Medical Terminology Flashcards (Video Notes)

Vocabulary flashcards covering prefixes used in medical terminology.

A-/An-

Without, not

Ab-

Away from

Ad-

Toward

Ante-

Before

Anti-

Against

Bi-

Two

Brady-

Slow

Circum-

Around

Contra-

Against

Cyano-

Blue

De-

Removal, reversal

Dys-

Bad, difficult

Ecto-/Exo-

Outside

Endo-

Inside

Epi-

Upon, above

Hemi-

Half

Hyper-

Excess, above

Hypo-

Below, deficient

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within

Macro-

Large

Micro-

Small

Neo-

New

Peri-

Around

Poly-

Many

Post-

After

Pre-/Pro-

Before, forward

Pseudo-

False

Sub-

Under

Super-/ Supra-

Above

Tachy-

Fast

Trans-

Across, through

Uni-

One

-algia

Pain

-cele

Hernia, swelling

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-cyte

Cell

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-emia

Blood condition

-genic

Producing

-gram

Record, picture

-graphy

Process of recording

-iasis

Abnormal condition

-itis

Inflammation

-logy

Study of

-lysis

Breakdown, destruction

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Resembling

-oma

Tumor, mass

-osis

Condition (usually abnormal)

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Deficiency

-phobia

Fear

-plasia

Formation, growth

-plasty

Surgical repair

-plegia

Paralysis

-rrhage/- rrhagia

Bursting forth

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-sclerosis

Hardening

-scope

Instrument to view

-scopy

Process of viewing

-stasis

Stopping, controlling

-stomy

Opening

-therapy

Treatment

-tomy

ncision, cutting

-uria

Urine condition

-gram

Record, image

-graphy

Process of recording

-graph

Instrument for recording

-metry

Measurement

-opsy

To view

-scope

Instrument for viewing

-scopy

Process of viewing

-therapy

Treatment

-iatry

Medical treatment

-iatrics

Branch of medicine

-iatrist / -ist

Specialist

Pharmac(o)-

Drugs, medicine

Physi(o)-

Nature, physica

Onc(o)-

Tumor

-desis

Binding, stabilization

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-otomy

Cutting into, incision

-ostomy

Artificial opening

-plasty

Surgical repair/reconstruction

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-lysis

Destruction, breakdown

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-rrhaphy

Suturing, stitching

-tripsy

Crushing

Aden/o Gland

Angi/o Vessel

Arthr/o Joint

Bi/o Life

Bronch/o Airway, bronchus

Cardi/o Heart

Cephal/o Head

Cerebr/o Brain (cerebrum)

Chol/e Bile, gall

Cyt/o Cell