Med Terms Flashcards by Kimberly Bingham

hyper-

above normal

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hypo-

below normal

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a- (prefix)

without, no

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tachy-

fast

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brady-

slow

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vol/o-

volume

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glyc/o-

glucose

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pne/o-

breathing

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cardi/o-

heart

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-a (suffix)

condition

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-ia (suffix)

condition

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-emic

pertaining to blood

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-emia

condition of the blood

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abdomin/o-

abdomen

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acous/o-

hearing, sounds

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carp/o-

wrist

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acr/o-

extremity, highest part

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caus/o-

burn

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aden/o-

gland

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cephal/o-

head

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adip/o-

fat

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cervic/o-

neck, cervix

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albin/o-

white

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chol/e-

bile

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chondr/o-

cartilage

alg/o-

pain

chrom/o-

color

all/o-

other, strange

cili/o-

hairlike structure

andr/o-

male

cis/o-

cut

angi/o-

blood vessel

cleid/o-

collarbone (clavicle)

aort/o-

aorta

cochle/o-

cochlea of the inner ear

arter/o-

artery

cor/o-

pupil

arthr/o-

joint

coron/o-

encircling structure

articul/o-

joint

corpor/o-

body

audi/o-

hearing

air/i-

ear

auscult/o-

listen

bi/o-

life

blephar/o-

eyelid

brachi/o-

arm

bronch/o-

bronchus

bucc/o-

cheek

burs/o-

pouch or sac, bursa

calcane/o-

heel

carcin/o-

cancer

cost/o-

rib

cry/o-

cold

cubit/o-

elbow

cyan/o-

blue

cyst/o-

bladder, cyst

dent/i-

tooth

derm/a-

skin

digit/o-

finger or toe

edem/o-

swelling

embryon/o-

fetus

enter/o-

intestines

erythr/o-

red

esthes/o-

sensation

eti/o-

cause

febr/o-

fever

fibr/o-

fiber

flex/o-

bend

fract/o-

break up

gastr/o-

stomach

gnos/o-

knowledge

gynec/o-

female

hem/o-

blood

hepat/o-

liver

heter/o-

other, different

home/o-

same

humer/o-

upper arm, humerus

hydr/o-

water

hyster/o-

womb, uterus

idi/o-

unknown, individual

inguin/o-

groin

lact/i-

milk

later/o-

side

leuk/o-

white

ligat/o-

tie, bind

lith/o-

stone

medi/o-

middle

meg/a-

large

melan/o-, melen/o-

black

men/o-

monthly

morb/o-

disease

mort/o-

death

myel/o-

bone marrow, spinal cord

my/o-

muscle

nephr/o-

kidney

neur/o-

nerve

noct/o-

night

ocul/o-

eye

odont/o-

tooth

o/o-, ov/i-

egg

ophthalm/o-

eye

orch/o-

testis

bone

osse/o-, oste/o-

ot/o-

ear

palpat/o-

touch, feel

pat/o-

birth

pariet/o-

wall of a cavity

path/o-

disease

ped/o-

child

percuss/o-

strike, tap

phag/o-

eat, swallow

phot/o-

light

placent/o-

placenta

pleur/o-

pleura-lung membrane

pne/o-

breathe

pneum/o-

lung, air

pod/o-

foot

psych/o-

mind

purul/o-, pyl/o-

pus

pyel/o-

pelvis

pyret/o-

fever

ren/o-

kidney

reticul/o-

network

retin/o-

retina of the eye

rhin/o-

nose

rub/o-

red

salping/o-

fallopian tube

sang/o-

blood

scler/o-

hard

seb/o-

sebum (oil)

sect/o-

cut

sept/o-

wall

ser/o-

serum

sinus/o-

cavity or hollow, sinus

somat/o-

body

sphincter/o-

sphincter muscle

spir/o-

coil, breathe

stern/o-

sternum

steth/o-

chest

sthen/o-

strength

stom/o-

opening, mouth

tact/o-

touch

tars/o-

ankle

tars/o-

ankle

tele/o-

distance

tempor/o-

time, temple

tendon/o-

tendon

tetr/a-

four

tetr/a-

four

tom/o-

cut

toxic/o-

poison

trache/o-

trachea

trich/o-

hair

urin/o-

urine

vagin/o-

female genital canal

vertebr/o-

vertebra

viscer/o-

viscera-internal organs

vol/o-

volume

viscos/o-

thick

xen/o-

foreign

xer/o-

dry

a-, an-

without, lack of

ab-

away from

acr-

pertaining to extremity

ad-

to, toward

ad-

to, toward

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