All Med Terms Flashcards
(186 cards)
1
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
a/an
A
Without, not
2
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What is the definition of this medical term:
ab
A
Away from
3
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
abdomin/o
A
Abdomen
4
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
acr/o
A
Extremity
5
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
ad
A
Toward
6
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
adeno
A
Gland
7
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
adipo
A
Fat
8
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
-algia
A
Pain
9
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
andro
A
Male
10
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
angio
A
Vessel
11
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
ante
A
Before, in front of
12
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What is the definition of this medical term:
antero
A
Anterior, front
13
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What is the definition of this medical term:
anti
A
Against
14
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What is the definition of this medical term:
arterio
A
Artery
15
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
arthro
A
Joint
16
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What is the definition of this medical term:
audio
A
Hearing
17
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What is the definition of this medical term:
auto
A
Self, own
18
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
bacterio
A
Bacteria
19
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
bi
A
Two
20
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
brachio
A
Arm
21
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
brachy
A
Short
22
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
brady
A
Slow
23
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
broncho
A
Bronchus
24
Q
What is the definition of this medical term:
-capnia
A
Carbon dioxide
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What is the definition of this medical term:
carcino
Cancer
26
What is the definition of this medical term:
cardio
Heart
27
What is the definition of this medical term:
cardia
Heart condition
28
What is the definition of this medical term:
-cele
Hernia, swelling
29
What is the definition of this medical term:
cephalo
Head
30
What is the definition of this medical term:
cerebro
Cerebrum
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What is the definition of this medical term:
-cide
Killing
32
What is the definition of this medical term:
circum
Around
33
What is the definition of this medical term:
-cision
A cutting
34
What is the definition of this medical term:
contra
Against, opposite
35
What is the definition of this medical term:
cranio
Cranium
36
What is the definition of this medical term:
-crine
Secrete
37
What is the definition of this medical term:
cutaneo
Skin
38
What is the definition of this medical term:
cyano
Blue
39
What is the definition of this medical term:
cysto
Bladder
40
What is the definition of this medical term:
cyto
Cell
41
What is the definition of this medical term:
de-
Cessation
42
What is the definition of this medical term:
derm
Skin
43
What is the definition of this medical term:
di
Double
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What is the definition of this medical term:
disto
Far, farthest
45
What is the definition of this medical term:
dorso
Back
46
What is the definition of this medical term:
duct
To lead
47
What is the definition of this medical term:
-duction
Act of leading
48
What is the definition of this medical term:
dys
Bad, painful
49
What is the definition of this medical term:
-ectomy
Excision
50
What is the definition of this medical term:
-emia
Blood
51
What is the definition of this medical term:
en/endo
In, within
52
What is the definition of this medical term:
encephalo
Brain
53
What is the definition of this medical term:
epi
Above
54
What is the definition of this medical term:
erythro
Red
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What is the definition of this medical term:
-esis
Condition
56
What is the definition of this medical term:
eu
Normal
57
What is the definition of this medical term:
ex
Out
58
What is the definition of this medical term:
gastro
Stomach
59
What is the definition of this medical term:
gluco
Sugar
60
What is the definition of this medical term:
-gnosis
Knowing
61
What is the definition of this medical term:
gyn
Female
62
What is the definition of this medical term:
hem
Blood
63
What is the definition of this medical term:
hemi
One half
64
What is the definition of this medical term:
hepato
Liver
65
What is the definition of this medical term:
histo
Tissue
66
What is the definition of this medical term:
homeo
Same, alike
67
What is the definition of this medical term:
hydro
Water
68
What is the definition of this medical term:
hypo
Under, below
69
What is the definition of this medical term:
hyper
Excessive, above
70
What is the definition of this medical term:
hystero
Uterus
71
What is the definition of this medical term:
-ia
Condition
72
What is the definition of this medical term:
-iasis
Abnormal condition
73
What is the definition of this medical term:
idio
Unknown
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What is the definition of this medical term:
immuno
Immune
75
What is the definition of this medical term:
-ine
Pertaining to
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What is the definition of this medical term:
infero
Lower, below
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What is the definition of this medical term:
inter
Between
78
What is the definition of this medical term:
intra
In, within
79
What is the definition of this medical term:
iso
Same, equal
80
What is the definition of this medical term:
-itis
Inflammation
81
What is the definition of this medical term:
-ization
Process
82
What is the definition of this medical term:
jaund
Yellow
83
What is the definition of this medical term:
kinesio/-kinesia
Movement
84
What is the definition of this medical term:
laparo
Abdomen
85
What is the definition of this medical term:
latero
Side
86
What is the definition of this medical term:
leuko
White
87
What is the definition of this medical term:
lipo
Fat
88
What is the definition of this medical term:
-lysis
Destruction of
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What is the definition of this medical term:
macro
Large
90
What is the definition of this medical term:
-malacia
Softening
91
What is the definition of this medical term:
mammo
Breast
92
What is the definition of this medical term:
-mania
State of mental disorder, frenzy
93
What is the definition of this medical term:
medio
Middle
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What is the definition of this medical term:
mega/megalo/-megaly
Enlargement
95
What is the definition of this medical term:
meso
middle
96
What is the definition of this medical term:
meta
Beyond
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What is the definition of this medical term:
micro
Small
98
What is the definition of this medical term:
multi
Many
99
What is the definition of this medical term:
musculo
Muscle
100
What is the definition of this medical term:
myo
Muscle
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What is the definition of this medical term:
myco
Fungus
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What is the definition of this medical term:
myelo
Bone marrow
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What is the definition of this medical term:
narc
Stupor, numbness, sleep
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What is the definition of this medical term:
naso
Nose
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What is the definition of this medical term:
necro
Death
106
What is the definition of this medical term:
neo
New
107
What is the definition of this medical term:
nephron
Kidney
108
What is the definition of this medical term:
neuro
Nerve
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What is the definition of this medical term:
noct
Night
110
What is the definition of this medical term:
nulli
None
111
What is the definition of this medical term:
oligo
Scanty
112
What is the definition of this medical term:
-oma
Tumor
113
What is the definition of this medical term:
-opia
Vision
114
What is the definition of this medical term:
-ose
Pertaining to; sugar
115
What is the definition of this medical term:
-osis
Abnormal condition
116
What is the definition of this medical term:
osteo
Bone
117
What is the definition of this medical term:
oto
Ear
118
What is the definition of this medical term:
oxi/oxo/-oxia
Oxygen
119
What is the definition of this medical term:
-paresis
Partial paralysis
120
What is the definition of this medical term:
-patho/-pathy
Disease
121
What is the definition of this medical term:
-penia
Decrease, deficiency
122
What is the definition of this medical term:
-pepsia
Digestion
123
What is the definition of this medical term:
per
Through
124
What is the definition of this medical term:
peri
Around
125
What is the definition of this medical term:
phago/-phage/-phagia
Swallowing
126
What is the definition of this medical term:
-phasia
Speech
127
What is the definition of this medical term:
-phobia
Fear
128
What is the definition of this medical term:
-phoria
Feeling (mental state)
129
What is the definition of this medical term:
photo
Light
130
What is the definition of this medical term:
-plasty
Surgical repair
131
What is the definition of this medical term:
-plegia
Paralysis
132
What is the definition of this medical term:
-plexy
Stroke
133
What is the definition of this medical term:
-pnea
Breathing
134
What is the definition of this medical term:
pneumo
Air; lung
135
What is the definition of this medical term:
poly
Many
136
What is the definition of this medical term:
-porosis
Porous
137
What is the definition of this medical term:
post
After, behind
138
What is the definition of this medical term:
postero
Back of body, posterior
139
What is the definition of this medical term:
-prandial
Meal
140
What is the definition of this medical term:
pre
Before
141
What is the definition of this medical term:
presby
Old age
142
What is the definition of this medical term:
procto
Anus, rectum
143
What is the definition of this medical term:
proximo
Near, nearest
144
What is the definition of this medical term:
pseudo
False
145
What is the definition of this medical term:
psych
Mind
146
What is the definition of this medical term:
pub
Pelvis bone
147
What is the definition of this medical term:
pyo
Pus
148
What is the definition of this medical term:
pyleo
Renal pelvis
149
What is the definition of this medical term:
quadri
Four
150
What is the definition of this medical term:
recto
Rectum
151
What is the definition of this medical term:
reno
Kidney
152
What is the definition of this medical term:
retro
Backward, behind
153
What is the definition of this medical term:
rhino
Nose
154
What is the definition of this medical term:
-rrhage/-rrhagia
Bursting forth
155
What is the definition of this medical term:
-rrhea
Discharge
156
What is the definition of this medical term:
-rrhexis
Rupture
157
What is the definition of this medical term:
sacro
Sacrum
158
What is the definition of this medical term:
-sarcoma
Malignant tumor
159
What is the definition of this medical term:
sclera
Hardening; sclera (white of eye)
160
What is the definition of this medical term:
-scopy
Visual examination
161
What is the definition of this medical term:
semi
One half
162
What is the definition of this medical term:
-sis
State of; condition
163
What is the definition of this medical term:
-stasis
Standing still
164
What is the definition of this medical term:
-stenosis
Narrowing
165
What is the definition of this medical term:
-stomy
Forming an opening
166
What is the definition of this medical term:
sub
Under, below
167
What is the definition of this medical term:
super
Upper, above
168
What is the definition of this medical term:
tachy
Rapid
169
What is the definition of this medical term:
thermo
Heat
170
What is the definition of this medical term:
thrombo
Blood clot
171
What is the definition of this medical term:
-tocia
Childbirth, labor
172
What is the definition of this medical term:
tomo
To cut
173
What is the definition of this medical term:
-tomy
Incision
174
What is the definition of this medical term:
toxo
Poison
175
What is the definition of this medical term:
tri
Three
176
What is the definition of this medical term:
-trophy
Development, nourishment
177
What is the definition of this medical term:
-ule
Small, minute
178
What is the definition of this medical term:
-uria
Urine
179
What is the definition of this medical term:
utero
Uterus
180
What is the definition of this medical term:
vaso
Vessel
181
What is the definition of this medical term:
ventro
Belly, belly side
182
What is the definition of this medical term:
-version
Turning
183
What is the definition of this medical term:
viscero
Internal organs
184
What is the definition of this medical term:
vol
Volume
185
What is the definition of this medical term:
xantho
Yellow
186
What is the definition of this medical term:
-y
Condition or process
