Medical Terminology Review Flashcards by Brooklyn Mace

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A/ an

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without

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bio

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life

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con/ com

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with

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derm/o

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skin

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brady

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slow

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hemo

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blood

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hist/o

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tissue

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tachy

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fast

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dys

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painful

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eu

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normal

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mega/ macro

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large

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micro

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small

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poly

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many

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psuedo

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fake

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pyro

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heat

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logoist

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specialist

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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breakdown

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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condition

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-patho

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disease

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-plasm

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plasma, formation, growth

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-stasis

pause, standing still

Ab

away from

Ad

towards

En/ endo/ es

inside

ex/ exo/ extra

outside

hyper

high/ above

hypo

below/ low

para

along side

peri

around

pre

prior, before

post

after, behind

epi

above

trans

across

inter

inbetween

intra

within

sub

under

super/ supra

above

hemi

half

mono

one

bi

two

tri

three

tetra

four

septi

seven

octa

eight

deca

ten

hexa

six

hepta

seven

semi

half

noni

nine

uni

one

di

two

quadri

four

penta

five

-centesis

puncture of cavity

-desis

fixation or fusion

-ectomy

surgical removal

-pexy

fixation

-plasty

repair, correction

-rrhaphy

suture

-sect

to cut

-stomy

opening

-tomy

incision

-tripsy

break or crush

echo

sounds

electro

electricity

radio

radiation (x- ray)

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used for recording

-graphy

process of reporting

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-opsy

to view

-scope

instrument used for visual exam

-scopy

the visual exam

anterior/ ventral

forward, front

posterior/ dorsal

behind, back

deep

away from surface

superficial

top of surface

inferior

toward tows, below

superior

toward head, above

medial

middle

lateral

away from body

prone

lying on stomach

supine

lying on back

proximal

towards body, closest

distal

away from body, farthest

cyan

blue

erythro

red

janudo

yellow

leuko

white

melano

black

rubro

red

pulmon

lung

hepat

liver

myo

muscle

myelo

bone marrow, spinal cord

cephal

head

cranio

skull

cardio

heart

chole

gall, bile

cysto

cell