Medical Terminology Flashcards
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Hyper-
A
More, increased
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Eu-
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Normal
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Hypo-
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Less, decreased
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Infra-
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Below, beneath
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Meta-
A
Change
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Supra-
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Excessive, outside
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Super-
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Excessive, more
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Ultra-
A
Excessive
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A-, An-
A
Without
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Ambi-
A
Both
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Bi-, Di-
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Two
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Brady-
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Slow
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Hemi-
A
Half
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Mega-
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Large
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Micro-
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Small
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Mono-
A
One
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Multi-
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Many
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Olig-
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Scanty
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Pari-
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All
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Poly-
A
Many
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Quadra-, Tetra-
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Four
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Semi-
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Part
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Tachy-
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Fast
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Tri-
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Three
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Uni-
Single, one
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Ab-
Away from
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Ad-
Toward
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Anti-, Contra-
Against
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Circum-, Peri-
Around
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De-
Not, down
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Dia-
Across, through
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Epi-
Upon, above
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Para-
Along, beside
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Per-
Through
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Post-
After
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Pre-
Before
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Re-
Again, back
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Retro-
Backward, behind
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Cardi-
Heart
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Corp-
Body
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Cost-
Ribs
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Gastr-
Stomach
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Hemat-, Hem-
Blood
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Muscul-, Myo-
Muscles
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Oste-
Bone
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Nephr-
Kidney
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Neur-
Nerve
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Ren-
Kidney
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Skelet-
Skeleton
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Ur-
Urine
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Vascul-
Blood vessels
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Suffixes meaning "related to" (6)
- ac
- ar
- ic
- oid
- ous
- tic
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-emia
Of the blood
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-ia, -ism, -osis, -y
Condition in process
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-itis
Inflammation
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-lysis
Death or breakdown
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-pathy
Disease
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-plegia
Paralysis
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-oma
Tumor
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-rrhythmia
Rhythm
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-systole
Contraction of the heart
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-gram, -graph
Record
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-graphy
Process of recording
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-meter
Measure
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-metry
Process of measuring
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-scope
Instrument for visualizing
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-scopy
Process of visualizing
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-ectomy
Removal
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-latric
Treatment
69
-pnea
Breathing
70
-plasty
Repair
71
-rrhaphy
Suturing
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-stomy, -ostomy
Opening made surgically
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-tripsy
Crushing
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-tomy
Incision
