MT: Chapter 1-4

ad-

toward

ab-

away from

abduct

take away

adipose

fatty tissue

-ac

pertaining to

acute

sudden, sharp or severe

adhesion

being stuck together

al/-al

pertaining to, condition

-ary

pertaining to covering

ambi

both

an-

without

anti-

against

ante-

before or forward

bi

two

-blast

immature cell or embryonic cell

Bradypnea

slow breathing

Bx

biopsy

cac-

bad

cephal/o

head

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cide

to kill

-cele-

hernia

-cyst/o

bladder

cystocele

hernia of the bladder

cytology

study of cells

-dipsia

thirst

dis-

apart

distal

farthest from the point of attachment

dys-

bad, difficult or painful

-ecstasis

dilation

ec-

out, outside, outer

ecto-

out, outside, outer

-emesis

suffix for vomiting

epi-

upon

-er

one who

-esis

condition

eti/o

cause

excision

cutting out

endo-

within or inner

febrile

pertaining to fever

-graph

recording

gynecology

study of female

heter/o

different

homeo

same, constant

hydrate

water

hydro-

water

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below, under, deficient

-ician

specialist

inguin

groin

intra-

within

inter-

between

-ion

process

-ism

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

hemiplegia

half paralyzed

hemat/o

blood

-hexia

condition

hypoplasia

under development

lumen

opening

-logy

study of

-lysis

separation, breakdown

mal-

bad

-malacia

softening

megaly

enlargement

medi-

toward the middle

meta-

beyond, over, between, change

micro-

small

necr

death

nulli-

none

occlusion

process of closing

-oid

resemble

oligo-

scanty

-oma, onc/o

tumor

para-

beside

pallor

lack of color

-pathy

disease

-pnea

breathing

-penia

deficiency

pre-

before

peri-

around

proxim

near point of origin

-phasia

speaking

poly

many

poster

behind

posterior

toward the back

-poiesis

formation

pseudocyesis

false

pyret

fever

re-

again

-rrhea

discharge or flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-scopy

instrument to view

semi-

half

sub-

less than

super-

upper

-stasis

stand still

sym-, syn-

together

syndrome

combining of signs together that characterizes a specific disease