Medical Terminology - PHARM 220 Flashcards
Pre-
before
post-
after
athr/o
joint
gastr/o
stomach
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
oste/o
bone
append/o
appendix
col/o or colon/o
colon
tonsill/i
tonsil
chonr/o
cartilage
enter/o
intestine (usually small)
mast/o
breast
hepat/o
liver
-itis
inflammation
-ectomy
removal or excision
-centesis
surgical puncture
-pathy
disease
-al
pertaining to
-scope
instrument for examining
-centesis
surgical puncture
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
-desis
binding, fixation of a bone or joint
-ectomy
excision; removal
-lysis
separation; destruction; loosening
-pexy
fixation (of an organ)
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
incision
-tripsy
crushing
-gram
instrument for measuring
-graph
instrument of measuring
-graphy
act for examining
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
act of measuring
-scope
instrument for examining
-scopy
visual examination
-algia
pain
-dynia
pain
-cele
hernia, swelling
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone, calculus
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease; deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhage
bursting of
-rrhagia
bursting of
-rhea
discharge, flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
-toxic
poison
-trophy
nourishment, development
a-
without
an-
without, not
circum-
around
peri-
around
dia-
through, across
trans-
through, across
diplo-
double
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
endo-
within
intra-
within
homo-
same
homeo-
same
hypo-
under, below, deficient
macro-
large
micro-
small
mono-
one
post-
after, behind
pro-
before; in front of
primi-
first
retro-
backward, behind
super-
upper, above