Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure Flashcards
1
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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
Cancerous, cancer
5
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Cardi/o
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Heart
6
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Cephal/o
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Head
7
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
8
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Cis/o
A
To cut
9
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Crin/o
A
To secrete (to form and give off)
10
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Cyst/o
A
Urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)
11
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Cyt/o
A
Cell
12
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Derm/o
Dertmat/o
A
Skin
13
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Electr/o
A
Electricity
14
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Encephal/o
A
Brain
15
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Enter/o
A
Intestines (usually the small intestine)
16
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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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Gnos/o
A
Knowledge
20
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Gynec/o
A
Woman, female
21
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Hemat/o
Hem/o
A
Blood
22
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Hepat/o
A
Liver
23
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iatr/o
A
Treatment, physician
24
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Leuk/o
A
White
25
Log/o
Study of
26
Nephr/o
Kidney
27
Neur/o
Nerve
28
Onc/o
Tumor (cancerous)
29
Ophthalm/o
Eye
30
Oste/o
Bone
31
Path/o
Disease
32
Ped/o
Child
33
Psych/o
Mind
34
Radi/o
X-rays
35
Ren/o
Kidney
36
Rhin/o
Nose
37
Sarc/o
Flesh
38
Sect/o
To cut
39
Thromb/o
Clot, clotting
40
Ur/o
Urinary tract, urine
41
-ac
Pertaining to (also -al)
42
-al
Pertaining to (also -ac)
43
-algia
Pain
44
-cyte
Cell
45
-ectomy
Excision, removal
46
-emia
Blood condition
47
-genic
Pertaining to, producing, produced by/in
48
-globin
Protein
49
-gram
Record
50
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
51
-ion
Process
52
-ist
Specialist
53
-itis
Inflammation
54
-logy
Process of study
55
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
56
-opsy
Process of viewing
57
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
58
-pathy
Disease condition
59
-scope
Instrument 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-, an-
No, not, without
65
aut-, auto-
Self, own
66
dia-
Complete, through
67
endo-
Within
68
epi-
Above, upon
69
ex-, exo-
Out, outside of, outward
70
hyper-
Excessive, above, more than normal
71
hypo-
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
72
in-
Into, in
73
peri-
Surrounding, around
74
pro-
Before, forward
75
re-
Back, backward, again
76
retro-
Behind
77
sub-
Below, under
78
trans-
Across, through
79
Word beginnings are called _____.
Prefixes
80
Word endings are called _____.
Suffixes
81
The foundation of a word is known as the ______.
Root
82
A letter linking a suffix and root, or linking two roots, in a term is the _____.
Combining vowel
83
The combination of a root and a combining vowel is known as the ____.
Combining form
