Unit 1 Flashcards by Leslie Green

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(Prefix) of a word

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Beginning

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(Root) of a word

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Middle

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(Suffix) of a word

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Ending

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Oste(o)

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Bone

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Myo or sarco

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Muscle

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Neuro

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Nerve

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Derm

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Skin

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Angi(o)

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Blood vessels

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Ven(o) or phleb(o)

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Veins

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Cardio

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Heart

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Rhino

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Nose

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Tympan

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Eardrum

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Neph

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Kidney

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Crani

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Skull

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Ophthalm or oculi

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Eye

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Thromb(o)

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Blood clot

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Hepato

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Liver

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Mamm(o)

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Breast

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Colo

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Large intestine

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Gastro

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Stomach

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ileo

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Small intestine

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Thorac(o)

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Chest

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Pneumo or pleuro

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Lung

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Macro-

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Large

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Micro-

Small

Megalo- or -megaly

Large/enlarged

Hyper-

High/elevated/above

Hypo-

Low/reduced/below

Tachy-

Fast/rapid

Brady-

Slow/reduced

Endo or intra

Within

Inter-

Between

Peri-

Around

Trans-

Across

Extra-

Outside

Echo-

Using ultrasonic waves

Electro-

Using electricity

-ectomy

Removal of

-gram

Picture

-graph(y)

Process of making an image

-otomy

Making a cut in

-scopy

Using an instrument for viewing

-stomy

Create an opening

Dys-

Not working properly

Mal-

Bad

-emia

Blood condition

-itis

Inflammation

-osis

Condition or disease

-pathy

Disease

Cyst(o)

Bladder

Chole-

Bile

Genetic

Generative/genitive

Dialated

Wide

Bio

Life

Cephal(o)

Head

Hemat(o)

Blood

En

Within/in

Chrono-

Time

Dia-

Through

-Logist

Person who studies

ist

Specialty/specified

iasis

Disease characterized or produced by (something specified)

-cele

Tumor

-centesis

Puncture/prick

-Oma

Usually attached to Growth/tumor

-rreah

Flow

-logy

Study of

-pathy

Suffering/disease

Cephal

Head

Musculo

Muscle

Troph

Food/nourishment

Morpho

Shape

-hemo

Blood

Therm

Heat

Hydro

Water

Slcer

Dry

-osis

State/abnormal condition

-y

Condition of/state of

-algia

Pain

-spasm

Pull

-ia

Pathological/abnormal condition

-rrhage

Rupture/profuse discharge

-cele

Tumor

Ortho

Straight/right

Stomat

Mouth

Ped-

Foot

Gen

Born/produce

Py-

Puss

Myc-

Fungus

Sarc-

Flesh

Myo-

Muscle

Necr

Dead/dead body

-iatrics

Medical/doctor

Myo-

Muscle

Xeno-

Foreign/ strange

Tropo-

Turn/way/manor/style

Dilation-

Enlarge/wide

Stenosis-

Narrow

Valvulo-

Double door