Language of Medicine -Ch 21 -Review Sheet

Anti-

against

Contra-

against; opposite

Aer/o

air

Bronch/o

bronchial tube

Pharmac/o

drug

Chem/o

drug; chemical

Pyret/o

fever

-in

in; into; not

Enter/o

intestines (usually small intestine)

Prurit/o

itching

Vit/o

life

Cras/o

mixture; temperament

Or/o

mouth

Myc/o

muscle

Esthes/o

nervous sensation (feeling)

-amine

nitrogen compound

Narc/o

numbness; stupor; sleep

Par-

other than; abnormal

Iatr/o

physician; treatment

Tox/o

poison

Toxic/o

poison

-genic

produced by or in

-phylaxis

protection

Alges/o

sensitivity to pain

Thec/o

sheath

Cutane/o

skin

Derm/o

skin

Hypn/o

sleep

-sol

solution

Hist/o

tissue

-dote

to give

Syn-

together; with

Lingu/o

tongue

Ana-

up; apart; backward; again, anew

Ven/o

vein

Vas/o

vessel; duct; vas deferens

Erg/o

work