Chapter 3 Flashcards
(107 cards)
1
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Abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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Acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
14
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
15
Q
luek/o
A
white
16
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph
17
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mamm/o
A
breast
18
Q
mast/o
A
breast
19
Q
morph/o
A
shape, form
20
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
21
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my/o
A
muscle
22
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myel/o
A
spinal chord; bone marrow
23
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necr/o
A
death (of cells or whole body)
24
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nephr/o
A
kidney
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nuer/o
nerve
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nuetr/o
nuetrophil
27
nucle/o
nucleus
28
ophthalm/o
eye
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opi/o
opium
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oste/o
bone
31
ot/o
ear
32
path/o
disease
33
peritone/o
peritoneum
34
phag/o
to eat, swallow
35
phleb/o
vein
36
plas/o
formation, development
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pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
38
pneumon/o
lungs
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pulmon/o
lungs
40
radi/o
x-ray
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rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
43
rhin/o
nose
44
sarc/o
flesh
45
splen/o
spleen
46
staphyl/o
clusters
47
strept/o
twisted chains
48
thorac/o
chest
49
thromb/o
clot
50
tonsill/o
tonsils
51
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
52
ven/o
vein
53
-algia
pain
54
-cele
hernia
55
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
56
-coccus / -cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
57
-cyte
cell
58
-dynia
pain
59
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
60
-emia
blood condition
61
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
62
-gram
record
63
-graph
instrument for recording
64
-graphy
process of recording
65
-itis
inflammation
66
-logy
study of
67
--lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
68
-malacia
softening
69
-megaly
enlargement
70
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
71
-opsy
to view
72
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
73
-pathy
disease, condition
74
-penia
deficiency
75
-phobia
fear
76
-plasia
development, formation, growth
77
-plasty
surgical repair
78
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
79
-rrhea
flow, discharge
80
-sclerosis
hardening
81
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
82
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
83
-stasis
controlling, stopping
84
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
85
-therapy
treatment
86
-tomy
incision, cutting into
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-trophy
development, nourishment
88
-er
one who
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-ia
condition-
90
-ist
specialist
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-oid
resembling, derived from
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-ole
little, small
93
-ule
little, small
94
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
95
-us
structure, substance
96
-y
condition, process
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-ac, -iac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ose
pertaining to, full of
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-ous
pertaining to
106
-tic
pertaining to
