MT Set 3 Flashcards
Set 3 - Learn Common Roots, Prefix, and Suffix (Front Side)
pector/o
chest (pectoral)
-penia
deficiency (thrombocytopenia; leucopenia)
-phagia
eating; swallowing (dysphagia)
phas/o; phasia
speech (dysphasia)
phleb/o
vein (phlebotomist)
-plasia
development; formation; growth (hyperplasia)
-plasty
surgical repair (rhinoplasty)
-plegia; -plegic
paralysis; palsy (paraplegia; hemiplegic)
-pnea
breathing (apnea; dyspnea)
pneum/o pneumon/o
lung; air; gas (pneumothorax)
post-; poster/o
after; behind (postoperative; posterior)
pre-
before; in front of (preoperative)
proxim/o
near (proximal)
pseudo
false; fake (pseudotumor)
pulmon/o
lung (pulmonary)
purul/o
pus (purulent)
quadri-
four (quadriceps muscle)
rhino
nose (rhinoplasty)
-rrhage
busting forth - of blood (hemorrhage)
-rrhea
flow; discharge (rhinorrhea)
sanguin/o
fluid - blood (serosanguinous)
-sclerosis
hardening (arteriosclerosis)
-scope
instrument for visual examination (endoscope)
-scopy
process of visual examination with a scope (arthroscopy)
-sect
to cut (transect)
seps/o
infection (sepsis)