Elsevier Medical Terminology 9th Edition (Chapter 3) Flashcards
mono-, uni-
one
bi-, di-
two
tri-
three
centi
one hundredth, one hundred
milli-
one thousandth
diplo
double
hemi-, semi-
half, partly
hyper -
excessive, more than normal
multi-, poly-
many
hypo-
under, less than normal
nulli-
none
pan-
all
primi-
first
super-, ultra-
excessive
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ante-, pre-
before in time or place
circum-, peri-
around
contra-
against or opposed
dia-
through
ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
outside, without, away from
en-, end-, endo-
inside
epi-
above, on
hypo-, infra-, sub-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
within
ipsi-
same
meso-, mid-
middle
para-
beside, near, or abnormal
per-
by, through
post
after, behind
retro
backward, behind
super-, supra-
above, beyond
sym-, syn-
joined , together
trans-
across
anti-, contra-
against
brady-
slow
dys-
bad, difficult, disordered
eu-
good, normal
mal-
bad, abnormal
pro-
favoring, supporting
tachy-
fast
a-, an-
no, not, without
in-
not or inside
non-
not
chlor/o
green
cyan/o
blue
erythr/o
red
melan/o
black
xanth/o
yellow
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
gen/o
beginning, origin (sometimes genes)
-genic
produced by or in
-genesis
producing, forming
gram/o
to record
-gram
a record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
kinesi/0
movement, motion
-kenesia , -kenesis
movement, motion
leps/o
seizure
-lepsy
seizure
lys/o
destruction, dissolving
-lysin
that which destroys
-lysis
process of destroying
-lytic
capable of or producing destruction
malac/o
soft, softening
-malacia
abnormal softening
megal/o
large, enlarged
-megaly
enlargement
metr/o
measure, uterine tissue
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
process of measuring
path/o
disease
-pathy
disease
phag/o
eat, ingest
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
eating, swallowing
phas/o
speech
-phasia
speech
pleg/o
paralysis
-plegia
paralysis
schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
split, cleft
scler/o
hard
-sclerosis
hardening
scop/o
to examine, to view
-scope
instrument used for viewing
-scopy
process of visually examining
troph/o
nutrition
aer/o
air
blast/o
embryonic form
cancer/o, carcin/o
cancer
cephal/o
head
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
dips/o
thirst
electr/o
electricity
fibr/o
fiber
hist/o
tissue
myc/o
fungus
narc/o
stupor
necr/o
dead
optic/o, opt/o
vision
phon/o
voice
phot/o
light
py/o
pus
therm/o
heat
top/o
position, place
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
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