Medical Terminology Flashcards
1
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gen/o
A
creation, cause
2
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hydr/o
A
water
3
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roots
A
tend to function like a noun in medical terminology
4
Q
morph/o
A
changes
5
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myc/o
A
fungus
6
Q
necr/o
A
death
7
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orth/o
A
straight
8
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path/o
A
suffering, disease
9
Q
phag/o
A
eat
10
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plas/o
A
formation
11
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py/o
A
puss
12
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scelr/o
A
hard
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sten/o
A
narrowing
14
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traph/o
A
nourishment, development
15
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xen/o
A
foregin
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Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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-ary
A
pertaining to
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-eal
A
pertaining to
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-ic
A
pertaining to
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-tic
A
pertaining to
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-ous
A
pertaining to
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-ia
A
condition
25
-ism
conditon
26
-ium
tissue, structure
27
-y
condition, procedure
28
-scope
instrument to look
29
-scopy
process of looking
30
-ole
small
31
-ule
small
32
-ula
small
33
0ula
small
34
-tomy
incision
35
-iatrics
medical sciecne
36
-iatry
medical sciecne
37
-iastrist
specialist in medicine of
38
-ist
specialist
39
-logist
specialist in the study of
40
-logy
study of
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-algia
pain
42
-dynia
pain
43
-desis
binding fixation
44
-ectomy
removal
45
-cele
hernia
46
-emia
blood condition
47
-iasis
presence
48
-itis
inflmation
49
-lysis
lossen, break down
50
-malacia
abnormal softening
51
-oid
resembling
51
-megaly
enlargement
51
-oma
tumor
52
-osis
conidtion
53
-pexy
surgical fixation
53
-pathy
disease
54
-penia
deficency
55
-plasty
reconstruction
56
-ptosis
dropping
57
-rrhage
flow
57
-rrhage
excessive flow
58
-rrhexis
rupture
59
-spasm
involuntary contration
60
-centesis
puncture
61
-gram
written record
62
-graph
instrument of record
63
-graphy
process of recording
64
-meter
instrument of measure
65
-rrhaphy
sutructre
66
-stomy
creation of an opening
67
a-
not
68
an-
not
69
anti-
agaisnt
70
contra-
against
71
de-
down, away from
72
ante-
before
73
pro-
before, on behalf of
74
brady-
slow
75
tachy-
fast
76
post-
after
77
syn-
with together
78
re-
again
79
ab-
away
80
ad-
toward
81
ciraum-
around
82
peri-
around
83
dia-
through
84
trans-
through
85
e-
out
86
ec-
out
87
ecto-
outside
88
sym-
together, with
89
extra-
outside
90
en-
inside
91
endo-
in, inside
92
intra-
in, inside
93
epi-
upon
94
syb-
between
95
bi-
two
96
hemi-
half
97
semi-
half
98
extra-
outsdie
99
dys-
bad
100
hyper-
over
101
hpyo-
under
102
macro-
large
103
micro-
small
104
mono-
one
105
uni-
one
106
oligo-
few
107
pan-
all
108
poly-
many
109
multi-
mnay
110
cono-
with together
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