MEDICAL TERMINOLGY

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Flash cards for medical terminology
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ANTE-BEFORE ANTI-AGAINST
ECTO-OUTSIDE ENDO-WITHIN
HYPER-ABOVE, BEYOND, EXCESSIVE HYPO-BELOW, UNDER, DEFICIENT
ENTER-BETWEEN INTRA-WITHIN
PARA-BESIDES PERI-AROUND
PER-THROUGH PRE-BEFORE
PRO-BEFORE SUPER-ABOVE AND BEYOND
SUPRA-ABOVE AND BEYOND POIESIS-FORMATION
PTOSIS-PROLASPE, DROOPING PTYSIS-SPITTING
RRHAGIA-BURSTING FORTH RRHAGE-BURSTING FORTH
RRHAPHY-SUTURE RRHEA-FLOW
RRHEXIS-RUPTURE SCOPE-INSTRUMENT
SCOPY-TO VIEW TOME-INSTRUMENT TO CUT
TOMY-INCISION TRIPSY-CRUSHING
TROPHY-NOURISHMENT RADIO/O MEANING; RADIATION EXAMPLE; RADIOGRAPHER
ALGIA-PAIN NEURALGIA; NERVE PAIN
DYNIA-PAIN GASTRODYNIA; PAIN IN STOMACH
EMIA-BLOOD CONDITION LEUKEMIA; CANCER OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS
GENIC-PRODUCING, FORMING CARCINOGENIC'; CANCER FORMING
IA-CONDITION, DISEASE POLYURIA; EXCESSIVE URINATION
ITIS-INFLAMMATION LARYNGITIS-INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX
MALACIA-SOFTENING CHRONDROMALACIA; SOFTENING OF THE CARTILAGE
MEGALY-ENLARGEMENT CARDIOMEGALY-ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEART
OMA- TUMOR, MASS SARCOMA; CANCEROUS TUMOR OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
OSIS-CONDITION TUBERCULOSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE COMMONLY CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
PATHY-DISEASE MYOPATHY; DISEASE OF MUSCLE TISSUE
PENIA-DEFICIENCY LEUKOPENIA; DEFICIENT NUMBER OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS
RRHEA-FLOW, DISCHARGE MENORRHEA; NORMAL MENSTRUAL FLOW
RRHAGE-BURSTING FORTH MENORRHAGE; EXCESSIVE MENSTRUAL FLOW
RRHAGIA-BURSTING FORTH MENORRHAGIA
SCLEROSIS-HARDENING ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES
CENTESIS-SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FOR ANALYSIS ABDOMINOCENTESIS; PUNCTURE OF ABDOMINAL CAVITY TO REMOVE FLUID
ECTOMY-SURGICAL REMOVAL TONSILLECTOMY; SURGICAL REMOVAL OF TONSILLS
GRAPHY-PROCESS OF RECORDING MAMMOGRAPHY; X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHY OF BREASTS
LYSIS-SEPERATION, BREAKDOWN, DESTRUCTION DIALYSIS; SEPERATION OF WASTE MATERIAL FROM BLOOD
OPSY-VIEW OF, VISION BIOPSY; REMOVAL OF LIVING TISSUE FOR EXAMINATION
PLASTY-SURGICAL REPAIR MAMMOPLASTY; SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE BREAST
SCOPY-PROCESS OF VISUAL EXAMINATION ARTHROSCOPY; VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE JOINTS
STOMY-OPENING TRACHEOSTOMY; ALSO TRACHEOTOMY; CUTTING AN AIR/DRAINAGE OPENING TO THE TRACHEA
TOMY-INCISION, CUTTING LOBOTOMY; SEVERING OF NERVE FIBERS IN THE FRONT LOBE OF THE BRAIN
AC, IAC; CARDIAC; PERTAINING TO HEART
AL, EAL, IAL CONGENITAL; PERTAINING TO CONDITIONS PRESENT AT BIRTH
AR VENTRICULAR; PERTAINING TO VENTRICLES OF THE HEART OF BRAIN
ARY PULMONARY; PERTAINING TO LUNGS
IC, ICAL CHRONIC; PERTAINING TO TIME
OUS MUCOUS; PERTAINING TO MUCOUS
A-NO, NOT, WITHOUT APNEA; WITHOUT BREATH
AN-NO, NOT, WITHOUT ANALGESIC; DRUG THAT RELIEVES PAIN WITHOUT AFFECTING CONSCIOUSNESS
AB-AWAY FROM ABDUCTOR; MUSCLE THAT MOVES A BODY PART AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE
AD-TOWARD, NEAR ADDUCTOR; MUSCLE THAT MOVES A PART TOWARD THE MIDLINE
ANA-UP, APART ANAPHORIA; TENDENCY OF THE EYES TO TURN UPWARD WHEN AT REST
ANTE-BEFORE, FORWARD ANTEVERSION; ABNORMAL TIPPING FORWARD OF AN ORGAN (SUCH AS THE UTERUS)
ANTI-AGAINST ANTIBODY; IMMUNE BODY THAT FIGHTS FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
AUTO-SELF, OWN AUTOIMMUNE; PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST ONE'S OWN TISSUES
BI-TWO, BOTH BICEPS; MUSCLE WITH TWO POINTS OF ORIGIN
CO-WITH, TOGETHER COENZYME; SUBSTANCE THAT BINDS WITH A PROTEIN TO FORM AN ENZYME
COL-WITH, TOGETHER COLLASPE; FALLING OF A STRUCTURE'S WALL
COM(BEFORE B, M, OR P)- WITH, TOGETHER COMPRESSION; SQUEEZING TOGETHER
CON-WITH, TOGETHER CONTRACTION; DRAWING TOGETHER
COR(BEFORE R)- WITH TOGETHER CORRUGATOR; A MUSCLE THAT WRINKLES THE SKIN
DE-DOWN, LACK OF DEHYDRATION; LACK OF WATER
DIA-THROUGH, COMPLETE DIARRHEA; RAPID DISCHARGE OF FECAL MATTER THROUGH INTESTINE
DIS-APART, AWAY FROM DISSECT; CUT APART
DYS-PAIN, BAD DYSFUNCTION; ABNORMAL FUNCTION
E-OUT ELUTION; SEPERATION OF A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE
EC, ECTO-OUTER, OUTSIDE ECTOPIC; LOCATED AWAY FROM NORMAL POSITION
EN-IN ENCAPSULATION; ENCLOSURE IN A CAPSULE
ENDO-WITHIN, INNER ENDOMETRIUM; MEMBRANE LINING THE UTERUS
EPI-ABOVE, UPON EPIDERMIS; OUTERMOST LAYER OF SKIN
EX-OUT EXCISION; REMOVAL BY CUTTING OUT
EXTRA-OUTSIDE OF EXTRAPULMONARY; NOT CONNECTED WITH THE LUNGS
HEMI-HALF HEMILATERAL; AFFECTING ONE SIDE OF THE BODY
HYPER-EXCESSIVE, ABOVE HYPERTENSION; PERSISTENTLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HYPO-BELOW, DEFICIENT HYPOGLYCEMIA; ABNORMALLY LOW LEVEL OF SUGAR IN THE BLOOD
IN-IN, INTO INCISION; CUTTING INTO
INFRA-BELOW, BENEATH INFRACLAVICULAR; BELOW THE CLAVICLE
INTER-BETWEEN INTEROSSEOUS; BETWEEN TWO BONES
INTRA-WITHIN INTRAVENOUS; WITHIN A VEIN
MACRO-LARGE MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRIENT WITH A LARGE MINIMAL DAILY REQUIREMENT
MAL-BAD MALIGNANT; CANCEROUS
META-CHANGE, BEYOND METABOLISM; PROCESS OF CHANGING FOOD TO A FORM USED BY THE BODY METACARPAL; BONES BEYOND THE WRIST
MICRO-SMALL MICROSCOPE; INSTRUMENT USED TO OBTAIN LARGE IMAGE OF SMALL OBJECTS
NEO-NEW NEONATAL; NEWBORN
PAN-ALL PANHYSTERECTOMY; TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY
PARA-NEAR, ALONG THE SIDE OF PARAMETRIC; NEAR THE UTERUS
PERI-SURROUNDING PERITONEUM; MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC CAVITIES
POLY-MANY, MUCH POLYDIPSIA; EXCESSIVE THIRST
POST-AFTER, BEHIND POSTTRAUMATIC; FOLLOWING INJURY
PRE-BEFORE PRENATAL; BEFORE BIRTH
PRO-BEFORE, FOWARD PROGNOSIS; FORCAST OF PROBABLE OUTCOME OF DISEASE AND TREATMENT
PROS-BEFORE, FORWARD PROSENCEPHALON; THE FOREBRAIN
PSEUDO-FALSE PSEUDOPARALYSIS; LOSS OF MUSCULAR POWER WITHOUT REAL PARALYSIS
RE-BACK, AGAIN RELAPSE; SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE RETURNED
RETRO-BEHIND, BACKWARD RETRODISPLACEMENT; BACKWARD DISPLACEMENT
SUB-BENEATH, LESS THAN SUBCUTANEOUS; UNDER THE SKIN
SUPRA-ABOVE, UPPER SUPRACLAVICULAR; ABOVE THE CLAVICLE
SYN-WITH, TOGETHER SYNDROME; GROUPS OF SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR TOGETHER
SYM-(BEFORE B,P,AND M); SAME SYMBIOTIC; IN WHICH DIFFERENT SPECIES HAVE A COOPERATIVE OR MUTUALLY DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP
TRANS-ACROSS, THROUGH TRANSVERSE; EXTENDING THROUGH A STRUCTURE FROM SIDE TO SIDE
TRI-THREE TRICEPS; MUSCLE FORMED FROM THREE DIVISIONS
ULTRA-BEYOND ULTRASONIC; BEYOND THE AUDIBLE RANGE
UNI-ONE UNILATERAL; AFFECTING ONLY ONE SIDE
spongy bone= cancellous bone
hemopoiesis= hematopoiesis
shoulder girdle= pectoral girdle
epiphyseal= growth plate
arthro/o joint
articu joint
burs/o sac
caud/o tail
cephal head
cervic neck
chondr/o cartilage
cleid/o clavicle
cost/o rib
crain/o skull, head
ligament/o ligament
lumb/o loin, lower back
maxill/o upper, jaw bone
muscul/o muscle
my/o muscle
oste/o bone
phren/o diaphragm
sacr/0 sacrum
spas/o pull, draw
spondyl/o vertebra
synov/o synovial membrane
tend/o, ten/o, tendin/o tendon
tens/o stretch
vertebr/o vertebra
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