Medical Antonyms Flashcards
Ab/Ad
Ab- move away from
Ad - move toward
abduction - a movement away from midline
adduction - movement towards midline
Bio/Necro
Bio - life
Necro - death
biopsy
necropsy
Brady/tachy
Brady - slow
Tachy - fast
bradypnea - slow breathing
tachypnea - rapid breathing
Endo/ Exo
Endo - in
Ex - out
Endogenous depression - biologically based depression, not caused by external factors
Exogenous depression - depression caused by factor outside of the body
eu/dys
eu- regular well
dys - hard, irregular, not well
eurthymia - normal mood
dys - mild depression
Hyper/Hypo
Hyper - too much
hypo - too little
hyperplasia- enlargement of an organ caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells
hypoplasia - underdevelopment of tissue or organ
Retro/antero
retro - backward
antero - forward
retrograde amnesia - type of memory loss where a person can no longer access past events
anterograde amnesia - not able to form new memories
