BASIC WORD STRUCTURE Flashcards
1
Q
Aden/o
A
Gland
2
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Arth/o
A
Joint
3
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Bi/o
A
Life
4
Q
Carcin/o
A
Cancerous, cancer
5
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
6
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
7
Q
Cerebr/o
A
Largest part of brain
8
Q
Cis/o
A
to cut
9
Q
crin/o
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to secrete (form and give off)
10
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
12
Q
derm/o / dermat/o
A
skin
13
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
14
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
15
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
16
Q
erythr/o
A
red
17
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
18
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
19
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
20
Q
gynec/o
A
woman, female
21
Q
hemat/o or hem/o
A
blood
22
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
23
Q
iatr/o
A
treatment
24
Q
leuk/o
A
white
25
log/o
the study of
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nephr/o
kidney
27
neur/o
nerve
28
onc/o
tumor
29
ophthalm/o
eye
30
oste/o
bone
31
path/o
disease
32
ped/o
child
33
psych/o
mind
34
radi/o
x-rays
35
ren/o
kidney
36
rhin/o
nose
37
sarc/o
flesh
38
sect/o
to cut
39
thromb/o
clot, clotting
40
ur/o
urinary tract
41
ac, al, ic, ical
pertaining to
42
algia
pain
43
cyte
cell
44
ectomy
excision, removal
45
emia
blood condition
46
genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or produced un
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globin
protein
48
gram
record
49
ion
process
50
ist
specialist
51
itis
inflammation
52
logy
to study
53
oma
tumor or mass
54
opsy
process of viewing
55
osis
condition, usually abnormal
56
pathy
disease condition
57
scope
instrument used for visual examintion
58
scopy
process of visually examining
59
sis
state of
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tomy
process of cutting, incision
61
y
process, condtion
62
a, an
no, not, without
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aut, auto
self own
64
dia
complete through
65
endo
within
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epi
above, upon
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ex, exo
out, outside of, outward
68
hyper
excessive, more than normal
69
hypo
deficient, less than normal
70
in
into, in
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peri
surrounding, around
72
pro
before, forward
73
re
back, backward, again
74
retro
behind
75
sub
below, under
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trans
across, through
