Basic Word Structure Flashcards

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1
Q

Aden/o

A

Gland

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Arthr/o

A

Joint

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3
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Bi/o

A

Life

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Carcin/o

A

Cancerous, Cancer

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Cardi/ o

A

Heart

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Cephal/o

A

Head

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7
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Cerebral/o

A

Cerebrum

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Cis/o

A

To cut

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Crin/o

A

To secrete

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10
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Cyst/o

A

Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst

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Cyt/o

A

Cell

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Derm/o

A

Skin

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13
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Encephal/o

A

Brain

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14
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Enter/o

A

Intestines

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15
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Glyc/o

A

Sugar

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16
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Gnos/o

A

Knowledge

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17
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Gynec/o

A

Women, female

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18
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Hemat/o

A

Blood

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19
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Hepat/o

A

Liver

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20
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Iatr/o

A

Treatment

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21
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Leuk/o

A

White

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22
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Log/o

A

Study of

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23
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Nephr/o

A

Kidney

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24
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Oste/o

A

Bone

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25
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Path/o

A

Disease

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Psych

A

Mind

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Radi

A

X rays

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Ren/o

A

Kidney

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Rhin/o

A

Nose

30
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Sarc/o

A

Flesh

31
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Sect/o

A

To cut

32
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Ur/ o

A

Urinary tract

33
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-ac

A

Pertaining to

Ex: cardiac

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-al

A

Pertaining to

Ex: neural

35
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-Algia

A

Pain

Ex: arthralgia

36
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-cyte

A

Cell

Ex: erythrocyte

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  • ectomy
A

Excision, removal

38
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  • Emia
A

Blood condition

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-Genic

A

Pertaining to, produced by

40
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-globin

A

Protein

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-gram

A

Record

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ic, ical

A

Pertaining to

Ex: gastric

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-ion

A

Process

Ex: excision

44
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-oma

A

Tumor, mass

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-opsy

A

Process of viewing

46
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-osis

A

Condition (usually abnormal)

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-pathy

A

Disease condition

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-scope

A

Instrument to visually examine

49
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-scopy

A

Process of visually examining

50
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-sis

A

State of condition

Ex: prognosis

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-tomy

A

Process of cutting, incision

52
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A-, An-

A

No, without

53
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Aut-, Auto-

A

Self

54
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Dia-

A

Complete, through

Ex: diagnosis

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Endo-

A

Within

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Epi-

A

Above

57
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Ex-, Exo-

A

Outside

58
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Hyper-

A

Excessive, above

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Hypo-

A

Deficient, below

60
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In-

A

Into

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Peri-

A

Surrounding

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Pro-

A

Before

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Re-

A

Back, backward

64
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Retro-

A

Behind

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Sub-

A

Below, under

66
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Trans-

A

Across, through