Terminology Flashcards
Anti-
Opposing or against
A-, an-
Not, without
Brady-
Slow
De-
Away from
Dys
Difficult
Hyper-
High, above, or beyond
Hypo
Low, below, behind
Mal-
Bad, poor
Poly-
Many
Tachy-
Fast
Ep-, epi-
On, upon
Eu-
Normal
Iso-
Equal, square
Multi-
Many, much
Neo-
New
Pan-
all
Peri-
Around
Post-
After
Uni-
Single cell
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Remove
-emia
Blood
-pnea
Air, breathing
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Study of
-oma
Swelling, tumor
-penia
Lacking, deficiency
-scope
Instrument for inspecting or viewing
-tomy
Cutting or incision
-al, -ic, -ac, -ous
Pertaining to, like
-graphy
Science, field of study
-ist
Person involved in the field
-lysis
Decomposition, break away
-megaly
Growth
-natal
Birth
-oxia
Oxygen
-phagia
Eating, swallowing
-spasm
Twitching, involuntary, contraction
-toxin
Poison
Cardi/o
Pertaining to the heart
Cephal/o
Related to heart or skull