Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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Traumatic (no prefix)
A
Pertaining to injury
2
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Uria
A
Urination
3
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Ab-
A
Away from
4
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Ad-
A
Toward
5
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A-
A
Without / no
6
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An-
A
Toward
7
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Emetic
A
Pertaining to vomiting
8
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Anti-
A
Against
9
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Dys-
A
Difficult, painful, or bad
10
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Eu-
A
Good, easy, or normal
11
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Endo-
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Within or inside
12
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Ex / exo-
A
Without, out of, outside, or away from
13
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Ecto-
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Outside
14
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Hyper-
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Elevated, higher, or more normal
15
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Hypo-
A
Depressed, lower, less than normal
16
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Inter-
A
Between
17
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Intra-
A
Within
18
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Poly-
A
Many or excessive
19
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Oligo-
A
Scant or little
20
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Pre-
A
Before
21
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Post-
A
After
22
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Sub-
A
Below, under, or less
23
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Super / Supra-
A
Above, beyond, or excessive
24
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What does a prefix usually indicate?
A
Number, location, time, or status
25
What must be added to a root for it to be a complete word?
A suffix
26
What does a suffix usually indicate?
A procedure, condition, disease, or disorder
27
Pan-
All
28
-penia
Deficiency or reduction in number
29
Leuk/o
White
30
-tomy
Cutting into / incision
31
Epi-
Upper
32
Extra-
Outside
33
Infra-
Below or beneath
34
Meta-
Beyond
35
Per-
Throughout
36
Trans-
Across
37
Ultra-
Above, increased, or more than normal
38
-stomy
Surgically created opening
39
-ectomy
Surgical removal or excision
40
-ac
Pertaining to the heart
41
-al
Pertaining to the kidneys
42
-an
Pertaining to the ovaries
43
-ar
Pertaining to the loin, lower back
44
-ary
Pertaining to the gastrointestinal tract
45
-eal
Pertaining to the larynx
46
-ic
Pertaining to the small intestine
47
-ine
Pertaining to the uterus
48
-ous
Pertaining to the skin
49
-tic
Pertaining to the kidneys
50
-pexy
Suture to stabilize
| * stabilizing tummy to the wall, the x like a support beam
51
-plasty
Surgical repair
52
-stomy
Surgically created opening
53
-tomy
Cutting into, incision
54
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
55
-gram
Record of
56
-graph
Instrument that records
57
-graphy
Procedure that records
58
-lysis
Separation or breakdown, such as in urinalysis
59
-scope
Instrument to physically examine
60
-scopy
Procedure to physically examine
61
-therapy
Treatment
62
-rrhagia
Bursting forth
63
-rrhaphy
To suture
64
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
65
-rrhexis
Rupture
66
-algia/ -dynia
Pain
67
-ia
State or condition (hyperglycemia)
68
-ion
Action, process, state, or condition (infarction, blood flow obstruction)
69
-itis
Inflammation (hepatitis)
70
-ive
Performs or tends toward (congestive, toward accumulation of fluid)
71
-malacia
Softening abnormally (osteomalacia)
72
-megaly
Enlargement (cardiomegaly)
73
-osis
Abnormal condition (cardiosis)
74
-pathy
Disease
75
-sclerosis
Abnormal hardening
76
-um
Structure (pericardium)
77
-us
Thing (tarsus)
78
Mucus / mucous
Mucus : the slimelike substance with blah blah bla
Mucous: the adjective of
