medical terminology Flashcards by McKenna Michael

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prefix meaning ‘to position’

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i-

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prefix meaning ‘under direction’

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sub-

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prefix meaning ‘within’

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intra-

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prefix meaning ‘slow’ or ‘negation’

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brady-

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prefix meaning ‘without’

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a-

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suffix meaning ‘pertaining to’ (2)

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-ic and -ous

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suffix meaning ‘inflammation’

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-itis

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suffix meaning ‘disease’

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-pathy

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word root meaning ‘joint’

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arthr

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word root meaning ‘liver’

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hepat

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word root meaning ‘vein’

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ven

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word root meaning ‘bone’

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oste

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inflammation of the joint

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arthritis

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inflammation of the liver

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hepatitis

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below the liver

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subhepatic

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within the vein

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intravenous

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disease of the joint

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arthropathy

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inflammation of the bone

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oseitis

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prefix meaning ‘away from’

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ab-

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prefix meaning ‘toward’

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ad-

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prefix meaning ‘before’

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ante-

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prefix meaning ‘against’

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anti-

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prefix meaning ‘self, same’

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auto-

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prefix meaning ‘both, two’

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bi-

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prefix meaning 'against'

contra-

prefix meaning 'bad, difficult'

dys-

prefix meaning 'between'

intra-

prefix meaning 'above, excessive'

hyper-

prefix meaning 'half'

hemi-

prefix meaning 'small'

micro-

prefix meaning 'large'

macro-

prefix meaning 'new'

neo-

prefix meaning 'many, much'

poly-

prefix meaning 'before'

pre-

prefix meaning 'after'

post-

suffix meaning 'pain'

algia

suffix meaning 'removal of'

ectomy

suffix meaning 'blood'

emia

suffix meaning 'perception, sensation'

ethesia

suffix meaning 'blood condition'

emia

suffix meaning 'the study of'

ology

suffix meaning 'the condition of'

osis

suffix meaning 'opening into'

ostomy

suffix meaning 'repair of'

plasty

suffix meaning 'look, examine'

scopy

suffix meaning 'related to urine'

uria

root word meaning 'vessel'

angi

root word meaning 'cancer'

carcin

root word meaning 'heart'

cardio

root word meaning 'gallbladder'

cholecyst

root word meaning 'head'

cranio

root word meaning 'cell'

cyte

root word meaning 'skin'

derma

root word meaning 'vomit'

emesis

root word meaning 'red'

erthyro

root word meaning 'stomach'

gastro

root word meaning 'woman'

gyne

root word meaning 'woman, uterus'

hystero

root word meaning 'white'

leuko

root word meaning 'membrane covering brain'

mening

root word meaning 'kidney'

nephro

root word meaning 'nerve'

neuro

root word meaning 'ear'

oto

root word meaning 'speak'

phasia

root word meaning 'pleura of the lungs'

pleur

root word meaning 'lung'

pneumo or pulm

root word meaning 'rectum'

procto

prefix meaning 'fast'

tachy-

prefix meaning 'heat'

thermo

prefix meaning 'alike'

iso