Med Terminology HINF 3316 Test 1

HINF 3316 Med Terminology for Test 1. Focuses to Ch.1 - 4 and Pharmacological Terms

demat

skin

cutane

skin

nephr

kidney

ren

kidney

stomat

mouth

or

mouth

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

an-

without; not

hyper-

excessive; above normal

intra- and endo-

in; within

para-

near, beside,beyond

poly

many;much

pre-

before

-centesis

surgical puncture

-clasis

to break; surgical fracture

-desis

binding; fixation (bone/joint)

-ectomy

excision, removable

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

-pexy

fixation (organ)

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

forming an opening

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

-tripsy

crushing

-gram

recording , writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-cele

hernia, swelling

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-gen

forming, producing, origin

-genesis

forming, producing, origin

-malacia

softening

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (blood cells)

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

involuntary contraction, twitching

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-toxic

poison

-ac

pertaining to

al

pertaining to

ia

condition

iatry

medicine; treatment

-y

condition; process

-icle

small, minute

epi-

above,upon

hypo-

under, below; deficient

sub-

under, below

retro-

backward, behind

bi-

two

dipl-/diplo-

double

hemi-

half

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono-/uni-

one

multi-

many, much

quadri-

four

tri-

three

ab-

from

ad-

toward

circum-/peri-

around

dia-/trans-

through, across

ecto-/exo-/extra-

outside, outward

para-

near, beside, beyond

super-

upper, above

supra-

above, excessive; superior

ultra-

excess, beyond

a-

without, not

anti- and contra-

against

auto-

self, own

brady-

slow

dys-

bad; painful; diffcult

eu-

good, normal

hetero-

different

homo- and homeo-

same

tachy-

rapid

Anatomical Position

A position of the body referred to by anatomists.

• Body Erect

• Facing forwards

• Arms to the side with palms up and forward

• Lower limbs (feet) parallel to each other

cyt/o

cell

hist/o

tissue

kary/o or nucle/o

nucleus

anter/o

anterior, front

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

dist/o

far, farthest

dors/o

back (of body)

infer/o

lower, below

later/o

side, to one side