terminology packet Flashcards
a-, an-
no; not; without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward; near
abdomin/o
abdomen
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary
pertaining to
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
-alegasia
sensitivity to pain
-algia
pain
ana-
up; apart; backward; again; anew
angi/o
vessel (blood)
ante-
before; forward
anter/o
front
anti-
against
aort/o
aorta
appendo/o, appendic/o
appendix
arthr/o
joint
-ase
enzyme
audi/o, audit/o
hearing
aut/o, aut-, auto
self, own
axill/o
armpit
bacter/i/o
bacteria
bi-
two
bil/i
bile; gall
brachi/o
arm
brady-
slow
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial
bucc/o
cheek
calc/o
calcium
carcin/o
cancerous; cancer
cardi/o
heart
-cele, coele
swelling; hernia
cell/u
cell level
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic/o
neck
chol/e
bile; gall
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
-cidal
pertaining to killing
col/o colon/o
colon
comi/o
to care for
contra-
against; opposite
coron/o
heart
cost/o
rib
cran/i
skull
cyan/o
blue
cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac, or fluid
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
de-
lake of, less
derm/o, derma, dermat/o
skin
diaphor/o
sweat
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o, dorsi
back (of body)
dys-
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
-emia
blood condition