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