Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 flash cards pearson med term
Wendy SR.
Flashcards by Wendy SR., updated more than 1 year ago
Wendy SR.
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bi/o life
carcin/o cancer
cardi/o heart
chem/o chemical
cis/o to cut
dermat/o skin
enter/o small intestine
gastr/o stomach
gynec/o female
hemat/o blood
immun/o immunity
laryng/o larynx
nephr/o kidney
neur/o nerve
ophthalm/o eye
ot/o ear
path/o disease
pulmon/o lung
rhin/o nose
a- an- de- without
auto- self
anti- against
brady- slow
dys- painful difficult abnormal
endo- within inner
epi- above
eu- normal
ex- outward
extra- outside of
hetero- different
homo- same
hyper- excessive
hypo- below insufficient
in- not inward
inter- between
intra- within
macro- large
micro- small
neo- new
para- beside abnormal two like parts of a pair
per- through
peri- around
post- after
pre- before
pro- before
pseudo- false
re- again
retro- backward behind
sub- under
tachy- fast
trans- across
ultra- beyond
un- not
bi- two
hemi- half
mono- one
multi- many
nulli- none
pan- all
poly- many
quatri- four
semi- partial
tetra- four
tri- three
-algia pain
-cele protrusion
-cyte cell
-dynia pain
-ectasis dilation
-gen that which produces
-genic producing
-ia state condition
-iasis abnormal condition
-ism state of
-itis inflammation
-logist one who studies
-logy study of
-lytic destruction
-malacia abnormal softening
-megaly enlarged
-oma tumor mass
-opsy view of
-osis abnormal condition
-pathy disease
-plasm formation
-plegia paralysis
-ptosis drooping
-rrhage excessive abnormal flow
-rrhea discharge
-rrhagia condition of abnormal flow
-rrhexis rupture
-sclerosis hardening
-stenosis narrowing
-therapy treatment
-ac -al -an -ar -ary -atic -eal pertaining to
-iac -ic -ile -ine -ior -nic -ory pertaining to
-ose -ous -tic pertaining to
-centesis puncture to withdraw fluid
-ectomy surgical removal
-ostomy surgically create an opening
-otomy cutting into
-pexy surgical fixation
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhaphy to suture
-tome instrument to cut
-gram record or picture
-graphy process of recording
-meter instrument for measuring
-metry process of measuring
-scope instrument for viewing
-scopic pertaining to visually examining
-scopy process of visually examining
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