Med Term Exam 1

Front 1

a- an-

Back 1

not, without

i.e. amoral

Front 2

amphi- ampho-

Back 2

both, on both sides of, around

i.e. amphibious

Front 3

ana- an-

Back 3

up, back, again

i.e. anatomy

Front 4

anti- ant-

Back 4

against, opposite

i.e antagonist

Front 5

apo- ap-

Back 5

from, off, away

i.e. apostle

Front 6

cata- cat-

Back 6

down, against, according to, very

i.e. catalyst

Front 7

dia- di-

Back 7

through, across, between

i.e. diameter

Front 8

ALG

Back 8

pain

nostalgia

Front 9

ARTHR

Back 9

joint, speech sound, articulation

i.e. arthritis

Front 10

BI

Back 10

life

i.e. biography

Front 11

BALL BOL BLE

Back 11

to throw, to put

i.e. ballistics

Front 12

BRADY

Back 12

slow

i.e. bradycardia

Front 13

CRYPT

Back 13

hidden

i.e. cryptic

Front 14

DROM

Back 14

running, course

i.e. dromedary

Front 15

GE

Back 15

earth

i.e. geography

Front 16

HOD OD

Back 16

road, way

i.e. method

Front 17

MNE

Back 17

to remember

i.e. amnesia

Front 18

MORPH

Back 18

form

i.e. amorphous

Front 19

ODONT

Back 19

tooth

i.e.orthodontist

Front 20

PHOR PHER

Back 20

to bear, to go

i.e. metaphor

Front 21

PLEX PLEG

Back 21

stroke, paralysis

i.e. paraplegia

Front 22

POD PUS

Back 22

foot

i.e. podiatrist

Front 23

PROCT

Back 23

anus, rectum

i.e. proctology

Front 24

STOL STAL STLE

Back 24

to send, to contract

i.e. apostle

Front 25

STOM STOMAT

Back 25

mouth, opening

i.e. stomach

Front 26

TROP TREP

Back 26

to turn, response to stimulus

i.e. tropic

Front 27

UR URE

Back 27

urine, urinary system, to urinate

i.e. urine

Front 28

dys-

Back 28

bad, disordered, difficult

i.e. dysfunction

Front 29

es- eis-

Back 29

inward, into

i.e. esoteric

Front 30

ec- ex-

Back 30

out, out of, outside

i.e. ecstasy

Front 31

en- em- el-

Back 31

in, into, inward

i.e. embryo

Front 32

en-+anti-

Back 32

opposite

i.e. enantiopathic

Front 33

endo- ento- end- ent-

Back 33

within, inner

i.e. endocrine

Front 34

epi-

Back 34

upon, on, to, in addition to

i.e. epidermis

Front 35

eu-

Back 35

well, good, normal

i.e. eulogy

Front 36

exo- ecto-

Back 36

outside, external

i.e. exoskeleton

Front 37

BUL BOUL

Back 37

will

i.e. hyperbulia

Front 38

CARDI

Back 38

heart

i.e. myocardial

Front 39

CEPHAL

Back 39

head, brain

i.e. cephalopod

Front 40

CHONDR, CHONDRI

Back 40

cartilage, granule

i.e. hypochondriac

Front 41

DEM

Back 41

people, country

i.e. demographics

Front 42

DERM DERMAT

Back 42

skin

i.e. epidermis

Front 43

GAM

Back 43

marriage, union

i.e. monogamy

Front 44

LECITH

Back 44

yolk

i.e. lecithin

Front 45

OPHTHALM

Back 45

eye

i.e. opthalmic

Front 46

OST(E)

Back 46

bone

i.e. osteopath

Front 47

PHYLL

Back 47

leaf

i.e. chlorophyl

Front 48

PHYT

Back 48

plant, growth

i.e. neophyte

Front 49

PLAS(T)

Back 49

to form, to mold

i.e. pastic

Front 50

SOM SOMAT

Back 50

body

i.e. acrosome

Front 51

THEC(A)

Back 51

case, sheath

i.e. apothecium

Front 52

THERM

Back 52

heat

i.e. thermal

Front 53

TOM

Back 53

to cut, section

i.e. anatomy

Front 54

TOP

Back 54

place

i.e. topical

Front 55

TROPH

Back 55

nourishment, development

i.e. autotroph

Front 56

ZO

Back 56

animal, living being

i.e. zoo

Front 57

hyper-

Back 57

over, excessive, more than normal

i.e. hypertension

Front 58

hypo-

Back 58

below, deficient, less than normal, somewhat

i.e. hypodermic

Front 59

meta-

Back 59

after, change, transfer

i.e. metabolism

Front 60

para-

Back 60

beside, resembling, disordered, associated

i.e. parasite

Front 61

peri-

Back 61

around, near

i.e. perimeter

Front 62

pro-

Back 62

before, in front of, forward

i.e. program

Front 63

pros-

Back 63

toward, in addition to, fronting

i.e. prosthetic

Front 64

syn- sym- syl- sy- sys-

Back 64

with, together

i.e. synthesis

Front 65

ACOU (ACU)

Back 65

to hear

i.e. acoustic

Front 66

AMBLY

Back 66

dull

i.e. amber

Front 67

ANTH

Back 67

flower

i.e. anther

Front 68

CHROM CHROMAT CHRO

Back 68

color

i.e. monochrome

Front 69

DACTYL

Back 69

finger, toe

i.e. teradactyl

Front 70

DE

DESM

Back 70

to bind

ligament

i.e. abcDEfg

Front 71

ENTER

Back 71

intestine

i.e. anenterous

Front 72

ERG

Back 72

work

i.e. ergonomics

Front 73

ESTHE (AESTHE)

Back 73

to feel to perceive

i.e. aesthetics

Front 74

GER GERONT

Back 74

old person, old age

i.e. geriatrics

Front 75

GNATH

Back 75

jaw

i.e. knaw

Front 76

GNO

Back 76

to know

Front 77

GRAPH

GRAM

Back 77

to write

thing written

Front 78

HEPAT HEPAR

Back 78

liver

Front 79

KINE CINE

Back 79

to move

i.e. kinesiology

Front 80

LEX

Back 80

to read

i.e. leer

Front 81

MY MYS MYOS

Back 81

muscle

i.e. myosin

Front 82

NEPHR

Back 82

kidney

i.e. NEPHR punch

Front 83

OSM

Back 83

smell

i.e. osmell

Front 84

THE

Back 84

to put, to place

Front 85

-al

Back 85

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of

Front 86

-an

Back 86

pertaining to, like, one connected with

Front 87

-our -ious

Back 87

pertaining to, full of, like

Front 88

-ic -tic

Back 88

pertaining to, like

Front 89

-ics -tics

Back 89

art, science, or study of

Front 90

-oid -ode

Back 90

like, having the shape of

Front 91

AMYGDAL

Back 91

almond, tonsil

Front 92

ANDR

Back 92

man, male

Front 93

ANTHROP

Back 93

man, human being

i.e. anthropology

Front 94

CHRON

Back 94

time

i.e. chronologic

Front 95

CLAD

Back 95

branch

i.e. squaaaad

Front 96

DYNAM DYN

Back 96

power

i.e. dynasty

Front 97

EME

Back 97

to vomit

i.e. bulemeic

Front 98

GYMN

Back 98

naked, uncovered

i.e. david, gymnasium

Front 99

GYN(E) GYNEC

Back 99

female

i.e. that pus hole

Front 100

HELIC HELIX

Back 100

spiral

i.e. helicopter

Front 101

HYDR

Back 101

water, fluid

i.e. hydrogen

Front 102

IATR

Back 102

physician, medical treatment

i.e. psychiatry

Front 103

MELAN

Back 103

black, dark

i.e. melanin

Front 104

NECR

Back 104

corpse, dead tissue

i.e. necrophilia

Front 105

OLIG

Back 105

few, scanty

i.e. yo dining dollars, scanty lil bih

Front 106

PED PAED

Back 106

child

i.e. pediatrics

Front 107

PHAG

Back 107

to eat

i.e. gay to eat diiiiiik, david

Front 108

PHIL

Back 108

to love, have an affinity for

i.e. philosophy

Front 109

POLY

Back 109

many, much

i.e. polygamy, my dining dollars

Front 110

TARS

Back 110

instep, edge of the eye

i.e. where my mama put eye drops

Front 111

-emia hemia

Back 111

condition of the blood, congestion of the blood

i.e. anemia

Front 112

-logy

Back 112

science of, systematic study of

i.e. biology

Front 113

-lysis

Back 113

dissolution of or by, surgical division or separation

i.e. hydrolysis

Front 114

-mania

Back 114

madness for or about

i.e. egomania

Front 115

-pathy

Back 115

disease of, treatment of disease of or by

i.e. kathy, osteopathy

Front 116

-phobia

Back 116

abnormal fear of

i.e. aracnophobia

Front 117

-therapy

Back 117

treatment of or by

i.e. psychotherapy

Front 118

-tomy

Back 118

surgical operation on or cutting of

i.e. lobotomy

Front 119

-ectomy

Back 119

surgical removal of

i.e. tonsillectomy

Front 120

-uria

Back 120

condition of the urine

i.e. hematuria

Front 121

ACR

Back 121

extremity, summit

i.e. acropolis

Front 122

AMYL

Back 122

starch

i.e amili, lil wayne, dirty, grease, amylase

Front 123

BAR

BARY

Back 123

weight, pressure

heavy

Front 124

BLENN

Back 124

mucus

i.e. phlem

Front 125

CYT

Back 125

cell

i.e. chromocyte

Front 126

DIPS

Back 126

thirst

i.e. let me dips this cookie in the milk

Front 127

DREPAN

Back 127

sickle

i.e. semicircular shape

Front 128

ERYTHR

Back 128

red

i.e. urethra, flower

Front 129

GLYC GLYCOS

Back 129

sugar, glucose

i.e. glycogen

Front 130

HIST HISTI

Back 130

tissue

Front 131

HYSTER

Back 131

uterus, hysteria

i.e. uglah girl in class

Front 132

ICHTHY

Back 132

fish

i.e. fishthy

Front 133

IRID IRIS

Back 133

iris, rainbow

Front 134

ISCH

Back 134

to suppress

i.e. suppress yo isch in the bathroom

Front 135

LAPAR

Back 135

abdomen

i.e. flapper

Front 136

LIP

Back 136

fat

i.e. lipase, fat lips

Front 137

MAST MAZ

Back 137

breast

i.e. titties rule the world master

Front 138

PHREN

Back 138

mind, diaphragm

i.e. schizophrenia

Front 139

PY

Back 139

pus

i.e. that pus hole

Front 140

THANAT

Back 140

death

i.e. death by LIP PY (fat pus)