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Pharmacy 1002 with Onlinecourse at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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Quick & Easy Medical Terminology (Leonard, Quick and Easy Medical Terminology)
Created: 2011-02-06
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mono-, uni-

one

bi-, di-

two

centi-

one hundred, one hundredth

tri-

three

quad-, quadri-, tetra-

four

milli-

one-thousandth

diplo-

double

hemi-, semi-

half, partly

hyper-

excessive, more than normal

hypo-

under, less than normal

multi-, poly-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

primi-

first

super-, ultra-

excessive, beyond

ab-

away from

ante-, pre-

before (in time or place)

circum-, peri-

around

dia-

through

ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-

out, without, away from

en-, end-, endo-

inside

epi-

above, on

infra-, sub-, hypo-

beneath, under

inter-

between

intra

within

meso-, mid-

middle

para-

near, beside, or abnormal

ven/o

vein

per-

through or by

post-

after, behind

retro-

behind, backward

super-, supra-

above, beyond

sym-, syn-

joined, together

trans-

across

ante-, pre-, pro-

before

post-

after or behind

macro-, mega-, megalo-

large or great

micro-

small

a-, an-

no, not, without`

in-

not or inside

anti-, contra-

against

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult

eu-

good, normal

mal-

bad

pro-

favoring, supporting

tachy-

fast

alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o

white

chlor/o

green

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

xanth/o

yellow

cyt/o, -cyte

cell

gen/o

beginning, origin

-genic

produced by or in

-genesis

producing or forming

gram/o

to record

-gram

a record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

kinesi/o

movement

-kinesia, -kinesis

movement, motion

leps/o, -lepsy

seizure

lys/o

destruction, dissolving

-lysis

process of destroying

-lysin

that which destroys

-lytic

capable of or producing destruction

malac/o

soft, softening

-malacia

abnormal softening

metr/o

measure, uterine tissue

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

the process of measuring

phag/o

ingest, eat

-phagia, -phagic, -phagy

eating, swallowing

phas/o, -phasia

speech

pleg/o, -plegia

paralysis

schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o

-schisis

split, cleft

scler/o

hard

scop/o

to examine

troph/o , -trophic, -trophy

nutrition

aer/o

air

blast/o

embryonic form

cancer/o, carcin/o

cancer

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

pharmac/o

drugs, medicine

phon/o

voice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

therm/o

heat

top/o

position, place

trache/o

trachea

diagnosis

identification of a disease or condition

prognosis

predicted outcome of a disease

pulse

the rhythmic expansion of an artery that occurs as the heart beats

or/o

mouth

rect/o

rectum

blood pressure

the pressure exerted by the circulating volume of blood on the walls of arteries and veins and on the chambers of the heart

steth/o

chest

ech/o, son/o

sound

flour/o

emitting or reflecting light

tom/o

to cut

-therapy

treatment

algesi/o

sensitivity to pain

chem/o

chemical

plast/o

repair

therapeut/o