Ch 1 - Intro to MedTerm
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Word root
Provides the general meaning of the word; often indicates body system/part of body
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Combining vowel
A vowel added between word roots or between word root and suffix that makes the word possible to pronounce
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Combining form
A way that a word root is written by itself which indicates the combining vowel to use
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Bi/o
Life
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Carcin/o
Cancer
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Cardi/o
Heart
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Chem/o
Chemical
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Cis/o
To cut
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Dermat/o
Skin
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Enter/o
Small intestine
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Gastr/o
Stomach
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Gynec/o
Female
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Hemat/o
Blood
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Immun/o
Protection
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Laryng/o
Larynx; voice box
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Nephr/o
Kidney
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Neur/o
Nerve
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Ophthalm/o
Eye
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Ot/o
Ear
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Path/o
Disease
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Pulmon/o
Lung
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Rhin/o
Nose
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Prefix
Added to the beginning of the word; typically indicate location, number, or time/frequency
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A-; an-; de-
Without
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Anti-
Against
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Auto-
Self
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Brady-
Slow
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Dys-
Painful; difficult; abnormal
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Endo-
Within; inner
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Epi-
Above
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Eu-
Normal
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Ex-
Outward
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Extra-
Outside of
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Hetero-
Different
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Homo-
Same
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Hyper-
Excessive
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Hypo-
Below; insufficient
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In-
Not; inward
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Inter-
Between
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Intra-
Within
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Macro-
Large
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Micro-
Small
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Neo-
New
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Para-
Beside; abnormal; two like parts of a pair
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Per-
Through
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Peri-
Around
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Pre-; pro-
Before
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Post-
After
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Pseudo-
False
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Re-
Again
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Retro-
Backward; behind
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Sub-
Under
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Tachy-
Fast
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Trans-
Across
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Ultra-
Beyond
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Un-
Not
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Bi-
Two
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Hemi-
Half
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Mono-
One
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Multi-; poly-
Many
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Nulli-
None
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Pan-
All
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Quadri-; tetra-
Four
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Semi-
Partial
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Tri-
Three
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Suffix
Added to the end of the word to indicate a condition, disease, or procedure for example
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\-algia; -dynia
Pain
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\-cele
Protrusion
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\-cyte
Cell
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\-ectasis
Dilation
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\-gen
That which produces
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\-genic
Producing
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\-ia
Condition
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\-iasis; -osis
Abnormal condition
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\-ism
State of
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\-itis
Inflammation
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\-logist
One who studies
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\-logy
Study of
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\-lytic
Destruction
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\-malacia
Abnormal softening
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\-megaly
Enlarged
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\-oma
Tumor; mass
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\-opsy
View of
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\-pathy
Disease
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\-plasm
Formation
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\-plegia
Paralysis
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\-ptosis
Drooping
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\-rrhage
Abnormal flow
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\-rrhagia
Abnormal flow condition
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\-rrhea
Discharge
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\-rrhexis
Rupture
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\-sclerosis
Hardening
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\-stenosis
Narrowing
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\-therapy
Treatment
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\-trophy
Development
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Adjective suffixes
Suffixes that turn a word root into an adjective
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List of all the adjective suffixes (don’t memorize?)
\-ac; -al; -an; -ar; -ary; -atic; -eal; -iac; -ic; -ical; -ile; -ine; -ior; -nic; -ory; -ose; -ous; -tic
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\-centesis
Puncture to withdraw fluid
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\-ectomy
Surgical removal
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\-ostomy
Surgically create an opening
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