Med Terms 7 + 8

Olig or micro

Olig or micro

Small or scant

Oligohydramnios

Too little amniotic fluid

Microcystic

Having small cells

Post

After or behind

Postoperative

After surgery

Poly

Many or much

Polygenic

Pertaining to two or more genes

Mono

One

Monocyte

A white blood cell that has a single nucleus

Meg

Large

Megalomelia

Abnormal largeness of a limb or limbs

Pro

Before or in front of

Probiotic

Live bacteria that is beneficial to the GI tract

Genesis

Development, production, creation

Pathogenesis

Development of a disease

Penia

Lack or deficiency

Osteopenia

Mild thinning of the bone mass

Rrhage

Excessive flow

Hemorrhage

Abnormal flow of blood

Natal

Birth

Prenatal

Before birth

Phage

To eat, consuming, swallow

Odynophagia

Pain of swallowing food and fluids

Centesis

Puncture, aspiration of

Amniocentesis

Procedure used in prenatal diagnosis to obtain amniotic fluid used for diagnostic tests