Basic Word Structure Flashcards
1
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Aden/o
A
Gland
2
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
3
Q
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
Cerebral/o
A
Cerebrum
8
Q
Cis/o
A
To cut
9
Q
Crin/o
A
To secrete
10
Q
Cyst/o
A
Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst
11
Q
Cyt/o
A
Cell
12
Q
Derm/o
A
Skin
13
Q
Encephal/o
A
Brain
14
Q
Enter/o
A
Intestines
15
Q
Glyc/o
A
Sugar
16
Q
Gnos/o
A
Knowledge
17
Q
Gynec/o
A
Women, female
18
Q
Hemat/o
A
Blood
19
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
20
Q
Iatr/o
A
Treatment
21
Q
Leuk/o
A
White
22
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Log/o
A
Study of
23
Q
Nephr/o
A
Kidney
24
Q
Oste/o
A
Bone
25
Path/o
Disease
26
Psych
Mind
27
Radi
X rays
28
Ren/o
Kidney
29
Rhin/o
Nose
30
Sarc/o
Flesh
31
Sect/o
To cut
32
Ur/ o
Urinary tract
33
-ac
Pertaining to
Ex: cardiac
34
-al
Pertaining to
Ex: neural
35
-Algia
Pain
Ex: arthralgia
36
-cyte
Cell
Ex: erythrocyte
37
- ectomy
Excision, removal
38
- Emia
Blood condition
39
-Genic
Pertaining to, produced by
40
-globin
Protein
41
-gram
Record
42
ic, ical
Pertaining to
Ex: gastric
43
-ion
Process
Ex: excision
44
-oma
Tumor, mass
45
-opsy
Process of viewing
46
-osis
Condition (usually abnormal)
47
-pathy
Disease condition
48
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
49
-scopy
Process of visually examining
50
-sis
State of condition
Ex: prognosis
51
-tomy
Process of cutting, incision
52
A-, An-
No, without
53
Aut-, Auto-
Self
54
Dia-
Complete, through
Ex: diagnosis
55
Endo-
Within
56
Epi-
Above
57
Ex-, Exo-
Outside
58
Hyper-
Excessive, above
59
Hypo-
Deficient, below
60
In-
Into
61
Peri-
Surrounding
62
Pro-
Before
63
Re-
Back, backward
64
Retro-
Behind
65
Sub-
Below, under
66
Trans-
Across, through
