suffixes, prefixes and body structure Flashcards
midterm prep (116 cards)
1
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-emesis
A
vomiting
2
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-itis
A
inflamation
3
Q
-oma
A
tumor
4
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture
5
Q
-dynia
A
pain
6
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
7
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mening/o
A
meninges
8
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-clasis
A
to break, surgical fracture
9
Q
-desis
A
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
10
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-ectomy
A
excision, removal
11
Q
-lysis
A
separation; destruction; loosening
12
Q
-pexy
A
fixation (of an organ)
13
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
14
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
15
Q
-stomy
A
forming an opening (mouth)
16
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-tome
A
instrument to cut
17
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-tomy
A
incision
18
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tripsy
A
crushing
19
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-gram
A
recording, writing
20
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-graph
A
instrument for recording
21
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-graphy
A
process of recording
22
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-scope
A
instrument for examining
23
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-scopy
A
visual examination
24
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-algia
A
pain
25
-dynia
pain
26
-cele
hernia, swelling
27
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
28
-emesis
vomiting
29
-emia
blood condition
30
-gen
forming, producing, origin
31
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
32
-malacia
softening
33
-megaly
enlargement
34
-osis
abnormal condition, increase, used primarily with blood cells
35
-pathy
disease
36
-penia
decrease, deficiency
37
-phobia
fear
38
-plegia
paralysis
39
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
40
-rrhea
discharge, flow
41
-rrhexis
rupture
42
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
43
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
44
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
45
-toxic
poison
46
pertaining to
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ior, -ous, -tic,
47
-ia & -ism
condition
48
-iatry & -ist
medicine; treatment
49
-y
condition, process
50
-icle & -ole & -ule
small, minute
51
hypo-
under, below, deficient
52
infra- & sub-
under. below
53
inter-
between
54
retro-
backward, behind
55
bi-
two
56
dipl- & diplo
double
57
hemi-
one-half
58
hyper-
excessive, above normal
59
macro-
large
60
micro-
small
61
mono- & uni-
one
62
multi- & poly
many, much
63
quadri-
four
64
tri-
three
65
ab-
from, away from
66
-duction
act of leading, bringing, or conducting
67
ad-
toward
68
circum- & peri-
around
69
dia- & trans-
through, across
70
ecto- & exo- & extra-
outside, outward
71
para-
near, beside, beyond (or also to bear offspring)
72
super-
upper, above
73
supra-
above, excessive, superior
74
ultra-
excess, beyond
75
a-(before consonant) & an- (before vowel)
without, not
76
anti- & contra-
against
77
auto-
self, own
78
brady-
slow
79
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
80
eu-
good, normal
81
hetero-
different
82
homo- & homeo-
same
83
tachy-
rapid
84
proximal
nearer to the center/trunk of the body
85
distal
further from the center/trunk of the body
86
anterior/ventral
front of the body
87
posterior/dorsal
back of the body
88
prone
lying on the abdomen, face down
89
supine
lying horizontally on the back, face up
90
inversion
turning inward or inside out
91
eversion
turning outward
92
palmar
pertaining to the palm of the hand
93
plantar
pertaining to the sole of the foot
94
cyt/o
cell
95
hist/o
tissue
96
kary/o & nucle/o
nucleus
97
anter/o
anterior, front
98
caud/o
tail
99
cephal/o
head
100
dist/o
far, farthest
101
dors/o
back, of the body
102
infer/o
lower, below
103
later/o
side, to one side
104
medi/o
middle
105
poster/o
back of body, behind, posterior
106
proxim/o
near, nearest
107
venr/o
belly, belly side
108
white
leuk/o & abin/o
109
yellow
cirrh/o & jaund/o & xanth/o
110
erythr/o
red
111
melan/o
black
112
poli/o
gray, gray matter of the brian/spinal cord
113
radi/o
radiation, x-ray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
114
tom/o
to cut
115
viscer/o
internal organs
116
ultra-
excess, beyond
