Terminology #1 Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Prefix?
A
A word placed at the beginning of a stem word.
2
Q
Pan
A
All
3
Q
Brady
A
slow
4
Q
hyper
A
over/increased
5
Q
Poly
A
many
6
Q
tachy
A
fast
7
Q
hypo
A
under/low
8
Q
a/an
A
witout
9
Q
What is a suffix?
A
A word that goes at the end of the word
10
Q
emia
A
Blood
11
Q
algia
A
pain
12
Q
ectomy
A
removal
13
Q
itis
A
Inflammation
14
Q
oma
A
tumor
15
Q
Scopy
A
vewing/visual exam
16
Q
pnea
A
breath
17
Q
acro
A
Extremities
18
Q
Cardio
A
heart
19
Q
gastro
A
Stomach
20
Q
Physio
A
function
21
Q
Top/o
A
place
22
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
23
Q
colon/o
A
large intestine
24
Q
bronch
A
Air ways
25
tach/y
fast
26
Hemi
half
27
Febrile
fever
28
CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
29
NIDDM
non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
