Muscular System Flashcards
a-,an-
not; Without
ab-
away; away from
ad-
toward
ambi-
both sides
ante-
before
bi-
two; both
brady-
slow
circum-
around
dorsi-
back
dys-
painful; difficult
e-, ex-
out; away from
hemi-
half
hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
in-
in; into; not
par-; para-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
quadri-
four
semi-
half
tachy-
fast
tri-
three
-ac,-al,-ar,-ic
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
hernia; swelling; protrusion
-ceps
heads(attachments)
-dynia
pain
ectomy
surgical removal; excision
-esthesia
sensation
-gram
record; image
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ion
process; state; condition
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
-malacia
softening
-oma
tumor; mass
-paresis
weakness
-penia
deficiency
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia
paralysis
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
-rrhexis
rupture
-scope
instrument used to view
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
-tomy
process of cutting; incision