CHAPTER 1 PART 1 MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY {LATEST UPGRADE}
anti - ✔✔against
brady - ✔✔slow
dys - ✔✔difficult or painful
endo - ✔✔inside
epi - ✔✔upon,upper, over
hyper - ✔✔more than normal
hypo - ✔✔less than normal
necro - ✔✔death
para - ✔✔near,beside,lower half of the body
poly - ✔✔many
post - ✔✔after
pre - ✔✔before
tachy - ✔✔fast
, ped - ✔✔child
algia - ✔✔pain
ectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of
itis - ✔✔inflammation of
megaly - ✔✔enlarged,large
ologist - ✔✔person who studies
ology - ✔✔study of
opsy - ✔✔to view
oscopy - ✔✔diagnostic examination
ostomy - ✔✔creation of an opening by surgery
otomy - ✔✔cutting into
scope - ✔✔examining instrument
ADL - ✔✔activities of daily living
ad lib - ✔✔freely, as desired
am or AM - ✔✔morning
approx - ✔✔approximately
ASAP - ✔✔as soon as possible
as tol - ✔✔as tolerated
TERMINOLOGY {LATEST UPGRADE}
anti - ✔✔against
brady - ✔✔slow
dys - ✔✔difficult or painful
endo - ✔✔inside
epi - ✔✔upon,upper, over
hyper - ✔✔more than normal
hypo - ✔✔less than normal
necro - ✔✔death
para - ✔✔near,beside,lower half of the body
poly - ✔✔many
post - ✔✔after
pre - ✔✔before
tachy - ✔✔fast
, ped - ✔✔child
algia - ✔✔pain
ectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of
itis - ✔✔inflammation of
megaly - ✔✔enlarged,large
ologist - ✔✔person who studies
ology - ✔✔study of
opsy - ✔✔to view
oscopy - ✔✔diagnostic examination
ostomy - ✔✔creation of an opening by surgery
otomy - ✔✔cutting into
scope - ✔✔examining instrument
ADL - ✔✔activities of daily living
ad lib - ✔✔freely, as desired
am or AM - ✔✔morning
approx - ✔✔approximately
ASAP - ✔✔as soon as possible
as tol - ✔✔as tolerated
