Chapter 1 Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
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ac, al, ic, ical
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Pertaining to
2
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-algia
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Pain
3
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-cyte
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Cell
4
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-ectomy
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Removal; excision, resection
5
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-emia
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Blood condition
6
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-genic
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Produced by or in
7
Q
-gram
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Record
8
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-ist
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Specialist
9
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-itis
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Inflammation
10
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-logy
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Study of
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-oma
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Tumor, mass, fluid collection
12
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-osis
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Condition
13
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-pathy
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Disease; emotion
14
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-scope
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Instrument for visual examination
15
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-scopy
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Visual examination
16
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-tomy
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Process of cutting
17
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-y
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Condition; process
18
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a-, an-
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No, not, without
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auto-
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Self, own
20
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dia-
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Complete, through
21
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endo-
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In, within
22
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epi-
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Above, upon, on
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ex-, exo-
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Out, away from
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hyper-
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Above
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hypo-
Below
26
in-
In, into, not
27
peri-
Surrounding
28
pro-
Before, forward
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retro-
Behind, back
30
sub-
Under, below
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trans-
Across, through
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aden/o
Gland
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arthr/o
joint
34
bi/o
life
35
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
36
cardi/o
heart
37
cephal/o
head
38
cerebr/o
cerebrum
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cis/o
to cut
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crin/o
to secrete
41
cyst/o
urinary bladder
42
cyt/o
cell
43
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
44
electr/o
electricity
45
encephal/o
brain
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enter/o
intestines
47
erythr/o
red
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gastr/o
stomach
49
glyc/o
sugar
50
gnos/o
knowledge
51
gynec/o
woman, female
52
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
53
hepat/o
liver
54
iatr/o
treatment, physician
55
leuk/o
white
56
log/o
study of
57
nephr/o
kidney
58
neur/o
nerve
59
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
60
ophthalm/o
eye
61
oste/o
bone
62
path/o
disease
63
ped/o
child
64
psych/o
mind
65
radi/o
x-rays
66
ren/o
kidney
67
rhin/o
nose
68
sarc/o
flesh
69
sect/o
to cut
70
thromb/o
clot, clotting
71
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
72
-globin
protein
73
-opsy
process of viewing
74
re-
back, backward, again
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What are the 3 combining rules?
1. Combining vowel is found between 2 root words
2. Drop the combining vowel before a suffix that starts with a vowel
3. Keep combining vowel for suffixes with a consonant
