HLTH 354 Chapter 1 Hanik

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

neur/o

nerve

gen/o

cause

hydr/o

water

morph/o

change

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

orth/o

straight

path/o

suffering, disease

phag/o

eat

plas/o

formation

py/o

pus

scler/o

hard

sten/o

narrowing

troph/o

nourishment

xen/o

foreign

xer/o

dry

root

foundation or subject of a term

suffix

ending that gives essential meaning to the root

prefix

added to the beginning when needed to modify the root

ultima

last (last syllable)

penult

almost the last (2nd to the last syllable)

antepenult

one before the one the is almost last (3rd to the last syllable)

how many languages

2 - greek & latin

global language of scientific revolution

latin

-latry

medical science

-latrist

specialist in medicine of

-ist

specialist

-ologist

specialist in the study of

-ology

study of

-dynia / -algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

presence of

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosen, break down

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhagia / -rrhage

excessive flow

-rrhea

flow

rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

involuntary contraction

test

procedure to gain information in order to diagnose a problem

treatment

process done after a diagnosis to fix the problem

-centesis

puncture

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metery

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to look

-scopy

process of looking

-desis

binding, fixation

-ectomy

removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

reconstruction

-whaphy

suture

-stomy

creating of opening

-tomy

incision

a- / an-

not

anti- / contra-

against

de-

down, away from

ante- / pro- / -pre

before

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

post-

after

re-

again

ab-

away

ad-

toward

circum- / peri-

around

dia- / trans-

through

e- / ec- / ex-

out

ecto- / exo- / -extra

outside

en- / endo- / intra-

in, inside

epi-

upon

sub-

beneath

inter-

between

bi-

two

semi-

half

hemi-

half

hyper-

over

hypo-

under

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono- / uni-

one

oligo-

few

pan-

all

poly- / multi-

many

con- / syn- / sym-

with, together

dys-

bad