Unit 6 Medical Terminology Flashcards
a-/an-
without
anti-
against
bi-
two
dys-
difficult, abnormal, painful
endo-
inner, within
epi-
on, above
hemi-
half
hydro-
water
hyper-
excessive
intra-
within
mono-
one
para-
beside, abnormal
poly-
many
quadri-
four
semi-
partial
sub-
under
tri-
three
un-
not
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
protrusion or hernia
-ectomy
surgical removal of
-gram
written record
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition or state of
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-logist
person who studies
-oma
tumor or swelling
-osis
abnormal condition
-otomy
cutting into
-paresis
weakness
-pathy
disease, abnormality
-phasia
speech
-plasia
development, growth, formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhage
rupture
-rrhaphy
suture
-taxia
muscle coordination
-trophic
pertaining to development
alges(o)
sense of pain
angi(o)
blood vessel
astr(o)
star
cephal(o)
head
cerebell(o)
cerebellum
cerebr(o)
cerebrum
clon(o)
rapid contracting and relaxing
cyt(o)
cell
dur(o)
dura mater
electr(o)
electricity
encephal(o)
brain
esthes(o)
sensation, feeling
gli(o)
glue
hem(o)
blood
hemat(o)
blood
isch(o)
hold back
later(o)
side
lumb(o)
lower back
medull(o)
medulla oblongata
mening(o)
meninges
meningi(o)
meninges
my(o)
muscle
myel(o)
spinal cord
neur(o)
nerve
poli(o)
gray matter
pont(o)
pons
radicul(o)
nerve root
scler(o)
hard
spin(o)
spine
thalam(o)
thalamus
thec(o)
sheath
tom(o)
to cut
ton(o)
muscle tone
vascul(o)
blood vessel
ventricul(o)
ventricle