BASIC WORD STRUCTURE Flashcards

1
Q

Aden/o

A

Gland

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2
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Arth/o

A

Joint

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3
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Bi/o

A

Life

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4
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Carcin/o

A

Cancerous, cancer

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5
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Cardi/o

A

Heart

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6
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Cephal/o

A

Head

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7
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Cerebr/o

A

Largest part of brain

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8
Q

Cis/o

A

to cut

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9
Q

crin/o

A

to secrete (form and give off)

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10
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cyst/o

A

urinary bladder

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11
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cyt/o

A

cell

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12
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derm/o / dermat/o

A

skin

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13
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electr/o

A

electricity

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14
Q

encephal/o

A

brain

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15
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enter/o

A

intestines

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16
Q

erythr/o

A

red

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17
Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

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18
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glyc/o

A

sugar

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19
Q

gnos/o

A

knowledge

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20
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gynec/o

A

woman, female

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21
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hemat/o or hem/o

A

blood

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22
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

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23
Q

iatr/o

A

treatment

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24
Q

leuk/o

A

white

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25
Q

log/o

A

the study of

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26
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

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27
Q

neur/o

A

nerve

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28
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

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29
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ophthalm/o

A

eye

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30
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oste/o

A

bone

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31
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path/o

A

disease

32
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ped/o

A

child

33
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psych/o

A

mind

34
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radi/o

A

x-rays

35
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

36
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rhin/o

A

nose

37
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh

38
Q

sect/o

A

to cut

39
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thromb/o

A

clot, clotting

40
Q

ur/o

A

urinary tract

41
Q

ac, al, ic, ical

A

pertaining to

42
Q

algia

A

pain

43
Q

cyte

A

cell

44
Q

ectomy

A

excision, removal

45
Q

emia

A

blood condition

46
Q

genic

A

pertaining to producing, produced by or produced un

47
Q

globin

A

protein

48
Q

gram

A

record

49
Q

ion

A

process

50
Q

ist

A

specialist

51
Q

itis

A

inflammation

52
Q

logy

A

to study

53
Q

oma

A

tumor or mass

54
Q

opsy

A

process of viewing

55
Q

osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

56
Q

pathy

A

disease condition

57
Q

scope

A

instrument used for visual examintion

58
Q

scopy

A

process of visually examining

59
Q

sis

A

state of

60
Q

tomy

A

process of cutting, incision

61
Q

y

A

process, condtion

62
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a, an

A

no, not, without

63
Q

aut, auto

A

self own

64
Q

dia

A

complete through

65
Q

endo

A

within

66
Q

epi

A

above, upon

67
Q

ex, exo

A

out, outside of, outward

68
Q

hyper

A

excessive, more than normal

69
Q

hypo

A

deficient, less than normal

70
Q

in

A

into, in

71
Q

peri

A

surrounding, around

72
Q

pro

A

before, forward

73
Q

re

A

back, backward, again

74
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retro

A

behind

75
Q

sub

A

below, under

76
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trans

A

across, through