movements Flashcards
de-
lack of, down, less, removal of
-genesis
producing, forming
-lytic
to reduce, destroy, separate, breakdown
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure
ante-
describing something as positioned in front of another thing
-stasis
to stop, control, place
-praxia
action
agglutin/o
clumping/ sticking together
-pheresis
removal
-plasm
formation, structure
dis-
separation, taking apart
blast/o-
germ or bud
-clast
to break
-ad
toward, in the direction of
-plegia
paralysis, palsy
medi/o
middle
-cytosis
increase in numbers
anti-
against or opposed to another
-stabile
stable, fixed
ab-
away from
Isch-
restriction
Peri-
something with a position surrounding or around another
-apheresis
removal
scoli(o)-
twisted
d
same, equal
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
brady-
slow
brachy-
short, little
-tresia
opening
lys(o)-
dissolution
-atresia
closure, occlusion
cortic/o
cortex, outer region
-staxis
dripping, trickling
-stat
device, instrument for keeping something stationary
Circum-
denoting something as around another
-plasty
surgical repair, reconstruction
gluc/o
glucose, sugar
constrict/o
narrowing, binding
-algia
pain
-dilation
widening, expanding
-basia
walking
-plasia
formation, development
-lysis
breakdown, loosening, destruction
-ptosis
falling, drooping, downward placement