Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
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arthr/o
A
joint
3
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bi/o
A
life
4
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carcin/o
A
cancer, cancerous
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum, largest part of the brain
8
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
9
Q
derm/o
A
skin
10
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
11
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
12
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
13
Q
enter/o
A
intestines (often the small intestine)
14
Q
erythr/o
A
red
15
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
15
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
16
Q
gynec/o
A
woman, female
17
Q
hem/o
hemat/o
A
blood
18
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
19
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen (area between the chest and hip)
20
Q
leuk/o
A
white
21
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
22
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
23
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onc/o
A
tumor
24
ophthalm/o
eye
25
oste/o
bone
26
path/o
disease
27
psych
mind
28
ren/o
kidney
29
rhin/o
nose
30
saro/o
flesh
31
thromb/o
clotting
32
-al
pertaining to
33
-algia
pain
34
-cyte
cell
35
-ectomy
cutting out, removal, excision
36
-emia
blood condition
37
-globin
protein
38
-gram
record
39
-ia
condition
40
-ic
pertaining to
41
-ism
condition, process
42
-itis
inflammation
43
-logist
specialist in the study of
44
-logy
study of
45
-oma
tumor, mass
46
-opsy
to view
47
-osis
abnormal condition
48
-scope
instrument to visually examine
49
-scopy
process of visual examination
50
-sis
state of
51
-tomy
process of cutting into incision
52
Glyc/o
Sugar
53
an
no,not
54
aut-
self
55
dia-
complete,through
56
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
57
endo-
within
58
exo-
outside
59
hyper-
excessive, more than normal, too much
60
hype-
below, low thon normal, under
61
peri-
surrounding
62
pro-
before, forward
63
re-
back
64
retro-
behind
65
sub-
below, under
66
trans-
across, through
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