Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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Aden/o
A
Gland
(ex. adenoma)
2
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Athr/o
A
Joint
(ex. Arthritis)
3
Q
Bi/o
A
Life
(ex. biology)
4
Q
Carcin/o
A
Cancerous/Cancer
(ex. Carcinoma)
5
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
(ex. Cardiology)
6
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
(ex. Cephalic)
7
Q
Cerebr/o
A
Cerebrum
8
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
(ex. incision)
9
Q
crin/o
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to secrete
(ex. endocrine glands)
10
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or cyst
(ex. cystoscopy)
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
( ex. cytoplasm)
12
Q
derm/o
A
skin
13
Q
dermat/o
A
Skin
(ex. dermatologist)
14
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
(ex. electrocardiography)
15
Q
encephal/o
A
Brain
(ex. EEG)
16
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
17
Q
erythr/o
A
Red
(ex. erythromycin)
18
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
(ex. gastrointestinal)
19
Q
glyc/o
A
suger
(ex. hyperglycemia)
20
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
(ex. prognosis [knowledge before])
21
Q
gynec/o
A
woman, female
(ex. gynecologist)
22
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
(ex. hematoma)
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
(ex. hemoglobin)
24
Q
hepat/o
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liver
(ex. hepatitis)
25
iatr/o
treatment, physician
(ex. iatrogenic)
26
leuk/o
white
(ex. leukemia)
27
log/o
study of
(ex. biology)
28
nephr/o
kidney
(ex. nephrologist)
29
neur/o
nerve
(ex. neurological)
30
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
(ex. oncology)
31
ophthalm/o
eye
(ex. ophthalmologist)
32
oste/o
bone
(ex. osteoarthritis)
33
path/o
disease
(ex. pathogen)
34
ped/o
child
(ex. pediatrician)
35
psych/o
ming
(ex. psychologist)
36
radi/o
x-rays
(ex. radiologists)
37
ren/o
Kidney
(ex. renal failure)
38
rhin/o
nose
(ex. rhinoplasty)
39
sarc/o
flesh
(ex. sarcoma)
40
sect/o
to cut
(ex. dissection)
41
thromb/o
clot, clotting
(ex. thrombosis)
42
ur/o
urinary tract
(ex. urology)
43
-ac
pertaining to
44
-al
pertaining to
45
-algia
pain
46
-cyte
cell
47
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
48
-emia
blood condition
49
-genic
produced by or in
50
-globin
protein
51
-gram
record
52
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
53
-ion
process
54
-ist
specialist
55
-itis
inflammation
56
-logy
study (process of)
57
-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
58
-opsy
view of
59
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
60
-pathy
disease condition
61
-scope
instrument for visual examination
62
-scopy
visual examination
63
-sis
state of; condition
64
-tomy
process of cutting
65
-y
condition; process
66
a-, an-
without; no
67
aut-, auto-
self; own
68
dia-
complete, through
69
endo-
in, within
70
epi-
above; upon; on
71
ex-, exo-
out; outside of; outward
72
hyper-
above; excessive
73
hypo-
below; deficient; less than normal
74
in-
in; into; not
75
peri-
surrounding; around
76
pro-
before; forward
77
re-
back; again; backward
78
retro-
behind; back; backward
79
sub-
under; below
80
trans-
across; through
