A/P Unit 1 Terms Flashcards
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete (give off)
cyst/o
urinary bladder, a sac or cyst
cyt/o
cell
derm/o or dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines (usually small one)
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
women/female
hemat/o or hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
iatr/o
treatment/physician
leuk/o
white
log/o
study of
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-rays
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o
urinary tract
al, ac
pertaining to
algia
pain
cyte
cell
ectomy
excision/ removal
emia
blood condition
genic
pertaining to, producing,
globin
protein
gram
record
ic, ical
pertaining to
ion
process
ist
specialist
itis
inflammation
logy
process of study
oma
tumor, mass, swelling
opsy
process of viewing
osis
condition
pathy
disease/ condition
scope
instrument to visually examine
sis
sate of condition
tomy
process of cutting, incision
y
process, condition
aut, auto
self, own
a, an
no, not, without
dia
complete, through
endo
within
epi
above
ex, exo
outside
hyper
excessive
hypo
deficient
in
into, in
peri
surrounding, around
pro
before, forward
re
back, backward, again
retro
behind
sub
below, under
trans
across, through
prefix
word beginning
suffix
word ending
root
foundation of thw word
combing vowel
linking the words together
combining form
linking a root and combining vowel