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8/10/2019 Paramed Notes

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A

a- an- absence, lack of

ab- deviating from normal

-able capable

-ac

referringacou- hearing

ac- acro- extreme or extremity

ad- to, toward

aden- adeno- gland

adren- toward the kidney

aero- air

af- towards

agon- contest

alb- white

-algia pain in a certain part

aliment- nourish

allel-

of one another

amphi-

on both sides, of both kindsana-

apart, up, again

anastomos-

come together

aneurysm- a widening

angi- vessel

angin- choked

ant- anti-

opposed to, preventing, inhibiting

ante- preceding, before

aort-

great artery

-aps apsi

juncture

ap- api- tip, extremity

append- hang to

aqua- aque-

water

arbor-

treeareola-

open space

arrect-

upright


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arthr- arthro-

joint

artic-

joint

-ary

associated with, relating to

-asthen weakness

atri-

vestibuleauscult- listen

aut- auto- self

ax- axi- axo- axis, axle

azyg-

unpaired


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B

baro- pressure

basal base

bi-

two

bili-

bilebio-

life

blast-

bud, germ


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brachi-

arm

brady-

slow

brev-

short

broncho- bronchus

-bryo

swollenbucco- cheek


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C

calor- heat

capill- hair

caput- head

carcin-

cancer

cardi- cardio- heart

carneo-

flesh

carot-

stupor

cata- down

caud- tail

cec-

blind

cele-

abdominalcephal-

head

cerebro-

brain, esp. cerebrum


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cervic- cervix

neck

chiasm-

crossing

chole-

bile

chondr- cartilage

chrom-

colored-cide destroy, kill

cili- small haired

-cipit head

circum-

around

-clast

break

clavic- key

co- con-

together

coccy- cuckoo

cochlea snail shell

coel- hollow

commis-

united

concha shell

contra-

againstcorn- cornu- horn

corona crown

corp- body

cort- bark, outer layer

cost- rib

crani- skull

-crine separate

crypt- hidden

cusp- pointed

cutic- skin

cyan- blue

cyst- sac, bladder

cyt-

cell


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D

de- undoing, loss, removal, reversal

decid- falling off

delta-

triangular

den- dent-

toothdendr-

branch

derm-

skin

desm- bond

di- twice, double

dia- through, between

dialys-

separate, break apart

diastol- stand apart

-dips

thirst, dry

diure-

urinate

dors- the back

duc- duct lead, draw

dura-

hard

dys-

difficulty, faulty, painful


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E

ec- ex- ecto- out, outside, away from

-ectomy cutting out, surgical removal

ectop- displaced

edem- swelling

ef- away

ejac- to shoot forth

-ell -elle small

embol- wedge

-emia condition of the blood

en- em- in, inside

enceph-

brain

endo-

within, innerentero-

intestine

epi-

over, above

erythr- red

eso- within

-esthesi sensation

eu-

well

excret- separate

exo-

outside, outer layer

extra-

outside, outer layer

extrins- from the outside


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F

fasc- fascia-

bundle, band


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fenestr-

window

-ferent

carry

ferr-

iron

flagell- whip

flat-

blow, blownfolli- bag, bellows

fontan- fountain

foram- opening

-form -forma

shape

foss-

ditch

-fuge driving out


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G

gam- gamet-

married, spouse

gangli-

swelling

gastr- stomach

-gen an agent that initiates

gene

beginning, origins

germin-

growgero- geront-

old

gest-

carried


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glauc-

grey

-glea -glia

glue

glom-

ball

glosso- tongue

gluco- glyco-

glucoseglute- buttock

gnost- knowing

gompho- nail

gon- gono-

seed, offspring

-gram

data that is systematically recorded, a record

-graph an instrument to record data

gust-

taste


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H

hapt-

fasten, grasp

hema- hemato-

hemo-

blood

hemi- half

hepat- liver

hetero-

different, other

hiat- gap

hippo-

horse

hirsut-

hairy

hist- tissue

holo- whole

hom- homo-

same

hormon-

to excitehumor-

a fluid

hyal-

clear


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hydr- hydro-

water

hyper-

excess

hypno-

sleep

hypo- below, deficient

hyster- hystero-

uterus, womb


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I

-ia condition

-iatrics medical speciality

ile- intestine

im- not

inter- between

intercal-

insert

intra-

within, inside-ism

condition

iso-

equal, the same

-itis inflammation


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J

jugul-

throatjuxta- near, close to


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K

karyo-

kernelkera-

horn

kilo-

thousand

kin- kines- move


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L

labi- labri-

liplact-

milk

lacun-

space, cavity


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lamell-

small plate

lamina

layer, sheet

lat-

wide

laten- hidden

later-

sideleauko- white

-lemma sheath, husk

leva- raise, elevate

lingua-

tongue

lip- lipo-

fat

lith- stone

luci-

clear

lumen light

lut- yellow

lymph water

-lysis

loosening, breakdown


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M

macro-

large

macula spot

magn-

large

mal-

bad, abnormal

-malacia soft

mamm- breast

-mania

obsession

mast-

breastmater

mother

meat-

passage


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medi-

middle

medull-

marrow

mega-

large

meio- less

melan-

blackmen- menstru- month

meningo- membrane

mer- mero- a part

meso-

middle

meta-

beyond, between, transition

metro- uterus

micro-

small

mictur- urinate

mito- thread, filament

mnem- memory

mono-

single

morpho- form

multi-

manymur- wall

muta- change

myelo- spinal cord, marrow

myo- muscle


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N

nano-

dwarf

narco-

numbness-nata

birth

natri-

sodium

necro- death

neo- new

nephro- kidney

neuro-

nerve

noci- harmful

nom-

name

-nom

govern

noto- back

nucle- pit, kernel

nutri-

feed, nourish


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O

ob- before

oculo- eye

odonto- teeth

-odyn pain

-oid like, resembling

olfact- smell

oligo- few

-oma

tumor

onco-

a massoo-

egg

ophthalmo-

eye

-opia defect of the eye

orb- circular

orchi- testis

org-

living

ortho- straight, direct

-ory

referring to

osm-

smell

osmo- pushing

osteo- bone

oto-

ear

ov- ovi-

eggoxy-

oxygen


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P

pan- all, universal

papill- nipple

para-

beside, near-pathy disease

pect- pectus breast

pelv- a basin

peni- a tail

penna- feather

pent- five

pep- peps-

pept-

digest

peri- around

phago- eat

-phasia speech

phenol-

show, appear

-phil -philo

like, lovephleb-

vein

-phobia

fear

-phragm partition

-phylax guard, preserve

pia tender

pili

hair

pin- pino- drink

-plas

grow

-plasm

form, shape

-plasty reconstruction of

platy- flat, broad

-plegia

paralysis

pleur-

side, ribplex- plexus

net, network

pneumo-

air


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pod-

foot

poly-

multiple

post-

after, behind

pre- pro- before, ahead of

procto-

rectum, anuspron- bent forward

propri- ones own

pseudo- false

psycho-

mind, psyche

ptos-

fall

pub- of the pubis

pulmo-

lung

pyo- pus

pyro- fire


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Q

quad- quadr-

four sided


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R

re- back, again

rect-

straight

ren- kidney

retin retic-

net, network

retro-

backward, behind

rheum- watery flow, change, flux

rhin- rhino- nose

-rrhea

flow, discharge

ruga-

fold, wrinkle


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S

sagitt- arrow

salta-

leap

sanguin-

bloodsarco-

flesh

saphen-

visible, clear

sclero- hard

-scope instrument used for examination

seb- grease

semen

seed

semi- half

sens-

feeling

septi-

rotten

septum fence

sero- serum

serrat-

saw

sin- sino-

a hollowsoma-

body

-some

body


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somn-

sleep

-sorb

suck in

sphin-

squeeze

splanchn- organ

spondyl-

vertebrasquam- scale, flat

-stalsis compression

-stasis arrest, fixation

steno-

narrow

-stitia

come to stand

-stomy establishment of an artificial opening

strat-

layer

stria- furrow, streak

stroma spread out

sub- beneath

sucr-

sweet

sudor- sweat

super-

above, uponsupra- above, upon

sym- syn- together

synerg- work together

systole- contraction


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T

tachy- rapid

tact- touch

-tegm cover

telo- the end

templ- tempo- time

tens- stretched

terti- third

tetan- rigid

therm-

heat

thromb-

clotthyro-

a shield

tissu-

woven

-tomy to cut

tono- tension

tox- poison

trab-

beam

trans- across, through

trapez-

table

tri-

three

trop- turn, change

troph- nourish

-trud

thrust

tuber-

swellingtunic-

covering

-ty

condition of, state


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tympan-

drum


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U

ultra- beyond

-uria urine


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V

vacc- cow

vagin- a sheath

vagus

wanderer

valen-

strengthventer ventr-

abdomen, belly

vent-

wind


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vert-

turn

vestibul-

a porch

vibr-

shake, quiver

villus shaggy hair

viscero-

organ, visceraviscos- sticky

vita- life

vitre- glass

viv-

live

vulv-

a covering


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Z

zyg- a yoke, twin

-zyme ferment


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