Week 1 MedTerms

a-, an-///not, without, lacking, deficient

anti-, ant-///against, opposed to, preventing, relieving

di-, dis-///two, twice, double

dys-///difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

ec-, ex-///out of, away from 

ecto-, ect-///outside of

en-, em-///in, into, within

endo-, ento-, end-, ent- within

epi-, ep-///upon, over, above

exo-///outside, from the outside, toward the outside

hemi-///half, partial, one side of the body

hyper-///over, above, excessive, beyond normal

hypo-, hyp-///under, deficient, below normal

mono-///one, single

peri-///around, surrounding

syn-, sym-///together, with, joined

-a//state, condition

-ac///pertaining to, located in

-ia///state, condition

-iac///person afflicted with

-iasis///disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of; often used w/ name of parasitic organism to indicate infestation; when with lith-, formation/presence of calculi

-ic///pertaining to, located in; if noun, indicates drug or agent; person suffering disability or condition

-in, ine form names of substances

-ist///person interested in

-itic///pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation; if noun, indicates drug of agent

-itis///indicating an inflamed condition; inflammation; -itides, plural

-ium, -eum///connective tissue, membrane

-ma///abnormal or diseased condition; -mat/-m

-osis///abnormal or diseased condition

-otic///adj of -osis

-sia///state, condition

-sis///state, condition, quality, process, procedure

-tic///adj of -sis; pertaining to; if noun, indicate drug or agent

-itic, -tic///a person suffering from a certain condition

-y///state, condition, quality, process, procedure

acanth-///thorn, spin

alg-///pain

alges-///sensitivity to pain

all-///difference from, divergence, other

angi-///(blood) vessel, duct

arteri-///artery [air passage]

arthr-///joint

bi-///life

brady-///slow

cardi-///heart

crani-///skull

cyt-///[hollow container] cell

encephal-///brain

erythr-///red, red blood cell

lept-///thin, fine, slight

leuk-///white, white blood cell

lith-///stone, calculus

log-///word, study

malac-///soft

mes-///middle, secondary, partial

-meter, metr-///measure, measuring device ends in metr-

nephr-///kidney

neur-///[tendon] nerve, nervous system

oste-///bone

prax-///act, action

prot-///primary, first, early

scler-///hard

sten-///narrow

stere-///solid, having 3D

tachy-///rapid

tox(i)-///poison