Basic Word Structure Flashcards

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1
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What does logy mean?

A

Process of study

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2
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What does electr mean?

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Electricity

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3
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What does cardi mean?

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Heart

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4
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What is gram?

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Record

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5
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What is gastr?

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Stomach

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6
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What is itis

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Inflammation

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7
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What does enter mean

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Intestines

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8
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What is hypo

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Below

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9
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What is ic

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Pertaining to

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10
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What is epi?

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Above

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11
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Aden/o?

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Gland

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12
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Arthr/o?

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Joint

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13
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Bi/o

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Life

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14
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Carcin/o

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Cancerous/Cancer

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15
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cephalo/o

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Head

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16
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cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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17
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cis/o

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To cut

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18
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crin/o

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To secrete

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19
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cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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20
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cyt/o

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Cell

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21
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derm/o

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Skin

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22
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encephal/o

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Brain

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23
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enter/o

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Intestines

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24
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erythr/o

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Red

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25
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gastr/o

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Stomach

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26
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glyc/o

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Sugar

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27
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gnos/o

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Knowledge

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28
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gynec/o

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Woman/Female

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29
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Hepat/o

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Liver

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30
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iatr/o

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Treatment/Physician

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31
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leuk/o

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White

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32
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log/o

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Study of

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33
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nephr/o

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Kidney

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34
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neur/o

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Nerve

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35
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onc/o

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Tumor

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36
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ophthalm/o

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Eye

37
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oste/o

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Bone

38
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path/o

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Disease

39
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ped/o

A

Child

40
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psych/o

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Mind

41
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radi/o

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X-rays

42
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ren/o

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Kidney

43
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rhin/o

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Nose

44
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sarc/o

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Flesh

45
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sect/o

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To cut

46
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sect/o

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To cut

47
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thromb/o

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Clot/Clotting

48
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ur/o

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Urinary tract/urine

49
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-ac

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Pertaining to

50
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-al

A

Pertaining to

51
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-algia

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Pain

52
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-cyte

A

Cell

53
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-ectomy

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Excision/Removal

54
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-emia

A

Blood condition

55
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-genic

A

Produced by or in

56
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-globin

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Protein

57
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-gram

A

Record

58
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-ic/ ical

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Pertaining to

59
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-ion

A

Process

60
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-ist

A

Specialist

61
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-itis

A

Inflammation

62
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-logy

A

Process of study

63
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-oma

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Tumor/mass/swelling

64
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-opsy

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Process of viewing

65
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-osis

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Condition, usually abnormal

66
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-pathy

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Disease condition

67
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-scope

A

Instrument to visually examine

68
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-scopy

A

Process of visually examining

69
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-sis

A

State of/condition

70
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-tomy

A

Process of cutting, incision

71
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-y

A

Process/condition

72
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a-,an-

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No, not, without

73
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aut/auto

A

Self/own

74
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Dia-

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Complete, through

75
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endo-

A

Within

76
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epi-

A

Above/upon

77
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ex-,exo-

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Out, outside of, outward

78
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Hyper-

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Excessive, above

79
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hypo-

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Deficient, below

80
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in-

A

Into, in

81
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peri-

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Surrounding, around

82
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pro-

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Before, forward

83
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re-

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Back, backward

84
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retro-

A

Behind

85
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sub-

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Below, under

86
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trans-

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Across, through

87
Q

When - is above a vowel

A

The sound is long

88
Q

When u is above a vowel

A

The sound is short

89
Q

What is hemat?

A

Blood