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Public Safety Training Facility
Monroe Community College
Rochester, New York
MCC Paramedic Program
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A
word unit meaning common usage description
a - without, lacking, not atypical not typical
ab - away from abnormal away from normal
-ac - pertaining to maniac pertaining to mania
acou - hear acoustic relating to hearing
acr(o) - extremity, ends of a part acromegaly enlarged hands and feet
ad - to, toward adduct movement toward body
aden - gland adenopathy gland disease
adip - fat adipose tissue yellow fat under skin
agora - of the market place agoraphopia fear of open or crowded places
-al - pertaining to professional pertaining to the profession
alb - white albino without pigment (white)
-alg - pain cephalgia headache
-algia - pain neuralgia nerve pain
all - different allograft transplant from another person
ambi - both ambidextrous two rights (two good hands)
ana - up, back, again,excessively anadipsia excessive thirst
andr - male androgen causing male-like attributes
angi(o) - blood vessel angiogram recording vessel properties
aniso - different in size anisocoria different sized pupils
ankyl - bent, crooked ankylosing ankylosing spondylitis
ante - before, forward antegrade forward direction or flow
anti - against antivenom works against the venom
arterio - artery arteriostenosis narrowed artery
arthr(o) - joint arthritis inflammed joint
-ase - enzyme Lipase fat-splitting enzyme
asth - short of breath, panting asthma breathing problem
asthenia - weakness myasthenia gravis muscle weakness disease
-ate - use, subject to exfoliate to subject to removal of skin
aud - hear auditory relating to hearing
aur - ear, hear auricle ear-like
aus - hear auscultation to hear or listen
auto - self autoimmune disease immune system attack tissues
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word unit meaning common usage description
baro - pressure barometer pressure meter
bi - two, double bifocals two lenses
bio - life biology the study of life
blast - immature cell leukoblast immature white cell
bleph - eye lid blephitis eye lid inflammation
brachi - arm brachial artery artery of the arm
brachy - short brachydactyly short fingers or toes
brady - slow bradycardia slow heart rate
bronch - tracheal division bronchitis inflammation of air tubes
bucc - cheek buccal administration meds placed in cheek
burs - sac bursitis joint sac inflammation
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word unit meaning common usage description
call - thick skin callous area of thick skin
calca - heel calcaneous heel bone
can - malignant tumor cancer malignant disease
caput - head caput succedaneum head edema from birth
carbia - carbon dioxide hypercarbia excessive carbon dioxide
carc - cancer carcinoma cancerous tumor
card - heart pericarditis inflammed heart sac
cardio - heart cardiopulmonary heart and lungs
carotid - neck artery carotidynia carotid pain
carp - wrist carpal pedal spasm wrist/feet spasm
caus - burn caustic able to burn
caut - burn cauterize procedure of burning
-cele - tumor, hernia vaginocele hernia into the vagina
cent - center central being in the center
cent - 1/100th centimeter 1/100th of a meter
centesis - puncture w/ needle thoracentesis puncture chest with needle
cephal - head cephalothoracic head and chest
cerebro - brain cerebrovascular accident Stroke
cerv - neck cervical relating to the neck
chol(e) - bile cholecyctitis gall bladder inflammation
chondr - cartilage costochondritis rib and cartilage inflammation
chrom - color pheochromocytoma dusky colored cell tumor
chrono - time chronotropic rate influence
cide - killing viricide virus killer
cil - hair-like cillia small hair-like structures
circum - around, about circumscribe draw a circlular pattern
-cle - small particle a small part
cleid - clavicle sternocleidomastoid muscle attaches to clavicle
co - with, together cooperate work together
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col - colon collitis colon inflammation
coll - gelatin, neck colloidal solution gelatin like protein
con - with, together concordance all together
cond - knuckle costocondral rib margin or knuckle
contra - against, opposed contraindicated not indicated
core - pupil anisocoria unequal pupils
cori - skin excoriation removed skin (abrasion)
corp - body corpuscle small body
cost(o) - rib costochondritis rib knuckle inflammation
cryo - cold cryotherapy cold treatment
crypto - hidden cryptococcus hidden bacteria
cubitus - elbow antecubit in front of elbow
-cule - small gradecule small rule
cuss - shake percuss shake through (striking)
cutaneous - skin subcutaneous under skin
-cyte - cell leukocyte white cell
cyan(o) - blue cyanosis condition of being blue
cyc - circle cyclical moves in a circle
cyst(o) - bladder, cyst cystitis sac (bladder) inflammation
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word unit meaning common usage description
de - down, from demented decreased mental capacity
dent - tooth dentist one who works with teeth
derm - skin dermatologist one who studies the skin
dextro - right ambidextrous two rights (two good hands)
di - twice, double, two dissect cut in two sections
dia - through, completely diagnosis to know throughly
dis - apart displace to move apart
dorsi - posterior dorsiflex bend towards back
dromo - running dromotropic speed influencing
duct - lead, guide, tubular path ductus arteriosis a tubular path from an artery
dynia - pain phallodynia pain in the penis
dys - with pain or difficulty dyspnea difficult breathing
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word unit meaning common usage description
ecto - out from, outside ectopic outside normal location
ectomy - surgical removal tonsilectomy surgical removal of tonsils
edem - swelling edematous having swelled
ego - (Gr) goat, (L) self egophony speak like a goat
em - in embedding inserting
emesis - vomit hematemesis vomit blood
-emia - blood anemia too little RBCs
encephal(o) - brain encephalitis brain inflammation
endo - within endotracheal tube within the trachea
enter - intestine gastroenteritis stomach & bowel inflammation
ep(i) - on, upon epinephrine on top of kidney
erythr(o) - red erythrocyte red cell
-esth - sensation paresthesia partial feelings
eti - cause etiology study of the cause
eu - normal euthermic normal temperature
ex - from, out of excoriation to scrape off skin
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word unit meaning common usage description
facil - easy facilitate to make easy
febr - fever febrile to have a fever
fibr - fibers fibrillate fibers twitching
flex - bend flexable bendable
foramen - opening foramen magnum the big opening
fract - break fracture break in bone or solid organ
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word unit meaning common usage description
gastr(o) - stomach gastritis stomach inflammation
gen - become, produce psychogenic mind causing
genic - causing, forming carcinogenic cancer causein
gest - carry, produce gestation to carry or produce young
gloss - tongue glossitis tounge inflammation
gly - glucose hyperglycemia excessive sugar in blood
gluco - glucose glucometer glucose meter
-gnosis - knowledge prognosis to know ahead of time
gon - become, produce glucagon glucose producing
-gram - written, recording cardiogram heart record
-graph - written, recording cardiograph heart record or machine
gyn - women ob/gyn relating to women
gynec - women gynecologist one who studies women
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word unit meaning common usage description
hem(a) - blood hematology study of blood
hemi - half hemiparesis half partial-feelings
hepat(o) - liver hepatitis liver inflammation
heter(o) - different heterogenous different components
histo - tissue histological study of cells
homo - same homogenous same components
hydro - water hydrometer measures water
hygro - moisture hygroscopic moisture absorbing
hyper - over, excessive hyperthermic elevated temperature
hypo - under, deficient hypoglycemia low blood sugar
hyster(o) - womb, uterus hysterectomy removal of uterus
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word unit meaning common usage description
iatr(o) - physician pediatrics baby doctor
ictal - sudden attack, Sx postictal after the attack
icter - jaundice icterus skin yellow skin color
idio - personal, distinct, strange idioventricular strange heart rhythm
in - not inoperable it will not operate
-ine - usually a vasoconstrictor oxymetazoline Afrin
infra - below, after infrascapular below shoulder blade
ingui - groin inguinal hernia groin hernia
ino - fiber inotropic fiber influencer
inter - between interdigital between the fingers
intra - within intraocular inside the eye
ipsi - same ipsilateral on the same side
ism - condition dwarfism condition of being a dwarf
iso - equal isoelectric no electric energy
-itis - inflammation carditis inflammed heart
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word unit meaning common usage description
kinesis - motion hypokinesis diminished movement
kinetic - motion kinetic energy mass*velocity squared over 2
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word unit meaning common usage description
later - side lateral on or twards the side
lact (o) - milk lactate to produce milk
leuk(o) - white leukemia white blood (excessive WBCs)
lev(o) - left levocardia normal heart (on left)
lith(o) - stone fecolith hardened stool
ling - tongue sublingual under the tounge
-lysis - destruction hemolysis blood destroying
lytic - destroying electrolytic destroy with electricity
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word unit meaning common usage description
macro - large macrocyte large cell
mal - bad malodorous bad smell
meatus - external opening urinary meatus opening of urethra
med - middle median middle
mega - large megamorph large shape
megaly - enlarge cardiomegaly enlarged heart
mel - limb melalgia limb pain
melan - black melanocyte pigment producing cell
men - monthly mense menstrual period
mening - lining of brain & spinal cord meningitis CNS inflammation
meta - after, beyond, over, change metamorphosis after the change of shape
meta-analysis examining what's left over
meter - measure barometer pressure meter
micro - small microtome small device to cut
mime - copy, mimic sympathomimetic to mimic the S. nervous system
morb - disease morbid disease-like (bad)
morph - shape morphology the study of shape
mono - one monophasic one direction or phase
myco - fungus mycosis condition of having fungus
myel - spinal cord, marrow myelocyte a cell from the marrow
my(o) - muscle myocarditis heart muscle inflammation
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word unit meaning common usage description
nas(o) - nose nasogastric tube tube inserted in the nose to stomach
neo - new neoplasm new tissue growth (sometimes cancer)
nephr(o) - kidney nephrectomy removal of kidney
neur(o) - nerve neurologist one who studies the nervous system
noct - night nocternal up at night
nomen - name nomenclature formal names
nomin - name
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word unit meaning common usage description
occipit - back of head occipital area boney area on back of head
ocul - eye ocular relating to the eye
odon - tooth periodontist area around the tooth
oid - likeness, resembles carcinoid cancer-like
olig(o) - little oligemic deficient blood
-ology - science of traumatology science of trauma
-olol - generally a beta blocker propranolol drug name
-oma - tumor, swelling hematoma blood tumor (blood bubble)
onc(o) - cancer, tumor oncology study of cancer
oo - egg ookinesis movement of an egg (ovum)
oophor - ovary oophorectomy surgical removal of ovary
ophthal - eye ophthalmologist one who studies the eye
orch - testes orchitis inflammation of the testes
ortho - straight orthopnea can only breath while straight up
-osis - condition of hemachromatosis blood color condition
os - bone, mouth cervical os opening (mouth) of the uterus
oste(o) - bone ostealgia bone pain
-ostomy - created opening collostomy opening in the colon
ot(o) - ear otoscope device to view the ear
ov - egg ovum egg cell
oxia - oxygen hypoxia low oxygen level
oxy - oxygen oxygenator adds oxygen
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word unit meaning common usage description
para - next to, by the side of paramedic next to the doctor
pari - bear offspring multiparity multiple offsprine
parie - wall parietal pleura lining of the chest wall
part - bear postpartum after delivery
path(o) - disease pathology study of disease
ped - child, foot pediatrics child doctor
per - through percuss to shake through (by striking)
peri - around periumbical around the belly button
percuss - strike percussion the act of striking (to make a noise)
penia - deficiency leukopenia deficient WBCs
phago - eat phagocytosis condition of WBCs eating
phall(o) - relating to the penis phallodynia pain in the penis
-phasia - speech aphasia can't talk
pheo - dusky color pheochromocytoma dusky color cell tumor
philia - loves pedophilia abnormal attraction to children
philic - loves hydrophilic loves water
phleb(o) - vein phlebitis vein inflammation
-phobia - fear acrophobia fear of heights
-phono - voice, sound phonogram recording of sound or voice
photo - light photosensitive light intolerent
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phylaxis - protection anaphylaxis without protection
pino - to drink pinocytosis condition of cell drinking
plasia - to form substance (tissue) metaplasia conversion of tissue to an abn. form
plastic - substance (formed tissue) aplastic anemia no cells formed in the blood
-plasty - repair of, tying of rhinoplasty nose surgery (nose job)
-plegia - paralysis, stopping paraplegia both legs paralyzed
pleur(o) - lung cavity membrane pleuritis lung lining inflammation
-pnea - breathing tachypnea fast breathing
pneum(o) - air, lung, breathing pneumothorax air in chest (pleural space)
pod - foot podiatrist one who studies feet
poikelo - varied poikelothermia changes temperature to surroundings
poikelocytosis condition of many shaped cells (blood)
poly - many polysomnolographer one who records many sleep patterns
polyposis formation of many polyps
post - after, behind post ictal after the attack
prand - meal preprandial before eating
-pril - generally an ACEI Lysinopril
pro - before, in front of proerythroblast cell precurser of an RBC
proct - rectum proctologist one who studies the colon/rectum
pseud(o) - false pseudoseizure "non-electric seizures"
psych(o) - mind psychopath mind disease
ptosis - falling down ocularptosis droopy eye lid
pty - spit out hemoptysis spit up blood
pulm(o) - lung pulmonologist one who studies the lungs
pur - pus purulent pus drainage
py(o) - pus pyopurulent pus and bacteria
pyel - renal pelvis pyelogram kidney study
pyr(o) - fever hyperpyrexia very high temp >106
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word unit meaning common usage description
quad - four quadriplegia all 4 limb paralyzed
quar - four quart 1/4 gallon
quat - four quaternary four components
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word unit meaning common usage description
radius - rod
ren - kidney renal
reticulum - network endoplasmic reticulum
retro - backward retrograde backward flow
retrosternal behind the sternal area
rhin(o) - nose rhinorrhea runny nose
-rhythmia - rhythm arrhythmia irregular heart
-rrhea - flowing diarrhea to flow through
-rrhage - excessive flow hemorrhage excessive bleeding
-rrhagia - burst forth menorrhagia excessive period
-rrhaphy - suture repair rhinorrhaphy nose repair
rub - red rubeosis condition of being red
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word unit meaning common usage description
salpin - tube salpingectomy removal of tube
sang - blood exsangunate bleed out
sarco - flesh sarcolemma
scler - hard scleroderma hardening of skin
-scope - instrument to examine stethoscope
-scopy - exam with instrument microscopy
sebum - fat
sect - cut dissect cut in two
semi - half semiconscious
sept - wall septal
sinister - left, bad
sinus - cavity, or cycle
somat(o) - body (from) somatic tremor coming from the body
somn(e) - sleep insomniac person who can't sleep
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sonic - sound supersonic faster than sound
spir - coil spirogram
stasis - standing (stopping) hemostasis blood stopper
stat - stop hemostat "
-static - stopping hemostatic "
stature - height short stature vertically challenged
status - condition health status health condition
steno - narrowing stenosis condition of being narrowed
stern(o) - chest, breastbone sternocleidomastoid muscle that attaches to sternum
stoma - mouth, opening stomatitis inflammation of the mouth
-stomy - surgical opening craniostomy opening into the skull
sub - under, moderate substernal under the sternum (epigastric area)
sulc - groove cerebral sulcus a groove on the brain (normal anatomy)
super - above supersaturated above the saturation limit
supra - above supraventricular above the ventricles
sym - with, together symbiosis the condition of life working together
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word unit meaning common usage description
tachy - fast tachypnea fast breathing
tact - touch tactile
talu - ankle talus
-taxia - order, arrangement of ataxia without coordination
tel - distance telemetry to meter from a distance
thermia - relating temperature hypothermia lower than normal temp
thorac(o) - chest thoracospinal area chest near spine area
thromb(o) - clot thrombosis condition of having a clot
tom - cut microtome small cutting device
-tomy - cutting, incision anatomy (to know) without cutting
toxic - damaging cardiotoxic damaging to the heart
trans - across transthoracic across the chest
tri - three triangle three angles
trich - hair trichtalomania excessively pulling hair
-trophia - nourishment atrophy shrink down
tropic - influence inotropic fiber influencing
tuss - cough antitussive drug cough suppressant
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word unit meaning common usage description
uni - one unicycle
uria - urine hematuria blood in the urine
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word unit meaning common usage description
varic - dilated vein vericose veins
vaso - vessel vasospasm spasm of a vessel
ventr - front, anterior ventrlateral frontal side area
venter - abd, belly
viscer(o) - viscera (Loops of bowel) evisceration to remove loops of bowel
vitro - glass in vitro fertilization test-tube fertilization
vivo - life in vivo studies actual use on live subjects
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word unit meaning common usage description
xen(o) - foreign xenograft animal to human graft
xer(o) - dry xeroform gauze type of waterless dressing
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Zoo - non-human animal zoonotic disease disease from animals
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