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Exam 1 (Ch. 1-10)
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Medical
Undergraduate 3
09/20/2010
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
not, without
Term
amphi-, ampho-
 Definition
both, on both sides of, around
Term
ana-, an-
 Definition
up, back, again
Term
anti-, ant-
 Definition
against, opposite
Term
apo-, ap-
 Definition
from, off, away
Term
cata-, cat-
 Definition
down, against, according to, very
Term
dia-, di-
 Definition
through, across, between
Term
ALG-
 Definition
pain
Term
-algesia
 Definition
sense of pain
Term
ARTHR-
 Definition
joint, speech sound, articulation
Term
BI-
 Definition
life
Term
BALL-, BOL-, -BLE
 Definition
to throw, to put
Term
BRADY-
 Definition
slow
Term
CRYPT-
 Definition
hidden
Term
DROM-
 Definition
running, course
Term
GE-
 Definition
earth
Term
HOD-, OD-
 Definition
road, way
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MNE-
 Definition
to remember
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MORPH-
 Definition
form
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ODONT-
 Definition
tooth
Term
PHOR-, PHER-
 Definition
to bear, to go
Term
PLEX-
 Definition
stroke
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PLEG-
 Definition
paralysis
Term
POD-, -PUS
 Definition
foot
Term
PROCT-
 Definition
anus, rectum
Term
STOL-, STAL-, -STLE
 Definition
to send, to contract
Term
STOM-, STOMAT-
 Definition
mouth, opening
Term
TROP-, TREP-
 Definition
to turn, reponse to stimulus
Term
UR-
 Definition
urine, urinary system
Term
URE-
 Definition
to urinate
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad, disordered, difficult
Term
es-, eis-
 Definition
inward, into
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ec-, ex-
 Definition
out, out of, outside
Term
en-, em-, el-
 Definition
in, into, inward
Term
en- + anti-
 Definition
opposite
Term
endo-, ento-, end-, ent-
 Definition
within, inner
Term
epi-, ep-
 Definition
upon, on, to, in addition to
Term
eu-
 Definition
well, good, normal
Term
exo-, ecto-
 Definition
outside, external
Term
BUL-, BOUL-
 Definition
will
Term
CARDI-
 Definition
heart
Term
CEPHAL-
 Definition
head
Term
ENCEPHAL-
 Definition
brain
Term
CHONDR-, CHONDRI-
 Definition
cartilage, granule
Term
DEM-
 Definition
people, country
Term
DERM-, DERMAT-
 Definition
skin
Term
GAM-
 Definition
marriage, union
Term
LECITH-
 Definition
yolk
Term
OPHTHALM-
 Definition
eye
Term
OST-, OSTE-
 Definition
bone
Term
PHYLL-
 Definition
leaf
Term
PHYT-
 Definition
plant, growth
Term
PLAS-, PLAST-
 Definition
to form, to mold
Term
SOM-, SOMAT-
 Definition
body
Term
THEC-, THECA-
 Definition
case, sheath
Term
THERM-
 Definition
heat
Term
TOM-
 Definition
to cut, section
Term
ENTOM-
 Definition
insect
Term
TOP-
 Definition
place
Term
TROPH-
 Definition
nourishment, development
Term
ZO-
 Definition
animal, living being
Term
hyper-
 Definition
over, excessive, more than normal
Term
hypo-, hyp-
 Definition
below, deficient, less than normal
Term
meta-, met-
 Definition
after, change, transfer
Term
para-, par-
 Definition
beside, resembling, disordered, associated
Term
peri-
 Definition
around, near
Term
pro-
 Definition
before, in front of, forward
Term
pros-
 Definition
toward, in addition to, fronting
Term
syn-, sym-, syl-, sy-, sys-
 Definition
with, together
Term
ACOU-, ACU-
 Definition
to hear
Term
AMBLY-
 Definition
dull
Term
ANTH-
 Definition
flower
Term
CHROM-, CHROMAT-, CHRO-
 Definition
color
Term
DACTYL-
 Definition
finger, toe
Term
DE-
 Definition
to bind
Term
DESM-
 Definition
ligament
Term
ENTER-
 Definition
intestine
Term
ERG-
 Definition
work
Term
ESTHE-, AESTHE-
 Definition
to feel, to perceive
Term
GER-, GERONT-
 Definition
old person, old age
Term
GNATH-
 Definition
jaw
Term
GNO-
 Definition
to know
Term
GRAPH-
 Definition
to write
Term
-GRAM
 Definition
thing written
Term
HEPAT-, HEPAR-
 Definition
liver
Term
KINE-, CINE-
 Definition
to move
Term
LEX-
 Definition
to read
Term
MY-, MYS-, MYOS-
 Definition
muscle
Term
NEPHR-
 Definition
kidney
Term
OSM-
 Definition
smell
Term
THE-
 Definition
to put, to place
Term
-al (adj)
 Definition
pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of
Term
-an, -ian (adj)
 Definition
pertaining to, like, one connected with
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-ous, -ious (adj)
 Definition
full of, pertaining to, like
Term
-ic, -tic, -ac (adj)
 Definition
pertaining to, like
Term
-ics, -tics (adj)
 Definition
art, science, or study of
Term
-oid, -ode (adj)
 Definition
like, having the shape of
Term
AMYGDAL-
 Definition
almond, tonsil
Term
ANDR-
 Definition
man, male
Term
ANTHROP-
 Definition
man, human being
Term
CHRON-
 Definition
time
Term
CLAD-
 Definition
branch
Term
DYNAM-, DYN-
 Definition
power
Term
EME-
 Definition
to vomit
Term
GYMN-
 Definition
naked, uncovered
Term
GYN-, GYNE-, GYNEC-, GYNAEC-
 Definition
female
Term
HELIC-, HELIX
 Definition
spiral
Term
HYDR-
 Definition
water, fluid
Term
IATR-
 Definition
physician, medical treatment
Term
MELAN-
 Definition
black, dark
Term
NECR-
 Definition
corpse, dead tissue
Term
OLIG-
 Definition
few, scanty
Term
PED-, PEAD-
 Definition
child
Term
-pedia
 Definition
instruction
Term
PHAG-
 Definition
to eat
Term
PHIL-
 Definition
to love, have an affinity for
Term
POLY-
 Definition
many, much
Term
TARS-
 Definition
instep, edge of the eye
Term
-emia, -hemia
 Definition
condition of the blood, congestion of the blood
Term
-logy
 Definition
science of, systematic study of
Term
-lysis
 Definition
dissolution of or by, surgical division or separation
Term
-mania
 Definition
madness for or about
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease of, treatment of disease of or by
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-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear of
Term
-therapy
 Definition
treatment of or by
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-tomy
 Definition
surgical operation on, surgical cutting of
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal of
Term
-uria
 Definition
condition of the urine
Term
ACR-
 Definition
extremity, summit
Term
AMLY-
 Definition
starch
Term
BAR-
 Definition
weight, pressure
Term
BARY-
 Definition
heavy
Term
BLENN-
 Definition
mucus
Term
CYT-
 Definition
cell
Term
DIPS-
 Definition
thirst
Term
DREPAN-
 Definition
sickle
Term
ERYTHR-
 Definition
red
Term
GLYC-, GLYCOS-
 Definition
sugar, glucose
Term
HIST-, HISTI-
 Definition
tissue
Term
HYSTER-
 Definition
uterus, hysteria
Term
ICHTHY-
 Definition
fish
Term
IRID-, IRIS
 Definition
iris, rainbow
Term
ISCH-
 Definition
to suppress
Term
LAPAR-
 Definition
abdomen, soft part of the body between the ribs and hip
Term
LIP-
 Definition
fat
Term
MAST-, MAZ-
 Definition
breast
Term
PHREN-
 Definition
mind, diaphragm
Term
PY-
 Definition
pus
Term
THANAT-
 Definition
death
Term
-genous, -genic
 Definition
producing, produced
Term
-hedron
 Definition
solid figure having a specified number of faces
Term
-iasis
 Definition
diseased condition, often refers to an infestation by parasites
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring, measure
Term
-metry
 Definition
art of science of measuring
Term
-nomy
 Definition
science of, system of laws governing
Term
-oecious
 Definition
having a house or dwelling
Term
-philous, -philic
 Definition
loving, thriving in, pollinated by the agency of
Term
-plasty
 Definition
formation, plastic surgical operation
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
abnormal flow or discharge of
Term
-stomy
 Definition
the making of a surgical opening
Term
ACANTH-
 Definition
thorn, prickle
Term
AER-
 Definition
air, gas
Term
AUT-
 Definition
self
Term
BLEPHAR-
 Definition
eyelid
Term
CARCIN-
 Definition
cancer
Term
CHEIL-, CHIL-
 Definition
lip
Term
COL-
 Definition
colon
Term
COPR-
 Definition
excrement
Term
CRY-, CRYM-
 Definition
cold, ice
Term
CYST-
 Definition
bladder, cyst, sac
Term
DACRY-
 Definition
tear
Term
GASTR-, GASTER-
 Definition
stomach, belly of a muscle
Term
HELMINTH-
 Definition
worm
Term
HETER-
 Definition
other, different
Term
HYGR-
 Definition
moisture
Term
MEN-
 Definition
moon, menstruation
Term
OT-
 Definition
ear
Term
PSYCH-
 Definition
mind, soul
Term
RHIN-, -RRHIN-
 Definition
nose
Term
TAC-, TAX-
 Definition
to arrange, to put in order
Term
-ter (n)
 Definition
means of, place for
Term
-ist, -ast (n)
 Definition
one who
Term
-te, -t, -tes (n)
 Definition
one who, that which
Term
-ician (n)
 Definition
specialist in, practitioner of
Term
ACTIN-
 Definition
ray
Term
ARGYR-
 Definition
silver
Term
BA-
 Definition
to step, to go, to walk
Term
BROM-
 Definition
stench, bromine
Term
CHOL-, CHOLE-
 Definition
bile, gall
Term
CLAS-
 Definition
to break
Term
CRANI-
 Definition
cranium
Term
CRI-
 Definition
to separate, to distinguish
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CRIN-
 Definition
to secrete
Term
EURY-, EURYS-
 Definition
wide
Term
HEM-, HEMAT-, HAEM-, HAEMAT-
 Definition
blood
Term
HIDRO-, HIDROS-
 Definition
sweat
Term
LITH-, -LITE
 Definition
stone
Term
MYI-
 Definition
fly
Term
OP-, OPT-
 Definition
eye, to see
Term
PROSOP-
 Definition
face
Term
ORTH-
 Definition
straight, correct
Term
PHA-, PHAN-
 Definition
to appear, to show
Term
RHE-, -RRH
 Definition
to flow, current
Term
SCOP-
 Definition
to view
Term
STA-
 Definition
to stand, to stop, to fix, to regulate
Term
STYL-
 Definition
pillar
Term
-ia, -y (n)
 Definition
state of, condition of, quality of
Term
-ism, -ismus (n)
 Definition
condition of, belief in
Term
-sis, -sia, -sy, -se (n)
 Definition
act of, process of
Term
-ma, -m, -me (n)
 Definition
result of the act of
Term
BLEP-
 Definition
to see
Term
COR-, CORE-
 Definition
pupil of the eye
Term
CRA-
 Definition
to mix
Term
CYAN-
 Definition
blue
Term
CYE-
 Definition
to be pregnant
Term
GALACT-, GALA-
 Definition
milk
Term
GEU-
 Definition
to taste
Term
GLOSS-, GLOT-, GLOTT-
 Definition
tongue, language
Term
IDI-
 Definition
one's own, peculiar, distinct
Term
IS-
 Definition
equal, same
Term
LAL-
 Definition
to talk
Term
MEGA-, MEGAL-
 Definition
large, one million
Term
MOGI-
 Definition
difficult
Term
NE-
 Definition
new, new and different form of
Term
ODYN-
 Definition
pain
Term
ONYCH-
 Definition
finger or toenail, claw
Term
PATH-
 Definition
disease, suffering, feeling
Term
PEP-, PEPS-, PEPT-
 Definition
to digest
Term
PSEUD-
 Definition
false
Term
TELE-
 Definition
afar, operating at a distance
Term
-oma (n)
 Definition
tumor arising in or composed of
Term
-osis (n)
 Definition
diseased condition of, act of, process of
Term
-itis (n)
 Definition
infammation of, inflammatory disease of
Term
-in, -ine (n)
 Definition
chemical substance
Term
-ium (n)
 Definition
part, lining or enveloping tissue, region
Term
ADEN-
 Definition
gland
Term
ANGI-
 Definition
vessel
Term
ARACHN-
 Definition
spider
Term
ASTR-, ASTER-
 Definition
star
Term
BLAST-
 Definition
bud, germ, embryonic cell
Term
CHLOR-
 Definition
green, chlorine
Term
COCC-
 Definition
berry-shaped organism
Term
CONI-
 Definition
dust
Term
EO-, EOS-
 Definition
dawn or early age, rosy
Term
LY-
 Definition
to loosen, to dissolve, to break up
Term
MENING-, MENINX-
 Definition
membrane
Term
METR-
 Definition
uterus
Term
MYC-, MYCET-
 Definition
fungus
Term
MYEL-
 Definition
spinal cord, marrow
Term
NEUR-
 Definition
nerve, nervous system, tendon
Term
ORCH-, ORCHI-, ORCHID-
 Definition
testicle
Term
PAN-, PANT-
 Definition
all, complete
Term
PNEUMON-, PNEUM-
 Definition
lung
Term
POLI-
 Definition
gray
Term
THROMB-
 Definition
clot
Term
-us (n)
 Definition
individual, person
Term
-idae, -ida, -id (n)
 Definition
descended from, related to
Term
AGOG-, AGOGUE-
 Definition
inducing the flow of, expelling
Term
ARCH-, ARCHE-
 Definition
ancient, beginning, primitive
Term
AUX-, AUXE-
 Definition
increase
Term
DIDYM-
 Definition
twin, testicle
Term
GYR-
 Definition
circle, ring
Term
HIPP-
 Definition
horse
Term
ISCHI-
 Definition
hip
Term
LEP-
 Definition
to seize
Term
MACR-
 Definition
large, long
Term
MEL-
 Definition
limb
Term
MICR-
 Definition
small, one millionth
Term
NARC-
 Definition
stupor
Term
OMPHAL-
 Definition
navel
Term
PEX-
 Definition
to fasten
Term
PAG-
 Definition
united
Term
PLATY-, PLATYS-
 Definition
broad, flat
Term
SAPR-
 Definition
rotten
Term
SIAL-
 Definition
saliva
Term
STHEN-
 Definition
strength
Term
TACH-, TACHY-
 Definition
swift
Term
UR-
 Definition
tail
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