LOM Ch 1 Key Terms Flashcards
(90 cards)
1
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-scope
A
instrument to visually examine
2
Q
-y
A
process / condition
3
Q
-globin
A
protein
4
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
5
Q
path/o
A
disease
6
Q
aut-
A
self / own
7
Q
-gram
A
record
8
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
9
Q
end-
A
within
10
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
11
Q
hypo-
A
deficient / below / under / less
12
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
13
Q
dia-
A
through / complete
14
Q
-ion
A
process
15
Q
Suffix
A
word ending
16
Q
oste/o
A
bone
17
Q
ped/o
A
child
18
Q
-ectomy
A
excision / removal
19
Q
onc/o
A
tumor
20
Q
derm/o
A
skin
21
Q
Root
A
Foundation of the term
22
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
23
Q
-opsy
A
process of viewing
24
Q
leuk/o
A
white
25
ex-
outside of / outward
26
-genic
produced by or in
27
nephr/o
kidney
28
-oma
tumor / mass / swelling
29
carcin/o
Cancerous / Cancer
30
hepat/o
liver
31
sub-
below / under
32
combining vowel
vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root and aids pronunciation.
33
-al
pertaining to
34
-itis
inflammation
35
-osis
condition / usually abnormal
36
cis/o
to cut
37
hem/o
blood
38
epi-
above / upon
39
exo-
outside of / outward
40
-ical
pertaining to
41
sarc/o
flesh
42
-algia
pain
43
gynec/o
woman / female
44
aden/o
gland
45
erythr/o
red
46
re-
back / backward / again
47
-scopy
instrument to visually examine with an endoscope
48
-ic
pertaining to
49
sect/o
to cut
50
enter/o
intestines / small intestines
51
ren/o
kidney
52
electr/o
electricity
53
iatr/o
treatment / physician
54
auto-
self / own
55
cephal/o
Head
56
hemat/o
blood
57
Prefix
Word beginning
58
-tomy
process of cutting
59
log/p
study of
60
an-
no / not / without
61
-pathy
disease condition
62
-ist
specilist
63
dermat/o
skin
64
bi/o
life
65
a-
no / not / without
66
crin/o
to secrete
67
Combining form
combination of the root and combining vowel
68
ur/o
urinary tract / Urine
69
endo-
within
70
retro-
behind
71
cerebr/o
Cerebrum
72
cardi/o
Heart
73
thromb/o
Clot / Clotting
74
-ac
pertaining to
75
-cyte
cell
76
-sis
state of condition
77
cyt/o
cell
78
peri-
surrounding / around
79
ophthlm/o
eye
80
radi/o
x-ray
81
hyper-
excessive / above / more
82
-logy
process of study
83
arthr/o
joint
84
psych/o
mind
85
-emai
blood
86
rhin/o
nose
87
trans-
across / through
88
in-
into / in
89
encephal/o
brain
90
pro-
before / forward
