Terms Flashcards
carp/o
wirst bones
cib/o
meals
cis/o
to cut
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
flex/o
to bend
furc/o
forking, branching
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
immun/o
protection
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
nat/i
birth
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
norm/o
rule, order
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis, anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
the/o
to put, place
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thyr/o
thyroid gland, shield
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
urethr/o
urethra
-blast
embryonic, immature
-crine
to secrete
-drome
to run
-fusion
coming together, to pour
-gea
substance that produces
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, seperation
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-or
one who
-oxia
oxygen
-partum
birth, labor
-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling
-physis
to grow
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasm
structure or formation
-pnea
breathing
-ptosis
falling, dropping, prolaspse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-trophy
development, nourishment
a-, an-
no, not, without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
auto-
self, own
bi-
two
brady-
slow
cata-
down
con-
with, together
contra-
against, opposite
de-
down, lack of
dia-
through, complete
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-, ecto-
out, outside
endo-
in, within
epi-
upon, on, above
eu-
good, normal
ex-
out, outside, away from
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
deficient, under
in-
not, into, within
infra-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
within, into
macro-
large
mal-
bad
meta-
beyond, change
micro-
small
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
abnormal, beside, near
per-
through
peri-
surrounding
poly-
many, much
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pro-
before, forward
pros-
before, forward
re-
back, again
retro-
behind, backward
sub-
under
supra-
above, upper
syn-, sym-
together, with
tachy-
fast
trans-
across, through
ultra-
beyond, excess
uni-
one
antigen
A substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antibodies.
antibodies
Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.
Rh condition
An antigen-antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive).
congential anomaly
An irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with
Includes webbed fingers or toes (syndactyly), heart defects, and clubbed feet
Some are hereditary; others are produced by factors present during pregnancy; for example, when a pregnant woman drinks high levels of alcohol, there is a pattern of physical and mental defects in the infant at birth
Recombinant DNA:
Taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism.
Recombinant techniques are used to manufacture insulin outside the body
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
the method of producing multiple copies of a single gene
syndrome
A group of signs or symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition
reye syndrome
characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver; may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin
Transurethral
resection of the prostate gland (TURP)
A portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through (trans-) the urethra
The procedure is indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination
Ultrasonography
A diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.
Echocardiogram
ultrasound image of the heart
Sonogram
fetal ultrasound image
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
