Med Terms Exam 2

andr

man, male

ankyl, ancyl

fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

aphrodis(i)

(of or pertaining to Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love) sexual desire

brachy

short

crypt

hidden, latent

dem

people, population

dolich

long, narrow, slender

drom

a running

er, erot

(Eros, son of Aphrodite) sexual desire

gyn(ec)

woman, female

helmint(h)

(intestinal) worm

nemat

thread (worm)

nos

disease, illness

odont

tooth

pali(n)

back, again

pan(t)

all, entire, every

phor

bearing, carrying

phos, phot

light, daylight

plec, pleg

strike, paralyze

r(h)achi

spine

schiz, schist, schisis

split, cleft, fissure

spondyl

vertebra

staxis, staxia

dripping, oozing (of blood)

than(at)

death

the

place, put

trich

hair

troph

nourishment

aden

gland

aer

air, gas

blenn

mucus

cel(i)

abdomen

ch(e)il

lip

chron

time, timing

cla(s), clast

break (up), destroy

desis

binding

desm

(binding) ligament, connective tissue

dynam

force, power, energy

ger

old age

gnath

(lower) jaw

isch, sche

suppress, check

klept

steal

lei

smooth

lep

attack, seizure

man

be mad

mel

limb

morph

form, shape

nom

law

omphal

navel, umbilicus

ped

child

pen

decrease, deficiency

pex

fixing, (surgical) attachment

plas(t)

form, develop

presby

old, old age

prostat

(one who stands before) prostate gland

pty

spit

ptyal

saliva

rrhaph

suture

sit

food

sta(t)

stand, stop

tax

(muscular) coordination

therm

heat, (body) temperature

trop

turning

plasty

plastic surgery or restorative surgery

tropism

turning of living organisms toward or away from an external stimulus

clast

instrument/device for breaking or crushing

stat

device/agent for stopping the flow of something

meter

instrument for measuring

tome

device for cutting or excising

ab

away from

ad

to, toward

ambi

both

ante

before, forward

bi

two, twice, double, both

circum

around

con

together, with, thoroughly, very

contra

against, opposite

de

down, away from, absent

dis

apart, away

ex

out of, away from

extra

on the outside, beyond

in(3 dif meanings)

in, into; not; very, thoroughly

infra

beneath, below

inter

between

intra

within

mult(i)

many, much, affecting many parts

non

not

ob

against, toward; very, thoroughly

per

through; very, thoroughly

post

after, following, behind

pre

before, in front of

pro

forward, in front

re

back, again

retro

backward, in back, behind

se

apart, away from

semi

half

sub

under

super

over, above, excess

trans

across, through

ultra

beyond, excess

uni

one