Test 2 Flashcards
Brady
Slow (Ex: Bradycardia = slow pulse, heartbeat)
Contra
Against (Ex: Contraceptive = prevents pregnancy)
Dis
Apart, Free Form (Ex: Disinfected = free form microorganisms)
Dys
Bad, Painful (Ex: Dysuria = painful urination)
Endo
Inner (Ex: Endoscope = instrument for examining the inside of an organ)
Erythro
Red (Ex: Erythrocyte = red blood cell)
Hemi
Half (Ex: Hemisphere = one of the two parts of the brain)
Hyper
Too Much, High (Ex: Hypertension = high blood pressure)
Hypo
Below, Under (Ex: Hypotension = low blood pressure)
Inter
Between, Within (Ex: Interdisciplinary = between disciplines)
Leuk
White (Ex: Leukocyte = White Blood Cell
Mal
Bad, Illness, Disorder (Ex: Malformed = badly made)
Patho
Disease, Suffering (Ex: Pathology = study of a disease)
Per
By, Through (Ex: Perforate = to make a hole through)
Peri
Around (Ex: Pericardium = Membrane enclosing the heart)
Poly
Many, Much (Ex: Polyuria = much urine)
Post
After, Behind (Ex: Postmortem = period after death)
Pre
Before, In Front Of (Ex: Prenatal = period before birth)
Sub
Under, Beneath (Ex: Subcutaneous = beneath the skin)
Supra
Above, Over (Ex: Suprapelvic = located above the pelvis)
Tachy
Swift, Fast, Rapid (Ex: Tachycardia = rapid heartbeat)
Aden(o)
Gland (Ex: Adenitis = inflammation of a gland)
Angi(o)
Vessel (Ex: Angioplasty = surgical repair of a vessel using a balloon)
Arteri(o)
Artery (Ex: Arteriosclerosis = hardening of artery walls)
Arthr(o)
Joint (Ex: Arthrotomy = cut into a joint)
