test 4 Flashcards
Abdomen/o
abdomen
An/o
anus
Bi/o
life
Cardi/o
heart
Carp/o
carpals
Cis/o
to cut
Cost/o
ribs
Crani/o
skull
Cutane/o
skin
Dur/o
dura mater (outer layer of membrane around brain)
Gen/o
to produce, to begin
Glyc/o
sugar
Hemat/o
blood
Later/o
side
Men/o
menses, menstruation
Nat/i
birth
Neur/o
nerve
Norm/o
rule, order
Oste/o
bone
Ox/o
oxygen
Peritone/o
peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in abdomen)
Plas/o
formation, growth, development
Ren/o
kidney
Scapul/o
scapula
Son/o
sound
Thyroid/o
thyroid
Top/o
to put, place, position
Troph/o
development, nourishment
Urethr/o
urethra
Uter/o
uterus
Ven/o
vein
Vertebr/o
vertebra
-al
pertaining to
-ation
process, condition
-cision
process of cutting
-crine
secretion
-dipsia
thirst
-emia
blood condition
-gen
to produce
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-ine
pertaining to
-ism
condition, process
-lapse
to fall, slide
-lysis
loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-mortem
death
-oma
tumor, mass
-ous
pertaining to
-partum
birth
-pathy
disease condition
-phagia
eating
-phasia
speech
-plasm
formation (tissue)
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-ptom
a happening
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-scopy
process of visual examination
-section
to cut
-stasis
to stand, place, stop, control
-tension
pressure
-thesis
to put, place
-tic
pertaining to
-trophy
nourishment; development
-um
structure
-uria
urine condition
-y
process, condition
A-, an
no, not, without
Ab-
away from
Ad-
toward, near
Ana-
up, apart
Ante-
before, forward
Anti-
against
Bi-
two, both
Brady-
slow
Con-
with, together
Dia-
complete, though
Dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
Ec-
out, outside
Endo-
within, in, inner
Epi-
above, upon
Ex-
out
Extra-
outside of
Hemi-
half
Hyper-
excessive, too much, above
Hypo-
deficient, too little, below
In-
in, into
Inter-
between
Intra-
within
Mal-
bad
Meta-
change, beyond
Neo-
new
Para-
beside, near, along the side of
Peri-
surrounding
Poly-
many, much
Post-
after, behind
Pre-
before
Pro-
before, forward
Pros-
before, forward
Quadri-
four
Re-
back, behind
Retro-
back, behind
Sub-
under, less than
Syn-
with, together
Tachy-
fast
Trans-
across, through
Tri-
three
Ultra-
beyond
Uni-
one
Cervic/o
cervix
Colp/o
vagina
Vagin/o
vagina
Hyster/o
uterus
Mamm/o
breast
Mast/o
breast
Metri/o
uterus
Uter/o
uterus
o/o
egg
oophor/o
ovary
ovari/o
ovary
salping/o
fallopian tube
balan/o
penis
orch/o
testis, testes
orchi/o
testis, testes
orchid/o
testes
prostat/o
prostate gland
scrot/o
scrotum
urethr/o
urethra
vas/o
vas deferens
Antibodies
a substance that works against germs, produced by white blood cells when germs enter the bloodstream
Antigen
foreign protein that stimulates white blood cells to make antibodies
Epidural hematoma
pathological mass of blood above the dura mater (outermost membrane around brain)
Subdural hematoma
collection of blood under the dura mater
Malignant
pertaining to cancerous tumors that invade and spread to distant organs; tending to become progressively worse
Benign
not cancerous; a tumor that does not spread and is limited in growth