Skills medical terminology lesson 6 Flashcards
1
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Prefixes
a-
A
without; not
2
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prefixes
dys-
A
bad; painful; difficult
3
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prefixes
endo-
A
within
4
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prefixes
hyper-
A
excessive; above normal
5
Q
prefixes
hypo-
A
under; below; deficient
6
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prefixes
para-
A
near; beside; beyond
7
Q
surgical suffixes
-ectomy
A
excision; removal
8
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surgical suffixes
-lysis
A
separation; destruction; loosening
9
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surgical suffixes
-pexy
A
fixation (of an organ)
10
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surgical suffixes
-plasty
A
surgical repair
11
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surgical suffixes
-tome
A
instrument to cut
12
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surgical suffixes
-tomy
A
incision
13
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diagnostic, symptomatic and related suffixes
-algia
A
pain
14
Q
d,s &r
-dynia
A
pain
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d,s &r
-dipsia
A
thirst
16
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-emia
A
blood condition
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-gen
A
forming; producing; origin
18
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-genesis
A
forming; producing; origin
19
Q
-glia
A
glue; neurological tissue
20
Q
-iasis
A
abnormal condition
21
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-ism
A
condition
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-itis
A
inflammation
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-lith
A
stone, calculus
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-logist
A
specialist
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-logy
study of
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-megaly
enlargement
27
-oid
resembling
28
-oma
tumor
29
-osis
abnormal condition; increase
30
-paresis
weakness, or loss of voluntary control
31
-penia
decreased; deficiency
32
-phagia
swallowing; eating
33
-phasia
speech
34
aden/o
gland
35
adren/o
adrenal gland
36
adrenal/o
adrenal gland
37
anter/o
anterior, pront
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calc/o
calcium
39
cerebr/o
cerebrum
40
encephala/o
brain
41
gli/o
glue; neurological tissue
42
gluc/o
sugar; sweetness
43
glyc/o
sugar, sweetness
44
mening/o
meninges
45
meningi/o
meninges
46
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
47
neur/o
nerve
48
pancreat/o
pancreas
49
thym/o
thymus gland
50
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
51
vascul/o
blood vessel
52
acr/o
extremities
53
carcin/o
cancer
54
cyst/o
bladder
55
enter/o
intestine
56
hem/o
blood
57
hepat/o
liver
58
hidr/o
sweat
59
nephr/o
kidney
60
ren/o
kidney
61
orchid/o
testes
62
orchi/o
testes
63
orch/o
testes
64
poster/o
back (of body), behind, posterior
65
scler/o
hardening
66
spin/o
spine
67
thromb/o
clot
68
toxic/o
poison
