Basic Term Components Flashcards
eti/o
cause
-graphy
Process of recording
en-, ends-, intra-
within
lip/o
fat
-scopy
Process of examination
xer/o
dry
fibr/o
fiber
-ium
structure or tissue
epitheli/o
epithelium
-logy
Study of
-metry
Process of measuring
ultra-
beyond or excessive
-pexy
suspension or fixation
poli/o
gray
-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
small
Circum-, peri-
around
plas/o
formation
-ptosis
falling or downward displacement
gen/o
origin or production
-rrhea
discharge
hepat/o
liver
-phil, -philia
attraction for
algia,-dynia
pain
-poiesis
formation
hydr/o
water
retro-
backward or behind
nephr/o, ren/o
kidney
-rrhage, rrhagia
to burst forth (usually blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
cephal/o
head
sub-, infra-
below or under
psych/o
mind
col/o, colon/o
colon
-edema
swelling
-emia
blood condition
mono-, uni-
one
peri-
around
-rrhexis
rupture
scler/o
hard
acr/o
extremity or topmost
cardi/o
heart
-genesis
origin or production
pan-
all
-iatrics, -iatry
treatment
-plasty
surgical repair or reconstruction
-oid
resembling
-penia
abnormal reduction
-ation
process
or/o
mouth
-tomy
incision
neur/o
nerve
necr/o
death
hemat/o
blood
esthesi/o
sensation
ecto-, exo-, extra-
outside
my/o
muscle
epi-
upon
de-
from, down, or not
hypo-
below or deficient
ab-
away from
gynec/o
woman
macro-
large or long
erythr/o
red
cyt/o
cell