Module 3 - Medical Terminology Flashcards
Dia-
Thorough; complete
Dys-
Difficult; laboured; painful; abnormal
Hemi-
Half
Infra-
Under; below
Micro-
Small
Para-
By the side of; beside; alongside
Post-
After; rear; behind
Pre-
Before; in front of
Sub-
Under; below
Super- ; supra-
Over; above
-gram
Record; x-ray film
-graph
Instrument used to record
-lepsy
Seizure
-mania
Madness; insane desire
-oid
Shaped; resembling
-opia
Vision (condition)
-paresis
Slight paralysis
-plegia
Paralysis
-phobia
Abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things
-phoria
Feeling
Acou/o
Hearing
Adren/o
Kidney; adrenal gland
Algesi/o
Pain
Arachn/o
Spider
Aur/o; ot/o
Ear
Aut/o
Self
Cerebell/o
Cerebellum (little brain)
Cerebr/o
Cerebrum; brain
Cortex
Outer region
Crani/o
Cranium (skull)
Dur/o
Hard; tough; dura mater
Ech/o ; son/o
Sound
Electr/o
Electricity; electrical activity
Encephal/o
Brain
Esthesi/o
Sensation; sensitivity; feeling
Gangli/o
Ganglion (knot)
Gnos/o
Knowledge
Lacrim/o
Tear duct; tear
Mater
Mother
Medulla
Marrow; middle
Mening/o
Meninges (membrane)
Ment/o ; phren/o ; psych/o
Mind
Neur/o
Nerve
Ogli/o
Little
Ocul/o
Eye
Opt/o
Vision
Phot/o
Light
Pia
Tender; soft
Pons
Bridge
Radic/o ; radicul/o
Nerve root
Ren/o
Kidney
Retin/o
Retina
Somn/o
Sleep
Sulci
Groove; furrow
Therm/o
Heat
Prefix: difficult; laboured; painful; abnormal
Dys-
Prefix: half
Hemi-
Prefix: by the side of; beside; alongside
Para-
Prefix: after; rear; behind
Post-
Prefix: before; in front of
Pre-
Prefix: under; below
Sub- Or Infra-
Prefix: over; above
Super- ; supra-
Suffix: record; x-ray film
-gram
Suffix: instrument used to record
-graph
Suffix: seizure
-lepsy
Suffix: madness; insane desire
-mania
Suffix: shaped; resembling
-oid
Suffix: vision (condition)
-opia
Root: pain
Algesi/o