Unit # 1 Terms on Test for Prefix, Root Word, Suffix/Word Ending Flashcards
(62 cards)
1
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gland
A
aden/o
2
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vessel
A
angi/o
3
Q
joint
A
arthr/o
4
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heart
A
cardi/o
5
Q
bile
A
chol/e
6
Q
bladder or fluid filled space
A
cyst/o
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Q
cell
A
cyt/o
8
Q
skin
A
derm/at/o
9
Q
stomach
A
gastr/o
10
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sweet or sugar
A
glyc/o
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Q
blood
A
hem/at/o
12
Q
stone
A
lith/o
13
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breast or nipple
A
mast/o
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Q
muscle
A
myo
15
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kidney
A
nephr/o
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Q
nervous system
A
neur/o
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Q
testicles
A
orch/i/o
18
Q
bone
A
oste/o
19
Q
ear
A
ot/o
20
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hard
A
scler/o
21
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spleen
A
splen/o
22
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tendon
A
ten/o, tend/o
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thyroid gland
A
thyroid/o
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Q
urine
A
ur/o
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vessel
vas/o
26
What is the Medical English plural of plexus?
plexi
27
What is the Medical English plural of necropsy?
necropsies
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What is the Medical English plural of plica?
plicae
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What is the Medical English plural of vertebra?
vertebrae
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What is the Medical English plural of diagnosis?
diagnoses
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What is the Medical English plural of appendix?
appendices
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What is the Medical English plural of bacterium?
bacteria
33
What is the Medical English plural of ganglion?
ganglia
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What is the Medical English plural of spermatozoon?
spermatozoa
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What is the Medical English plural of carcinoma?
carcinomata
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a– or an–
not
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olig– or oligo–
several; a handful
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micro-
small
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di– or dia– or trans–
through
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hyper-
too much
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pan-
all; everything or everyone
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dys-
bad
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tachy-
fast
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meso-
in the middle
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endo- or intra-
inside
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–rrhea
abnormal flow
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–desis
binding together by a disease process
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–lysis
breaking down; destroying
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–poiesis
creation process
50
–ectomy
cutting out of
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–pathy
disease process
52
–ptosis
drooping
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–megaly
enlargement due to disease
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–itis
inflammation
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–algia or –dynia
pain
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–penia
low levels of
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–trophy
nourishment; growth
58
–logist
someone who studies
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–rrhexis
rupture
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–malacia
softening due to disease
61
–plasty
surgical revision
62
–oma
tumor
