movements Flashcards
1
Q
de-
A
lack of, down, less, removal of
2
Q
-genesis
A
producing, forming
3
Q
-lytic
A
to reduce, destroy, separate, breakdown
4
Q
-stenosis
A
abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure
5
Q
ante-
A
describing something as positioned in front of another thing
6
Q
-stasis
A
to stop, control, place
7
Q
-praxia
A
action
8
Q
agglutin/o
A
clumping/ sticking together
9
Q
-pheresis
A
removal
10
Q
-plasm
A
formation, structure
11
Q
dis-
A
separation, taking apart
12
Q
blast/o-
A
germ or bud
13
Q
-clast
A
to break
14
Q
-ad
A
toward, in the direction of
15
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis, palsy
16
Q
medi/o
A
middle
17
Q
-cytosis
A
increase in numbers
18
Q
anti-
A
against or opposed to another
19
Q
-stabile
A
stable, fixed
20
Q
ab-
A
away from
21
Q
Isch-
A
restriction
22
Q
Peri-
A
something with a position surrounding or around another
23
Q
-apheresis
A
removal
24
Q
scoli(o)-
A
twisted
25
d
same, equal
26
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
27
brady-
slow
28
brachy-
short, little
29
-tresia
opening
30
lys(o)-
dissolution
31
-atresia
closure, occlusion
32
cortic/o
cortex, outer region
33
-staxis
dripping, trickling
34
-stat
device, instrument for keeping something stationary
35
Circum-
denoting something as around another
36
-plasty
surgical repair, reconstruction
37
gluc/o
glucose, sugar
38
constrict/o
narrowing, binding
39
-algia
pain
40
-dilation
widening, expanding
41
-basia
walking
42
-plasia
formation, development
43
-lysis
breakdown, loosening, destruction
44
-ptosis
falling, drooping, downward placement
