pcom med term wk 1
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255 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Root | Foundation of a term |
| Suffix | Word ending |
| Prefix | Word beginning |
| Aden/o | gland, glandular |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Bi/o | Life |
| Carcin/o | Cancer |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
| Crin/o | To secrete |
| Cyst/o | Cyst(fluid filled sack), urinary bladder |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Electr/o | Electricity |
| Encephal/o | Brain |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Gnos/o | Knowledge; diagnose |
| Gynec/o | Female |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Hem/o | Blood |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Iatr/o | Physician, treatment |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Onc/o | Tumor |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Ped/o | Child |
| Psych/o | Mind |
| Radi/o | X-rays |
| Ren/o | Kidney |
| Rhin/o | Nose |
| Sect/o | To cut |
| Thromb/o | Clot, clotting |
| Ur/o | Urinary tract |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -Centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus(cocci) | Berry shaped bacteria(plural) |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ectomy | Resection, remove, excision |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -genesis | Condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | Instrument for recording |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Process of study |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oma | Tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | To view |
| -osis | Condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | Disease condition |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -phobia | Fear |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -ptosis | Drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -scope | Instrument for visual exam |
| -scopy | Process of visual examination |
| -stasis | Stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | Opening to form a mouth |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -tomy | Incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | Development, nourishment |
| -er | One who |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -ole | Little, small |
| -ule | Little, small |
| -um. -ium | Structure, tissue |
| -us | Structure, substance |
| -ac, -iac | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ic, -ical | Pertaining to |
| -ose | Pertaining to |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -genic | Pertaining to |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| A, an- | No, not, without |
| Ab- | Away from |
| Ad- | Toward |
| Ana- | Up, apart |
| Ante- | Before, forward |
| Anti- | Against |
| Aut-, auto- | Self, own |
| Bi- | Two |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Cata- | Down |
| Con- | With, together |
| Contra- | Against, opposite |
| De- | Down, lack of |
| Dia- | Through, complete |
| Dys- | Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| Ec-, ecto- | Out, outside |
| En-, endo- | In, within |
| Epi- | Upon, on, above |
| Eu- | Good, normal |
| Ex- | Out, away from |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Excess, above |
| Hypo- | Deficient, under |
| In- | Not |
| In- | Into, within |
| Infra- | Beneath |
| Inter- | Between |
| Macro- | Large |
| Mal | Bad |
| Meta- | Beyond, change |
| Micro- | Small |
| Neo- | New |
| Pan- | All |
| Para- | Abnormal, beside, near |
| Per- | Through |
| Peri- | Surrounding |
| Poly- | Many, much |
| Post- | After, behind |
| Pre- | Before, in front |
| Pro- | Before, forward |
| Pseudo- | False |
| Re- | Back again |
| Retro- | Behind, backward |
| Sub- | Under |
| Supra- | Above, upper |
| Syn-, sym- | Together with |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Trans- | Across, through |
| Ultra- | Beyond, excess |
| Uni- | One |
| Abdomin/o | Abdomen |
| Anter/o | Front |
| Bol/o | To cast, throw |
| Cervic/o | Neck |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Chrom/o | Color |
| Coccyg/o | Coccyx |
| Crani/o | Skull |
| Dist/o | Far, distant |
| Dors/o | Back portion of the body |
| Hist/o | Tissue |
| Illi/o | Ilium |
| Inguin/o | Groin |
| Kary/o | Nucleus |
| Later/o | Side |
| Lumb/o | Lower back |
| Medi/o | Middle |
| Nucle/o | Nucleus |
| Pelv/i | Pelvis |
| Poster/o | Back, behind |
| Proxim/o | Nearest |
| Sacr/o | Sacrum |
| Sarc/o | Flesh |
| Spin/o | Spine, backbone |
| Thel/o | Nipple |
| Thorac/o | Chest |
| Trache/o | Trachea, windpipe |
| Umbilic/o | Navel, umbilicus |
| Ventr/o | Belly side of the body |
| Vertebr/o | Vertebrae |
| Viscer/o | Internal organs |
| -ior | Pertaining to |
| -ism | Process, condition |
| -plasm | Formation, growth |
| -somes | Bodies |
| -type | Classification |
| Acr/o | Extremities, top extreme point |
| Acu/o | Sharp, severe, sudden |
| Amni/o | Amnion |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Arteri/o | Artery |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Axill/o | Armpit |
| Blephar/o | Eyelid |
| Bronch/o | Bronchial tubes |
| Chem/o | Chemical, drug |
| Chron/o | Time |
| Col/o | Colon |
| Hydro- | Water, fluid |
| Isch/o | To hold back |
| Lapar/o | Abdomen, abdominal wall |
| Laryng/o | Larynx |
| Lymph/o | Lymph |
| Mamm/o | Breast |
| Mast/o | Breast |
| Morph/o | Shape, form |
| Muc/o | Mucus |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord |
| Necr/o | Death(of cell or whole body) |
| Neutr/o | Neutral |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Ot/o | Ear |
| Carp/o | Wrist bones |
| Cib/o | Meals |
| Cis/o | To cut |
| Cost/o | Rib |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Dactyl/o | Fingers, toes |
| Duct/o | To lead, carry |
| Flex/o | To bend |
| Furc/o | Forking |
| Gloss/o | Tongue |
| Glyc/o | Sugar |
| Immun/o | Protection |
| Morph/o | Shape, form |
| Mort/o | Death |
| Nat/l | Birth |
| Nect/o | To bind, tie, connect |
| Norm/o | Rule, order |
| Ox/o | Oxygen |
| Pub/o | Pubis |
| Seps/o | Infection |
| Somn/o | Sleep |
| Son/o | Sound |
| The/o | To put, place |
| Thyr/o | Thyroid, gland |
| Top/o | Place, position, location |
| Tox/o | Poison |
| Urethr/o | Urethra |
| -blast | Embryonic, immature |
| -crine | To secrete |
| -cyesis | Pregnancy |
| -drome | To run |
| -fusion | Coming together |
| -gen | Substance that produces |
| -lapse | To slide, fall, sag |
| -lysis | Breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening |
| -meter | To measure |
| -mission | To send |
| -or | One who |
| -partum | Birth, labor |
| -phoria | To bear, carry, feeling(mental state) |
| -physis | To grow |
| -plasia | Development, formation |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| -ion | process |
| -omni | all |
| -intra | within |
| Enter/o | small intestine |
| 4 types of tissues | epithelial; connecting; muscle; nervous |
| sagittal plane/median | splits body vertically into left and right |
| frontal/coronal plane | splits body vertically into front and back |
| transverse/horizontal plane | splits body into top and bottom |
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