medical terminology ch1 Flashcards
A- or An-
without or no
Atraumatic
without injry
Traumatic
Pertaining to injury
uria
Urination
Dys-
difficult, painful, bad
Ab-
Away from
Emetic
pertaining to vomiting
Dysphagia
difficulty eating or swallowing
Endo-
within or inside
Endocrine
Secrete internally
Endoparasite
organism lives within the body of a host
Hyper-
elevated, higher, more than normal
Hyperglycemia
elevated blood glucose
Inter-
between
intercostal
between the ribs
Poly-
many or excessive
Pre-
before
Preanesthetic
before anesthesia
Sub-
below, under, or less
sublingual
under the tongue
Anuria
absence of urine
Ad-
toward
Adduction
moves toward the midline
Anti-
against
antiemetics
works against or prevents vomiting
Eu-
good, easy, normal
Euthyroid
normally functioning thyroid gland
Ex- or exo-
without, out of, outside, or away from
exocrine
secrete externally (via a duct)
Ecto-
outside
Ectoparasite
organism that lives on the outside of a parasite
Hypo-
Depressed, lower, less than normal
Hypoglycemia
depressed amount of blood glucose
Intra-
within
intramuscular
within the muscle
Oligo-
scant or little
oliguria
Scant amount or frequency of urination
Post-
After
postanesthetic
after anesthetic
Super-, Supra-
above, beyond, excessive
Supernumerary
more than regular number
Suprascapular
above the shoulder blade
Peri-
around
Epi-
upper
Extra-
outside
Infra-
below or underneath
meta-
beyond
per-
throughout
trans-
across
ultra-
above, increased, more than normal
arthroscope
instrument used to visually examine a joint
gastr/o-
stomach
enter/o-
small intestine