Medical Terminology Exam 1

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the essential meaning of the term

root

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word ending

Suffix

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a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning

Prefix

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connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots

Combining Vowel

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combination of the root and the combining vowel

Combing Form

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Names derived from a person's name

Eponym

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Letters or shortened words

Abbreviation

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Names derived from the first letter of a series of words

Acronym

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is becomes

es

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um becomes

a

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us becomes

i

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a becomes

ae

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ix becomes

ices

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ex becomes

ices

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ax becomes

aces

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ma becomes

s or mata

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on becomes

a

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nx becomes

nges

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one

mono-, uni-

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two

bi-, di-

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three

tri-

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four

quad-, quadri-, tetra-

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Hundred

Centi-

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Hundredth

Centi-

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Thousandth

Milli-

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Double

Diplo-

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Half

Hemi-, semi-

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Partly

Semi-

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Excessive

Hyper-

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Beneath

Hypo-

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Many

Multi-, Poly-

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None

Nulli-

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All

Pan-

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First

Primi-

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Excessive

Super-, Ultra-

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Away from

Ab-

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Towards

Ad-

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Before

Ante-, Pre-, Pro-

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Around

Circum-, Peri-

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Through

Dia-

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Out, Without, Away from

Ecto-, Ex-, Exo-, Extra-

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Inside

En-, End-, Endo-, In-

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Above, on

Epi-

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Beneath, Under

Hypo-, Infra-, Sub-

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Subcutaneous injection

In the subcutaneous tissue (layer between skin and muscle)

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Intramuscular Injection

Into the muscle

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Intradermal Injection

Into the skin

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Intravenous Injection

Into the vein

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Ipsilateral

pain on side of force

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Contralateral

Pain on opposite side of force

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Between

Inter-

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Within

Intra-

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Middle

Meso-, Mid-

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Near, beside, abnormal

Para-

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Through, by

Per-

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After, behind

Post-

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Behind, backwards

Retro-

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Above, beyond

Super-, Supra-

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Joined, together

Sym-, Syn-

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Across

Trans-

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After

Post-

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Large, great

Macro-, Mega-, Megalo-

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Small

Micro-

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No, not, without

A-, An-

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Not, inside

In-

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Against

Anti-, Contra-

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Bad, difficult

Dys-

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Good, normal

Eu-

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Favoring, supporting

Pro-

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Slow

Brady-

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Fast

Tachy-

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Bad

Dys-, Mal-

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One who

-er, -ist

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Practitioner

-iatrician

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Medical profession or treatment

-iatrics, -iatry

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One who studies/ specializes

-logist

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Study or science of

-logy

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Pertaining to the study of

-logic, -logical

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Pertaining to

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

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Heart

Cardi/o

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To secrete

Crin/o

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Skin

Dermat/o

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Sensation

Esthesi/o

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Stomach

Gastr/o, Enter/o

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Elderly

Gen/a, Ger/o, Geront/o

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Female

Gynec/o

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Immune

Immun/o

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Nerve

Neur/o

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Midwife

Obstetr/o

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Tumor

Onc/o

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Eye

Opthalm/o

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Straight

Orth/o

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Child

Ped/o

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Ear

Ot/o

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Larynx

Laryng/o

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Disease

Path/o

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New

Ne/o

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Birth

Nat/o

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Foot

Ped/o

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Mind

Psych/o