med term quiz .0 Flashcards
prefixes, suffixes, abbreviations
1
Q
abnormal, painful
A
dys
2
Q
surrounding or around
A
peri
3
Q
head
A
cephal
4
Q
red or reddish
A
erythr/o
5
Q
many, multiple
A
poly
6
Q
four
A
quad
7
Q
nerve, nerves, nervous system
A
neur/o
8
Q
blue
A
cyan/o
9
Q
before or anterior
A
pre
10
Q
white or white blood cell
A
leuk/o
11
Q
slow, heavy
A
brady
12
Q
pus
A
pyo
13
Q
inside
A
endo
14
Q
half or one half of the body
A
hemi
15
Q
above or beyond
A
supra
16
Q
water or watery fluid
A
hydro
17
Q
fast or rapid
A
tachy
18
Q
bone
A
oste/o
19
Q
high, above normal
A
hyper
20
Q
below, less than normal
A
hypo
21
Q
on top of, on, over
A
epi
22
Q
under, below
A
sub
23
Q
against, opposing, contrary
A
anti
24
Q
excision or surgical removal
A
-ectomy
25
Q
surgical creation of an opening
A
-ostomy
26
Q
surgical cutting or incision
A
-otomy
