Introduction to Healthcare Terminology Flashcards
ante-
Forward, in front of, before
anti-
Against
dys-
Abnormal, difficult, bad, painful
endo-
Inside
hyper-
Excessive
hypo-
Below
neo-
New
per-
Through
peri-
Surrounding, around
-al
Pertaining to
-algia
Pain
-ectomy
Removal, resection, excision
-graphy
Instrument to record
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Study of
-plasty
Surgical repair
-scope
Instrument to view
-tomy
Incision, cutting
arth/o
Joint
cardi/o
heart
col/o
colon, large intestine
cyst/o
Bladder/sac
enter/o
Small intestine
gastr/o
stomach
gloss/o
Tongue
hyster/o
Uterus
hepat/o
Liver
mamm/o
Breas
nat/o
Birth, born
neur/o
Nerve
ophthalm/o
Eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
rhin/o
Nose
therm/o
Heat, temperature
acronym
Abbreviations that are also pronounceable
diagnosis
Evaluation of a patient’s signs, symptoms, and history.
sign
An objective finding of a disease state
acute
An abrupt, severe onset to a disease
eponym
Terms that are named after a person or a place associated with the term. Ex: Alzheimer disease
suffix
word parts that appear at the end of some terms. Used to indicate whether the term is an anatomic, pathologic, diagnostic, or therapeutic intervention term.
chronic
Developing slowly and lasting for a long time. (Chron/o means time)
nondecodable term
Terms that do not have word parts that can be used to assemble a definition. Must be memorized without the benefit of word parts.
symptom
A subjective report of a disease state
combining form
Word root with its respective combining vowel
prefix
word parts that appear at the beginning of some terms. Used to further define absence, location, number, quantity, or state of the term.
word root
word origin
decodable term
Terms that can be broken into their Greek and Latin word parts and given a working definition based on the meanings of those word parts.
prognosis
A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease or disorder.
