Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
an/o
A
anus
3
Q
bi/o
A
life
4
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
5
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
6
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
7
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
8
Q
crani/o
A
skull
9
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
10
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)
11
Q
gen/o
A
to produce, to begin
12
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
13
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
14
Q
later/o
A
side
15
Q
men/o
A
menses (monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus)
16
Q
nat/i
A
birth
17
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
18
Q
norm/o
A
rule, order
19
Q
oste/o
A
bone
20
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
21
Q
peritone/o
A
peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen)
22
Q
plas/o
A
formation, growth, development
23
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
24
Q
scapul/o
A
scapula (shoulder blade)
25
son/o
sound
26
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
27
top/o
to put, place, position
28
troph/o
development, nourishment
29
urethr/o
urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)
30
uter/o
uterus
31
ven/o
vein
32
vertebr/o
vertebrae (backbone)
33
-al
pertaining to
34
-action
process, condition
35
-cision
process of cutting
36
-crine
secretion
37
-dipsia
thirst
38
-emia
blood condition
39
-gen
to produce
40
-graphy
process of recording
41
-ia
condition
42
-ic
pertaining to
43
-ine
pertaining to
44
-ism
condition, process
45
-lapse
to fall, slide
46
-lysis
loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
47
-meter
to measure
48
-mission
to send
49
-mortem
death
50
-oma
tumor, mass
51
-ous
pertaining to
52
-partum
birth
53
-pathy
disease condition
54
-phagia
eating
55
-phasia
speech
56
-plasia
formation (condition)
57
-plasm
formation (tissue)
58
-plegia
paralysis
59
-pnea
breathing
60
-ptom
a happening
61
-rrhea
flow, discharge
62
-scopy
process of visual examination
63
-section
to cut
64
-stasis
to stand, place, stop, control
65
-tension
pressure
66
-thesis
to put, place (state of putting or placing)
67
-tic
pertaining to
68
-trophy
nourishment; development
69
-um
structure
70
-uria
urine condition
71
-y
process, condition
72
a-, an-
no, not, without
73
ab-
away from
74
ad-
toward, near
75
ana-
up, apart
76
ante-
before, forward
77
anti-
against
78
bi-
two, both
79
brady-
slow
80
con-
with, together
81
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
82
ec-
out, outside
83
endo-
within, in, inner
84
epi-
above, upon
85
ex-
out
86
extra-
outside of
87
hemi-
half
88
hyper-
excessive, too much, above
89
hypo-
deficient, too little, below
90
in-
in, into
91
inter-
between
92
intra-
within
93
mal-
bad
94
meta-
change, beyond
95
neo-
new
96
para-
beside, near, along the side of
97
peri-
surrounding
98
poly-
many, much
99
post-
after, behind
100
pre-
before
101
pro-
before, forward
102
pros-
before, forward
103
quadri-
four
104
re-
back, behind
105
retro-
back, behind
106
sub-
under, less than
107
syn-
with, together
108
tachy-
fast
109
trans-
across, through
110
tri-
three
111
ultra-
beyond
112
uni-
one
