Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure Flashcards
(82 cards)
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Arthr/o
A
Joint
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Bi/o
A
Life
3
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Carcin/o
A
Cancerous, cancer
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Cardi/o
A
Heart
5
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Cephal/o
A
Head
6
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum, largest part of the brain
7
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Cis/o
A
To cut
8
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Crin/o
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To secrete
9
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Cyst/o
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Urinary bladder, a sac, or cyst. (Sac with fluid)
10
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Cyt/o
A
Cell
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Derm/o
A
Skin
12
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Dermat/o
A
Skin
13
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Electr/o
A
Electricity
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Encephal/o
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Brain
15
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Enter/o
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Intestines, usually small intestine
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Erythr/o
A
Red
17
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Gastr/o
A
Stomach
18
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Glyc/o
A
Sugar
19
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Gynec/o
A
Woman, female
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Hem/o
A
Blood
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Hemat/o
A
Blood
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Hepat/o
A
Liver
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Iatr/o
A
Treatment, physician
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Leuk/o
A
White
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Nephr/o
Kidney
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Neur/o
Nerve
27
Onc/o
Tumor
28
Ophthalm/o
Eye
29
Oste/o
Bone
30
Path/o
Disease
31
Ped/o
Child
32
Psych/o
Mind
33
Radi/o
X-rays
34
Ren/o
Kidney
35
Rhin/o
Nose
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Sarc/o
Flesh (malignant/cancerous)
37
Sect/o
To cut
38
Thromb/o
Clot, clotting
39
Ur/o
Urinary tract, urine
40
-ac
Pertaining to
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-al
Pertaining to
42
-algia
Pain
43
-cyte
Cell
44
-ectomy
Excision, removal
45
-emia
Blood condition
46
-globin
Protein
47
-genic
Pertains to producing, produced by, produced in
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-gram
Record
49
-ic
Pertaining to
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-ion
Process
51
-ical
Pertaining to
52
-ist
Specialist
53
-itis
Inflammation
54
-logy
Process of study
55
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
56
-opsy
Process of viewing
57
-osis
Conditional, usually abnormal condition
58
-pathy
Disease
59
-scope
Instrument used to visually examine
60
-scopy
Process of visually examining
61
-sis
State of; condition
62
-tomy
Process of cutting, incision
63
-y
Process, condition
64
A-
No, not, without
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An-
No, not, without
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Aut-
Self, own
67
Auto-
Self, own
68
Dia-
Complete, through
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Endo-
Within
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Epi-
Above, upon
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Ex-
Out, outside, outward
72
Exo-
Out, outside, outward
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Hyper-
Excessive, above, more than normal
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Hypo-
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
75
In-
Into, in
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Peri-
Surrounding, around
77
Pro-
Before, forward
78
Re-
Back, backward, again
79
Aden/o
Gland
80
Retro-
Behind
81
sub-
below, under
82
trans-
across, through
