Chapter 1 - WORD STRUCTURE Flashcards
(78 cards)
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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
8
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cis/o
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To cut
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crin/o
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To secrete
10
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cyst/o
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Urinary bladder
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cyt/o
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Cell
12
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derm/o or dermat/o
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Skin
13
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electr/o
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Electricity
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encephal/o
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Brain
15
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enter/o
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Intestines
16
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erythr/o
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Red
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gastr/o
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Stomach
18
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glyc/o
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Sugar
19
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gnos/o
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Knowledge
20
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gynec/o
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Woman/female
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hemat/o or hem/o
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Blood
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hepat/o
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Liver
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iatr/o
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Treatment , physician
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leuk/o
A
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
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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
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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
47
-genic
Produced by or in
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-globin
Protein
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-gram
Record
50
-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
55
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
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-opsy
Process of viewing
57
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal
58
-pathy
Disease condition
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-scope
Instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
Process of visually examining
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-sis
State of; condition
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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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end-, 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, more than normal
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hypo-
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
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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
