Language Of Med. Terms 1

Front 1

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -ious, -tic

Back 1

pertaining to

Hint 1

cardia, oral, diabetic, venus, surgical.

Front 2

-ia, -ism, -esis

Back 2

condition (abnormal)

Hint 2

alcoholism

Front 3

-centesis

Back 3

puncture (surgical)

Hint 3

thoracocentesis

Front 4

-clasis

Back 4

to break [a bone]

Hint 4

osetoclasis

Front 5

-desis

Back 5

fixation or bind of bone or joint

Hint 5

arthrodesis (fixation of a joint)

Front 6

-ectomy

Back 6

removal

Hint 6

appendectomy

Front 7

-lysis

Back 7

destruction, loosen, seperate

Hint 7

hemolysis, thrombolytic

Front 8

-pexy

Back 8

fixation (of an organ)

Hint 8

gastropexy

Front 9

-plasty

Back 9

surgical repair

Hint 9

rhinoplasty

Front 10

-rrhaphy

Back 10

suture, saw

Hint 10

neurorrhaphy

Front 11

-stomy

Back 11

to form an opening

Hint 11

colostomy

Front 12

-tome

Back 12

instrument to cut

Hint 12

craniotome (scull cutter)

Front 13

-tomy

Back 13

to make an incision

Hint 13

thoractomy

Front 14

-tripsy

Back 14

to crush

Hint 14

lithotripsy (crushing gallstones)

Front 15

-gram

Back 15

medical record

Hint 15

electrocardiogram

Front 16

-graph

Back 16

instrument used for recording

Front 17

-graphy

Back 17

the process of recording

Hint 17

electrocariography

Front 18

-meter

Back 18

instrument used to measure

Hint 18

thermometer

Front 19

-metry

Back 19

the process of measuring

Hint 19

pelvimetry (measuring the pelvis)

Front 20

-scope

Back 20

instrument used to view

Hint 20

endoscope (tube that goes inside body)

Front 21

-scopy

Back 21

process of viewing, examining

Hint 21

endoscopy

Front 22

-algia, dynia

Back 22

pain

Hint 22

neuralgia

Front 23

-cele

Back 23

hernia or swelling (so its inside)

Hint 23

myelocele( swelling inside the bone marrow)

Front 24

-ectasis

Back 24

dilation/expansion

Hint 24

eyes dialate when under inffluence

Front 25

-edema

Back 25

swelling

Hint 25

lymphedema

Front 26

-emesis

Back 26

vomit

Hint 26

hematemesis (vomitting blood)

Front 27

-emia

Back 27

blood condition

Hint 27

leukemia

Front 28

-gen, -genesis

Back 28

to create, formation

Hint 28

osteogenesis

Front 29

-iasis

Back 29

production of an abnormality

Front 30

-itis

Back 30

inflammation

Hint 30

pancreatitis

Front 31

-lith

Back 31

stone

Hint 31

fecalith

Front 32

-malacia

Back 32

softening

Front 33

-megaly

Back 33

enlargement

Front 34

-oma

Back 34

tumer

Front 35

-osis

Back 35

abnormal condition (pertains to blood)

Hint 35

leukocytosis (abnormal blood condition)

Front 36

-pathy

Back 36

disease

Hint 36

cardiopathy

Front 37

-penia

Back 37

decrease/deficiency

Hint 37

leukopenia (white cell count decreases)

Front 38

-phagia

Back 38

eating/swallowing

Hint 38

dysphagia(cant swallow, eat)

Front 39

-phasia

Back 39

speaking

Hint 39

dysphasia (cant speak due to brain lesion)

Front 40

-phobia

Back 40

fear

Front 41

-plasia, -plasm

Back 41

formation/growth

Hint 41

neoplasm ( new growth)

Front 42

-plegia

Back 42

paralysis

Hint 42

quadroplegia

Front 43

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Back 43

bursting forth

Hint 43

hemorrhage (BURST of blood) not hernia =)

Front 44

-rrhea

Back 44

discharge/flow

Hint 44

rhinorrhea (runny nose)

Front 45

-rrhexis

Back 45

rupture

Hint 45

cardiorrhexis

Front 46

-spasm

Back 46

involuntary twitching

Front 47

-stenosis

Back 47

becomes narrow

Hint 47

arteriostenosis (narrowing of arteries)

Front 48

-toxic

Back 48

poison

Front 49

-trophy

Back 49

development/nourishment

Hint 49

atrophy (absence of development)

Front 50

-iatry, iatr/o

Back 50

medicine/treatment

Hint 50

psychiatry

Front 51

-ician, -ist

Back 51

specialist

Front 52

-y

Back 52

condition/process

Front 53

-icle, -ole, -ule

Back 53

small/ minute

Front 54

epi-

Back 54

above, on, upon

Front 55

ante-, pre-, pro-

Back 55

before, in front of

Front 56

hypo-, infra-, sub-

Back 56

below, under, defficient

Front 57

inter-, intera <- i have(intra)

Back 57

between, within

Hint 57

intervertebral

Front 58

post-

Back 58

after, behind

Front 59

retro-

Back 59

backward, behind

Front 60

uni-, mono-

Back 60

one

Front 61

bi-

Back 61

two

Front 62

diplo-, dipl-

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double

Front 63

tri-

Back 63

three

Front 64

tetra-, quadri-

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four

Front 65

primi

Back 65

first

Front 66

multi, poly-

Back 66

many

Front 67

hemi-

Back 67

one half

Front 68

hyper, ultra-, super-, supra-

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extra, excess, too much

Front 69

macro-

Back 69

large

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micro-

Back 70

small, tiny

Front 71

ab-

Back 71

away from

Front 72

ad-

Back 72

toward

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circum-, peri

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around or about

Front 74

dia-, trans-

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through, across

Front 75

ecto-, exo-, extra-

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outside, outward

Front 76

endo-, intra-

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within, inside, in

Front 77

para-

Back 77

beside, near

Front 78

a-, an-

Back 78

without, lack of

Front 79

im-, in-

Back 79

not

Front 80

anti-, contra-

Back 80

against

Front 81

brady-

Back 81

slow

Front 82

dys-, mal-

Back 82

bad

Front 83

eu-

Back 83

good/ normal

Front 84

hetero-

Back 84

different

Front 85

homo-, homeo-

Back 85

same

Front 86

pan-

Back 86

all

Front 87

pseudo-

Back 87

false

Front 88

syn-

Back 88

with, together

Front 89

tachy-

Back 89

fast