Medical abbreviations, suffixes, prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
Brachi/o-
A
Arm
2
Q
Cardi/o-
A
Heart
3
Q
Cyt/o-
A
Cell
4
Q
Encephal/o-
A
Brain
5
Q
Hemat/o-
A
Blood
6
Q
Hist/o, histi/o-
A
Tissue
7
Q
Lapar/o-
A
Abdomen, loin or flank
8
Q
My/o-
A
Muscle
9
Q
Ocul/o -
A
Eye
10
Q
Ophthalm/o -
A
Eyes
11
Q
Or/o-
A
Mouth
12
Q
Ot/o-
A
Ear
13
Q
Mono/uni-
A
One
14
Q
Bi-
A
two
15
Q
Tri-
A
three
16
Q
ab-
A
away from
17
Q
ad-
A
toward
18
Q
ecto/exo-
A
outside
19
Q
endo-
A
inside
20
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epi-
A
upon
21
Q
pain term ends with
A
-algia
22
Q
blood terms ends in
A
-emia
23
Q
inflammation ends with
A
-itis
24
Q
a breaking down ends with
A
-lysis
25
relating to disease ends with
-opathy
26
breathing term ends with
-pnea
27
ambi-
both
28
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
29
eu-
good, normal
30
iso-
equal, same
31
mal-
bad, poor
32
-oid
like
33
-centesis
Puncture a cavity to remove fluid
34
-ectomy
Surgical removal or excision
35
-ostomy
A new permanent opening
36
-otomy
Cutting into, incision
37
-orrhaphy
Surgical repair or suture
38
-opexy
Surgical fixation
39
-oplasty
Surgical repair
40
A-, an-
Lack of or without.
41
-ology
The study of a particular concentration.
42
-plasty
Surgical repair
43
Pseudo-
False or deceptive, usually in regards to appearance.
44
Stasis
Slowing or stopping the flow of a bodily fluid.
45
Oste/o
Related to bone.
46
endo-
into, within
47
epi-
upon, above
48
-oma
tumor
49
-ism
condition
50
-gram
record
51
-emesis
vomit
52
ultra-
beyond, excessive
