combining forms, prefixes, suffixes (2, 3) Flashcards
(90 cards)
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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cyt/o
A
cell
3
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epitheli/o
A
epithelium
4
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fibr/o
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fiber
5
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hist/o
A
tissue
6
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kary/o
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nucleus
7
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lip/o
A
fat
8
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my/o
A
muscle
9
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neur/o
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nerve
10
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organ/o
A
organ
11
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sarc/o
A
flesh, connective tissue
12
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system/o
A
system
13
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viscer/o
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internal organs
14
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cancer/o
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
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eti/o
A
cause (of disease)
16
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gno/o
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knowledge
17
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iatr/o
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physician, medicine
18
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lei/o
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smooth
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onc/o
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tumor, mass
20
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path/o
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disease
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
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somat/o
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body
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chlor/o
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green
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chrom/o
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color
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cyan/o
blue
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erytrhr/o
red
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leuk/o
white
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melan/o
black
29
xanth/o
yellow
30
dia-
through, complete
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dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
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hyper-
above, excessive
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hypo-
below, incomplete, deficient, under
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meta-
after, beyond, change
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neo-
new
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pro-
before
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- al
- ic
- ous
pertaining to
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-cyte
cell
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-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genic
producing, originating, causing
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-logist
one who studies and treats
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-logy
study of
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-megaly
enlargment
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-oid
resembling
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-oma
tumor, swelling
46
-osis
abnormal condition
47
-pathy
disease
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-plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
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-plasm
growth, substance, formation
50
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
51
-sis
state of
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-stasis
control, stop, standing
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anter/o
front
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caud/o
tail (downward)
55
cephal/o
head (upward)
56
dist/o
away
57
dors/o
back
58
infer/o
below
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later/o
side
60
medi/o
middle
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poster/o
back, behind
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proxim/o
near
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super/o
above
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ventr/o
belly
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-ad
toward
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-ior
pertaining to
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caudad
toward the tail
68
cephalad
toward the head
69
lateral (lat)
pertaining to a side
70
medial (med)
pertaining to the middle
71
unilateral
pertaining to one side
72
bilateral
pertaining to two sides
73
mediolateral
pertaining to the middle and to the side
74
distal
pertaining to away
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proximal
pertaining to near
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inferior (inf)
pertaining to below
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superior (sup)
pertaining to above
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caudal
pertaining to the tail
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cephalic
pertaining to the head
80
anterior (ant)
pertaining to the front
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posterior
pertaining to the back
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dorsal
pertaining to the back
83
ventral
pertaining to the belly (front)
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anteroposterior (AP)
pertaining to the front and to the back
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posteroanterior (PA)
pertaining to the back and to the front
86
frontal or coronal
vertical plane passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
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midsagittal
vertical plane passing through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves
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parasagittal
vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body into unequal left and right sides
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sagittal
vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides
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transverse
horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions
