Med Term Unit 2 Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots and Abbreviations 2024 Flashcards
a–
not
ab–
off, from, away
ana–
up, throughout, again
beni–
for good
bi–
two, double
contra–
against, opposite
de–
from, down, out
dia–
between
dis–
separate, apart
dys–
bad
epi–
on top of
ex–
out, off, from, beyond
hyper–
too much
hypo–
(before process)
too little
hypo–
(before anatomical structure)
below
idio–
one’s own, peculiar
im–
in–
not
ipsi–
same (side)
mal–
mali–
badly
meta–
between, with, after; change
micro–
small
non–
not
pro–
in front of; in favor of
radio–
X-rays or other radiation
re–
again
sub–
an underlayer; support
sym–
syn–
sys–
with, together
trans–
through
un–
not
un–
uni–
one
abdomin
belly
acerb[o]/a
harsh, bitter
acute
sharp
aise
ease
state of rest or well-being
alert
aware of surroundings; vigilant
anter/i
front
antrum
cave
assur
secure
ausculta
listen attentively to
benign
well-mannered
calor
heat
cardio
heart
caud
tail
charge
obligation
chondr
cartilage (as in the ribs)
chronic
pertaining to time
coron
crown
cran/i
head; skull
crino
secretion
dem/o
dem/i/o
people, population
different
set apart
dila
increase in size
dist
farther away
dolor
pain
dors
dorsum
back
drome
route, road
endo
inside
etio
cause
febr
fever
front
front
gastr
stomach
genera
ancestry
genet
birth
gn[us]
birth
gnos
knowing
graph
device used for a test or procedure
hereditar
transmitted in a family line
homeo
same
horizon[t]
parallel to the ground
il[eum]
flank
infer
underneath
inguin
groin
later
to the side
lesion
damage, injury
lethargic
drowsy
lipid
fat
local
place
lumb[us]
lower back
marked
making an impression
med/i
towards the middle
morbid
sick
mortal
dead
observa
what is seen
occult
what is unseen
orient
towards the east (from using a compass)
ox
shortening of oxygen
palliat
covering
palm
front surface of the hand
palpa
feeling with the fingers
path/o
disease
pend
hanging
percuss
tapping
phylax
protection
physi/o
function (literally “nature”)
plant
bottom surface of the foot
port
carry
posi
place
poster/i
behind
press
pressure; dent
produc
giving rise to
progress
moving forward
prone
face down, bending forward
prox/im
near
ptom
something that falls on you
recurr
happening again
remark
making a dent again
remiss
diminishing; becoming less
rostr
nose
rubor
redness
rupt
breaking, bursting
sagitt
arrow
scope
instrument for looking inside
sequel
what comes next
skelet
bones
stas
stasis
standing still
stem
standing
sterile
not producing offspring
super/i
toward the top
supine
face up, bending backward
tens
stretching, pressure (cf. tendon in Unit 1)
tom
(Unit 1 suffix table)
cutting
tribut
to pay
turgor
swelling
umbilic[us]
navel, belly-button
vascul
little vessel (vas + cule)
vaso
vessel
ventr
belly
vers
across
–able
capable of
–al
pertaining to
–ance
to give
–ant
state of being
–ar
pertaining to
–ary
pertaining to
–ed
word ending creating past tense
–emia
present in blood, indicating disease
–ent
state of being
–gen
arising from
–ia
disease
–iac
pertaining to
–ial
pertaining to
–ic
pertaining to
–ical
pertaining to
–ile
pertaining to
–ing
verb ending that makes the continuous tense (ongoing process)
–ion
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
–ior
having a state
–is
anatomical structure
–ity
turns a noun into a state of being
–ive
to go
–ized
turns a noun into a verb
–logist
one who studies
–logy
study of
–olus
diminuitive suffix
–or
pertaining to
–ory
pertaining to
–ous
word ending that turns a noun into an adjective
–tion
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
–tive
to go
–y
disease
BP
blood pressure
c or c/ or c with a line over it
with (Latin cum, “with”)
Dx
diagnosis
HR
heart rate
Hx
history
Pt
patient
RR
respiratory rate
Rx
prescription (Latin recipe)
s or s/ or s with a line over it
without (Latin sans, “without”)
Sx
sign and/or symptom
Sz
seizure
Tx
treatment
wt
weight
