Medical Word Elements Flashcards
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Dermat and cutane meaning
A
Skin
2
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Nephr or ren meaning
A
Kidney
3
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Gastr/ meaning
A
Stomach
4
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Hepat/ meaning
A
Liver
5
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Oste/ meaning
A
Bone
6
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Suffix -itis meaning
A
Inflammation
7
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-megaly meaning
A
Enlargement
8
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-oma meaning
A
Tumor
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-cyte meaning
A
Cell
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An- meaning
A
Without/not
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Hyper-
A
Excessive, above normal
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Intra-
A
In, within
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Para-
A
Near, beside; beyond
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Poly-
A
Many, much
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Pre-
A
Before
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Hemat definition
A
Blood
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Arthr-
A
Joint
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-emesis
A
Vomiting
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-logy
A
Study of
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-centesis
A
Surgical puncture
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-dynia and -algia
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Pain
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-pathy
A
Disease
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Encephal/
A
Brain
24
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-clasis
A
To break; surgical fracture
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-desis
Binding,fixation (of bone or joint)
26
-ectomy
Excision, removal
27
-lysis
Separation, destruction, loosening
28
-pexy
Fixation (of an organ)
29
-plasty
Surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
Suture
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-stomy
Forming an opening (mouth)
32
-tome
Instrument to cut
33
-tomy
Incision
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-tripsy
Crushing
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-gram
Record; writing
36
-graph
Instrument for recording
37
-graphy
Process of recording
38
-scope
Instrument for examining
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-scopy
Visual examination
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-cele
Hernia or swelling
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-ectasis
Dilation, expansion
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-emia
Blood condition
43
-gen and -genesis
Forming, producing, origin
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-malacia
Softening
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-osis
Abnormal condition increase (used primarily with blood cells)
46
-penia
Decrease, deficiency
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-phobia
Fear
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-plegia
Paralysis
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-ptosis
Prolapse, downward displacement
50
-rrhea
Discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
Rupture
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-sclerosis
Abnormal condition of hardening
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-spasm
Involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
Narrowing, stricture
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-toxic
Poison
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Pertaining to adjectives:
- ac
- al
- ar
- ary
- eal
- ic
- ous
- tic
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-ia and -ism
Condition
58
-iatry, -ist
Medicine; treatment
59
-y
Condition; process
60
Diminutive nouns (small, minute)
-icle, -ole, -ule
61
-endo, -intra
In, within
62
-epi
Above, upon
63
Hypo-
Under, below; deficient
64
Infra-, sun-
Under, below
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Inter-
Between
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Retro-
Behind, backward
67
Bi-
Two
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Dipl-, diplo-
Double
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Hemi-
One half
70
Hyper-
Excessive, above normal
71
Macro-
Large
72
Micro-
Small
73
Mono-
One
74
Multi-, poly-
Many, much
75
Quadri-
Four
76
Tri-
Three
77
Ab-
From, away from
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Ad-
Toward
79
Circum-, peri-
Around
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Dia-, trans-
Through, across
81
Ecto-, eco-, extra-
Outside, outward
82
Para-
Near, beside; beyond
83
Super-
Above; upper
84
Supra-
Above, excessive; superior
85
Ultra-
Excess, beyond
86
A-, an-
Without, not
87
Anti-, contra-
Against
88
Auto-
Self, own
89
Brady-
Slow
90
Dys-
Bad; painful; difficult
91
Eu-
Good, normal
92
Hetero-
Different
93
Homo-, homeo-
Same
94
Tachy-
Rapid
