Ch. 1 Basic Word Structure Flashcards
(84 cards)
1
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
2
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Bi/o
A
Life
3
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Carcin/o
A
Cancerous, cancer
4
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
5
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
6
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Cerebr/o
A
Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
7
Q
Cis/o
A
To cut
8
Q
Crin/o
A
To secrete (to form and give off)
9
Q
Cyst/o
A
Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
10
Q
Cyt/o
A
Cell
11
Q
Derm/o
A
Skin
12
Q
Electr/o
A
Electricity
13
Q
Dermat/o
A
Skin
14
Q
Encephal/o
A
Brain
15
Q
Enter/o
A
Intestines (usually the small intestine)
16
Q
Erythr/o
A
Red
17
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Gastr/o
A
Stomach
18
Q
Glyc/o
A
Sugar
19
Q
Gnos/o
A
Knowledge
20
Q
Gynec/o
A
Woman, female
21
Q
Hemat/o
A
Blood
22
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Hem/o
A
Blood
23
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
24
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Iatr/o
A
Treatment, physician
25
Leuk/o
White
26
Log/o
Study of
27
Nephr/o
Kidney
28
Neur/o
Nerve
29
Onc/o
Tumor
30
Ophthalm/o
Eye
31
Oste/o
Bone
32
Path/o
Disease
33
Ped/o
Child
34
Psych/o
Mind
35
Radi/o
X-Rays
36
Ren/o
Kidney
37
Rhin/o
Nose
38
Sarc/o
Flesh
39
Sect/o
To cut
40
Thromb/o
Clot, clotting
41
Ur/o
Urinary tract, urine
42
-ac
Pertaining to
43
-al
Pertaining to
44
-algia
Pain
45
-cyte
Cell
46
-ectomy
Excision, removal
47
-emia
Blood condition
48
-genic
Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
49
-globin
Protein
50
-gram
Record
51
-ic
Pertaining to
52
-ical
Pertaining to
53
-ion
Process
54
-ist
Specialist
55
-itis
Inflammation
56
-logy
Process of study
57
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
58
-opsy
Process of viewing
59
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
60
-pathy
Disease condition
61
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
62
-scopy
Process of visually examining
63
-sis
State of; condition
64
-tomy
Process of cutting, incision
65
-y
Process, condition
66
A-
No, not, without
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An-
No, not, without
68
Aut-
Self, own
69
Auto-
Self, own
70
Dia-
Complete, through
71
Endo-
Within
72
Epi-
Above, upon
73
Ex-
Out, outside of, outward
74
Exo-
Out, outside of, outward
75
Hyper-
Excessive, above, more than normal
76
Hypo-
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
77
In-
Into, in
78
Peri-
Surrounding, around
79
Pro-
Before, forward
80
Re-
Back, backward, again
81
Retro-
Behind
82
Sub-
Below, under
83
Trans-
Across, through
84
Aden/o
Gland
