IU Med Terms Exam 2

-able

capable of

ation

to take actionc

-ce, -cy

the state of being

ible

capable of

id

state of condition

ile

capable of being, like

ion

the act of

ive, ory

pertaining to

ment

agent or instrument

or

agent or instrument

orium

place for something

ure

result of an action

anter

front

brachi

arm

cid, cis

cut, kill

cic, cept

take

cresc, cret

grow

digit

finger, toes

duct, duc

lead, bring, conduct

fac, fic, facies

face, appearance, surface

febr, febris

fever

fer, lat

carry, bear

flect, flex

bend

fung

mushroom, fungas

fus

pour

genit

bring forth, give birth

ger, gest

carry, bear

immun

safe, protected

inferior

below

lab, laps

slide, slip

later

side

or, os

mouth opening

oss

bone

pediculi

louse

poster

behind, in the back

sect

cut

somn

sleep

stabil, stabl

stable fixed

superior

above

tum (e)

be swollen

Ad-

to towards

Ambi-

both

Ante-

before, forward

bi

two, twice, double, both

circum

around

con

together, with, through

contra

against, opposite

de

down, away from, absent

dis-

apart, away

ex

out of away from

ab

away from

extra

on the outside, behind

Andr

man, male

ankyl, ancyl

fuse, stiffened, hooked, crooked

Aphrodis

Pertaining to Aphrodite or desire

Brachy

short

Crypt

hidden, laten

dem

people, population

dolich

long, narrow, slender

drom

a running

Er, Erot

Sexual desire

Gyn(ec)

woman, female

helmint

intestional, worm

namat

thread, worm

nos

disease, illness

odont

tooth

pali(n)

back again

pan(t)

all entire every

Phor

Bearing, carrying

phos, phot

light, daylight

plec, pleg

strike, parlyze

R(h)achi

spine

schinz, schist, schesis

split, cleft, fissure

spondyl

vertebra

staxis, staxia

dripping, oozing (of blood)

Than(at)

death

The

place, put

thrich

hair

Troph

nourishment

Aden

gland

Aer

air, gas

blenn

mucus

cel(i)

abdomen

Ch(e)il

lip

chron

time, timing

cla(s), clast

break up, destroy

Desis

binding

desm

binding ligament, connective tissue

dynam

force, power, energy

ger

old age

gnath

lower jaw

isch, sche

supress, check

klept

steal

lei

smooth

lep

attach, seizure

man

be mad

Mel

limb

Morph

form, shape

Nom

law

Omphal

Naval, umbilicus