Med Term Unit 1 Flashcards
example: cardi
Word Root
The core meaning of the term
example: itis
Suffix
Added to end; procedures, conditions, or disease
example; pre-
Prefix
Attached to beginning; time, position, direction, number, negation
example; /o
Combining Vowels
Usually “o” eases pronunciation
example; cardi/o
Combinbing Form
Word Root + Combining Vowel = Combining Form
example: intravenous
Intra
within or inside
example: submarine
Sub-
below, under
example: arthritis
Arthr/o
Joint
example: hepatitis
Hepat/o
liver
example: osteperosis
oste/o
bone
example: intravenis
Ven/o
veins
example: arthralgia
-algia
pain
example: abdominocentesis
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
example: leukocyte
-cyte
cell
example: arthrodynia
-dynia
pain
example: appendectomy
-ectomy
surgical removal
example: hypoglycemia
-emia
blood condition
example: photograph
-gram, -graph
record, x-ray, picture
example: photography
-graphy
processing of recording picture or record
example: arthritis
-itis
inflammation
example: osteomalacia
-malacia
abnormal softening
example: Mega = Big
-megaly
enlargement
example: thermometer
-meter
instrument used to measure
example: neuroid
-oid
like, resembling
example: psychologist
-ologist
specialist
example: biology
-ology
study of
example: sarcoma
-oma
tumor
