A&P Chapter 1 - Basic Word Structure Flashcards
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aden/o
A
gland
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arthr/o
A
joint
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bi/o
A
life
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carcin/o
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cancerous, cancer
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cardi/o
A
heart
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cis/o
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to cut
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crin/o
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to secrete (to form and give off)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)
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cyt/o
A
cell
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derm/o or dermat/o
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skin
13
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electr/o
A
electricity
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encephal/o
A
brain
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enter/o
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intestines (usually the small intestine)
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erythr/o
A
red
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gastr/o
A
stomach
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glyc/o
A
sugar
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gnos/o
A
knowledge
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemat/o or hem/o
A
blood
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hepat/o
A
liver
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iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
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leuk/o
A
white
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log/o
study of
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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onc/o
tumer (cancerous)
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ophthalm/o
eye
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oste/o
bone
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path/o
disease
32
ped/o
child
33
psych/o
mind
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radi/o
x-rays
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
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sarc/o
flesh
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sect/o
to cut
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thromb/o
clot, clotting
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ur/o
urinary tract, urine
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-ac or -al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
43
-cyte
cell
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-ectomy
excision, removal
45
-emia
blood condition
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-genic
pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in
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-globin
protein
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-gram
record
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-ic or -ical
pertaining to
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-ion
process
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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-logy
process of study
54
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
55
-opsy
process of viewing
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
57
-pathy
disease condition
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-scope
instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
process of visually examining
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-sis
state of; condition
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-tomy
process of cutting, incision
62
-y
process, condition
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a- or an-
no, not, without
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aut- or auto-
self, own
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dia-
complete, through
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endo-
within
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epi-
above, upon
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ex- or exo
out, outside of, outward
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hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
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hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
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in-
into, in
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peri-
surrounding, around
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pro-
before, toward
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re-
back, backward, again
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retro-
behind
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sub-
below, under
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trans-
across, through
