medical terminology Flashcards
prefix meaning ‘to position’
i-
prefix meaning ‘under direction’
sub-
prefix meaning ‘within’
intra-
prefix meaning ‘slow’ or ‘negation’
brady-
prefix meaning ‘without’
a-
suffix meaning ‘pertaining to’ (2)
-ic and -ous
suffix meaning ‘inflammation’
-itis
suffix meaning ‘disease’
-pathy
word root meaning ‘joint’
arthr
word root meaning ‘liver’
hepat
word root meaning ‘vein’
ven
word root meaning ‘bone’
oste
inflammation of the joint
arthritis
inflammation of the liver
hepatitis
below the liver
subhepatic
within the vein
intravenous
disease of the joint
arthropathy
inflammation of the bone
oseitis
prefix meaning ‘away from’
ab-
prefix meaning ‘toward’
ad-
prefix meaning ‘before’
ante-
prefix meaning ‘against’
anti-
prefix meaning ‘self, same’
auto-
prefix meaning ‘both, two’
bi-
prefix meaning ‘against’
contra-
prefix meaning ‘bad, difficult’
dys-
prefix meaning ‘between’
intra-
prefix meaning ‘above, excessive’
hyper-
prefix meaning ‘half’
hemi-
prefix meaning ‘small’
micro-
prefix meaning ‘large’
macro-
prefix meaning ‘new’
neo-
prefix meaning ‘many, much’
poly-
prefix meaning ‘before’
pre-
prefix meaning ‘after’
post-
suffix meaning ‘pain’
algia
suffix meaning ‘removal of’
ectomy
suffix meaning ‘blood’
emia
suffix meaning ‘perception, sensation’
ethesia
suffix meaning ‘blood condition’
emia
suffix meaning ‘the study of’
ology
suffix meaning ‘the condition of’
osis
suffix meaning ‘opening into’
ostomy
suffix meaning ‘repair of’
plasty
suffix meaning ‘look, examine’
scopy
suffix meaning ‘related to urine’
uria
root word meaning ‘vessel’
angi
root word meaning ‘cancer’
carcin
root word meaning ‘heart’
cardio
root word meaning ‘gallbladder’
cholecyst
root word meaning ‘head’
cranio
root word meaning ‘cell’
cyte
root word meaning ‘skin’
derma
root word meaning ‘vomit’
emesis
root word meaning ‘red’
erthyro
root word meaning ‘stomach’
gastro
root word meaning ‘woman’
gyne
root word meaning ‘woman, uterus’
hystero
root word meaning ‘white’
leuko
root word meaning ‘membrane covering brain’
mening
root word meaning ‘kidney’
nephro
root word meaning ‘nerve’
neuro
root word meaning ‘ear’
oto
root word meaning ‘speak’
phasia
root word meaning ‘pleura of the lungs’
pleur
root word meaning ‘lung’
pneumo or pulm
root word meaning ‘rectum’
procto
prefix meaning ‘fast’
tachy-
prefix meaning ‘heat’
thermo
prefix meaning ‘alike’
iso