Medical Terminology Ch 1

Front 1

-centesis

Back 1

Surgical puncture

Front 2

-clast

Back 2

To break

Front 3

-desis

Back 3

Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

Front 4

-ectomy

Back 4

Excision, removal

Front 5

-lysis

Back 5

Separation, destruction, loosening

Front 6

-pexy

Back 6

Fixation (of an organ), binding

Front 7

-plasty

Back 7

Surgical repair

Front 8

-rrhaphy

Back 8

Suture

Front 9

-stomy

Back 9

Forming an opening (mouth)

Front 10

-tome

Back 10

Instrument to cut

Front 11

-tomy

Back 11

Incision

Front 12

-tripsy

Back 12

Crushing

Front 13

-gram

Back 13

Record, writing

Front 14

-graph

Back 14

Instrument for recording

Front 15

-graphy

Back 15

Process of recording

Front 16

-meter

Back 16

Instrument for measuring

Front 17

-metry

Back 17

Act of measuring

Front 18

-scope

Back 18

Instrument for examining

Front 19

-scopy

Back 19

Visual examination

Front 20

-algia

Back 20

Pain

Front 21

-dynia

Back 21

Pain

Front 22

-cele

Back 22

Hernia, swelling

Front 23

-ectasis

Back 23

Dilation, expansion

Front 24

-edema

Back 24

Swelling

Front 25

-emesis

Back 25

Vomitting

Front 26

-emia

Back 26

Blood condition

Front 27

-iasis

Back 27

Abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

Front 28

-itis

Back 28

Inflammation

Front 29

-lith

Back 29

Stone, calculus

Front 30

-malacia

Back 30

Softening

Front 31

-megaly

Back 31

Enlargement

Front 32

-oma

Back 32

Tumor

Front 33

-osis

Back 33

Abnormal condition

Front 34

-pathy

Back 34

Disease

Front 35

-penia

Back 35

Decrease, deficiency

Front 36

-phobia

Back 36

Fear

Front 37

-plegia

Back 37

Paralysis

Front 38

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Back 38

Bursting (of)

Front 39

-rrhea

Back 39

Discharge, flow

Front 40

-rrhexis

Back 40

Rupture

Front 41

-stenosis

Back 41

Narrowing, stricture

Front 42

-toxic

Back 42

Poison

Front 43

-trophy

Back 43

Nourishment, development

Front 44

A-

Back 44

Without, not

Front 45

An-

Back 45

Without, not

Front 46

Circum-

Back 46

Around

Front 47

Peri-

Back 47

Around

Front 48

Dia-

Back 48

Through, across

Front 49

Trans-

Back 49

Through, across

Front 50

Dipl-, diplo-

Back 50

Double

Front 51

Endo-, intra-

Back 51

In, within

Front 52

Homo-, homeo-

Back 52

Same

Front 53

Hypo-

Back 53

Under, below, deficient

Front 54

Macro-

Back 54

Large

Front 55

Micro-

Back 55

Small

Front 56

Mono-, uni-

Back 56

One

Front 57

Post-

Back 57

After, behind

Front 58

Pro-

Back 58

Before, in front of

Front 59

Primi-

Back 59

First

Front 60

Retro-

Back 60

Backward, behind

Front 61

Super-

Back 61

Upper, above