MOD 1-MED TERMS Flashcards
a-
absent, deficient,
without
E: atrophy
ecto-
outside, outer,
external
e-
out, from
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
E: dysentery
con-
with, together
E: congenital
contra-
against, opposite
E: contraception
corn-
denoting hardness
E: cornified
corp-
body
E: corpus callosum
crypt-
hidden
E: cryptorchidism
cyan-
blue color
E: cyanosis
cysti-
sac or bladder
E: cystoscope
cyto-
cell
E: cytology
de-
down, from
E: descent
derm-
skin
E: dermatology
di-
two
E:diarthrotic
dipl-
double
E: diploid
dis-
apart, away from
E: disarticulate
dur-
hard
E:dura mater
cac-
bad, ill
cachexia
-cele
swelling, an enlarged space or cavity
E: blastocele
coel-
hollow cavity
E: coelom
co-
together copulation
circum-
around
circumduct
-cide
destroy
germicide
calc-
stone
E: calculus
capit-
head
capitis
carcin-
cancer
carcinogenic
cardi-
heart
cardiac
cata-
lower, under, against
catabolism
caud-
tail
cauda equina
cephal-
head
cephalic
cerebro-
brain
cerebrospinal fluid
chol-
bile
cholic
chondro-
cartilage
chondrocyte
chrom-
color
chromocyte
bi-
two
bipedal
bio-
life
biopsy
blast-
generative or germ bud
osteoblast
brachi-
arm
brachialis
brachy-
short
brachy therapy (radiotherapy)
brady-
slow
bradycardia
bucc-
cheek
buccal cavity
angi-
pertaining to the vessels
angiography