Roots, Suffixes and Prefixes Flashcards
(117 cards)
1
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Leiomy/o
A
visceral/smooth muscle
2
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my/o
A
muscle
3
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angi/o
A
reps relationship to blood vessel or blood
4
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cardiomy/o
A
heart muscle
5
Q
vascul/o
A
blood/blood vessels
6
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
7
Q
ven/o or phleb/o
A
veins
8
Q
erythr/o
A
red
9
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hemat/o
A
blood
10
Q
leuk/o
A
white
11
Q
pneumon/o
A
lungs
12
Q
pulmon/o
A
lungs
13
Q
bronch/o or bronchi/o
A
bronchial tubes
14
Q
trache/o
A
trachea
15
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
16
Q
mamm/o or mast/o
A
breast
17
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen
18
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
19
Q
col/o
A
colon
20
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hepat/o
A
liver
21
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nephr/o
A
kidney
22
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
23
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hyster/o
A
uterus
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uter/o
A
uterus
25
oophor/o
ovaries
26
salping/o
fallopian tubes
27
radi/o
x-rays
28
chem/o
relationship to drug/chemical
29
-ia
condition
30
-osis
abnormal condition
31
-pathy
disease condition
32
lymphadenopathy
disease of the lymph nodes
33
aden/o
glands
34
-ic
pertaining to
35
-eal
pertaining to
36
-al
pertaining to
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chron/o
relationship with time
38
-ar
pertaining to
39
-ary
pertaining to
40
Atypical Pain
stabbing/burning pain unrelated to exertion
41
Ischemic pain
pressing, squeezing, weightlike pain caused by decreased blood supply
42
Pericardial Pain
stabbing/burning or cutting cardiac pain
43
crackles
crackling sound heard during inspiration when alveoli are filled with secretions
44
leukocytosis
white blood cell condition; bodies normal response to infection
45
-emia
blood condition
46
Leukemia
malignant disease of blood forming organ; number and form of WBC are abnormal
47
Bacteremia
bacterial invasion of blood
48
septicemia
blood poisoning
49
uremia
blood condition of excess amounts of urea, creatine and waste products built up in blood
50
-algia
condition of pain
51
otalgia
pain in ear
52
myalgia
pain in muscle
53
arthralgia
joint pain
54
-itis
inflammation
55
endocarditis
inflammation of endocardium and heart valves
56
pericarditis
inflammation of the pericardium
57
laryngitis
inflammation of larynx
58
cystitis
inflammation of urinary bladder
59
-megaly
enlargement
60
-oma
abnormal mass/tumour
61
myoma
benign muscle tumour
62
myel/o
spinal cord/bone marrow
63
myeloma
bone marrow tumour
64
-rrhage / -rrhagia
sudden bursting forth of blood
65
-rrhea
abnormal flow/discharge
66
rhinorrhea
runny nose
67
rhin/o
nose
68
menorrhea
normal menstrual flow
69
menorrhagia
excessive menstrual flow
70
hemorrhage
sudden burst of blood
71
-scopy
process of visual examination
72
-scope
instrument for visual examination
73
-gram
record
74
-graphy
process of recording
75
-graph
instrument for recording
76
angi/o
blood vessels
77
angiography
radiographic visualization of internal anatomy of heart/vessels
78
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
79
amniocentesis
puncture made to remove amniotic fluid for examination
80
amni/o
amniotic fluid
81
-therapy
treatment
82
-plasty
surgical repair
83
Radiotherapy
use of radiation to kill tumour cells
84
chemotherapy
treatment with chemicals to kill cancer cells
85
Angioplasty
opening of narrow vessel
86
-tomy
an incision/cut into
87
-stomy
an opening/mouth is created area extending to outside of body (Creation of artificial opening)
88
-ectomy
removal/resection/excision
89
-lysis
complete seperation/breakdown/destruction
90
dialysis
process of separating macromolecules from ions...
91
hemodialysis
the removal of blood and its passage through a kidney machine, where waste products are filtered out
92
atherectomy
Surgical removal of atherosclerotic plaque from an artery
93
ather/o
artery
94
coronary artery bypass graft
grafting piece of healthy blood vessel into coronary artery to reroute blood around blockage
95
sarc/o
flesh/tissue
96
amni/o
amnion (sac of fluid surrounding embryo)
97
arthr/o
joint
98
ather/o
plaque
99
axill/o
underarm
100
carcin/o
cancerous
101
cry/o
cold
102
cyst/o
urinary bladder
103
encephal/o
brain
104
cephal/o
head
105
erythr/o
red
106
hyster/o
uterus
107
inguin/o
groind
108
isch/o
to hold back
109
men/o
menses (menstruation); month
110
mening/o
meninges (membranes around brain and spinal cord)
111
myel/o
spinal cord
112
necr/o
death
113
ot/o
ear
114
phleb/o
vein
115
septic/o
pertaining to infection
116
tonsill/o
tonsil
117
ur/o
urea or urine
