pre- pro-

before

Brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

post-

after

ab-

away

re-

again

ad-

toward

circum- peri-

around

dia- trans-

through

e- ec- ex-

out

ecto- exo- extra-

outside

en- endo- intra-

inside

epi-

upon

sub-

beneath

inter-

between

bi-

two

hemi- semi-

half

hyper-

over

hypo-

under

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono- uni-

one

oligo-

few

pan-

all

poly- multi-

many

con- syn- sym-

with

dys-

bad

eu-

good

medical words constructed by

root and suffix and sometimes a prefix root = foundation suffix = gives essential meaning to the term