Medical Terminology (CMCB) Flashcards
(102 cards)
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Word Root
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The core part of a word, foundation
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albin/o
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white
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bi/o
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life
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cry/o
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cold
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cutane/o
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue
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derm/o
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skin
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dermat/o
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skin
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diaphor/o
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profuse sweating
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electr/o
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electricity
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ichthy/o
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scaly
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kerat/o
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hard
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lip/o
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fat
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melan/o
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black
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myc/o
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fungus
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necr/o
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death
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pil/o
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hair
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py/o
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pus
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rhytid/o
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wrinkle
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seb/o
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oil
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ungu/o
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nail
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xer/o
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dry
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Prefix
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begins a word, makes root word more specific (where, when, how many, color, etc.)
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Bridge
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combining vowel, connects root to suffix
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Suffix
ends a word, turns word into noun, adjective, or verb
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-algia
pain
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-cele
hernia, protrusion
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-cise
cut
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-cyte
cell
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-dynia
pain
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-ectasis
dilation
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-gen
that which produces
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-genesis
produces, generates
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-genic
produces, produced by
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-ia
state, condition
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-iasis
abnormal condition
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-ism
state of
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-itis
inflammation
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-logist
one who studies
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-logy
study of
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-lysis
destruction
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-megaly
enlargement, large
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-oma
tumor, mass
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-osis
abnormal condition
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-pathy
disease
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-plasia
development, growth
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-plasm
formation, development
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-ptosis
drooping
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-rrhage
excessive, abnormal flow
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-stenosis
narrowing
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-therapy
treatment
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-trophy
nourishment, development
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Combining Vowels
the "in-between" letter that connects the terms
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a-
without, away from
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an-
without
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ante-
before, in front of
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anti-
against
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auto-
self
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brady-
slow
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dys-
painful, difficult
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endo-
within, inner
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epi-
upon, over
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eu-
normal, good
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hetero-
different
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homo-
same
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hyper-
over, above
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hypo-
under, below
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infra-
under, beneath, below
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inter-
among, between
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intra-
within, inside
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macro-
large
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micro-
small
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neo-
new
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pan-
all
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para-
beside, beyond, near
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per-
through
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peri-
around
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post-
after
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pre-
before, in front of
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pseudo-
false
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retero-
backward, behind
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sub-
below, under
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super-
above, excess
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supra-
above
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tachy-
rapid, fast
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trans-
through, across
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ultra-
beyond, excess
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If the word ends in -a
keep -a and add -e
ex: vertebra / vertebrae
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if the word ends in - ax
drop -x and add -ces
ex: thorax / thoraces
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if the word ends in -ex
drop -ex and add -ices
ex: apex / apices
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if the word ends in -ix
drop -x and add -ces
ex: appendix / appendices
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if the word ends in -ma
keep -ma and add -ta
ex: sarcoma / sarcomata
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if the word ends in -is
drop -is and add -es
ex: metastasis / metastases
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if the word ends in -on
dron -on and add -a
ex: spermatozoon / sermatozoa
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if the word ends in -us
drop -us and add -i
ex: alveolus / alveoli
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if the word ends in -um
drom -um and add -a
ex: ovum / ova
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if the word ends in -y
drop -y and add -ies
biopsy / biopsies
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if the word ends in -x
drop -x and add -ges
ex: phalanx / phalanges
