Lesson 1 Flashcards
a-
not, without, lacking, deficient
anti-
against, opposed to, preventing, relieving
di-/dis-
two, twice, double
dys-
difficult, painful, defective, abnormal
ec-/ex-
out of, away from
ecto-
outside of
en-/em-
in, into, within
endo-/ento-
within
ep-/epi-
upon, over, above
exo-
outside, from the outside, toward the outside
hemi-
half, partial; one side of body
hyper-
over, above, excessive, beyond normal
hypo-/hyp-
under, deficient, below normal
mono-/mon-
one, single
peri-
around, surrounding
syn-/sym-
together, with, joined
-a
state, condition
-ac
pertaining to, located in
-ia/-y
state, condition
-iac
person afflicted with
-iasis
disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of; formation and/or presence of calculu in body (when used with lith-)
-ic
pertaining to, located in; can indicate drug/agent
-in/-ine
forms names of substances
-ist
person interested in
-itic
pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation; can also indicate drug/agent
-itis
inflammation
-itides
plural of -itis
-ium/-eum
membrane, connective tissue
-ma/-mat
abnormal/diseased condition
-osis
abnormal/diseased condition
-otic
pertaining to
-sia
state, condition
-sis
state, condition
-tic
pertaining to; indicate drug/agent
acanth-
thorn, spine
alg-
pain
alges-
sensitivity to pain
all-
other, divergence, difference from
angi-
(blood) vessel, duct
arthr-
joint
bi-
life
brady-
slow
cardi-
heart
cephal-
head
crani-
skull
cyt-
cell
encephal-
brain
erythr-
red, red blood cell
lept-
thin, fine, slight
leuk-
white, white blood cell
lith-
stone, calculus
log-
word, study
malac-
soft
mes-
middle, secondary, partial, mesentery
-meter/metr-
measure, measuring device
nephr-
kidney
neur-
nerve, nervous system
oste-
bone
prosop-
face
prot-
first, primitive, early
scler-
hard
sten-
narrow
stere-
solid, having three dimensions
tachy-
rapid
tox(i)-
poison