Cengage Appendix A (P-Z) Flashcards
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palat/o
A
palate, roof of mouth
2
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palpat/o
A
touch, feel, stroke
3
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pan-
A
all, entire, every
4
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pancreat/o
A
pancreas
5
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papill/o
A
nipple-like, optic disc
6
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para-
A
beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
7
Q
par/o
A
birth
8
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-para
A
to give birth
9
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parathyroid/o
A
parathyroid glands
10
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-paresis
A
partial or incomplete paralysis
11
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-pareunia
A
sexual intercourse
12
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-parous
A
having borne one or more children
13
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paroxysm/o
A
having borne one or more children
14
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-partum
A
childbirth, labor
15
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patell/o
A
patella, kneecap
16
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pedicul/o
A
louse (singular), lice (plural)
17
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pen/i
A
penis
18
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per-
A
completely, through
19
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perine/o
A
perineum
20
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-pexy
A
surgical fixation
21
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phac/o
A
lens of eye
22
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phalang/o
A
phalanges, finger, toe
23
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pharyng/o
A
throat, pharynx
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-phasia
A
to speak or speech
25
phe/o
dusky, gray
26
phor/o
carry, bear, movement
27
phren/o
diaphragm, mind
28
-phylactic
protective, preventive
29
-phylaxis
protection
30
pil/i
hair
31
pineal/o
pineal gland
32
pinn/i
external ear, auricle
33
pituit/o
pituitary gland
34
placent/o
placenta
35
-plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
36
plant/i
sole of foot
37
plant/o
sole of foot
38
-plasm
formative material of cells
39
plasm/o
something molded or formed
40
-plasty
surgical repair
41
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
42
-plegic
one affected with paralysis
43
pne/o
breath, breathing
44
-pnea
breathing
45
pneum/o
lung, air
46
pneumon/o
lung, air
47
-poiesis
to make
48
poli/o
gray matter of brain and spinal cord
49
polyp/o
polyp, small growth
50
poplite/o
back of the knee
51
por/o
pore, small opening
52
-porosis
lessening in density, porous condition
53
port/o
gate, door
54
potent/o
powerful, capable
55
pract/o
practice, pursue an occupation
56
pregn/o
pregnant, full of
57
primi-
first
58
pro-
before, on behalf of, supporting
59
product/o
lean forward, yield, produce
60
pros-
before, forward
61
prosthet/o
addition, appendage
62
prot/o
first
63
pseud/o
false
64
psor/o
itch, itching
65
pub/o
pubis, part of hip bone
66
pulm/o
lung
67
pulsat/o
beat, beating, striking
68
punct/o
hole, prick, puncture
69
pupill/o
pupil (of the eye)
70
pyel/o
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
71
quadr/i
four
72
quadr/o
four
73
radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
74
re-
back, again
75
rect/o
rectum, straight
76
reduct/o
bring back together
77
resuscit/o
to revive
78
retro-
behind, backward, back of
79
rhin/o
nose
80
rhiz/o
root, spinal nerve root
81
-rrhage
abnormal excessive fluid discharge
82
-rrhagia
abnormal excessive fluid discharge
83
-rrhea
flow, discharge
84
rug/o
wrinkle, fold, ruga
85
saliv/o
saliva
86
salping/o
fallopian (uterine) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
87
sarc/o
flesh connective tissue
88
schiz/o
division, to split
89
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
90
-scopy
visual examination
91
secret/o
produce, separate out
92
semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
93
sen/o
old age
94
sept/o
infection, partition
95
sin/o
hollow, sinus
96
sinistr/o
left, left side
97
social/o
companion, fellow being
98
somat/o
body
99
somn/o
sleep
100
son/o
sound
101
-spasm
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
102
spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
103
spher/o
round, sphere, ball
104
spir/o
to breathe, coil
105
splen/o
spleen,
106
staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
107
-stenosis
abnormal narrowinf
108
sten/o
narrowing, contracted
109
stere/o
solid, three-dimensional
110
stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
111
steth/o
chest
112
stigmat/o
point, spot
113
sub-
under, less, below
114
sudor/i
sweat
115
suppress/o
press down
116
supra-
above, upper, excessive
117
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
118
tachy-
fast, rapid
119
tendin/o
tendon
120
thec/o
sheath, case
121
thromb/o
clot, thrombus
122
thyr/o
thyroid gland
123
ton/o
tension, tone, stretching
124
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
125
tox/o
poison, poisonous, toxin
126
trabecul/o
little beam or cross bar, mesh
127
-tropia
to turn
128
-ula
small, little
129
-tripsy
to crush
130
umbilic/o
navel
131
uln/o
ulna (medical lower arm bone)
132
-uresis
urination
133
varic/o
varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein
134
-us
thing, singular noun ending
135
-version
to turn
136
vertebr/o
vertebra, backbone
137
vertig/o
whirling around
138
vesic/o
urinary bladder
139
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
140
vestibule/o
entrance, vestibule (of the inner ear)
141
vir/o
virus, poison
142
viscer/o
viscera, internal organ
143
vit/a
life
144
vitre/o
glassy, vitreous humor (of the eye)
145
vulv/o
vulva, covering
146
xanth/o
yellow
147
xer/o
dry
148
xiph/o
sword-shaped
149
-y
noun ending
150
zoo
(animal) life
151
zo/o
(animal) life
152
zygomat/o
cheek bone
153
xen/o
strange, foreign
154
viscos/o
sticky, thickness
155
vis/o
seeing, sight, vision
156
viril/o
masculine, manly
157
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber
158
vers/o
turn, travel
159
valvul/o
valve
160
ven/o
vein
161
vag/o
vagus nerve, wandering
162
uter/o
uterus
163
vas/o
VAS deferens, blood vessel
164
valv/o
valve
165
ventilat/o
expose to air, oxygenate
166
vagin/o
vagina
167
urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
168
uve/o
iris, choroid, ciliary body (of the eye)
169
vaccin/o
vaccine
170
ventr/o
in front, abdomen side of body
171
-verse
to turn
172
vert/o
turn, travel
173
-uria
urination, urine
174
uterer/o
uterer
175
-ule
small one
176
ultra-
beyond, excess
177
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
178
-um
singular noun ending
179
ungu/o
nail
180
un-
not
181
urethr/o
urethra
182
urin/o
urine or urinary organs
183
uni-
one
184
tub/o
tube, pipe
185
-type
classification, picture
186
tuberculosis/o
little knot, swelling, tuberculosis
187
-thymia
a state of mind
188
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
189
tri-
three
190
-trophy
development, nourishment
191
troph/o
development, nourishment
192
trich/o
hair
193
traumat/o
injury
194
trans-
across, through
195
tranquil/o
quiet, calm, tranquil
196
-tropin
to stimulate, act on
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tremul/o
fine tremor, shaking
198
tuss/o
cough
199
trop/o
to turn, change
200
tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
201
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
202
-tion
process, state or quality of
203
-tocin
labor, birth
204
tom/o
cut, section, slice
205
toc/o
labor, birth
206
toxic/o
poison, poisonous, toxin
207
tort/i
twisted
208
tonsill/o
tonsil, throat
209
-tomy
process of cutting
210
-tic
pertaining to
211
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
212
thorac/o
chest, thorax
213
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
214
thym/o
thymus glamd
215
therapeut/o
treatment
216
therm/o
heat
217
thanat/o
death
218
thalam/o
thalamus
219
test/o
testicle, testis
220
test/i
testicle, testis
221
tetra-
four
222
termin/o
end, limit
223
tens/o
stretch out, expand, tension
224
systol/o
contraction, contracting
225
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off, faint
226
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple (on head)
227
tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
228
synovi/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
229
tele/o
distant, distance
230
system/o
body system, body as a whole
231
tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone), tarsal plate (on the edge of the eyelid)
232
techn/o
skill
233
syn-
together, with, union, association
234
tax/o
coordination, order
235
ten/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
236
suppur/o
to form pus
237
sym-
with, together, joined together
238
symptomat/o
falling together, symptoms(s)
239
-surgery
operative procedure
240
supinat/o
bent backward, lying on the back
241
sud/o
sweat
242
super-
above, excessive, higher than
243
-stomy
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
244
stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
245
sucr/o
sugar
246
stom/o
mouth, oral cavity
247
styl/o
pen, pointed instrument, stake
248
strept/o
twisted chain, curved
249
-stomosis
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
250
stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
251
-sthenia
strength
252
-stasis
control, maintenance of a constant level
253
-static
control, maintenance of a constant level
254
steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
255
staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
256
-stalsis
contraction, constriction
257
squam/o
scale, scale-like cell
258
spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
259
spin/o
spine, backbone
260
sphygm/o
pulse
261
sphincter/o
tight band, sphincter
262
sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped
263
sperm/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
264
spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
265
-sol
solution
266
sit/u
place
267
-sis
abnormal condition, disease
268
sinus/o
sinus
269
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
270
ser/o
serum
271
sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
272
sens/o
feeling, sensation
273
semi-
half
274
sect/o
cut, cutting
275
seb/o
sebum
276
scrot/o
bag or pouch, scrotum
277
script/o
write
278
-scope
instrument for visual examination
279
scoli/o
curved, bent
280
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
281
scler/o
sclera (white of the eye), hard
282
saphen/o
clear, apparent, manifest
283
-salpinx
fallopian (uterine) tube
284
sacr/o
sacrum
285
sacchar/o
sugar
286
-rrhexis
rupture
287
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
288
rhytid/o
wrinkle
289
rhythm/o
rhythm
290
rheumat/o
watery flow, subject to flow
291
rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
292
retinol/o
retina (of the eye), net
293
reticul/o
network
294
retent/o
hold back
295
ren/o
kidney
296
remiss/o
give up, send back, relax
297
refract/o
bend back, turn aside
298
recept/o
receive, receiver
299
radicul/o
nerve root
300
pyret/o
fever, fire
301
pyr/o
fever, fire
302
py/o
pus
303
purul/o
pus, pus-filled
304
pulmon/o
lung
305
-ptysis
spitting, coughing up
306
-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse, fall
307
psych/o
mind
308
prurit/o
itching
309
proxim/o
near
310
prostat/o
prostate gland
311
pronat/o
bent forward, face down
312
proct/o
anus and rectum
313
presby/o
old age
314
pre-
before, in front of
315
poster/o
behind, toward the back
316
post-
after, behind
317
poly-
many
318
pod/o
foot
319
pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
320
-plastic
pertaining to formation
321
plak/o
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
322
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
323
pil/o
hair
324
pigment/o
pigment, color
325
-physis
to grow
326
physi/o
nature, physical
327
phot/o
light
328
-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
329
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
330
phon/o
sound, voice
331
-phobia
abnorma fear
332
phleb/o
vein
333
phil/o
attraction to, like, love
334
-philia
attraction to, like, love
335
-pheresis
removal
336
phas/o
speech
337
pharmaceut/o
drug
338
pharmac/o
drug
339
phall/i
penis
340
-phagia
eating, swallowing
341
-phage
a cell that destroys, eat, swallow
342
phag/o
eat, swallow
343
phak/o
lens of eye
344
perone/o
fibula
345
perme/o
to pass or go through
346
peritone/o
peritoneum
347
peri-
surrounding, around
348
percuss/o
strike, tap, beat
349
pept/o
to digest, digestion
350
-pepsia
to digest, digestion
351
-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
352
peni/o
penis
353
pelv/o
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
354
pelv/i
pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip
355
ped/o
child, foot
356
pector/o
chest
357
-pause
stopping
358
-pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
359
path/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
360
par-
beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of
361
palpit/o
throbbing, quivering
