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Ch 3 Medical Terminology
U of M Phar1001
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
02/26/2009
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Term
diplo-
 Definition
double
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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semi-
 Definition
partly
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive
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hypo-
 Definition
beneath
Term
multi-, poly-
 Definition
many
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nulli-
 Definition
none
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pan-
 Definition
all
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primi-
 Definition
first
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super-, ultra-
 Definition
excessive
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ab-
 Definition
away from
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ad-
 Definition
toward
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ante-
 Definition
before in time or in place
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pre-
 Definition
before in time or in place
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circum-
 Definition
around
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peri-
 Definition
around
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dia-
 Definition
through
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ecto-
 Definition
out
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ex-
 Definition
without
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exo-
 Definition
away from
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en-
 Definition
inside
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extra-
 Definition
away from
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end-
 Definition
inside
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endo-
 Definition
inside
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epi-
 Definition
above, on
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hypo-
 Definition
beneath, under
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infra-
 Definition
beneath, under
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sub-
 Definition
beneath, under
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inter-
 Definition
between
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intra-
 Definition
within
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meso-
 Definition
middle
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mid-
 Definition
middle
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para-
 Definition
near, beside, or abnormal
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per-
 Definition
through or by
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post-
 Definition
after, behind
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retro-
 Definition
behind, backward
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super-
 Definition
above, beyond
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supra-
 Definition
above, beyond
Term
sym-
 Definition
joined, together
Term
syn-
 Definition
joined, together
Term
trans-
 Definition
across
Term
ante-
 Definition
before
Term
pre-
 Definition
before
Term
pro-
 Definition
before
Term
post-
 Definition
after or behind
Term
macro-
 Definition
large or great
Term
MEGA-
 Definition
large or great
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megalo-
 Definition
large or great
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micro-
 Definition
small
Term
a-
 Definition
no, not, without
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an-
 Definition
no, not, without
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in-
 Definition
not or inside
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
Term
contra-
 Definition
against
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad, difficult
Term
eu-
 Definition
good, normal
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad
Term
pro-
 Definition
favoring, supporting
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
alb/o
 Definition
white
Term
albin/o
 Definition
white
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
chlor/o
 Definition
green
Term
cyan-
 Definition
blue
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black
Term
xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
gen/o
 Definition
beginning, origin (sometimes genes)
Term
-genic
 Definition
produced by or in genes
Term
-genesis
 Definition
producing or forming
Term
gram/o
 Definition
to record
Term
-gram
 Definition
a record
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
Term
kinesi/o
 Definition
movement
Term
-kinesia
 Definition
movement, motion
Term
-kinesis
 Definition
movement, motion
Term
leps/o
 Definition
seizure
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
-lysin
 Definition
that which destroys
Term
-lysis
 Definition
process of destroyingg
Term
-lytic
 Definition
capable of or producing destruction
Term
-malacia
 Definition
abnormal softening
Term
megal/o
 Definition
large, enlarged
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
metr/o
 Definition
measure, or uterine tissue
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument used to measure
Term
-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
Term
phag/o
 Definition
eat, ingest
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-phagic
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-phagy
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
phas/o
 Definition
speech
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
pleg/o
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
schis/o
 Definition
split, cleft
Term
schiz/o
 Definition
split, cleft
Term
schist/o
 Definition
split, cleft
Term
-schisis
 Definition
split, cleft
Term
scler/o
 Definition
hard
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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scop/o
 Definition
to examine, to view
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument used for viewing
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-scopy
 Definition
process of examining visually
Term
troph/o
 Definition
nutrition
Term
-trophic
 Definition
nutrition
Term
-trophy
 Definition
nutrition
Term
aer/o
 Definition
air
Term
blast/o
 Definition
embryonic form
Term
cancer/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
cry/o
 Definition
cold
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
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dips/o
 Definition
thirst
Term
electr/o
 Definition
electricity
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dips/o
 Definition
thirst
Term
fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
Term
hist/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
myc/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
narc/o
 Definition
stupor
Term
necr/o
 Definition
dead
Term
optic/o
 Definition
vision
Term
opt/o
 Definition
vision
Term
pharmac/o
 Definition
drugs, medicine
Term
phon/o
 Definition
voice
Term
phot/o
 Definition
light
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus
Term
therm/o
 Definition
heat
Term
top/o
 Definition
position, place
Term
trache/o
 Definition
trachea
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