6654408896 | a- | (not, without, lacking, deficient) afebrile, without fever | 0 | |
6654412922 | ab- | (away from) Abduct, to draw away from the midline | 1 | |
6654415745 | abdomin/o | (abdomin) abdominal, pertaining to the abdomen | 2 | |
6654416230 | -able, ible | (capable of) reductible, capable of being reduced (as a fracture) | 3 | |
6654417545 | ac- | (to) acclimate, to become accustomed to. | 4 | |
6654420286 | acou | (hear) acoustic, pertaining to sound or hearing | 5 | |
6654421175 | acr/o | (extremity, top, peak) acrodermatitis, inflammation of the skin of the etremities | 6 | |
6654426134 | acu | (needle) acupuncture, the Chinese practice of piercing nerves | 7 | |
6654427980 | ad- | (to, toward) adduct, to draw toward the midline | 8 | |
6654430471 | aden/o | (gland) adenitis, inflammation of a gland | 9 | |
6654432071 | adip/o | (fat) adipose, fatty; fat (in size) | 10 | |
6654435231 | aer/o | (air) aerobic, requiring the presence of oxygen to live and grow | 11 | |
6654438097 | af- | (to) afferent, conveying toward | 12 | |
6654439016 | ag- | (to) aggregate, to crowd or cluster together | 13 | |
6654440602 | -algesia | (painful) hyperalgesia, overly sensitive to pain | 14 | |
6654444583 | -algia | (painful condition) neuralgia, pain that extends along the course of one or more nerves | 15 | |
6654446404 | ambi- | (both sides) ambidextrous, able to perform manual skills with both hands | 16 | |
6655863613 | ambl/y | (dim, dull, lazy) amblyopia, lazy eye | 17 | |
6655865063 | amphi-, ampho- | (on both sides, around both) amphigonadism, having both testicular and ovarian tissues | 18 | |
6655867215 | amyl/o | (startch) amyloid, starchlike | 19 | |
6655867683 | an- | (without) anemia, a reduced volume of blood cells | 20 | |
6655869235 | ana- | (upward, again, backward, excess) anaphylaxis, an unusual or exaggerated reaction of an organism to a substance to which it becomes sensitized | 21 | |
6655872437 | andr/o | (man, male) android, resembling a man | 22 | |
6655874512 | angi/o | (blood vessel, duct) angioplasty, surgery of blood vessels | 23 | |
6655876572 | ankyl/o | (stiff)ankylosis, stiffness | 24 | |
6655876876 | ant-, anti- | (against, opposed to, preventing, relieving) antidote, a substance for counteracting a poison | 25 | |
6655879264 | ante- | (before, forward) antecubital, situated in front and to one side | 26 | |
6655882659 | antero- | (front) anterolateral, situated in front and to one side | 27 | |
6655883932 | ap- | (to) approximate, to bring together, to place close together | 28 | |
6655884960 | apo- | (separation, derivation form) apoplexy, sudden neurologic impairment due to a cardiovascular disorder | 29 | |
6655891359 | -arium, -orium | (place for something) solarium, a place for the sun | 30 | |
6655892797 | arteri/o | (artery) arteriosclerosis, thickening of the walls of the smaller arteries | 31 | |
6655894068 | arthri/o | (joint, articulation) arthritis, inflammation of a joint or joints | 32 | |
6655897344 | articul/o | (joint) articulated, united by joints | 33 | |
6655899990 | as- | (to) assimilate, to take into | 34 | |
6655900594 | at- | (to) attract, to draw toward | 35 | |
6655901390 | audi/o | (hearing) audiometer, an instrument to test the power of hearing | 36 | |
6655902521 | aur/o | (ear) auricle, the flap of the ear | 37 | |
6655903642 | aut/o | (self) autistic, self centered | 38 | |
6655905475 | bi- | (two, twice, double, both) bilateral, having two sides, pertaining to two sides | 39 | |
6655908927 | bi/o | (life) biology, the study of life | 40 | |
6655910642 | blephari/o | (eyelid) blepharitis, inflammation of the eyelid | 41 | |
6655911579 | brachi/o | (upper arm) brachialgia, pain in the upper arm | 42 | |
6655915736 | brady- | (slow) bradycardia, an abnormally slow heart rate | 43 | |
6655916761 | bronch/o | (larger air passages of the lungs) bronchitis, inflammation of the larger air passages of the lungs | 44 | |
6655918516 | bucc/o | (cheek) buccal, pertaining to the cheek | 45 | |
6655919394 | cac/o | (bad) cacosmis, a bad odor | 46 | |
6655921019 | calcane/o | (heel) calcaneus, the hel bone | 47 | |
6655921536 | calor/o | (heat) caloric, pertaining to heat | 48 | |
6655922748 | cancr/o | (cancer) cancroid, resembling cancer | 49 | |
6655923789 | capit/o | (head)capitate, head shaped | 50 | |
6655924295 | caps/o | (container) capsulation, enclosed in the capsule or container | 51 | |
6655926251 | carcin/o | (cancer) carcinogen, a substance that causes cancer | 52 | |
6655927990 | cardi/o | (heart) cardiogenic, originating in the heart | 53 | |
6655928999 | carp/o | (wrist bone) carpal, pertaining to the wrist bone | 54 | |
6655931200 | cat-, cata- | (down, lower, under, against, along with) catabasis, the stage of decline of a disease | 55 | |
6655932935 | -cele | (tumor, hernia) hydrocele, a confined collection of water | 56 | |
6655938877 | celi/o | (abdomen) celiomyalgia, a pain in the muscles of the abdomen | 57 | |
6655942837 | -cenresis | (perforation or tapping, as with a needle) abdominocentesis, surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity | 58 | |
6655946352 | cephal/o | (head) electroencephalogram, a recording of the electrical activity of the brain | 59 | |
6655948617 | cerebr/o | (cerebrum) cerebrospinal, pertaining to the brain and spinal fluid | 60 | |
6655949885 | cervic/o | (neck, cervix) cervical, pertaining to the neck (or cervix) | 61 | |
6655952023 | cheil/o, chil/o | (lip) chelitis, inflammation of the lips | 62 | |
6655957029 | cheirio, chir/o | (hand) cheralgia, pain in the hand | 63 | |
6655957886 | chlor/o | (green) chloroma, green cancer, a greenish tumor associated with myelogenous leukemia | 64 | |
6655961173 | chol/e | (bile, gall) choledichitis, inflammation of the common bile duct | 65 | |
6655964269 | chondr/o | (cartilage) chondrodynia, pain in the cartilage | 66 | |
6655966337 | chrom/o, chromat/o | (color) monochromatic, being of one color | 67 | |
6655968843 | chron/o | (time) chronic, peristing for a long time | 68 | |
6655970271 | -cid- | (cut, kill, fall) insecticide, an agent that kills insects | 69 | |
6655972023 | circum- | (around) circumscribed, confined to a limited space | 70 | |
6655974174 | -cis- | (cut, kill, fall) excise, to cut out | 71 | |
6655975310 | -clysis | (irrigation) enteroclysis, irrigation of the small intestine | 72 | |
6655976605 | co- | (with) cohesion, the force that causes various particles to unite | 73 | |
6655977919 | col- | (with)collateral, secondary or accessory; a small side branch such as a blood vessel or a nerve | 74 | |
6655980500 | col/o | (colon, large intestine) colitis, inflammation of the colon | 75 | |
6655981685 | colp/o | (vagina) colporrhagia, bleeding from the vagina | 76 | |
6655982701 | com- | (with) comminuted, broken or crushed into small peices | 77 | |
6655986259 | con- | (with) congenital, existing from the time of birth | 78 | |
6655987957 | contra- | (against, opposite) contraindicated, inadvisable | 79 | |
6655991461 | cor/e, core/o | (pupil) corectopia, abnormal location of the pupil or eye | 80 | |
6655992410 | cost/o | (rib) intercostal, between the ribs | 81 | |
6655993617 | crani/o | (skull) cranial, pertaining to the skull | 82 | |
6655994334 | cry/o | (cold) cryogenic, that which produces low temperature | 83 | |
6655997003 | crypt/o | (hide, cover, conceal) cryptogenic, of doubtful origin | 84 | |
6655998551 | cyan/o | (blue) cyanosis, bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes | 85 | |
6656000148 | cyst/o | (urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid) cystitis, inflammation of the bladder | 86 | |
6656003477 | cyt/o | (cell) cytoma, tumor of the cell | 87 | |
6656004844 | -cyte | (cell) leucocyte, white cell | 88 | |
6656006110 | dacry/o | (tear) dacryorrhea, excessive flow of tears | 89 | |
6656008100 | dactyl/o | (finger, toe) dactylomegaly, abnormally large fingers or toes | 90 | |
6656010370 | de- | (down) decending, coming down from | 91 | |
6656011863 | dent/o | (tooth) dental, pertaining to the teeth | 92 | |
6656012957 | derm/o, dermat/o | (skin) dermatitis, imflammation of the skin | 93 | |
6656014709 | dextr/o | (right) dextrad, toward the right side | 94 | |
6656017361 | di- | (twice, double) diplegia, paralysis affecting like parts on both sides of the body | 95 | |
6656019235 | dia- | (through, across, apart) diaphragm, the partition that separates the abdominal and throacic cavities | 96 | |
6656023478 | dipl/o | (double, twin, twice) diplopia, double vision | 97 | |
6656025298 | dis- | (to free, to undo) dissect, to cut appart | 98 | |
6656026649 | dors/o | (back) dorsal, pertaining to the back | 99 | |
6656028016 | -dynia | (painful condition) cephalodynia, headache | 100 | |
6656030312 | dys- | (bad, difficult, abnormal, incomplete) dyspnea, labored breathing | 101 | |
6656100319 | ectasia | (dilation or enlargement of an organ or part) gastrectasia, dilation (stretching) of the stomach | 102 | |
6656104091 | ecto- | (outer, outside of) ectopic, located away from the normal position | 103 | |
6656106427 | -ectomy | (the surgical removal of an organ or part) appendectomy, surgical removal of the appendix | 104 | |
6656108964 | electr/o | (electric) electrocardiogram, the written record of the heart's electrical activity | 105 | |
6656116368 | -emia | (condition of the blood) anemia, a deficiency of the red blood cells | 106 | |
6656119812 | en- | (in, into, within) encapsulate, to enclose within a container | 107 | |
6656123120 | encephal/o | (brain) encephalitis, inflammation of the brain | 108 | |
6656125674 | end-, end/o | (within) endotracheal, within the trachea | 109 | |
6656128191 | ent-, ento- | (within, inner) entopic, occurring in the proper place | 110 | |
6656129794 | enter/o | (small intestine) enteritis, inflammation of the intestine | 111 | |
6656131298 | ep-, epi- | (over, on, upon) epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin | 112 | |
6656133495 | erythr/o | (red) erythocyte, a red blood cell | 113 | |
6656134566 | estesia | (feeling) anesthesia, without feeling | 114 | |
6656135704 | eu | (good, well, normal, healthy) euphoria, an abnormal or exaggerated feeling of well-being | 115 | |
6656138899 | ex- | (out of, away from) excrement, waste material discharged from the body | 116 | |
6656141501 | exo- | (outside, outward) exophytic, to grow outward or on the surface | 117 | |
6656143175 | extra- | (on the outside, beyond, in addition to) extracorporeal, outside the body | 118 | |
6656145248 | faci/o | (face, surface) facial, pertaining to the face | 119 | |
6656148282 | febr/i | (fever) febrile, feverish | 120 | |
6656150154 | -ferent | (bear, carry) efferent, carrying away from the center | 121 | |
6656151597 | fibr/o | (fiber, filament) fibrillation, muscular contractions due to the activity of the muscle fibers | 122 | |
6656154734 | -form | (shape) deformed, abnormally shaped | 123 | |
6656156865 | -fungal | (moving away) centrifugal, moving away from a center | 124 | |
6656159459 | galact/o | (milk) galactopyria, milk fever | 125 | |
6656162380 | gangli/o | (knot) ganglion, a knot like mass | 126 | |
6656164297 | gastr/o | (stomach) gastritis, inflammation of the stomach | 127 | |
6656165929 | gen/o | (come into being, originates) genetic, inherited | 128 | |
6656167825 | -gensis | (production of origin) pathogenesis, the development of a disease | 129 | |
6656173608 | -genic | (giving rise to, originating in) cardiogenic, originating in the heart | 130 | |
6656176113 | gloss/o | (tongue) glossal, pertaining to the tongue | 131 | |
6656177826 | glyc/o | (sweet) glycemia, the presence of sugar in the blood | 132 | |
6656179786 | gnath/o | (jaw) gnathitis, inflammation of the jaw | 133 | |
6656183183 | gnos/o | (knowledge) prognosis, a prediction of the outcome of a disease | 134 | |
6656184523 | -gram | (drawing, written record) electrocardiogram, a recording of the heart's electrical activity | 135 | |
6656186840 | -graph | (an instrument for recording the activity of an organ) electrocardiograph, an instrument for measuring the hearts electrical activity | 136 | |
6656191307 | -graphy | (the recording of the activity of an organ) electrocardiography, the method of recording the heart's electrical activity | 137 | |
6656195885 | gynec/o | (woman) gynecologist, a specialist in diseases of the female genital tract | 138 | |
6656199472 | hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | (blood) hematoma, a localized collection of blood | 139 | |
6656203052 | hemi- | (one-half)hemiplegia, paralysis of the one side of the body | 140 | |
6656204307 | hepat/o | (liver) hepatitis, inflammation of the liver | 141 | |
6656205535 | heter/o | (other) heterogeneous, from a different source | 142 | |
6656208393 | hidr/o, hidrot/o | (sweat) hidrosis, excessive sweating | 143 | |
6656210269 | hist/o | (tissue) histodialysis, the breaking down of tissue | 144 | |
6656213898 | hom/o, home/o | (same, similar, unchanging, constant) homeostasis, stability in an organism's normal physiological states | 145 | |
6656216737 | hyl/o | (glass) hyline, glass, transparent | 146 | |
6656219414 | hydr/o | (water, fluid) hydrocephalus, an accumulation of the cerebrospinal fluid in the skull with resulting enlargement of the head | 147 | |
6656226005 | hyper- | (beyond normal, excessive) hypertension, abnormally high blood pressure | 148 | |
6656227495 | hypn/o | (sleep) hypnotic, that which induces sleep | 149 | |
6656229222 | hypo- | (below normal, deficient, under, beneath) hypotension, abnormally low blood pressure | 150 | |
6656233145 | hyster/o | (uterus, womb) hysterectomy, surgical removal of the uterus | 151 | |
6656234890 | -iasis | (condition) psoriasis, a chronic skin condition characterized by lesions | 152 | |
6656237921 | iatr/o | (healer, physician) pediatrician, a physician who specializes in children's disorder | 153 | |
6656242294 | -id | (in a state, condition of) gravid, pregnant | 154 | |
6656244265 | idio | (peculiar, separate, distant) idiopathic, occurring without a known cause | 155 | |
6656249225 | il- | (negative prefix) illegible, cannot be read | 156 | |
6656251340 | ile/o | (negative, prefix) illegible, cannot be read | 157 | |
6656255160 | ili/o | (ilium) iliac, pertaining to the ilium | 158 | |
6656258986 | im- | (negative prefix) immature, not mature | 159 | |
6656260965 | in- | (in, into, within) incise, to cut into | 160 | |
6656262101 | infra- | (beneath, below) infracostal, below a rib or below the ribs | 161 | |
6656264278 | inter- | (between) intercostal, between two ribs | 162 | |
6656266084 | intra- | (within) intraoral, within the mouth | 163 | |
6656272476 | intro- | (within, into) introspection, the contemplation of ones own thoughts and feelings; self analysis | 164 | |
6656279720 | ir/o, irid/o | (iris) iridotomy, incisions of the iris | 165 | |
6657441705 | ischi/o | (ischium) ischialgia, pain in the ischium | 166 | |
6657447306 | -ismus | (abnormal condition) strabismus, deviation of the eye that a person cannot overcome | 167 | |
6658217210 | iso- | (same, equal, alike) isometric, of equal dimensions | 168 | |
6658220440 | -itis | (inflammation) endocarditis, inflammation within the heart | 169 | |
6658222804 | kerat/o | (cornea) keratitis, inflammation of the cornea | 170 | |
6658224949 | kinesi/o | (movement) kinesialgia, pain upon movement | 171 | |
6658227329 | labi/o | (lip) labiodental, pertaining to the lip and teeth | 172 | |
6658228859 | lact/o | (milk) lactation, the secretion of milk | 173 | |
6658231959 | lal/o | (talk) lalopathy, any speech disorder | 174 | |
6658234677 | lapar/o | (flank, abdomen wall, abdomen) laparotomy, an incision through the abdominal wall | 175 | |
6658237080 | laryng/o | (larynx) laryngoscope, an instrument for examining the larynx | 176 | |
6658239830 | lept/o | (thin) leptodactylous, having slender fingers | 177 | |
6658243603 | leuc/o, leuk/o | (white) leukemia, a malignant disease characterized by the increased development of white blood cells | 178 | |
6658248486 | lingu/o | (tongue) sublingual, under the tongue | 179 | |
6658249568 | lip/o | (fat) lipoma, fatty tumor | 180 | |
6658251266 | lith/o | (stone) lithotriptor, an instrument for crushing stones in the bladder | 181 | |
6658254337 | -logist | (a person who studies) pathologist, a person who studies diseases | 182 | |
6658256040 | log/o | (speak, give an account) logospasms, spasmodic speech | 183 | |
6658258339 | -logy | (study of) pathology, the study of disease | 184 | |
6658260468 | lumb/o | (loin) lumbago, pain in the lumbar region | 185 | |
6658262617 | lymph/o | (lymph) lymphoduct, a vessel of the lymph system | 186 | |
6658267798 | -lysis | (destruction) electrolysis, destruction (of hair for example) by passage of electrical current | 187 | |
6658272534 | macr/o | (large, long) macrocephalous, having an abnormally large head | 188 | |
6658275808 | malac/o | (a softening) malacia, the morbid softening of a body part tissue | 189 | |
6658279777 | mamm/o | (breast) mammary, pertaining to the breast | 190 | |
6658281425 | -mania | (mental aberration) kleptomania, the compulsion to steal | 191 | |
6658283734 | mast/o | (breast) mastectomy, surgical removal of the breast | 192 | |
6658289215 | medi/o | (middle) mediastinum, middle partition of the thoracic cavity | 193 | |
6658291553 | mega- | (large) megacolon, an abnormally large colon | 194 | |
6658294634 | megal/o | (large) megalomaniac, a person impressed with his own greatness | 195 | |
6658296577 | -megaly | (an enlargement) cardiomegaly, enlargement of the heart | 196 | |
6658298459 | melan/o | (dark, black) melanoma, a tumor composed of darkly pigmented cells | 197 | |
6658301242 | men/o | (month) menopause, cessation of menstruation | 198 | |
6658303324 | mes/o | (middle) mesiad, toward the center | 199 | |
6658310327 | meta- | (change, transformation, exchange) metabolism, the sum of the physical and chemical process by which and organism survives | 200 | |
6658315195 | metr/o | (uterus) metralgia, pain in the uterus | 201 | |
6658316681 | micr/o | (small) microscope, an instrument for magnifying small objects | 202 | |
6658318450 | mon/o | (single, only, sole) monoplegia, paralysis of a single part | 203 | |
6658320047 | morph/o | (form) morphology, the study of form and shape | 204 | |
6658322218 | multi- | (many, much) multipara, a woman who had given two or more live births | 205 | |
6658324860 | my/o | (muscle) myasthenia, muscular weakness | 206 | |
6658327036 | myc/o, mycet/o | (fungus) mycosis, any disease caused by a fungus | 207 | |
6658331249 | myel/o | (marrow, also often refers to the spinal cord) myelocele, protrusion of the spinal cord through a defect in the spinal column | 208 | |
6658335354 | myx/o | (mucous, slimelike) myxoid, resembling mucus | 209 | |
6658338983 | narc/o | (stupor, numbness) narcotic, an agent that includes sleep | 210 | |
6658340829 | nas/o | (nose) oronasal, pertaining to the nose and mouth | 211 | |
6658342904 | ne/o | (new) neonate, a newborn infant | 212 | |
6658344603 | necr/o | (corpse) necrotic, dead (when referring to tissue) | 213 |
Emergency Care 13th Edition Medical Terminology (word Parts) Flashcards
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