chapter 1 - Basic word structure Flashcards
(74 cards)
1
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Aden/o
A
gland
2
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What does ‘Arthr/o’ refer to?
A
joint
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Bi/o
A
life
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Carcin/o
A
cancer
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Cardi/o
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heart
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Cephal/o
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head
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Cerebr/o
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cerebrum, largest part of the brain
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Cis/o
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to cut
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Crin/o
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to secrete
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Cyst/o
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urinary bladder; a sac or cyst
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Cyt/o
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cell
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‘Derm/o’ or ‘dermat/o’
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skin
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Electr/o
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electricity
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Encephal/o
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brain
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Enter/o
A
intestines
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Erythr/o
A
red
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Gastr/o
A
stomach
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Gnos/o
A
knowledge
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Gynec/o
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woman, female
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Hem/o or hemat/o
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blood
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Hepat/o
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liver
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Iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
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Leuk/o
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white
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Log/o
A
study of
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Nephr/o
kidney
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Neur/o
nerve
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Onc/o
tumor
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Ophthalm/o
eye
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Oste/o
bone
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Path/o
disease
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Ped/o
child
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Psych/o
mind
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Radi/o
x-ray
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Ren/o
kidney
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Rhin/o
nose
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Sarc/o
flesh, skin
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Sect/o
to cut
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Thromb/o
clot, clotting
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Ur/o
urinary tract, urine
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-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-cyte
cell
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-ectomy
excision, removal
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-emia
blood condition
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
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-globin
protein
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-gram
record
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-ic or -ical
pertaining to
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-ion
process
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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-logy
process of study
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-oma
tumour, mass, swelling
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-opsy
process of viewing
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
57
-pathy
disease condition
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-scope
instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
process of visually examining
60
-sis
state of; condition
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-tomy
process of cutting, incision
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-y
process, condition
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endo-
within
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epi-
above, upon
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ex- or exo-
out, outside of
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hyper-
excessive, above
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hypo-
deficient, below
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in-
into, in
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peri-
surrounding, around
70
pro-
before, forward
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re-
back, backward, again
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retro-
behind
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sub-
below, under
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trans-
across, through
