Midterm- Terms to Know Flashcards
a-
away from, without
anti-
against
bi-
two
poly-
many, much
brady-
slow
tachy-
fast
epi-
upon, above
sub
below, underneath
inter-
between
intra-
within
peri-
around
hyper-
above, more than normal
hypo-
below, deficient
pre-
before, in front of
post-
after, behind
eu-
normal, good
mal-
bad, inadequate
dys-
painful, difficult, abnormal
-ac
pertaining to
-ectomy
surgical removal of
-scope
instrument used to examine
-scopy
process of using an instrument to examin
-gram
a record or pciture
-graphy
process of recording
-ics
knowledge, practice
-logy
the study of
-ism
process, disease from a specific cause
-ist
one who specializes in
-itis
inflammation of
-megaly
enlargement
-metry
process of measuring
-oma
tumour or mass
-osis
condition, process
-pathy
disease
abdomin/o-
abdomen
append/o-
appendix
arteri/o-
artery
arthr/o-
joint
cardi/o-
heart
colon/o-
colon
derm/o-
skin
gastr/o-
stomach
intestin/o-
intestine
mamm/o-
breast
oste/o-
bone
muscul/o-
muscle
hepato/o-
liver
neur/o-
nerve
pelv/o-
pelvis
psych/o-
mind
pneumon/o-
lung, air
tens/o-
pressure, tension
uter/o-
uterus
ven/o-
vein