Med Term Chapter 1-2 Flash Cards

Prefixes

• hyper- = excessive, above normal

• hypo- = deficient, below normal

• pre- = before

• post- = after

• brachy- = short

• tachy- = fast

• path- = disease

• macro- = large

• micro- = small

• megalo- = great, enlarged

• ab- = away from

• ad- = toward

• dextro- = right

• sinistro- = left

• ex- = out of, away from

• in- = in, into, not

• dys- = bad, difficult, painful

• eu- = good, normal, easy

• inter- = between

• intra- = within

• sub- = under, below

• super-, supra- = above, excessive

Roots (combining forms)

• gastr/o = stomach

• cardi/o = heart

• laryng/o = larynx, voice box

• rhin/o = nose

• abdomin/o = abdomen

• crani/o = skull

• hepat/o = liver

• physi/o = body function

• nephr/o = kidney

• my/o = muscle

• caud/o = tail, lower part of body

• cephal/o = head

• cyt/o, cyte = cell

• myc/o = fungus

• myel/o = spinal cord, bone marrow

• neur/o = nerve

• ot/o = ear

• plas/i, plas/o = development, growth, formation

• poster/o = back, behind

• py/o = pus

• pyel/o = renal pelvis

• ventr/o = belly, front

Suffixes

• -itis = inflammation

• -algia = pain

• -ology = study of

• -graphy = process of recording

• -scopy = visual examination

• -pathy = disease condition

• -ologist = specialist

• -gram = record, picture

• -osis = abnormal condition

• -rrhage = bursting forth

• -rrhaphy = surgical suturing

• -rrhea = flow, discharge

• --dynia = pain

• -ectomy = surgical removal

• -ostomy = surgical opening (to the outside)

• -otomy = cutting into

• -plasty = surgical repair

• -sclerosis = abnormal hardening

• -megaly = enlargement

• -necrosis = tissue death

• -stenosis = abnormal narrowing

• -centesis = surgical puncture