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Match the following medical prefixes with their meanings:
an- = without, not anti- = against ana- = against; up; back auto- = self, own
Match the following medical roots with their meanings:
cardi/o = heart arteri/o = artery adren/o = adrenal glands cerebr/o = cerebrum
Match the following medical suffixes with their meanings:
-al = pertaining to -ar = pertaining to -algia = pain -asthenia = weakness, debility
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Study Notes
Medical Terminology
- Prefixes:
- a- means without or not
- ab- means from or away from
- an- means without or not
- ana- means against, up, or back
- anti- means against
- auto- means self or own
- bi- means two
- cata- means down
- contra- means against or opposite
- de- means cessation
- di- means double
- dia- means through or across
- dys- means bad, painful, or difficult
- e- means out or out from
- ec- means out or out from
- ecto- means outside or outward
- ef- means away from
- en- means in or within
- end- means in or within
- endo- means in or within
- epi- means above or upon
- eso- means inward
Body Parts
- abdomin/o refers to the abdomen
- acous/o refers to hearing
- aden/o refers to glands
- adren/o refers to adrenal glands
- aort/o refers to the aorta
- append/o refers to the appendix
- arteri/o refers to arteries
- arthr/o refers to joints
- atr/i refers to the atrium
- audi/o refers to hearing
- aur/o refers to the ear
- ax/o refers to the axis or axon
- bas/o refers to the base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
- balan/o refers to the glans penis
- brachi/o refers to the arm
- bucc/o refers to the cheek
- calc/o refers to calcium
- calcane/o refers to the calcaneum (heel bone)
- cardi/o refers to the heart
- carp/o refers to the carpus (wrist bones)
- caud/o refers to the tail
- cauter/o refers to heat or burn
- cec/o refers to the cecum
- cephal/o refers to the head
- chalic/o refers to limestone
- cheil/o refers to the lip
- chol/e refers to bile or gall
- chondr/o refers to cartilage
- chor/i refers to the chorion
- chrom/o refers to color
- circ/o refers to the circle
- clavicul/o refers to the clavicle (collar bone)
- cochle/o refers to the cochlea
- col/o refers to the colon
- colp/o refers to the vagina
- condyl/o refers to the condyle
- coni/o refers to dust
- conjunctiv/o refers to the conjunctiva
- cor/o refers to the pupil
- core/o refers to the pupil
- corne/o refers to the cornea
- coron/o refers to the heart
- corpor/o refers to the body
- cortic/o refers to the cortex
- cost/o refers to the ribs
- crani/o refers to the cranium (skull)
- crin/o refers to secrete
- cry/o refers to cold
- crypt/o refers to hidden
- culd/o refers to the cul-de-sac
- cutane/o refers to the skin
- cyan/o refers to blue
- cycl/o refers to the ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle
- cyst/o refers to the bladder
- cyt/o refers to the cell
Conditions and Procedures
- -algia refers to pain
- -algia refers to pain
- -asthenia refers to weakness or debility
- -ate refers to having the form of or possessing
- -ation refers to a process
- -blast refers to an embryonic cell
- -cephalic refers to the head
- -cele refers to a hernia or swelling
- -centesis refers to surgical puncture
- -clasia refers to breaking or surgical fracture
- -clasis refers to breaking or surgical fracture
- -clast refers to breaking or surgical fracture
- -cision refers to a cutting
- -clysis refers to irrigation or washing
- -continence refers to holding back
- -cusis refers to hearing
- -dipsia refers to thirst
- -dynia refers to pain
- -ectasis refers to dilation or expansion
- -ectomy refers to excision or removal
- -edema refers to swelling
- -emia refers to a blood condition
- -emesis refers to vomiting
- -esis refers to a condition
- -esthesia refers to feeling
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Description
This quiz covers common medical prefixes, suffixes, and roots used in medical terminology. Learn to decode unfamiliar medical words by recognizing these word parts.
