Medical Terminology Basics

Flashcards covering medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes and their meanings based on the lecture notes.

cardi/o

Heart

-centesis

Surgical puncture

dynia

Pain

encephal/o

Brain

-pathy

Disease

My/o

Muscle

Tension

Force, pressure

Hypo-

Low, below normal

Hyper-

High, above normal

Brady-

Slow, below

Tachy-

Fast, above

Lipid

Fat

Emia

Blood

Glyc/o

Sweet, sugar

Scopy

Study, or examination

Endo-

Within, inner

Derm/a

Skin