Medical Terminology: Prefixs & Suffixs Flashcards
Cardio-
heart
Tachy-
fast pulse, high/fast
Brady-
slow pulse
Dys-
difficulty or death of (eg. Dystrophy - death of an organism or tissue)
A-
without
Leuk-
without
Isch
low
Tend-
tendon (bone to bone)
My/o-
muscle
Hyper-
High, above normal
Arter-
Artery
Aur-
Pertaining to the ear
Axial-
Armpit
Endo-
Inside or within
Hemi-
Half, one side
Hypo
Low, below normal
-ology
study of
-pnoea
breathing
-apnoea
breath
-emia
blood
-itis
inflammation of
-algia
condition of pain
-ar
pertaining to
-pathy
disease of
-vascular
vessels
-ia
condition of
-cardia
heart
-logist
specialist who studies
-blast
germ cell/ cell that forms something/ embryonic or immature cell
-genic
pertaining to formation/ pertaining to originating in..
-genesis
formation of
-ic
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
-lysis
breakdown
-pathy
disease of
-scope
an instrument to view/examine
-scopy
technique of viewing
-toxic
pertaining to being poisonous
-trophic
pertaining to nourishing
-cyte
cell
Hist/o
tissues of the body