Module 4 Flashcards
an/o
anus
bi/o
life
carp/o
carpals (wrist bones)
cis/o
to cut
cost/o
ribs
cutane/o
skin
dur/o
dura mater (outermost membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord)
gen/o
to produce, to begin
glyc/o
sugar
men/o
menses (monthly discharge of blood)
nat/i
birth
norm/o
rule, order
plas/o
formation, growth, development
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
son/o
sound
top/o
to put, place, position
troph/o
development, nourishment
urethr/o
urethra (tube leading from bladder to exit body)
uter/o
uterus
-al
pertaining to
-ation
process, condition
-cision
process of cutting
-crine
secretion
-dipsia
thirst
-gen
to produce
-ia
condition
-graphy
process of recording
-ine
pertaining to
-ism
condition, process
-lapse
to fall, slide
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-mortem
death
-ous
pertaining to
-partum
birth
-phagia
eating
-phasia
speech
-plasia
formation (condition)
-plasm
formation (tissue)
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-section
to cut
-stasis
to stand, place, stop, control
-tension
pressure
-thesis
to put, place (state of putting or placing)
-tic
pertaining to
-trophy
nourishment; development
-um
structure
-y
process, condition
hemi-
half
a- or an-
no, not, without or none
con- and syn-
with or together
poly-
much or many
Quadriplegia
paralysis (-plegia) of all 4 limbs
anesthesia
create loss (an-) of sensation (-esthesia)
polycystic
pertains (-ic) to any surface/tissue containing multiple (poly-) cysts
congenital
condition (-al) that is with (con-) a child from birth (gen/o); ie. spina bifida= congenital fissure of vertebral column
dactyl/o
fingers/toes
syndactyly
a condition (-y) in which fingers or toes (dactyl/o) are fused together (syn-)
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
deficient, under
ultra-
beyond, excess
therm/o
body temperature
dys-
bad, painful, abnormal
dysplasia
abnormality (dys-) of development (-plasia) of organs to tissues
mal-
bad
neo-
new
neoplasm
new (neo-) formation (-plasm) ; a mass or growth that arises from normal tissue; abnormal growth/tumour
benign
tumour that is nonrecurrent (not malignant) , does not invade or spread and is favourable for recovery
malignant
a tumour that is cancerous, and spreads taking over and destroying more and more healthy tissue
in-
into, in
ex-
out
endo-
in, within
ec-
out, outside
extra-
outside of
ab-
away from
ad-
towards or near
ante-
before, forward
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pro-
before, forward
inter-
between
intra-
within or into
para-
near, beside
peri-
surrounds
re-
back, again
retro-
behind, backward
sub-
under, less than
epi-
above, upon, on
subcutaneous
beneath (sub-) the skin (cutane/o); a spongy, porous layer with a rich blood supply and a wealth of fat-producing cells
ana-
up, apart; ie. analysis
trans-
through, across
dia-
through, complete
di-
twice
meta-
change or beyond
metastasis
process by which tumour cells spread from one part or organ to another not directly connected with it
transmission
process of passing, transferring (-mission) a disease through (trans-) the population
anti-
against
antibiotic
the ability to destroy (anti-) life (bi/o) or interfere with growth of living organism
brady-
slow
tachy-
fast
