Unit 4 Root/Prefix/Suffix Flashcards
(70 cards)
1
Q
Aden
A
Gland
2
Q
Adip
A
Fat
3
Q
Arteri/o
A
Artery
4
Q
Cephal
A
Head
5
Q
Chondri
A
Cartilage
6
Q
Cost
A
Rib
7
Q
Crani
A
Skull
8
Q
Cyst
A
Bladder
9
Q
Derma or dermat/o
A
Skin
10
Q
duct
A
Tube
11
Q
Gastr
A
Stomach
12
Q
Gen
A
To produce
13
Q
Glossal
A
Tongue
14
Q
Hepat
A
Liver
15
Q
Myo
A
Muscle
16
Q
Nephr (more commonly used) and ren
A
Kidney
17
Q
Neuro
A
Nerve
18
Q
Opthalm
A
Eye
19
Q
Oste
A
Bone
20
Q
Ot
A
Ear
21
Q
Ov
A
Egg
22
Q
Thrombo
A
Blood clot
23
Q
Vas
A
Vessel
24
Q
A or an
A
Without
25
Ad
To or toward
26
Ante
Before
27
Bi
Two
28
Bio
Life
29
Epi
Upon or on
30
inter
Between
31
intra and endo
Within
32
Erythr/o
Red
33
Hem/o or hemat
Blood
34
Hyper
Above or an excess
35
Hypo
Below or deficient
36
Leuk/o or leuc/o
White
37
Peri
Around
38
Pneum/o or pneumon/o
Refers to air, breath, or lungs
39
Retro
Behind
40
Sub
Under
41
algia
Pain
42
blast
Forming cell
43
cyte
Cell
44
ectomy
Surgical removal of a part of the body
45
it is
Inflammation
46
logy
Study of
47
osis
Condition of
47
pathy
Disease
48
scopy
Visual examination of
49
stasis
Standing still
50
stenosis
Narrowing
51
tomy
Surgical incision
52
q.d.
taken once daily
53
b.i.d.
twice per day
54
t.i.d.
three times per day
55
q.i.d.
four times per day
56
a c with a line over it
with
57
s with a line over it
without
58
P.O.
mouth or orally
59
Hx
history
60
c/o
complains of
61
c/c
chief complaint
62
B/P
blood pressure
63
S&S
signs and symptoms
64
O.S.
left eye
65
O.D.
right eye
66
R/O
rule out
67
Dx
diagnosis
68
WNL
within normal limits
69
TNTC
too numerous to count
