Ch 1 ALL Basic Word Structure Flashcards by Kaitie Evers

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-itis

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inflammation

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hepat

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liver

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ilium

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part of the hip bone

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ileum

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part of the small intestine

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hemat

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blood

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electr

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electricity

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cardi

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heart

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-gram

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record

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gastr

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stomach

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enter

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intestines

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aden

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gland

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arthr

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joint

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bi

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life

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carcin

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cancerous/cancer

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cephal

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head

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cerebr

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cerebrum

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cis

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to cut

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crin

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to secrete (to form and to give off)

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cyst

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urinary bladder

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cyt

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cell

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derm

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skin

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dermat

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skin

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encephal

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brain

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erythr

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red

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glyc

sugar

gnos

knowledge

gynec

women/female

hem/o/a

blood

iatr

treatment/physician

leuk

white

log

study of

nephr

kidney

neur

nerve

onc

tumor

ophthalm

eye

oste

bone

path

disease

ped

child

psych

mind

radi

x-rays

ren

kidney

rhin

nose

sarc

flesh

sect

to cut

thromb

clot/clotting

ur

urinary tract, urine

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ic, ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-logy

process of study

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood)

-pathy

disease, condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining

-sis

state of; condidtion

-tomy

process of cutting, incision

-y

process, condition

a-, an-

not, not, without

aut-, auto-

self, own

dia-

complete, through

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon

ex-, exo-

out, outside of, outward

hyper-

excessive, above, more than normal

hypo-

deficient, below, under, less than normal

in-

into, in

peri-

surrounding, around

pro-

before, forward

re-

back, backward, again

retro-

behind

sub-

below, under

trans-

across, through

-ism

process or condition

-um

a structure