Language of medicine 1 Flashcards
(86 cards)
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arthr/o
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joint
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
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encephal/o
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brain
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aden/o
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gland
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cyt/o
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cell
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carcin/o
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cancerous, cancer
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-gram
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record
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-itis
A
inflammation
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-opsy
A
process of viewing
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-oma
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tumor, mass, swelling
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-scopy
A
process of visually examining
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-logy
A
process of study
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hyper-
A
excessive, above, more than normal
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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epi-
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above, upon
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trans-
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across, through
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hypo-
A
deficient, below, under, less than normal
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dia-
A
complete, through
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root
A
foundation of the word
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suffix
A
word ending
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combining vowel
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vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
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prefix
A
word beginning
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combining form
A
combination of the root and the combining vowel
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bi/o
A
life
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cardi/o
heart
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cephal/o
head
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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-al
pertaining to
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cis/o
to cut
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in-
into, in
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-ion
process
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ex-, exo-
out, outside of, outward
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crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
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endo-
within
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derm/o
skin
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dermat/o
skin
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electr/o
electricity
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enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestines)
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erythr/o
red
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-syte
cell
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gastr/o
stomach
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-ectomy
excision, removal
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-tomy
process of cutting, incision
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glyc/o
sugar
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-emia
blood condition
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gnos/o
knowledge
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-sis
state of; condition
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pro-
before, forward
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gynec/o
woman, female
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hemat/o
blood
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hem/o
blood
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hepat/o
liver
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iatr/o
treatment, physician
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
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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
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-ist
specialist
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ophthalm/o
eye
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-scope
instrument to visually examine
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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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re-
back, backward, again
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thromb/o
clot, clotting
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-osis
Condition
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ur/o
urinary tract, urine
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-ac
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-globin
protein
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
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-pathy
disease condition
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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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retro-
behind
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sub-
below, under
