Part 1. Medical Terminology Flashcards
1
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Prefix
A
Comes before a root word and modified its meaning.
2
Q
Suffix
A
Follows a word root and adds or changes its meaning
3
Q
Word root
A
Establishes the basic meaning of the medical term.
4
Q
Dys-
A
Bad,difficult
5
Q
A-
A
Without
6
Q
An-
A
Lack of
7
Q
Macro-
A
Large
8
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Micro-
A
Small
9
Q
Hyper-
A
Excessive, too much, increased
10
Q
Hypo-
A
Too little, decreased
11
Q
Brady-
A
Slow
12
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Tachy-
A
Fast
13
Q
Leuk/o
A
White
14
Q
Erythr/o
A
Red
15
Q
Thromb/o
A
Platelet
16
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
17
Q
Splen/o
A
Spleen
18
Q
Hemat/o
A
Blood
19
Q
Glyc/o
A
Sugar,glucose
20
Q
Nephr/o
A
Kidney
21
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
22
Q
-algia
A
-pain
23
Q
-emia
A
Blood condition
24
Q
-uria
A
Urine, condition of urine
25
-megaly
Enlarged
26
-penia
Deficient
27
-cytosis
Cell condition
28
-stasis
Control
29
-lysis
To break, burst
30
-itis
Inflammation
31
Neo-
New
32
Poly-
Much, many
33
Pan-
All
34
Peri-
Around
35
Bi-
Two
36
Mono-
One
37
Lymph/o
Lymph system, lymph gland
38
Arteri/o
Artery
39
Bili/o
Bile duct
40
Gastr/o
Stomach
41
Ven/o
Vein, venous
42
Somat/o
Body
43
-poeisis
Making, formation
44
-genesis
Production, development
45
-pathy
Disease
46
-logy
Study of
47
-emesis
Vomiting
48
-edema
Swelling
