Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure Flashcards
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aden/o
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gland
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arthr/o
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joint
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bi/o
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life
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carcin/o
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cancerous/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
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cis/o
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to cut
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crin/o
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to secrete (to form and give off)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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cyt/o
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cell
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derm/o
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skin
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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
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intestines (usually small intestines)
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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glyc/o
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sugar
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemat/o
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blood
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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iatr/o
treatment, physician
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leuk/o
white
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log/o
study of
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
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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-rays
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
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sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue such as muscle, bone and fat)
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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, 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
tumor, mass or swelling
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-opsy
process of viewing
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-osis
condition
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-pathy
disease condition
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-scope
instrument to visually examine
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-sis
state of; condition
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-scopy
process of visually examining
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-tomy
process of cutting; incision
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-y
process, condition
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
self, own
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dia-
complete, through
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endo-
within
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epi-
above, upon
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ex, exo-
out, outside of , outward
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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
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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
