MIDTERM Flashcards
combining form
word root plus a vowel
prefix
appears at the beginning of a word, can change the meaning
suffix
appears at the end of a word, can change the meaning
word root
foundation of a word
ism
condition, state, or theory
ist
specialist
ity
quality
able
ability
itis
inflammation
logy
study of
tion
condition
er
one who or one which
ous
possessing, having, full of
ible
ability
megaly
enlarged
logist
one who specializes
itis
inflammation
osis
condition
algia
pain
ectomy
remove, cut out
tomy
to make an incision
ostomy
make a new opening
tome
cutting instrument
emia
blood condition
graph
machine to record data
graphy
process of getting a record
grapher
person who makes the record
gram
record
pathy
disease
megaly
enlarged
penia
decrease in
blast
immature cell
malacia
softening of a tissue
oma
tumor
stasis
in one place
matcelea
plural for tumor
plasty
surgical repair
dynia/dynic
pain
genesis/genic
producing/forming
us/ous
pertaining to
oid
like, or resembling
cele
herniation
scope/scopy
procedure to look inside an organ or body cavity using a scope
plasia
growth and development
trophy
growth and development
centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
phobia
fear
coccus/cocci
bacteria
rrhea
discharge
iasis
pathological condition, infestation
pnea
breathing
lysis
destruction
uria
urine/urination
ptosis
prolapse
pexy
surgical fixation
rrhagia
hemorrhage
rrhaphy
suturing or stitching
cide
kill or destroy
plegia
paralysis
ectasia
stretching
clysis
washing, irrigation, cleansing
hyper-
above, more than normal
hypo-
below, less than normal
meta-
beyond
anti-
against
neo-
new
dys-
poor, abnormal, difficult, painful
inter-
between
hydro-
water
peri-
around or near
supra-
above
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
brady-
abnormally slow
tachy-
abnormally fast
a/an
without
micro-
small
syn-
with, together
pro-
before
poly-
too much, too many
macro-
large
sub-
under
acro
extremities
megalo
enlarged
dermato
skin
gastro
stomach
duodeno
duodenum, 1st 12 inches of the small intestines
tomo
to cut
cyano
blue
leuko
white
melano
black
erythro
red
chloro
green
xantho
yellow
cyto
cell