Word parts Flashcards
(72 cards)
1
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arthr/o
A
joint
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bi/o
A
life
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carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
4
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
5
Q
cephal/o
A
head
6
Q
cerebr/o
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cerebrum
7
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
8
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
9
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or cyst
10
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
11
Q
derm/o
A
skin
12
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electr/o
A
electricity
13
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encephal/o
A
brain
14
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erythr/o
A
red
15
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
16
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glyc/o
A
sugar
17
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gnos/o
A
knowledge
18
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gynec/o
A
woman, female
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hemat/o
A
blood
20
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hem/o
A
blood
21
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hepat/o
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liver
22
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iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
23
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leuk/o
A
white
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log/o
A
study of
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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onc/o
tumor
28
ophthalm/o
eye
29
oste/o
bone
30
path/o
disease
31
ped/o
child
32
psych/o
mind
33
radi/o
x-rays
34
ren/o
kidney
35
rhin/o
nose
36
sarc/o
flesh
37
sect/o
to cut
38
thromb/o
clot/clotting
39
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
40
-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
43
-cyte
cell
44
-ectomy
excision, removal
45
-emia
blood condition
46
-genic
produced by, produced in
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-globin
protein
48
-gram
record
49
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ion
process
51
-ist
specialist
52
-itis
inflammation
53
-logy
process of study
54
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
55
-opsy
process of viewing
56
-osis
condition (usually abnormal)
57
-pathy
disease condition
58
-scope
instrument to visually examine
59
-scopy
process of visually examining
60
-sis
state of; condition
61
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
62
-y
process, condition
63
a-, an-, ana-
no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
self, own
65
dia-
complete, through
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endo-
within
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epi-
above
68
ex-, exo-
out, outside of
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hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
70
hypo-
deficient, below, less than normal
71
in-
in, into
72
aden/o
gland
