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Medical Terminology
Chapter 3
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Undergraduate 1
10/18/2010
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Term
mono
 Definition
one
Term
uni
 Definition
one
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bi
 Definition
two
Term
di
 Definition
two
Term
tri
 Definition
three
Term
quad
 Definition
four
Term
quadri
 Definition
four
Term
tetra
 Definition
four
Term
centi
 Definition
one hunderd/th
Term
milli
 Definition
one thousandth
Term
diplo
 Definition
double
Term
hemi
 Definition
half
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hemi
 Definition
half
Term
semi
 Definition
partly
Term
hyper
 Definition
excessive, more than normal
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hypo
 Definition
beneath or below normal
Term
multi
 Definition
many
Term
poly
 Definition
many
Term
nulli
 Definition
none
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pan
 Definition
all
Term
primi
 Definition
first
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super
 Definition
excessive
Term
ultra
 Definition
excessive
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ab
 Definition
away from
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ad
 Definition
toward
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ante
 Definition
before in tim of in place
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pre
 Definition
before in time or in place
Term
circum
 Definition
around
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peri
 Definition
around
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dia
 Definition
through
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ecto
 Definition
out, without, away from
Term
ex
 Definition
out, without, away from
Term
exo
 Definition
out, witout, away from
Term
extra
 Definition
out, without, away from
Term
en
 Definition
inside
Term
end
 Definition
inside
Term
endo
 Definition
inside
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epi
 Definition
above, on
Term
infra
 Definition
beneath
Term
sub
 Definition
beneath
Term
inter
 Definition
between
Term
intra
 Definition
within
Term
meso
 Definition
middle
Term
mid
 Definition
middle
Term
para
 Definition
near, beside, or abnormal
Term
per
 Definition
through or by
Term
post
 Definition
after, behing
Term
retro
 Definition
behind, backward
Term
super
 Definition
above
Term
supra
 Definition
beyond
Term
sym
 Definition
joined, together
Term
syn
 Definition
joined, together
Term
trans
 Definition
across
Term
pro
 Definition
before
Term
macro
 Definition
large or great
Term
mega
 Definition
large or great
Term
megalo
 Definition
large or great
Term
micro
 Definition
small
Term
a
 Definition
no, not without
Term
an
 Definition
no, not, without
Term
in
 Definition
not or inside
Term
anti
 Definition
against
Term
contra
 Definition
against
Term
brady
 Definition
slow
Term
dys
 Definition
bad, difficult
Term
eu
 Definition
good, normal
Term
mal
 Definition
bad
Term
pro
 Definition
favoring, supporting
Term
tachy
 Definition
fast
Term
alb/o
 Definition
white
Term
albin/o
 Definition
white
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
chlor/o
 Definition
green
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blue
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black
Term
xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
gen/o
 Definition
beginning, origin
Term
-genic
 Definition
produced by or in
Term
-genesis
 Definition
producint or forming
Term
gram/o
 Definition
to record
Term
-gram
 Definition
a record
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
Term
-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
Term
kinesi/o
 Definition
movement
Term
-kinesia
 Definition
movement, motion
Term
-kinesis
 Definition
movement, motion
Term
leps/o
 Definition
seizure
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
lys/o
 Definition
destruction, dissolving
Term
-lysin
 Definition
that which destroys
Term
-lysis
 Definition
process of destroying
Term
-lytic
 Definition
capable of or producing destruction
Term
malac/o
 Definition
soft, softening
Term
-malacia
 Definition
abnormal softening
Term
megal/o
 Definition
large, enlargment
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
metr/o
 Definition
measure, uterine tissue
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument used to measure
Term
-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
Term
path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
phag/o
 Definition
eat, ingest
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-phagic
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-phagy
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
pleg/o
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
schis/o
 Definition
split, cleft
Term
schiz/o
 Definition
split, cleft
Term
schist/o
 Definition
split, cleft
Term
-schisis
 Definition
split, cleft
Term
scler/o
 Definition
hard
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
Term
scop/o
 Definition
to examine, to view
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument used for viewing
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of examining visually
Term
troph/p
 Definition
nutrition
Term
-trophic
 Definition
nutrition
Term
-trophy
 Definition
nutrition
Term
aer/o
 Definition
air
Term
blast/o
 Definition
embryonic form
Term
cancer/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
cry/o
 Definition
cold
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
Term
dips/o
 Definition
thirst
Term
electr/o
 Definition
electricity
Term
fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
Term
hist/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
myc/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
narc/o
 Definition
stupor
Term
necr/o
 Definition
dead
Term
optic/o
 Definition
vision
Term
opt/o
 Definition
vision
Term
pharmac/o
 Definition
drugs, medicine
Term
phon/o
 Definition
voice
Term
phot/o
 Definition
light
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus
Term
therm/o
 Definition
heat
Term
top/o
 Definition
position, place
Term
trache/o
 Definition
trachea
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