Terms R-Z Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
Q
rena-
A
kidney
(renal)
2
Q
retro-
A
backward, behind
(retrovirus)
3
Q
-rhage
A
bursting forth
(hemorrhage)
4
Q
-rhexis
A
rupture
(aperhexis)
5
Q
-raphy
A
surgical repair, suture
6
Q
rhin-
A
nose
(rhinoplasty)
7
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
(diarrhea)
8
Q
sarco-
A
flesh
(sarcomere)
9
Q
scler-, sclero-
A
hard
(sclerotome)
10
Q
-scope
A
instrument for viewing
11
Q
semi-
A
half
(semicircular)
12
Q
sep-, septic-, -septic
A
microbial, toxic
(septikos)
13
Q
-sis
A
condition
(metastasis)
14
Q
somato-, -some
A
body
(somatotropic)
15
Q
sten-
A
narrow
(stenosis)
16
Q
-stasis, stat-
A
stand still
(homeostasis)
17
Q
-stomy
A
creation of an artificial opening
(colostomy)
18
Q
stylo-
A
stake, pole
(styloid)
19
Q
sub-
A
under, beneath
(submucosa)
20
Q
super-
A
above, beyond
(superficial)
21
Q
supra-
A
above, over
(suprarenal)
22
Q
sym-, syn-
A
with, together, joined
(syndrome)
23
Q
tachy-
A
rapid
(tachycardia)
24
Q
tegument-
A
skin
(integumentary)
25
telo-
end
(telophase)
26
terat-
malformed fetus
(taratogen)
27
tetra-
four
(tetrapod)
28
therm-
heat
(thermoreceptor)
29
thorac-
chest
(thoracic)
30
thromb-
clot, lump
(thrombus)
31
-tomy
cutting into
(tracheotomy)
32
tox-
poison
(toxin)
33
trans-
across, through, beyond
(transverse colon)
34
tri-
three
(trigeminal)
35
trich-
hair
(trichosis)
36
tropho-, -trophy
nutrition, growth
(dystrophy)
37
-tic
pertaining to
(diagnostic)
38
-tropic
turning toward, influencing
(neotropic)
39
tympan-
eardrum
(tympanic)
40
-uria, uro-
urine
(polyuria)
41
vaso-, vascul-
vessel, duct
(vascular)
42
veni-, veno-
vein
(venipuncture)
43
vesico-
urinary bladder, sac
(vesicouterine)
44
viscer-
organ
(visceral)
45
zoo-
animal
(zoology)
