HSC3537: Module 1-6 Flashcards

a-

without, away from

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

de-

without

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within, inner

epi-

upon, over

eu-

normal, good

ex-

external, outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-

over, above

hypo-

under, below

in-

not; inward

inter-

among, between

intra-

within, inside

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

para-

beside, near; abnormal; two like parts of a pair

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

before

psuedo-

false

re-

again

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

below, under

tachy-

fast, rapid

trans-

through, across

ultra-

beyond, excess

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

half, partial

tetra-

four

tri-

three

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-an

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-actic

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-iac

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ile

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-nic

pertaining to

-ory

pertaining to

-ose

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

anter/o

front

brachi/o

arm

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck

chordr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

crin/o

to secrete

crur/o

leg

cyt/o

cell

dermat/o

skin

dist/o

away from

dors/o

back of body

enter/o

small intestine

epitheli/o

epithelium

gastr/o

stomach

glute/o

buttock

gynec/o

woman, female

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

immun/o

protection

infer/o

below

inguin/o

groin

laryng/o

larynx

later/o

side

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

lymph/o

lymph

medi/o

middle

muscul/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o

eye