Med Term Chapter 1 2024 - Terms for test Flashcards
a-, an-
not
anti-
against
contra-
against
auto-
self
hyper-
too much
hypo-, sub-
too little
neo-
new
post-
after
pre-
before
pro-
before
re-
again
ab-
away from
i/e abduction
ad-
toward
i.e adduction
ana-
up
ante-
before, in front of
apo-
from, away from
circum-
around
peri-
around
con-
with or together
contra-
against
de-
down or away from
dia-
through
trans-
through
e-
ec-
out of
ecto-
outside
en-
in or inside
endo-
in or inside
intra-
in or inside
epi-
upon; on top of
supra-
upon; on top of
ex-
out or outside
exo-
out or outside
extra-
out or outside
hyper-
over
hypo-
under
infra-
under
infro-
under
inter-
between
pre-
before; in front of
pro-
before; in front of
retro-
behind
sub-
underneath
sym-
with or together
syn-
with or together
xeno-
foreign
dys-
bad
eu-
perfect, good, true
macro-
large
mega-
enlarged
micro-
small
hemi-
half
semi-
half
mono-
one
uni-
one
bi-
two
di-
two
tri-
three
quad-
four
tetra-
four
penta-
pento-
five
hexa-
hexo-
six
pluri-
several; more than one
poly-
several; more than one
oligo-
several; a handful
multi-
many
pan-
all
brady-
slow
chron/o-
time-dependent
tachy-
fast
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-dynia
pain
-cele
hernia (something that sticks up where it shouldn’t)
-centesis
puncture
-cide
killing
-cyte
cell
-desis
binding (by a disease process)
-ectomy
removal (notice ec- in prefixes list means “out of” and -tomy in this list means “cutting” so “cutting out of”
-emia
blood condition
-genic
creating; giving rise to
-gram
visual record
-graph
instrument used to produce a visual record
-graphy
procedure used to produce a visual record
-ia
condition; disease; literally, “place” (Bulgaria is the place of the Bulgars; Arabia is the place of the Arabs; Germany is the place of the Germans; ect.)
-y
condition; disease; literally, “place” (Bulgaria is the place of the Bulgars; Arabia is the place of the Arbs; Germany is the place of the Germans; etc.)
-iasis
presence of
-iatrics
medical science
-iatry
medical science
-iatrist
specialist in the practice of
-icle
diminutive suffix; in makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)
-ole
diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front smaller (icicle)
-ule
diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)
-ula
diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)
-ise
ending that makes a noun into a verb (e.g., strategy vs strategize)
-ize
ending that makes a noun a verb (e.g., strategy vs strategize)
-ism
condition or procedure or belief
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-ium
tissue or structure
-lith
stone
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown; destruction
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-meter
instrument for measurement
-metry
the process of using an instrument for measurement
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor or swelling
-osis
condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency; lack of
-pexy
surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure (compare -desis)
-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
-ptosis
drooping
-rrhage
excessive flow
-rrhea
excessive flow
-rrhaphy
surgical formation of seam; suturing
-rrhexis
rupture
-scope
instrument for visualizing something
-scopy
process of using an instrument to visualize something
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-stomy
creation of an opening (see stoma=”mouth”)
-tion
word ending that makes a noun into a process (form vs formation)
-tomy
cut; incision
-us
condition
afferent
going towards
arthr/o
joint
bacteri/o
bacteria
bio
life
blast
rapidly diving cell
carc/i, carc/in, carc/ino
cancer (Greek word that literally means “crab”)
card/i, card/io
heart
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
chole
bile (bodily humor in Greek medical practice)
constrict
narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (constriction is the generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)
cyst/o
bladder; fluid-filled space
dialate
increasing the size of an opening
sten/o
narrowing; decreasing the size o an opening (constriction is generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)
efferent
going away from
enceph/a
en- + -cephal- head, “inside the head”
encephal/o
en- + -cephal- head, “inside the head”
eti/o
how something came to be, from Greek aitia, “cause” + o + -logy
gastr/o
stomach
gen/o
cause, origin
genetic
inheritance
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hydr/o
water
morph/o
change
muscul/o
muscle
my/o
muscle
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
dead
neur/o
nervous system
orth/o
straight, at right angles
ost/e, ost/eo
bone
path/o
disease (literally, “suffering”)
ped/o
children
phag/o
eating
plas/o
formation
py/o
pus
sarc/o
flesh, muscle
scler/o
hard
stom/a/t
mouth
therm/o
temperature
troph/o
nourishment
trop/o
moving towards or acting on
ur
urine
valv/ulo
valve
singular of a term that means around the heart
pericardium
plural of a term that means around the heart
pericardia
singular form of a term that means around the bone
periosteum
plural form of a word that means around the bone
periostea
singular form of a word that means pertaining to the nucleus
nucleolus
plural form of the word that means nucleus
nucleoli
singular form of the word that is the structure that is the powerhouse of the cell
mitochondrion
plural form of the structure that is the powerhouse of the cell
mitochondria
singular form of the work that means cancerous tumor
carcinoma
plural word for a term that means cancerous cell
carcinomata
singular term for a word that means a type of cancer that starts in muscle
sarcoma
plural term for a word that means cancer that starts in muscle
sarcomata
singular term referring to the color part of the eye
iris
plural term for the word that is the color part of the eye
irides
singular term for the word that means the disease that a physician thinks a person has
diagnosis
plural form for a word that means the disease a person has
diagnoses
singular term for a word that means a condition of death
necrosis
plural term for a word that means condition of death
necroses
singular term for a word that means a technique used to remove urine from the bladder
cystocentesis
plural term for a word that is a procedure used to remove urine from the bladder
cystocenteses
singular term for a word that means fungal infection
mycosis
plural term for a word that means fungal infection
mycoses
singular term for a word that means chest
thorax
plural term for a word that means chest
thoraces
antibacterial
prevents the spread or growth of bacteria
atrophy
waste away
bacteremia
bacteria in the blood
bacteriocide
a substance which kills bacteria
bradycardia
slow heart rate
carcinoma
cancerous tumor
cardiomegaly
enlarged heart
cephalgia
pain in the head
cholecystectomy
removal of the gallbladder
cholecystitis
inflammation of the gallbladder
cholelithiasis
presence of gallstones in the gallbladder
chronobiology
study of organisms in environments
cystocentesis
remove urine directly from the bladder
cytocentesis
removal of fluid from a cell
diarrhea
watery frequent bowel movements
dilated cardiomyopathy
disease of the heart muscle
encephalocele
sack like protrusion from the brain
geneticist
specialist who evaluates heredity
hematologist
specialists in blood
hematology
study of blood
hematoma
collection of blood
