Language of Medicine Flashcards
(96 cards)
1
Q
angio
A
vessel - root
2
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arterio
A
artery - root
3
Q
arthro
A
joint - root
4
Q
auto
A
self - root
5
Q
bio
A
live, living - root
6
Q
carcino
A
cancer - root
7
Q
cardio
A
heart - root
8
Q
chondro
A
cartilage - root
9
Q
dermo, dermato
A
skin - root
10
Q
duro
A
hard - root
11
Q
entero
A
intestine - root
12
Q
erythro
A
red - root
13
Q
gastro
A
stomach - root
14
Q
glyco, gluco
A
sugar - root
15
Q
hemato, hemo
A
blood - root
16
Q
hepato
A
liver - root
17
Q
histo
A
tissue - root
18
Q
hystero
A
uterus - root
19
Q
hydro
A
water - root
20
Q
leuko
A
white - root
21
Q
lingu
A
tongue - root
22
Q
lipo
A
fat - root
23
Q
meningo
A
membrane - root
24
Q
morpho
A
form - root
25
myo, sarco
muscle - root
26
nephro, reno
kidney - root
27
neuro
nerve - root
28
oculo
eye - root
29
os, osteo
bone - root
30
oto
ear - root
31
patho
pathology, disease - root
32
phago
to eat - root
33
pneumo
lung, air - root
34
sclero
hard - root
35
stato
stand still - root
36
thermo
heat - root
37
a-, an-
lack of, without
38
ante-
before
39
anti-
against
40
bi-
two, double
41
brady-
slow
42
circum-
around
43
co-, con-
with, together
44
di-, dipl-
two
45
dys-
painful, bad, difficult
46
ecto/o-
outer, outside
47
end/o-
within, inside
48
epi-
upon
49
extra-
outside, beyond
50
hemi-
half
51
heter/o-
other
52
home/o-
same, steady
53
hyper-
beyond, excessive
54
hypo-
below, deficient
55
infra-
below
56
inter-
between
57
intra-
within, inside
58
macr-
large, giant
59
meta-, mesa-
middle
60
micr-
small
61
mono-
one
62
neo-
new
63
para-
near, beyond, beside
64
peri-
around
65
poly-
many
66
pre-, pro-
before
67
pseud/o-
false
68
semi-
half
69
super-, supra-
above
70
sym-, syn-
with, together
71
tachy-
fast
72
trans-
across, through
73
-ac, -al, -ic
pertaining to
74
-algia
painful condition
75
-asis, -osis
condition or state of
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-cyte
cell
77
-ectomy
to cut out, removal of
78
-emia
blood condition
79
-genic
producing
80
-gram
record, recording
81
-ician
person associated with
82
-itis
inflammation of
83
-logy, -ology
science or study of
84
-lysis
dissolving, separating
85
-mers
parts
86
-oma
tumour
87
-ostomy
create opening
88
-pathy
disease
89
-penia
deficiency
90
-plegia
paralysis
91
-pnea
breath
92
-poiesis
making, forming
93
-rrhage
excessive flow
94
-stasis
stand still, resting state
95
-trophy
relating to nutrition or growth
96
-uria
urine
