Basic Word Structure Flashcards by Thi Nguyen

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What does logy mean?

A

Process of study

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What does electr mean?

A

Electricity

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What does cardi mean?

A

Heart

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What is gram?

A

Record

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What is gastr?

A

Stomach

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What is itis

A

Inflammation

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What does enter mean

A

Intestines

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What is hypo

A

Below

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What is ic

A

Pertaining to

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What is epi?

A

Above

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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

A

Cancerous/Cancer

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cephalo/o

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Head

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cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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cis/o

A

To cut

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crin/o

A

To secrete

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cyst/o

A

Urinary bladder

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cyt/o

A

Cell

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derm/o

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Skin

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encephal/o

A

Brain

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enter/o

A

Intestines

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erythr/o

A

Red

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gastr/o

Stomach

glyc/o

Sugar

gnos/o

Knowledge

gynec/o

Woman/Female

Hepat/o

Liver

iatr/o

Treatment/Physician

leuk/o

White

log/o

Study of

nephr/o

Kidney

neur/o

Nerve

onc/o

Tumor

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

sect/o

To cut

thromb/o

Clot/Clotting

ur/o

Urinary tract/urine

-ac

Pertaining to

-al

Pertaining to

-algia

Pain

-cyte

Cell

-ectomy

Excision/Removal

-emia

Blood condition

-genic

Produced by or in

-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, usually abnormal

-pathy

Disease condition

-scope

Instrument to visually examine

-scopy

Process of visually examining

-sis

State of/condition

-tomy

Process of cutting, incision

-y

Process/condition

a-,an-

No, not, without

aut/auto

Self/own

Dia-

Complete, through

endo-

Within

epi-

Above/upon

ex-,exo-

Out, outside of, outward

Hyper-

Excessive, above

hypo-

Deficient, below

in-

Into, in

peri-

Surrounding, around

pro-

Before, forward

re-

Back, backward

retro-

Behind

sub-

Below, under

trans-

Across, through

When - is above a vowel

The sound is long

When u is above a vowel

The sound is short

What is hemat?

Blood