Common Word Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, Greek Words, and Abbreviations

Vocabulary flashcards covering common medical word roots, prefixes, suffixes, Latin and Greek terms, and diagnostic abbreviations from the lecture notes.

Edema

Swelling

intra-, endo-

Within

-pathy

Disease

-logy

Study of

Membrane

Thin layer of tissue covering a structure

rhino

Nose

lacro

Tears

col/o, colon/o

Colon

Po

Less than

hyper-

More than

Cyst

Bladder

ante-

Before

OD

Right eye

DO

Doctor of Osteopathic medicine

Zygote (Greek Term)

A Juined/Yoked Cell; fertilized egg

albino

White

Pupillo

Pupil

-sis

Condition

-al

Pertaining to

Pea

Deficiency

-genesis

Creation

Imperfectus

Unfinished (Latin Term)

Brady

Slow

EMG

Electromyogray

DEXA

Dual-energy

PET

Positron emission tomography

MRI

Magnetic reasonance imaging

CT

Computed tomography