med Term Chapter 1-4

Flashcards for test review covering prefixes, roots, suffixes, body planes, cavities, abdominal regions, and medical terminology.

Ad-

Toward

Ab-

Away from

Abduct

Take away

Adipose

Fatty tissue

-ac

Pertaining to

Acute

Sudden, sharp, and severe

Adhesion

Being stuck together

al/ -al

Pertaining to, condition

-ar

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to covering

Ambi-

Both

An-

Without

Anti-

Against

Ante-

Before or forward

Bi-

Two

-blast

Immature cell or embryonic cell

Bradypnea

Slow breathing

Bx

Biopsy

Cac-

Bad

Cephal/o

Head

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-cide

To kill

-cele

Hernia

-cyst/o

Bladder

Cystocele

Hernia of the bladder

Cytology

Study of cells

-dipsia

Thirst

Dis-

Apart

Distal

Farthest from the point of attachment

Dys-

Bad, difficult, or painful

-ectasis

Dilation

Ec-

Out, outside, and outer

Ecto-

Out, outside, and outer

-emesis

Suffix for vomiting

Epi-

Upon

-er

One who

-esis

Condition

Eti/o

Cause

Excision

Cutting out

Endo-

Within or inner

Febrile

Pertaining to fever

-graph

Recording

Gynecology

Study of female

Heter/o

Different

Homeo-

Same, constant

Hydrate

Water

Hydro-

Water

Hyper-

Excessive

Hypo-

Below, under, or deficient

-ic

Pertaining to

-ician

Specialist

-ile

Pertaining to

Inguin

Groin

Intra-

Within

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within

-ion

Process

-ism

Process

-ist

Specialist

-itis

Inflammation

Hemiplegia

Half paralyzed

Hemat/o

Blood

-hexia

Condition

Hydro

Water

Hypo-

Under

Hypoplasia

Under development

Hyper-

Above, excessive

Lumen

Opening

-logy

Study of

-lysis

Separation, breakdown

Mal-

Bad

-malacia

Softening

Megaly

Enlargement

Medi-

Toward the middle

Meta-

Beyond, over, between, change

Micro-

Small

Necr

Death

Nulli-

None

Occlusion

Process of closing

-oid

Resemble

-ous

Pertaining to

Oligo-

Scanty

-oma

Tumor

Onc/o

Tumor

Para-

Beside

Pallor

Lack of color

-pathy

Disease

-pnea

Breathing

-penia

Deficiency

Pre-

Before

Peri-

Around

Proxim

Near point of origin

-phasia

Speech

Poly

Many

Poster

Behind

Posterior

Toward the back

-pnea

Breathing

-poiesis

Formation

Pseudocyesis

False

Pyret

Fever