DC MED TERM 1-7

Stenosis

Stenosis

narrowing

Sclerosis

Hardening

Centesis

surgical puncture

a-, an-

not, without

anti-, contra-

against

auto-

self

hyper-

over, above

hypo-, sub-

under, below

neo-

new

post-

after

pre-, pro-

before

re-

again

ab-

away

ad-

toward

ana-

up

ante-

before

apo-

away from

circum-, peri-

around

con-

with

contra-

against

de-

down, away from

dia-, trans-

through

e-, ec-, ex-

out

ecto-

outside

en-, endo-, intra

inside, within

epi-, supra-

upon, above

ex-, exo-, extra-

out, outside

hyper-

above

hypo-, infro-, infra-

under

inter-

between

retro-

behind

sub-

underneath

sym-, syn-

with or together

xeno-

foreign

dys-

bad

eu-

good

macro-

large

mega-

enlarged

micro-

small

hemi-, semi-

half

mono-, uni-

one

bi-, di

two

tri-

three

quad-, tetra-

four

penta-, pento-

five

hexa-, hexo-

six

pluri-, poly-

several

oligo-

few

multi-

many

pan-

all

brady-

slow

chron/o-

time dependent

tachy-

fast

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

puncture

-cide

killing

-cyte

cell

-desis

binding (by a disease process)

-ectomy

removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

creating, giving rise to

-gram

visual record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-ia, -y

condition

-iasis

presence of

-iatrics, -iatry

medical science

-iatrist

specialist in medicine of

-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula

small

-ise, -ize

to become

-ism

condition, procedure, belief

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-ium

structure, tissue

-lith

stone

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage, -rrhea

abnormal or excessive flow

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-stomy

creation of an opening

-tion

act or state