PNS FINAL Flashcards
a/an
without, not
ab
away from
abdomen/o
abdomen
adipo
fat
acr/o
extremity
adeno
gland
ad
toward
-algia
pain
andro
male
angio
vessel
ante
before, in front of
antero
anterior, front
anti
against
Arterio
artery
arthero
joint
audo
hearing
bacterio
bacteria
auto
self, own
bi
two
brachio
arm
broncho
bronchus
brachy
short
brady
slow
cardio
heart
-capnia
carbon dioxie
carcino
cancer
cardia
heart condition
-cele
hernia, swelling
cephalo
head
cerebro
cerebrum
-cide
killing
circum
around
-cision
a cutting
contra
against, opposite
cranio
cranium
-crine
secrete
cutaneo
skin
cyano
blue
cytsto
bladder
cyto
cell
de-
cessation
derm
skin
dorso
back
di
double
disto
far, farthest
duct
to lead
-emia
blood
-duction
act of leading
dys
bad, painful
-ectomy
excision
en/endo
in, within
encephalo
brain
gastro
stomach
epi
above
erythro
red
-esis
condition
eu
normal
ex
out
gluco
sugar
Hem
blood
Gyn
female
-gnosis
knowing
hepato
liver
Hemi
one half
histo
tissue
homeo
same, alike
hypo
uner, below
hydro
water
hystero
uterus
hyper
excessieve, above
-ia
condition
idio
unknown
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ine
pertaiing to
infero
lower, below
immuno
immune
intra
in, within
-itis
inflammation
inter
between
iso
equal, same
-ization
process
kinesio/-kinesia
movement
jaund
yellow
leuko
white
laparo
abdomen
latero
side
lipo
fat
macro
large
-lysis
destruction of
-malacia
softening
Mammo
breast
-mania
state of mental disorder, frenxy
Medio
middle
Meso
Middle
Meta
Beyond
Mega/megalo/-megaly
enlargment
Micro
small
multi
many
myco
fungus
musculo
muscle
myo
muscle
myelo
bone marrow
Narc
stupor, sleep, numbness
necro
death
Naso
nose
neo
new
nephron
kidney
neuro
nerve
noct
night
oligo
scanty
nulli
none
-oma
tumor
-ipia
vision
-ose
pertaining to, sugar
-osis
abnormal condition
osteo
bone
oto
ear
oxi/oxo/-oxia
oxygen
-paresis
partial paralysis
-patho/-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease, deficiency
-pepsia
digestion
per
through
peri
around
phago/-phage/-phagia
swallowing
-phasia
speech
-phobia
fear
-phoria
feeling, mental state
photo
light
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia
paralysis
-plexy
stroke
-pnea
breathing
pneumo
air, lung
poly
many
-porosis
porous
post
after, behind
postero
back of body, poster
-pradial
meal
pre
before
presby
old age
procto
anus, rectum
proximo
near, nearest
pseudo
false
psych
mind
pub
pelvis bone
pyo
pus
pyelo
renal pelvis
quadri
four
recto
rectum
reno
kidney
retro
backward, behind
-rrhage/-rrhagia
bursting forth
-rrhea
discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
sacro
sacrum
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
sclera
hardening; white of eye
-scopy
visual exam
semi
one half
-sis
state of; condition
-stasis
standing still
-stenosis
narrowing
-stomy
forming an opening
sub
under, below
super
upper, above
tachy
rapid; fast
thermo
heat
thrombo
blood clot
-tocia
childbirth, labor
tomo
to cut
-tomy
incision
toxo
poison
tri
three
-trophy
development; nourishment
-ule
small, minute
-uria
urine
utero
uterus
vaso
vessel
ventro
belly, belly side
-version
turning
viscero
internal organs
vol
volume
xantho
yellow
-y
condition or process