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Medical Terminology with Carigian at South Pointe High School

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By: MyKala Ayanna
Created: 2011-09-20
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-a, -an

without, absent

ambly-

another, different from, dull

andro

male

angi(o)

vessel, duct, usually a blood vessel

atel-

imperfect

aut(o)

self

bacter-

bacteria

bi(o)

life

brady-

slow

therap-

treatment

thermo-

heat, warmth

toxic-

poison

xero-

dry

proto(o)-

first

sym-, syn-

together, union

ter(t)

third

ab-

away from

ad-

to, toward

de-

to do the opposite, off of, to remove entirely, away, not, down

dextro-

right

sinistro-

left

ex-

away from, out, completely

in-, im-

in, inside, within, not

ambi-

both

bi-

two

centi-

100

deca-

deci-

1/10

demi-

one half

di-

two, twice, doubly

diplo-

double

hemi-

one half, partial

milli-

1000

a-, an-

none

brachy-

short

macro-, mega-

large

micro-

small

olig(o)-

little, small, scanty, deficient

per-

excessive, thorough, by means of

alba-

white

chloro-

green

chromo-

color

cirrh-

yellow/orange

cyano-

blue

erythro-

red

leuko-

white

melano-

black

ankylo-

crooked or bent

apex

point

calix, calyx

cup shaped

eury-

broad or flat

pachy-

thick

platy-

flat

steno-

narrow, contracted

mono-, uni-

one

bi-

two

tri-

three

quadri-, tetra-

four

quint

five

sex-, ses-, hexa-

six

septa-, hepta-

seven

octa-, octi-, octo-

eight

nona-, noni-, nonu-

nine

dec-, deca-

ten

cent-

hundred

milli-

thousand

-ance

quantity or act of

-cide

killer

-ectasis

dilation or expansion of

-form

structure or shape

-gen

production of

-ician, -ist

one charged with or skilled in

-ion

act of, state of, result of

-meter

measure

-ology

science of, study of

-or

that which, one who

-phylaxis

protection

-poiesis

production, formation of

-sthenia

strength

-ure

act, or the result of action

-ac, -ic, -al

pertaining to

-acy

that which is, pertaining to

-an

pertaining to, related to, belonging to

-ar

of, related to, pertaining to

-ary

related to, pertaining to

-fugal

driving, moving, or traveling away from

-ile

having the qualities; cpacity for

-ious

capable of, causing

-oid

-ory

process of, pertaining to, function of

-ose

full of, having the qualities of

-ous

pertaining to

-trophic

related to nutrician, growth, development

-algia, -dynia

pain

-atresia

abnormal closure

-cele

swelling, bulging, tumor

-cyst

bladder-like sac

-ema

swelling, distention

-ia, iasis

a diseased condition

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-oma

tumor

-pathy

suffering, disease

-phobia

fear of

-ptosis

drooping, or downward displacement

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-staxis

hemorrhage

-centisis

punture of a cavity

-cis

cut

-clastic

breaking

-clasis

breaking down

-desis

binding, fusion

-ectomy

excision, cutting out

-gram, -graphy

act or method of recording

-lysis

setting free, dissolution

-ostomy

creation of a mouth or opening

-otomy

cutting into

-pexy

fixation

-plasty

modeling or shaping

-rrhaphy

closure of bt suturing, repair

-scope, -scopy

looking at, examining

-sect

cut

-tome

instrument for cutting

-tripsy

rubbing, crushing

-ule, -culus

small

-ole

tiny

-ase

enzyme

-ate

salt made from acid

-in, -ine

halogen, alkaloid, or nitrogen base

-ol

oil

-ose

carbohydrate

-ism

condition, act, process

-ity

quality, state of

-less

without, not capable

-osis

action, state, process, condition

-phillia

love of

-stasis

at a standstill, lack of flow

-tonia

stretching, putting under tension

co-, com-, con-

with, together

cry(o)-

cold

crypt(o)

hidden

dys-

difficult

glyco-, gluco-

sugar, sweet

gyn-, gyneco-

female

hetero-

other, different

homeo-, homo-

same

hydra-, hydro-

water

idio-

peculiar to the individual, distinct

iso-

equal, same

mal-

bad

neo-

new, strange

non-

not

norm(o)-

normal

ortho-

straight

oxy-

sharp, acute, rapid

path(o)-

disease, suffering

phage(o)-

eat, consume

pseduo-

false

sclero-

hard

stereo-

solid, firmly established, three dimensional

tachy-

fast

terato-

malformed, monster

-ana

up, back again

ante-

before

cata-, kata-

down, through

gen-

beginning, origin

meta-

beyond, over, between, change or next to

noct(i)-

night

post-

after

pre-

before

prim-

first

acro-

extrimity, tip

anti-

against

circum

around

contra-

opposite, against

dorso-, dorsi-

back

ecto-

outside, misplaced

endo-

within

epi-

on, over, upon

meso-

middle

ob-

against, in the way, oppose

para-

beside, beyond

peri-

around

sub-

beneath

supra-

above, over

trans-

across, through, over, beyond

ultra-

excessive, extreme

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