Ch 3 Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
Q
alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o
A
pain
2
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer, carcinoma
3
Q
cyst/o
A
filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder
4
Q
lith
A
calculus, stone
5
Q
onc/o
A
tumor
6
Q
path/o
A
disease
7
Q
py/o
A
pus
8
Q
pyr/o, pyret/o
A
fever, fire
9
Q
scler/o
A
hard
10
Q
tox/o, toxic/o
A
poison
11
Q
brady-
A
slow
12
Q
dys-
A
abnormal, painful, difficult
13
Q
mal-
A
bad, poor
14
Q
pachy-
A
thick
15
Q
tachy-
A
rapid
16
Q
xero-
A
dry
17
Q
-odynia
A
pain
18
Q
-oma (-omas, -omata)
A
tumor
19
Q
-pathy
A
any disease of
20
Q
-rrhage, -rrhagia
A
bursting forth, profuse flow
21
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
22
Q
-rrhexis
A
rupture
23
Q
-schisis
A
fissure, splitting
24
Q
-graph
A
instrument for recording data
25
-graphy
act of recording data
26
-gram
a record of data
27
-meter
instrument for measuring
28
-metry
measurement of
29
-scope
instrument for viewing of examinging
30
-scopy
examination of
31
-centesis
puncture, tap
32
-desis
binding, fusion
33
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
34
-pexy
surgical fixation
35
-plasty
plastic repair, reconstruction
36
-rhaphy
surgical repair, suture
37
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
38
-tome
instrument for incising
39
-tomy
incision, cutting
40
-tripsy
crushing
