Med Term Flashcards
(71 cards)
1
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What does A-, an- Mean?
A
No, not, without
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What does Anti- mean?
A
Against through
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What does Dys- Mean?
A
Bad, Difficult, or painful
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Eu-
A
Well, easy, good
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Epi-
A
Upon/on
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Inter-
A
Between
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Intra-
A
Within
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Infra-
A
Below, beneath
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Per-
A
Excessive
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Extra-
A
Outside or beyond
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Pan-
A
All, entire, or every
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Ab-
A
Away from
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Ad-
A
Toward
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endo-
A
Within
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Ecto-
A
Out or outside
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Pre-
A
Before
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Post-
A
After
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Meta-
A
beyond
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peri-
A
around
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supra-
A
above or excessive
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sub-
A
below, under, less than
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Trans-
A
across
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ultra-
A
beyond or excess
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Hypo-
A
Under, decreased, deficient
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hyper-
over, above, increased
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Poly-
many
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Oligo-
Scanty
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Arteri/o:
Artery
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Oste/o
Bone
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Grastr/o
Stomach
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Enter/o
Small intestines
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Leuk/o
White
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My/o
Muscle
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Cyst/o
Bladder
35
Hepat/o
liver
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Arthr/o
Joint
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Cardi/o
Heart
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Ren/o
Kidney
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Nephr/o
Kidney
40
Mast/o
Breast
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Ovari/o
ovary
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Rhin/o
nose
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Laryng/o
Larynx
44
-an, -ar, -al, -ic, -ary, -eal, -ine, -ous, -tic
Pertaining to
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-algia
Pain
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-dynia
Pain
47
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
48
-gram
Picture or record
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-graph
Recording instrument
50
-graphy
Process of taking picture
51
-itis
Inflammation
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-lysis
Destruction or separation
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-malacia
softening
54
-megaly
Enlargement
55
-osis
Condition or increased number
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-stomy
Make a new opening
57
-tomy
Cutting or incision
58
-ectomy
surgical removal or excision
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
deficiency or reduction in number
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-plasty
Surgical repair
62
-pexy
Surgical fixation
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-rrhagia
bursting forth
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-rrhaphy
suture
65
-rrhea
flow or discharge
66
-rrhexis
rupture
67
-scope
instrument for viewing
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-scopy
process of examining with a scope
69
-therapy
treatment
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
71
-um
structure
