Quick and Easy Medical Terminology, Chapter 3
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ErinShelby1992 on June 13, 2012
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90 terms
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quinsigamond, Radiography Edison, M.A.S.S. Study Group
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mono-, uni- | one |
| bi-, di- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quad-, quadri-, tetra- | four |
| centi- | one hundred or one-hundredth |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| diplo- | double |
| hemi-, semi- | half, partly |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| multi-, poly- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| pan- | all |
| primi- | first |
| super-, ultra- | excessive |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante-, pre- | before in time or in place |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| dia- | through |
| ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra- | out, without, away from |
| en-, end-, endo- | inside |
| epi- | above, on |
| hypo-, infra-, sub- | beneath, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| meso-, mid- | middle |
| para- | near, beside, or abnormal |
| per- | through or by |
| post- | after, behind |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| supra- | above, beyond |
| sym-, syn- | joined, together |
| trans- | across |
| ante-, pro- | before |
| macro-, mega-, megalo- | large or great |
| micro- | small |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| in- | not or inside (in) |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| mal- | bad |
| pro- | favoring, supporting |
| tachy- | fast |
| alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyt/o (-cyte) | cell |
| gen/o -genic -genesis | beginning, origin (sometimes genes) produced by or in producing or forming |
| gram/o -gram -graph -graphy) | to record a record instrument used for recording process of recording |
| kinesi/o -kinesia -kinesis | movement movement, motion |
| leps/o -lepsy | seizure |
| lys/o -lysin -lysis -lytic | destruction, dissolving that which destroys process of destroying capable of or producing destruction |
| malac/o -malacia | soft, softening abnormal softening |
| megal/o -megaly | large, enlarged enlargement |
| metr/o -meter -metry | measure, uterine tissue instrument used to measure process of measuring |
| path/o -pathy | disease |
| phag/o -phagia -phagic -phagy | eat, ingest eating, swallowing |
| phas/o -phasia | speech |
| pleg/o -plegia | paralysis |
| schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler/o -sclerosis | hard hardening |
| scop/o -scope -scopy | to examine, to view instrument used for viewing process of examining visually |
| troph/o -trophic -trophy | 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 |
| pharmac/o | drugs, medicine |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| therm/o | heat |
| top/o | position, place |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
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