P1 MIdterm Flashcards
Dys
bad, difficult, painful,
disordered
Dystonia
Electr/o
electrical, electricity
Fasci/o
band of fibrous tissue
fasciotomy
Fibr/o
Fiber
-itis
Inflammation
Kinesi/o, kines/o
Movement
Leiomy/o
Smooth muscle
My/o, myos/o
Muscle
Pector/o
Pertains to chest
-pelgia
Paralysis
Rhabdomy/o
Striated muscle; skeletal muscle
Tax/o
Coordination, order
Tri-
Three
Troph/o
Development
Ankyl/o
Stiff
Arthr/o,
Joint
Articul/o
Joint
Burs/o
Bursa
-centesis
Surgical puncture
-desis
Binding or surgical fusion
-gram
Record or picture
Esthesi/o
Feeling; sensation
Ligament/o
Ligament
Oste/o
Bone
-plasty
Surgical repair
-scopy
Process of viewing with an endoscope
Ten/o, tendin/o, tend/o
Tendon
-esthesia
Sensation or feeling
Esthet/o
Feeling, nervous sensations or sense of perception
Gli/o
Neurolgia or gluey substance
Hypo
Under, below, beneath, less than normal
-lepsy
Seizure, attack
-lexia
Reading
Mening/o
Meninges
Myel/o
Spinal cord or bone marrow
Neur/o
Nerve
-paresis
Partial paralysis
-phasia
Speech
-plegia
Paralysis
-praxia
Perform
Radicul/o
Root
Thec/o
Sheath
Ton/o
Tension, tone
-globin
Containing protein
Hem/o
Blood
Hemat/o
Blood
Is/o
Equal
Kary/o
Nucleus
Narc/o
Sleep
-lytic
Destruction
Mono-
One
Morph/o
Form, shape
Nucle/o
Nucleus
-oid
Resembling
-oma
Tumor
-osis
Condition
-penia
Decrease in; deficiency
-phage
To eat
Phag/o
To eat
-Philia
Attraction to
-phoresis
Transmission
-poiesis
Formation
Poikil/o
Varied; irregular
Sider/o
Iron
Spher/o
Round; sphere
Staphyl/o
Grapelike clusters
-stasis
Stopping or controlling
Strept/o
Twisted chains
Tel/o
Distance
-therapy
Treatment
Thromb/o
Clot
Tox/ o
Poison
Immun/o
Immune; protection
Lymph/o
Lymph
Lymphaden/o
Lymph gland
Lymphangi/o
Lymph vessel
Mon/o
One
Sarc/o
Flesh
Aneurysm/o
Aneurysm
Angi/o
Vessel
Arter/o, arteri/o
Artery
Arteriol/o
Arteriole
Ather/o
Fatty
Blast/o
Embryonic stage of development
Cardi/o
Heart
Coron/o
Heart
Echo-
Sound
Electr/o
Electrical, electricity
-emia
Blood condition
Endo-
Within
-gram
Record or picture
-graphy
Process of recording
Leuk/o
White
Megal/o
Enlarged
My/o
Muscle
-penia
Decrease in; deficiency
-stasis
Stopping or controlling
Ventricul/o
Ventricle of brain or heart