Medical Terminology - PHARM 220 Flashcards by Amy Phung

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Pre-

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before

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post-

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after

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athr/o

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joint

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gastr/o

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stomach

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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oste/o

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bone

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append/o

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appendix

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col/o or colon/o

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colon

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tonsill/i

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tonsil

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chonr/o

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cartilage

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enter/o

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intestine (usually small)

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mast/o

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breast

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hepat/o

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liver

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ectomy

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removal or excision

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-pathy

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disease

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-al

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pertaining to

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-scope

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instrument for examining

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-clasis

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to break; surgical fracture

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-desis

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binding, fixation of a bone or joint

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-ectomy

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excision; removal

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-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