Medical Terminology Flashcards
1
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Prefix?
A
Word that goes before a stem word
2
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a, an
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absent, deficient
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ab
A
away from
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ad
A
towards
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ambi
A
both
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aniso
A
unequal
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ante
A
before
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ant(i)
A
against
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auto
A
self
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baso
A
blue
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bi
A
two
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bio
A
life
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brady
A
slow
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circum
A
around
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co, com, con
A
with, together
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contra
A
against
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de
A
down, from
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di
A
two
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dia
A
through
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dipl
A
double
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dis
A
apart, away from
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dys
A
bad, difficult, improper
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e, ecto, ex
A
out from
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end(o)
A
inside, within
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enter(o)
intestine
26
epi
upon, after
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equi
equal
28
glyco
sweet
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hemi
half
30
hyper
above, excessive
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hypo
under, deficient
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infra
beneath
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inter
among, between
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iso
equal
35
kilo
one thousand
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macr
large
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mal
bad, abnormal
38
medi
middle
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mega
huge, great
40
melan
black
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meta
after, next
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micro
small, one millionth
43
milli
one thousandth
44
mon(o)
one, single
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morph
shape
46
necro
dead
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neo
new
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neutro
neutral, neither
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olig
few
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orth
straight, normal
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pan
all
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para
beside, accessory to
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per
through
54
peri
around
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phago
to eat
56
poly
many
57
post
after
58
pre, pro
before
59
pseudo
false
60
psych(o)
mind
61
py(o)
pus
62
quad(r)
four
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retro
backward
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semi
half
65
steno
narrow
66
sub
under
67
super, supra
above
68
syn
together
69
tachy
swift
70
therm
heat
71
trans
through
72
tri
3
73
uni
1
74
Stems?
Gives major subject to the term
75
adeno
gland
76
alg
pain
77
arter
artery
78
arthr
joint
79
audio
hearing
80
brachi
arm
81
bronch(i)
air tube in lungs
82
calc
stone
83
carcin
cancer
84
card
heart
85
caud
tail
86
ceph(al)
head
87
chol
bile, gallbladder
88
chondr
cartilage
89
chrom
color
90
col(o)
colon
91
cran
skull
92
cut
skin
93
cyan
blue
94
cyst
bladder, bag
95
cyt(o)
cell
96
dactyl
finger
97
dent, dont
tooth
98
derm
skin
99
edema
swelling
100
erythro
red
101
febr
fever
102
gastr(o)
stomach
103
genito
reproductive
104
gloss
tongue
105
hem(a), haem
blood
106
hepat(o)
liver
107
histo
tissue
108
hystero
uterus
109
iatro
physician
110
lip
fat
111
lith
stone
112
mening
membrane, covering brain
113
morph
shape, form
114
myel
marrow
115
myo
muscles
116
nephro
kidney
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neur
nerve
118
onc
tumor
119
ophthal
eye
120
os
mouth
121
os, osteo
bone
122
oto
ear
123
path
disease
124
phleb
vein
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phob
fear
126
phot
light
127
pneum
air
128
pod
foot
129
pulm
lung
130
ren
kidney
131
rhin
nose
132
scler
hard
133
sep
poison
134
soma(t)
body
135
sperm
seed
136
stoma
stomach, opening
137
thorac
chest
138
tome
knife
139
tox(i)
poison
140
ur(o), uria
urine, urinary
141
vas
vessel
142
ven
vein
143
Suffix?
Modifiers thats attached to the end of the word
144
algia
pain
145
blast
primitive, germ
146
centesis
puncture, aspiration
147
cide
death, killer
148
ectomy
excision, cut out
149
emia
in, or of, the blood
149
emesis
vomitting
150
genic
orgin, producing
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ia
state, condition
152
iasis
process, condition
153
iole
small
154
itis
inflammation
155
lysis
free, breaking down
156
oid
resembling, simlar to
157
(o)logy
study of
158
oma
tumor
159
opathy, pathia
disease
160
oscopy
observing, viewing
161
osis
state, condition, increase
162
ostomy
creating an opening
163
otomy
cut into
164
penia
lack of
165
phil
affintiy of, liking
166
phyte
plant
167
plastic, plasia
to form, mold
168
poiesis
to make
169
rrhage
excessive flow
170
rrhea
flow
171
scope, scopy
view
172
stasis
same, standing still
173
troph(y)
nourishment
