CH 1 Flashcards
(250 cards)
1
Q
-rrhaphy
A
meaning: suture
category: suffix surgical/operative
2
Q
-cele
A
meaning: pouching or hernia
category: suffix diagnostic
3
Q
orth/o
A
meaning: straight, normal, or correct
category: combining form general
4
Q
-metry
A
meaning: process of measuring
category: suffix
5
Q
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
A
meaning: vessel
category: combining form
6
Q
enter/o
A
meaning: small intestine
category: combining form
7
Q
esophag/o
A
meaning: esophagus
category: combining form
8
Q
gastr/o
A
meaning: stomach
category: combining form
9
Q
hem/o, hemat/o
A
meaning: blood
category: combining form
10
Q
hepat/o
A
meaning: liver
category: combining form
11
Q
oste/o
A
meaning: bone
category: combining form
12
Q
ur/o, urin/o
A
meaning: urine
category: combining form
13
Q
-al, -eal, -ac, -ar
A
meaning: pertaining to
category: suffix
13
Q
-ectasis
A
meaning: expansion or dilation
category: suffix
14
Q
-ectomy
A
meaning: excision (removal)
category: suffix
15
Q
-ia
A
meaning: condition of
category: suffix
16
Q
-itis
A
meaning: inflamation
category: suffix
17
Q
-logy
A
meaning: study of
category: suffix
18
Q
-megaly
A
meaning: enlargement
category: suffix
19
Q
-stomy
A
meaning: creation of an opening
category: suffix
20
Q
-tomy
A
meaning: incision
category: suffix
21
Q
oligo-
A
meaning: few or deficient
category: prefix
22
Q
-algia, -dynia
A
meaning: pain
category: suffix
23
Q
-ium
A
meaning: structure or tissue
category: suffix
24
-rrhaphy
meaning: suture
category: suffix
25
-rrhexis
meaning: rupture
category: suffix
26
sub-, infra-
meaning: below or under
category: prefix
27
a-, an-
meaning: without
category: prefix negation
28
anti-, contra-
meaning: against or oppose to
category: prefix negation
29
de-
meaning: from, down, or not
category: prefix negation
30
ab-
meaning: away from
category: prefix position/direction
31
ad-
meaning: to, toward, or near
category: prefix position/direction
32
circum-, peri-
meaning: around
category: prefix position/direction
33
dia-, trans-
meaning: across or through
category: prefix position/direction
34
e-, ec-, ex-
meaning: out or away
category: prefix position/direction
35
ecto-, exo-, extra-
meaning: outside
category: prefix position/direction
36
en-, endo-, intra-
meaning: within
category: prefix position/direction
37
epi-
meaning: upon
category: prefix position/direction
38
inter
meaning: between
category: prefix position/direction
39
meso-
meaning: middle
category: prefix position/direction
40
meta-
meaning: beyond, after, or change
category: prefix position/direction
41
retro-
meaning: backward or behind
category: prefix position/direction
41
sub-, infra-
meaning: below or under
category: prefix position/direction
42
bi-
meaning: two or both
category: prefix measurement
43
hemi-, semi-
meaning: half
category: prefix measurement
44
hyper-
meaning: above or excessive
category: prefix measurement
45
hypo-
meaning: below or deficient
category: prefix measurement
46
macro-
meaning: large or long
category: prefix measurement
47
micro-
meaning: small
category: prefix measurement
48
mono-, uni-
meaning: one
category: prefix measurement
49
pan-
meaning: all
category: prefix measurement
50
poly-, multi-
meaning: many
category: prefix measurement
51
quadri-
meaning: four
category: prefix measurement
52
super-, supra-
meaning: above or excessive
category: prefix measurement
53
tri-
meaning: three
category: prefix measurement
54
ultra-
meaning: beyond or excessive
category: prefix measurement
55
ante-, pre-, pro-
meaning: before
category: prefix time
56
brady-
meaning: slow
category: prefix time
57
tachy-
meaning: fast
category: prefix time
58
post-
meaning: after or behind
category: prefix time
59
re-
meaning: again or back
category: prefix time
60
con-, syn-, sym-
meaning: together or with
category: prefix time
61
dys-
meaning: painful, difficult, or faulty
category: prefix time
61
eu-
meaning: good or normal
category: prefix time
62
neo-
meaning: new
category: prefix time
63
-genesis
meaning: origin or production
category: suffix symptomatic
64
-lysis
meaning: breaking down or dissolution
category: suffix symptomatic
65
-oid
meaning: resembling
category: suffix symptomatic
65
-rrhea
meaning: discharge
category: suffix symptomatic
66
-penia
meaning: abnormal reduction
category: suffix symptomatic
67
-emia
meaning: blood condition
category: suffix diagnostic
67
-oma
meaning: tumor
category: suffix diagnostic
67
-spasm
meaning: involuntary contraction
category: suffix symptomatic
68
-malacia
meaning: softening
category: suffix diagnostic
69
-iasis
meaning: formation or presence of
category: suffix diagnostic
70
-osis
meaning: condition or increase
category: suffix diagnostic
71
-phil, -philia
meaning: attraction for
category: suffix diagnostic
72
-ptosis
meaning: falling or downward displacement
category: suffix diagnostic
73
-centesis
meaning: puncture for aspiration
category: suffix surgical/operative
73
-desis
meaning: binding
category: suffix surgical/operative
74
-rrhage, rrhagia
meaning: to burst forth (usually blood)
category: suffix diagnostic
75
-ectomy
meaning: excision (removal)
category: suffix surgical/operative
75
-pexy
meaning: suspension or fixation
category: suffix surgical/operative
76
-plasty
meaning: surgical repair or reconstruction
category: suffix surgical/operative
77
-ation
meaning: process
category: suffix noun ending
78
-ia, -ism
meaning: condition of
category: suffix noun ending
78
-e
meaning: general indicator that a word is a person, place, or thing
category: suffix noun ending
79
-y
meaning: condition or process of
category: suffix noun ending
80
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic
meaning: pertaining to
category: suffix adjective ending
80
-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
meaning: small
category: suffix diminutive ending
81
-gram
meaning: record
category: suffix
82
-graph
meaning: instrument for recording
category: suffix
83
-graphy
meaning: process of recording
category: suffix
83
-iatrics, -iatry
meaning: treatment
category: suffix
84
-ist
meaning: one who specializes in
category: suffix
85
-meter
meaning: instrument for measuring
category: suffix
86
-metry
meaning: process of measuring
category: suffix
87
-poiesis
meaning: formation
category: suffix
88
-scope
meaning: instrument for examination
category: suffix
89
melan/o
meaning: black
category: combining form colors
89
eryhthr/o
meaning: red
category: combining form colors
89
leuk/o
meaning: white
category: combining form colors
89
-stasis
meaning: stop or stand
category: suffix
90
cyan/o
meaning: blue
category: combining form colors
90
eponym
A medical term that is derived from the name of a person or
legendary figure is called an _
91
loan word
A Greek or Latin word which has been adopted into medical
English without any change to its spelling is called a _
91
inflectional endings
Because __________ __________ do not change the core meaning
of Greek or Latin words, only the grammatical usages, their
removal reveals the roots of words.
Gr. soma, somatos – inflectional ending -os = Root SOMAT-, body
92
Compound words
_________ are medical terms formed by adding multiple Greek or
Latin word elements (i.e. prefix, root, suffix) together
93
compound word
Based on its etymological entry [L. saeptum, a wall, barrier
+ Gr. plassein, to form], ‘Septoplasty’ is a __
93
eponym
Based on its etymological entry [Prometheus, a Titan in Greek
mythology who is associated with creating humans], ‘Promethium’
is an _
94
CORPOR-
L. corpus, corporis
95
loan word
Based on its etymological entry [L. rostrum, snout, beak, prow of a
ship, a speaker's platform], ‘Rostrum’ is a __
95
HEPAT-
Gr. hepar, hepatos, liver
96
SOM-, SOMAT-
Gr. soma, somatos, body
97
assimilation
Certain prefixes may be hard to recognize because their final letter is sometimes changed
in response to the first letter of the roots they are attached to. This change is called-
97
Elision
omission of a letter from a word element in order to make the word easier
to pronounce
98
part
pars, partis, f.
98
body
corpus, corporis, n.
99
cavity (e.g. abdominal cavity)
cavitas, cavitatis f.
99
organ
organum, -i, n.
100
artery
arteria, -ae, f.
*(A. = arteria, and Aa. = arteriae)
101
vein
vena, -ae, f.
102
bone
os, ossis, n.
102
vessel
vas, vasis, n. (*genitive plural is vasorum)
103
nerve
nervus, -i, m.
104
muscle
musculus, -i, m.
105
head
caput, capitis, n.
106
face
facies, -ei, f.,
107
eye
oculus, -i, m.
108
ear
auris, -is, f.
109
nose
nasus, -i, m.
110
cheek
bucca, -ae, f.
110
mouth
os, oris, n.,
111
chin
mentum, -i, n.
112
occiput (back of head)
occiput, occipitis, n.
113
forehead
sinciput, sincipitis, n.
114
temple (of the head)
tempus, -oris n. usually plural tempora
115
neck
cervix, cervicis, f.
115
chest
pectus, pectoris, n.,
116
trunk
truncus, -i, m.
116
neck
collum, -i, n.
117
thorax
thorax, thoracis, m.
118
back
dorsum, -i, n.
118
abdomen
abdomen, abdominis, n.
119
groin
inguen, inguinis, n.
120
pelvis
pelvis, -is, f.
121
limb
membrum, -i, n.
122
armpit
axilla, -ae, f.
123
arm
brachium, -i, n.
124
elbow
cubitus, -i, m.
125
forearm
antebrachium, -i, n.
126
hand
manus, -us, f.
127
wrist
carpus, -i, m.
127
metacarpus
metacarpus, -i, m.
128
palm
palma, -ae, f., vola, -ae, f.
129
thumb
pollex, pollicis, m.
130
finger
*digitus, -i, m.
131
thigh
femur, femoris, n.
132
hip
coxa, -ae, f.
133
buttocks
natis, -is, f. buttock usually plural nates, -ium, clunis, -is, m. and f. buttock usually plural clunes, -ium
134
knee
genu, -us, n.
135
posterior knee
poples, poplitis, m.
136
leg
crus, cruris, n.
137
ankle
tarsus, -i, m.
137
calf
sura, surae, f.
138
foot
pes, pedis, m.
139
big toe
hallux, hallucis or hallex, hallicis, m.
139
heel
calx, calcis, f.
140
metatarsus
metatarsus, -i, m.
141
sole (i.e. the sole of the foot)
planta, -ae, f.
142
143
144
145
146
146
146
146
147
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
157
158
158
158
159
159
160
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
166
167
168
169
170
170
170
171
171
171
171
171
171
171
171
171
171
172
172
172
172
172
173
173
173
173
173
174
174
174
174
175
175
175
176
177
178
178
178
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
