CH 1 - Intro to Med Term Flashcards
1
Q
bi/o
A
life
2
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
3
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
4
Q
chem/o
A
chemical
5
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
6
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
7
Q
enter/o
A
small intestine
8
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
9
Q
gynec/o
A
female
10
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
11
Q
immun/o
A
protection
12
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
13
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
14
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
15
Q
ophthalm/o
A
eye
16
Q
ot/o
A
ear
17
Q
path/o
A
disease
18
Q
pulmon/o
A
lung
19
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
20
Q
a-
A
without
21
Q
an-
A
without
22
Q
anti-
A
against
23
Q
auto-
A
self
24
Q
brady-
A
slow
25
de-
without
26
dys-
painful; difficult; abnormal
27
endo-
within; inner
28
epi-
above
29
eu-
normal
30
ex-
outward
31
extra-
outside of
32
hetero-
different
33
homo-
same
34
hyper-
excessive
35
hypo-
below; insufficient
36
in-
not; inward
37
inter-
between
38
intra-
within
39
macro-
large
40
micro-
small
41
neo-
new
42
para-
beside; abnormal; two like parts of a pair
43
per-
through
44
peri-
around
45
post-
after
46
pre-
before
47
pro-
before
48
pseudo-
false
49
re-
again
50
retro-
backward; behind
51
sub-
under
52
tachy-
fast
53
trans-
across
54
ultra-
beyond
55
un-
not
56
bi-
two
57
hemi-
half
58
mono-
one
59
multi-
many
60
nulli-
none
61
pan-
all
62
poly-
many
63
quadri-
four
64
semi-
partial
65
tetra-
four
66
tri-
three
67
-algia
pain
68
-cele
protrusion
69
-cyte
cell
70
-dynia
pain
71
-ectasis
dialtion
72
-gen
that which produces
73
-genic
producing
74
-ia
condition
75
-iasis
abnormal condition
76
-ism
state of
77
-itis
inflammation
78
-logist
one who studies
79
-logy
study of
80
-lytic
destruction
81
-malacia
abnormal softening
82
-oma
tumor, mass
83
-opsy
view of
84
-osis
abnormal condition
85
-pathy
disease
86
-plasm
formation
87
-plegia
paralysis
88
-ptosis
drooping
89
-rrhage
abnormal flow
90
-rrhagia
abnormal flow condition
91
-rrhea
discharge
92
-rrhexis
rupture
93
-sclerosis
hardening
94
-stenosis
narrowing
95
-therapy
treatment
96
-trophy
development
97
-ac
-al
-an
-ar
-ary
-atic
-eal
-iac
-ic
-ical
-ile
-ine
-ior
-nic
-ory
-ose
-ous
-tic
pertaining to
98
-centesis
puncture to withdraw fluid
99
-ectomy
surgical removal
100
-ostomy
surgically create an opening
101
-otomy
cutting into
102
-pexy
surgical fixation
103
-plasty
surgical repair
104
-rrhaphy
to suture
105
-tome
instrument to cut
106
-gram
record
107
-graphy
process of recording
108
-meter
instrument for measuring
109
-metry
processing of measuring
110
-scope
instrument for viewing
111
-scopic
pertaining to visually examining
112
-scopy
process of visually examining
