Medical Terminology Chapter 3: Essential Prefixes and More

Flashcards covering medical prefixes for numbers, quantities, position, direction, and colors, alongside essential suffixes and miscellaneous combining forms from Chapter 3.

mono-, uni-

one

bi-, di-

two

tri-

three

quad-, quadri-, tetra-

four

centi-

one hundred or one-hundredth

milli-

one-thousandth

diplo-

double

hemi-, semi-

half or partly

hyper-

excessive, more than normal

hypo-

beneath or below normal; beneath, under

multi-, poly-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

primi-

first

super-, ultra-

excessive

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-, pre-, pro-

before

circum-, peri-

around

dia-

through

ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-

out, without, away from

en-, end-, endo-

inside

epi-

above, on

infra-, sub-

beneath, under

ipsi-

same

contra-

against or opposed

inter-

between

intra-

within

meso-, mid-

middle

para-

near, beside, or abnormal

per-

through or by

post-

after, behind

retro-

behind or backward

super-, supra-

above, beyond

sym-, syn-

joined, together

trans-

across

macro-, mega-, megalo-

large or great

micro-

small

a-, an-

no, not, or without

anti-

against

dys-

bad or difficult

eu-

good or normal

mal-

bad

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o (leuc/o)

white

chlor/o

green

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

-cyte

cell

-genic

produced by or in

-genesis

producing or forming

-gram

a record

-graph

the instrument for recording

-graphy

the process of recording

-kinesia, -kinesis

movement or motion

-lepsy

seizure

-lysin

that which destroys

-lysis

process of destroying

-lytic

capable of or producing destruction

-sclerosis

hardening; hard

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-pathy

disease

-phasia

speech

-phagia, -phagic, -phagy

eating or swallowing

-plegia

paralysis

-schisis

split or cleft

-scope

instrument used for viewing

-scopy

process of examining visually

-trophic, -trophy

nutrition

aer/o

air

blast/o

embryonic form

cancer/o, carcin/o

cancer

cephal/o

head

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

dips/o

thirst

electr/o

electricity

fibr/o

fiber

hist/o

tissue

myc/o

fungus

narc/o

stupor

necr/o

dead

optic/o, opt/o

vision

phon/o

voice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

pyr/o

fire

therm/o

heat

top/o

position, place

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)