Medical terminology Quiz 1 Flashcards by Osvaldo Colmenero

a-, an-

no, not, without,

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ab-

away from

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ad-

toward or near

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abdomin/o

Abdomen

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-ac, -al

pertaining to

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-an, -ar, -ary

pertaining to

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aden/o

Gland

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adip/o

fat

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-algesia

sensitivity to pain

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-algia

pain

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ana-

up, apart, backward, again, anew

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angi/o

vessel

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ante-

before

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anter/o

front

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anti-

against

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aort/o

aorta(larget artery)

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append/o, appendic/o

appendix

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arter/o, arteri/o

artery

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arthr/o

joint

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-ase

enzyme

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audi/o, audit/o

hearing

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aut/o, aut-, -auto

self, own

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axill/o

armpit

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Bacter/I/o

bacteria

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bi-

two

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bil/i

bile or gall

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brachi/o

arm

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Brady-

slow

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bronch/o bronchi/o

bronchial tube

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bucc/o

cheek

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calc/o

calcium

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carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

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cardio

heart

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-cele, coele

swelling, hernia

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cell/u

cell level

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-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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cerebr/o

cerebrum (brain)

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cervic/o

neck

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chol/e

bile, gall

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cholecyst/o

gallbladder

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-cidal

pertaining to killing

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col/o colon/o

colon or large intestine

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comi/o

to care for

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contra-

against

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coron/o

heart

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cost/o

rib

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cran/i

skull

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cyan/o

blue

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cyst/o

bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

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cyt/o -cyte

cell

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de-

lack of or less

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derm/o, derma, dermat/o

skin

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diaphor/o

sweat

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dist/o

far or distant

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dors/o, dorsi

back of body

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dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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-eal

pertaining to

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-ectomy

removal, excision, resection

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-emia

blood condition

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-emic

pertaining to blood condition

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end- end/o

in, within

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enter/o

intestines (usually the small one)

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epi-

above, upon, on

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erythr/o

red

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erythem/o

flushed, redness

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-esis

action, condition, state of

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ex-

out, away from

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gastr/o

stomach

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-genesis

production, forming

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-ger/i, geront/o

old age

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gluc/o, glyc/o

glucose, sugar

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-gram

record

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-graphy

process of recording

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hem/o, heat/o

blood

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hemi-

half

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hepat/o

liver

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herni/o

hernia

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hydr/o

water

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hyper-

above, excessive, greater than normal

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hypo-

deficient, below, less than normal

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hyster/o

uterus, womb

-ia

condition

-iac, -ic, -ine, -ior

pertaining to

-iasis

abnormal condition

ile/o

ileum

inguin/o

groin

inter-

between

intra-

within

-ism

process, condition

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflamation

jaund/o

yellow

jejun/o

jejunum

kal/i

potassium

ket/o

ketones, acetones

kyph/o

hunch back

lapar/o

abdominal walll

later/o

side

leuk/o

white

lip/o

lipid, fat

lob/o

lobe

-logy

study (process of)

-lysis

breakdown, separation, destruction

mal-

bad

mama/o mast/o

breast

medi/o

middle-

-megaly

enlargement

melan/o

black

-ment/o

mind

my/o

muscle

narc/o

numbness, sleep

nas/o

nose

natr/o

sodium

necr/o

death

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

norm/o

rule, order

nos/o

infection

ocul/o, opthalm/o

eye

opt/o optic/o

eye, vision

-oid

resembling, derived from

olig/o

scant, slight

-oma

tumor, mass, fluid collection

onc/o

tumor

oophor/o

ovary

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

-ous

pertaining to

-oxia, -oxic

oxygen

pancreat/o

pancreas

para-

near, beside, apart from, alongside of

-paresis

weakness

path/o

disease

-pathy

disease, emotion

pector/o

chest

-penia

deficiency

-phagia

eating, swallowing

phas/o, phasia

speech

phleb/o

vein

-plasia

development

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia, -plegic

paralysis, palsy

-pnea

breathing

pneum/o pneumon/o

lung, air, gas

post-, poster/o

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

proxi/o

near

pseudo

false, fake

pulmon/o

lung

purul/o

pus

quadri-

rhino

nose

-rrhage

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhea

flow discharge

sanguin/o

fluid- blood

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining with a scope

-sect

to cut

seps/o

infection

ser/o

fluid-serum, clear

-sis

state of

-spasm

sudden contraction of muscle

-stasis

to stop, control, place

-static

pertaining to stopping, control

-stenosis

tightening, narrowing

stern/o

sternum

-stomy

new opening (to form a mouth)

sub-

under, below

supra-

above, upper

syncop/o

faint

tachy-

fast

-tension, -tensive

pressure

therm/o

heat

thorac/o

chest

-thorax

chest, pleural activity

thromb/o

clot

thyriod/o

thyroid gland

-tic

pertaining to

-tomy

process of cutting

-toxic

poison

trache/o

trachea

trans-

across, through

tri-

-trophy

development, condition of

umbilic/o

umbilicus, navel

uni-

ur/o

urine

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

-uria

urination, condition of urine

urin/o

urine

-us

structure, thing

uter/o

uterus, womb

vascul/o

vessel (blood)

ven/o ven/i

vein

ventr/o

abdominal side of the body

vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

xer/o

dry

-y

condition, process