Medical Terminology Exam 1: Chapter 1-
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List the four different word parts that can be used to make medical terms - --
prefix
-word root
-combining vowel
-suffix
- combining forms - -combination of a word root and combining vowel
- bi/o - -life
- carcin/o - -cancer
- cardi/o - -heart
- chem/o - -chemical
- cis/o - -to cut
- dermat/o - -skin
- enter/o - -small intestine
- gastr/o - -stomach
- gynec/o - -female
- hemat/o - -blood
- immun/o - -protection
- laryng/o - -larynx (voice box)
- nephr/o - -kidney
- neur/o - -nerve
- ophthalm/o - -eye
- ot/o - -ear
- path/o - -disease
,- pulmon/o - -lung
- rhin/o - -nose
- prefix - -beginning of a word
- a- and an- - -without
- anti- - -against
- auto- - -self
- brady- - -slow
- de- - -without
- dys- - -painful; difficult; abnormal
- endo- - -within, inner
- epi- - -above
- eu- - -normal
- ex- - -outward
- extra- - -outside of
- hetero- - -different
- homo- - -same
- hyper- - -excessive
- hypo- - -below, insufficient
- in- - -not; inward
- inter- - -between
- intra- - -within
- macro- - -large
- micro- - -small
,- neo- - -new
- para- - -beside; abnormal; two like parts of a pair
- per- - -through
- peri- - -around
- post- - -after
- pre- - -before
- pro- - -before
- pseudo- - -false
- re- - -again
- retro- - -backward, behind
- sub- - -under
- tachy- - -fast
- trans- - -across
- ultra- - -beyond
- un- - -not
- Number Prefix - -refer to to the number of items or measurement, their
meanings, and examples of their use
- mono- - -one
- bi- - -two
- tri- - -three
- tetra- - -four
- hemi- - -half
- semi- - -partial
, - multi- - -many
- nulli- - -none
- pan- - -all
- poly- - -many
- quadri- - -four
- Suffix - -word ending
- -algia - -pain
- -cele - -protrusion
- -cyte - -cell
- -dynia - -pain
- -ectasis - -dilation
- -gen - -that which produces
- -genic - -producing
- -ia - -condition
- -iasis - -abnormal condition
- -ism - -state of
- -itis - -inflammation
- -logist - -one who studies
- -logy - -study of
- -lytic - -destruction
- -malacia - -abnormal softening
- -megaly - -enlarged
- -oma - -tumor, mass
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List the four different word parts that can be used to make medical terms - --
prefix
-word root
-combining vowel
-suffix
- combining forms - -combination of a word root and combining vowel
- bi/o - -life
- carcin/o - -cancer
- cardi/o - -heart
- chem/o - -chemical
- cis/o - -to cut
- dermat/o - -skin
- enter/o - -small intestine
- gastr/o - -stomach
- gynec/o - -female
- hemat/o - -blood
- immun/o - -protection
- laryng/o - -larynx (voice box)
- nephr/o - -kidney
- neur/o - -nerve
- ophthalm/o - -eye
- ot/o - -ear
- path/o - -disease
,- pulmon/o - -lung
- rhin/o - -nose
- prefix - -beginning of a word
- a- and an- - -without
- anti- - -against
- auto- - -self
- brady- - -slow
- de- - -without
- dys- - -painful; difficult; abnormal
- endo- - -within, inner
- epi- - -above
- eu- - -normal
- ex- - -outward
- extra- - -outside of
- hetero- - -different
- homo- - -same
- hyper- - -excessive
- hypo- - -below, insufficient
- in- - -not; inward
- inter- - -between
- intra- - -within
- macro- - -large
- micro- - -small
,- neo- - -new
- para- - -beside; abnormal; two like parts of a pair
- per- - -through
- peri- - -around
- post- - -after
- pre- - -before
- pro- - -before
- pseudo- - -false
- re- - -again
- retro- - -backward, behind
- sub- - -under
- tachy- - -fast
- trans- - -across
- ultra- - -beyond
- un- - -not
- Number Prefix - -refer to to the number of items or measurement, their
meanings, and examples of their use
- mono- - -one
- bi- - -two
- tri- - -three
- tetra- - -four
- hemi- - -half
- semi- - -partial
, - multi- - -many
- nulli- - -none
- pan- - -all
- poly- - -many
- quadri- - -four
- Suffix - -word ending
- -algia - -pain
- -cele - -protrusion
- -cyte - -cell
- -dynia - -pain
- -ectasis - -dilation
- -gen - -that which produces
- -genic - -producing
- -ia - -condition
- -iasis - -abnormal condition
- -ism - -state of
- -itis - -inflammation
- -logist - -one who studies
- -logy - -study of
- -lytic - -destruction
- -malacia - -abnormal softening
- -megaly - -enlarged
- -oma - -tumor, mass
