Chapter 1 Flashcards by Allison MacDougall

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root word

A

fundamental unit of each medical word

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suffix

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short word part added to the end of a root to modify its meaning

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prefix

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short word part added before a root to modify its meaning

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compound word

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word that contains more than one root

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combining form

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roots shown with a combining vowel (root + o)

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g or c

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what is x changed to if you add a suffix to the end of the word

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x -> g (consonant or vowel?)

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if a consonant is before the x you change it to a

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x -> c (consonant or vowel?)

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if a vowel comes before the x you change it to a

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acronym

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an abbreviation formed from the first letter of each word

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noun

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person, place, or thing

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adjective

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words that modify nouns

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-ian, -ist

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specialist

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-iatrics, -iatry, -ics

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medical specialty

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-logy

A

study of

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word ending: a

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plural ending: ae

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word ending: en

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plural ending: ina

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word ending: ex, ix, yx

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plural ending: ices

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word ending: is

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plural ending: es

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word ending: ma

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plural ending: mata

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word ending: nx (anx, inx, ynx)

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plural ending: nges

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word ending: on

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plural ending: a

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word ending: um

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plural ending: a

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word ending: us

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plural ending: i

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prim/i

A

first

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mon/o-

one

uni-

one

hemi-

half. one side

semi-

half, partial

bi-, di-

two, twice

dipl/o

double

tri-

three

quadr/i-, tetra-

four

multi-

many

poly-

many, much

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white, colorless

melan/o

black, dark

xanth/o

yellow

a-, an-

not, without, lack of, absence

anti-

against

contra-

against, opposite, opposed

de-

down, without, removal, loss

dis-

absence, removal, separation

in-, im- (used before b, m, p), non-, un-

not

ab-

away froma

ad-

toward, near

dia-, per-, trans-

through

hyper-

over, excess, abnormally high, increasedh

hypo-

under, below, abnormally low, decreased

olig/o

few, scanty

pan-

all

super-

above, excess

equi-

equal, same

eu-

true, good, easy, normal

hetero-

other, different, unequal

homo-, homeo-

same, unchanging

iso-

equal, same

macro-, mega-, megal/o

large, abnormally large

micro-

small

neo-

new

normo-

normal

ortho-

straight, correct, upright

pseudo-

false

poikilo-

varied, irregular

re-

again, back

again, back