Paramedic Theory 1 Flashcards
arter/i/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
card/i/o
heart
derm/at/o
skin
gen/i/o
origin, cause, formation
ger/o/onto
old age
hem/a/t/o
blood
hydr/o
water
iatr/o
physician
muscul/o
muscle
neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/i/o
child
phren/o
diaphragm, mind
psych/o
mind
skelet/o
skeleton
spin/o
spine
tend/i/n/o
tendon
ante-
before
brady-
abnormally slow rate of speed
neo-
new
post-
after
pre-
before
tachy-
rapid, abnormally high rate of speed
ab-
away from, outside of, beyond
con-
with, within
contra-
against
dia-
across, through
sym-
with
syn-
with, joined together
ec-
outside
ecto-
outside
en-
inside
endo-
within
epi-
upon, following, above, in addition
ex-, exo-
outside
extra-
beyond
hyper-
above, beyond normal
hypo-
low, below, below normal
infra-
inside or below
inter-
between
intra-
inside, within
meso-
middle
meta-
beyond
pan-
all or everywhere
para-
alongside, near, disordered function
peri-
around
retro-
backward, behind
bi-
two
di-, dipl-
two, twice
hemi-
half
macro-
big
micro-
small
mono-
one
olig-, oligo-
a few, a little
poly-
many
quadri-
four
semi-
half, partial
tetra-
four
tri-
three
uni-
one
a-, an-
not
anti-
against, opposed
de-
without
dis-
remove
-algia
pain
-cele
protrusion, hernia
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectasis, -ectasia
expansion or dilation
-edema
excessive fluid
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood
-iasis
condition or state
-ism
a condition of, a process, or a state of
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone, calculus, calcification
-lysis
disintegration, breaking down
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oid
resembling or like
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
reduction of size or quantity
-phobia
fear
-plasia
abnormal formation
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
producing
-porosis
porous condition
-ptosis
downward displacement
-rrhage
flowing forth
-rrhea
discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
hardness
-spasm
muscular contraction
-stasis
level, unchanging
-stenosis
a narrowing
-centesis
surgical puncture
-desis
surgical binding
-ectomy
surgical removal