Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes Flashcards
(42 cards)
Bronch
Windpipe (bronchus)
Cardia-
Heart (pericardium, cardiac)
Corpus
Body (corpus callosum)
Corpus-
Body (corpus callosum)
Cyst-
Bladder (cystoscopy)
Diastol-
Dilation (diastole, diastolic)
Embol-
Stopper (embolism)
-emia
Blood condition, something in the blood (hypercholerstolmia)
Enter-
Intestines (enterococcal infection)
Erythr-
Red (erythrocyte)
Gest-
Carry (gestational)
Glomer-
Cluster (glomerulus)
Glot-
Language (glottis, epiglottis)
Gust-
Taste (gustatory nerve)
Hepat-
Liver (hepatic duct, hepatitis, hepatocyte)
Humor-
Fluid (humoral, aqueous humor)
Humor-
Fluid (humoral, aqueous humor)
Lact-
Milk (lactation)
Lact-
Milk (lactation)
Leuko-
White (leukocyte)
Mict-
To pass urine (micturition)
Mict-
To pass urine (micturition)
Natri-
Sodium (natriuresis)
Nephr-
Kidney (nephron)