Lesson 1 Flashcards
Pertaining to chemistry
Chemical
Poor nourishment of tissue
Dystrophy
Exaggerated feeling of well-being
Euphoria
Pertaining to the jaw
Gnathic
A drug dispensary
Pharmacy
Inflammation of the lungs
Pneumonia
Pseudo-
False
Dropping
Ptosis
Pertaining to rheumatism, a disorder of muscles and joints
Rheumatic
Pertaining to cartilage,attached to the sternum
Xiphoid
Persistent and exaggerated fear
Phobia
Impaired control of alcohol use
Alcoholism
Acid condition of body fluids
Acidosis
Sustained muscle contraction
Tetany
Practioner of medicine
Physician
Study of the treatment of the aged
Geriatrics
Study and treatment of the foot
Podiatry
Study and treatment of the skeleton and joints
Orthopedics
Specialist in the study and treatment of the heart
Cardiologist
Study and function in a living organism
Physiology
Pertaining to the heart
Cardiac
Pertaining to the skeleton
Skeletal
Pertaining to the muscles
Muscular
Pertain ingun to the diet
Dietary
Pertaining to meter
Metric
Pertaining to anatomy
Anatomical
Pertaining to fever
Febrile
Resembling toxins
Toxoid
Pertaining to the respiration
Respiratory
Pertaining to vein
Venous
Pertaining to the gums, and its plural form
Gingiva/ gingivae
Pertaining to an opening and its plural form
Foramen/ foramina
Prim/i
First
Prim/i
First
Mon/o
One
Uni-
One
Hemi-
Half or one-sided
Semi-
Half or partial
Bi-
Two;twice
Di-
Two;twice
Dipl/o
Double
Tri-
Three
Quadr/i
Four
Tetra-
Four
Multi-
Many
Poly-
Many; much
Occuring first in time
Primitive
Pertaining to one eye
Monocular
Composed of one cell
Unicellular
One half of a rounded structure
Hemisphere
Partially solid
Semisolid
A tooth with two points
Bicuspid
Having two forms
Dimorphous
Having two sets of chromosomes
Diploid
Three offspring in a single birth
Triplets
A figure of 4 surface
Tetrahedron
1/4 of an area
Quadrant
Consisting of many parts
Multiple
Substances composed of many sugars
Polysaccharide
Cyan/o
Blue
Erythr/o
Red
Leuk/o
White;colorless
Melan/o
Black or dark
Xanth-o
Yellow
Bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen
Cyanosis
A red blood cell
Erythrocyte
White patches in the mouth
Leukoplakia
The dark pigment that colors the hair and skin
Melanin
Yellow coloration of the skin
Xanthoderma
A- or an-
Not;without
Anti-
Against
Contra-
Against;opposite
De-
Down; without
Dis-
Absence,removal,separation
In- or im-
Not
Non-
Not
Un-
Not
Free of infectious organisms
Aseptic
Means for counteracting a poison
Antidote
Prevention of conception
Contraception
Agent used to remove hair (pil/o)
Depilatory
To separate tissues for anatomical study
Dissect
Not important
Insignificant
Not able to spread disease
Noninfectious
Not responsive
Unconscious
ab-
Away from
Ad-
Toward; near
Dia-
Through
Per-
Through
Trans-
Through
To kove away from the midline
Abduct
To attach or stick together
Adhere
Separation (-lysis) by passage through a membrane
Dialysis
Through the skin
Percutaneous
Introduction of blood or blood components into the blood stream
Transfusion
Hyper-
Over,excess,abnormally high, increased
Hypo-
Under or below
Olig/o-
Few; scanty
Pan-
All
Super-
Above, excess
Excess breathing
Hyperventilation
Decreased oxygen in the tissues
Hypoxia
A scanty menstrual flow
Oligomenorrhea
Remedy that cures all ills; a cure- all
Panacea
In excess numbers
Supernumerary
Equi-
Equal; same
Eu-
True,good, easy, normal
Hetero-
Other, different , unequal
Hetero-
Other, different, unequal
Homo- or homeo-
Same; unchanging
Iso-
Same;equal
Macro-
Large, abnormally large
Having equal sides
Equilateral
Easy or painless death
Euthanasia
Pertaining to opposite sex
Heterosexual
Maintaining a constant body temperature; warm blooded
Homothermic
Graft between two genetically identical individuals
Isograft
Extremely large red blood cell
Macrocyte
Mega- or megalo-
Large or abnormally large
Micro-
Small
Neo-
New
Normo-
Normal
Ortho-
Straight, correct, upright
Poikilo-
Varied; irregular
Re-
Again; back
Enlargement of the bladder
Megabladder
Extremely small; visible only through a microscope
Microscopic
A new born infant
Neonate
Normal blood volume
Normovolemia
Correcting or preventing not deformities
Orthotic
Mottled condition of the skin
Poikiloderma
False paralysis
Pseudoplegia
Backward or return flow; as of nlood or stomach contents
Regurgitation
Ante-
Before
Pre-
Before ; in front of
Pro-
Before; in front of
Post-
After or behind
Before birth
Antenatal
Leading toward a condition, such as disease
Prodome
After menopause
Post menopausal
Dextr/o
Right
Sinistr/o-
Left
Ec- or ecto-
Out; outside
Ex/o -
Away from; outside
End/o
In; within
Mes/o-
Middle
Syn- , sym-
Together
Tel-e, tel,o
End
Location of the heart in the right side of the chest
Dextrocardia
Toward the left
Sinistrad
Outermost layer of the developing embryo
Ectoderm
To cut out
Excise
Device for viewing the inside of a cavity or organ
Endoscope
Midbrain
Mesencephalon
A junction of two nerve cells
Synapse
A terminal vessel
Telangion
A terminal vessel
Telangion