allied health chapter 5 vocab - medical terminology

a-

without

an-

without

ante-

before

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

contra-

against

de-

down

dys-

difficult

endo-

within

epi-

upon

eso-

inward

eu-

normal

ex-

out

exo-

outside

extra-

outside

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hydro-

water

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

under

in-

not

inter-

between

intra-

within

macro-

large

micro-

small

myo-

muscle

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

beside

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

forward

pseudo-

false

retro-

backward

sub-

below

supra-

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

poly-

many

primi-

first

quadri-

four

semi-

half

tetra-

four

tri-

three

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

produce

-genesis

formation

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-iasis

condition

-iatry

treatment

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study

-lysis

breakdown

-lytic

dissolving

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-phobia

fear

-plasia

development

-plasm

formation

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

bursting

-rrhagia

bleeding

-rrhea

flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatment

-trophy

nourishment

-ule

small

-centesis

puncture

-ectomy

removal

-ostomy

opening

-otomy

incision

-pexy

fixation

-plasty

repair

-rrhaphy

suturing

-gram

record

-graph

instrument to record data

-graphy

producing image