Related Essays

  • Importance Of Medical Terminology

    There are several parts to learning medical terminology. One part is to consider and analyze words by breaking them down into a prefix, a root, and a suffix....

  • Dysphasia Definition

    Medical terminology is crucial because some words sound exactly the same so a prefix or suffix off and it changes everything. A couple ones that can get conf...

  • Medical Terminology

    When working in the medical field, learning and using medical terminology is essential to navigating through the vast ever-advancing medical world. Every occ...

  • Greek Medical Terms

    In conclusion, the development of medical terms had advanced over the many years due to the advancement in technology. To this day Greek and Latin roots stil...

  • Recognizing Medical Terminology

    To decode a medical term, you start with the suffix because it identifies the problem for the patient the disease, disorder or condition, as in why the patie...

  • The Importance Of Fluency In Medical Terminology

    Medical terminology is the standardized means of communication within the healthcare industry. The importance of fluency in medical terminology, which applie...

  • Prefix In Medical Terminology

    When identifying medical words, one will learn to distinguish and select the right component parts for the meaning of the word. Correct spelling is very im...

  • Interprofessional Collaboration Research Paper

    The pathologist and gastroenterologist have made each other aware of avoiding those terms in order to understand one another and avoid

  • Clinical Terminology Research Paper

    I will examine types of clinical terminology, classification, and a code system. My goal is to compare and contrast their general characteristics, purpose, u...

  • What Is Medical Terminology

    Medical Terminology is very important to learn and understand. It is used to describe symptoms, diagnoses, test, and even special equipment needed for a pati...

  • Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/133

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

133 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

amphi-, ampho-

prefix


On both sides, around, both

Ana-

Prefix


Up, back, against

Apo-

Prefix


Away from

cata-

Prefix


Downward, disordered

-al

adjective forming suffix


pertaining to, located in

-ase

noun forming suffix


forms names of enzymes

-asia, -asis

abstract noun forming suffix


state, condition

-ema

abstract noun forming suffix


state, condition


(nouns ending with -ema = -emat)

-esis

abstract noun forming suffix


state, condition, procedure

-etic

adjective forming suffix


pertaining to

-ics, -tics

noun forming suffix


form nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of

-ism

abstract noun forming suffix


state, condition, quality

-ismus

abstract noun forming suffix


state, condition, muscular

-oid, -ode, -id

noun & adjective forming suffix


indicates a particular shape, form, or resemblance

dia-

prefix


through, across, apart

-oma

abstract noun forming suffix


tumor (sometimes disease)

-ose

adjective forming suffix


forms names of chemical substances


full of, resembling

-ous

adjective forming suffix


pertaining to, characterized by, full of

-tics

noun forming suffix


science or study of

-us

noun forming suffix


condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

eso-

prefix


within, inner, inward

eu-

prefix


good, normal, healthy

heter-, hetero-

prefix


different, other, relationship to another

homo-, homeo-

prefix


same, likeness

meta-

prefix


change, transformation, after, behind

para-

prefix


alongside, around

pro-

prefix


before

pros-, prosth-

prefix


in place of

-ize

verb-forming suffix


to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in

acr-

combining form


extremities (particularly the hands and feet)

ambly-

combining form


dull, faint

carcin-

combining form


carcinoma, cancer

-cel*

combining form


hernia, tumor, swelling


*-kel is an alternate

cheir-, chir-

combining form


hand

chol(e)-

combining form


bile, gall

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

cyst(i)-, -cystis

combining form


bladder, cyst

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

cyst(i)-, -cystis

combining form


bladder, cyst

diplo-

combining form


double, twin

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

cyst(i)-, -cystis

combining form


bladder, cyst

diplo-

combining form


double, twin

enter-

combining form


(small) intestine

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

cyst(i)-, -cystis

combining form


bladder, cyst

diplo-

combining form


double, twin

enter-

combining form


(small) intestine

erg-

combining form


action, work

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

cyst(i)-, -cystis

combining form


bladder, cyst

diplo-

combining form


double, twin

enter-

combining form


(small) intestine

erg-

combining form


action, work

gastr-

combining form


stomach

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

cyst(i)-, -cystis

combining form


bladder, cyst

diplo-

combining form


double, twin

enter-

combining form


(small) intestine

erg-

combining form


action, work

gastr-

combining form


stomach

hem-, hemat-, -em-

combining form


blood

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

cyst(i)-, -cystis

combining form


bladder, cyst

diplo-

combining form


double, twin

enter-

combining form


(small) intestine

erg-

combining form


action, work

gastr-

combining form


stomach

hem-, hemat-, -em-

combining form


blood

hepar-, hepat-

combining form


liver

col(i)-, colon-

combining form


colon

cyan-

combining form


blue

cyst(i)-, -cystis

combining form


bladder, cyst

diplo-

combining form


double, twin

enter-

combining form


(small) intestine

erg-

combining form


action, work

gastr-

combining form


stomach

hem-, hemat-, -em-

combining form


blood

hepar-, hepat-

combining form


liver

lip-

combining form


fat

macr-

combining form


(abnormally) large or long

mega-, megal-

combining form


(abnormally) large or long

melan-

combining form


dark, black

melan-

combining form


dark, black

micr-

combining form


(abnormally) small

melan-

combining form


dark, black

micr-

combining form


(abnormally) small

nyct-

combining form


night

melan-

combining form


dark, black

micr-

combining form


(abnormally) small

nyct-

combining form


night

odyn-

combining form


pain

melan-

combining form


dark, black

micr-

combining form


(abnormally) small

nyct-

combining form


night

odyn-

combining form


pain

onc-

combining form


tumor

melan-

combining form


dark, black

micr-

combining form


(abnormally) small

nyct-

combining form


night

odyn-

combining form


pain

onc-

combining form


tumor

pachy-

combining form


thick

melan-

combining form


dark, black

micr-

combining form


(abnormally) small

nyct-

combining form


night

odyn-

combining form


pain

onc-

combining form


tumor

pachy-

combining form


thick

pseud-

combining form


false

melan-

combining form


dark, black

micr-

combining form


(abnormally) small

nyct-

combining form


night

odyn-

combining form


pain

onc-

combining form


tumor

pachy-

combining form


thick

pseud-

combining form


false

py-

combining form


pus

sarc-

combining form


flesh, soft tissue

sarc-

combining form


flesh, soft tissue

spasm-

combining form


spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

splen-

combining form


spleen

stom-, stomat-

combining form


mouth, opening