Lesson 1 Word List
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Latina1984 on February 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| a- | without, not, no |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad- | toward, increase |
| alb- | white |
| albin/o | white |
| ambi- | both, both sides |
| an- | without, not, no |
| ana- | not, without |
| ante- | before, in front |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two, double |
| bio- | life |
| brady- | slow |
| chlor/o | green |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| con- | together, with |
| contra- | against |
| cyan/o | blue |
| de- | down, from |
| dia- | through |
| dis- | free of, to undo |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful, disordered |
| ecto- | outside |
| endo- | inside |
| eosin/o | red |
| epi- | upon, over |
| erythr/o | red |
| eu- | well, easily, good, normal |
| ex- | out, away from, outside |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| extra- | outside, beyond |
| glauc/o | gray, silver |
| hemi- | half |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | likeness, same |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| hyp- | under, below, beneath, less than normal |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | under, below, beneath, less than normal |
| idio- | individual |
| im- | not |
| in- | in, inside, within, not |
| infra- | beneath, below, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| juxta- | near, beside |
| leuk/o | white |
| lute/o | yellow |
| melan/o | black |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, after |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| non- | not |
| pan- | all |
| para- | near, beside, beyond, two like parts |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poli/o | gray, silver |
| poly- | many, much, excessive |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | before, in front |
| pseudo- | false |
| purpur/o | purple |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| rube- | red |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above, over |
| sym- | joined, together |
| syn- | joined, together |
| tachy- | rapid |
| trans- | across, through |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -a | noun ending |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward, increase |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to; relating to |
| -ate | something that |
| -blast | embryonic stage of development |
| -cele | swelling or herniation |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cide | to kill; to destroy |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding or surgical fusion |
| -dynia | pain |
| -e | noun ending |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | stretching or dilatation |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -esis | condition of |
| -gen | that which generates |
| -genesis | generating; formation |
| -genic | pertaining to, formation, producing |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graph | an instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia | condition |
| -ian | specialist in a field of study |
| -iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
| -iatric(s) | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment |
| -iatrician | one who treats; a physician |
| -iatrist | one who treats; a physician |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist in a field of study |
| -ile | pertaining to; capable |
| -ion | action; process |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | practitioner |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ize | to make; to treat or combine with |
| -lepsy | seizure, attack |
| -lith | stone |
| -logy | the study of |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of |
| -lysis | destruction or detachment |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a "madness" |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | an instrument used to measure |
| -metry | the process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small, little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | visual condition |
| -opsia | visual condition |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -ory | pertaining to; characterized by |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease in; deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -philia | attracted to |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasia | formation or development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | an instrument used to view |
| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tion | process of |
| -tomy | incision into |
| -tripsy | intentional crushing |
| -ula | small, little |
| -ule | "small one" |
| -um | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |
| -uria | a characteristic of urine |
| -us | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |
| -y | noun ending |
| -ectasis | stretching or dilatation |
| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones |
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