Medical Terminology Card

Front 1

Acro-

Back 1

Extremities, extremes

example: acromegaly

(Acro-+-megaly)

Hint 1

Enlargement of the extremities, jaw, nose, and forehead due to overproduction of growth hormone.

Front 2

A-

Back 2

No, not, without, lack of

Example: agranulocyte

(Cell without granules)

(A- + granul/o + -cute)

Hint 2

A white blood cell, suck as monocytes or lymphocyte, that has no granules in its cytoplasm.

Front 3

Ab-

As-

Back 3

Away from

Example: abduction

(Process of carrying away from)

(Ab- + duct/o + -ion)

Hint 3

Movement of limb away from the body.

Front 4

Ad-

Back 4

Toward

Example: addiction

(Process of carrying toward)

(Ad- + duct/o + -ion)

Hint 4

Movement of the limb toward the median axis of the body

Front 5

Allo-

Back 5

Other, different

Example: Alloplasty

(Different surgical repair)

(Allo- + -plasty)

Hint 5

Plastic surgery in which materials foreign to the human body are implanted.

Front 6

Amphi-

Back 6

Both, around or about; double

Example: amphiarthrosis

(Condition of both joints)

(Amphi- + Arthur/o + -sis)

Hint 6

Joints joined together by cartilage that are slightly movable, such as the vertebrae of the spine or the public bones.

Front 7

An-

Back 7

No, not, without

Example: anencephaly

(Condition of no brain)

(An- + encephal/o + -y)

Hint 7

Congenital absence of major portion of the brain.