Ch 1-4 Combing Forms Flashcards
1
Q
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
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
8
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
9
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
10
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
11
Q
cyt/o
A
Cell
12
Q
derm/o
dermat/o
A
skin
13
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
14
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
15
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
16
Q
erythr/o
A
Red
17
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
18
Q
gn/o
A
Knowledge
19
Q
gynec/o
A
Woman, female
20
Q
Hemat/o
Hem/o
A
Blood
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
23
Q
leuk/o
A
white
24
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
25
neur/o
nerve
26
onc/o
tumor
27
ophthalm/o
eye
28
oste/o
bone
29
path/o
disease
30
ped/o
child
31
psych/o
mind
32
radi/o
X-rays
33
Ren/o
Kidney
34
rhin/o
Nose
35
sarc/o
flesh
36
sect/o
to cut
37
thromb/o
clot, clotting
38
ur/o
Urinary tract, urine
39
- ac
| - al
pertaining to
40
-algia
Pain
41
-cyte
Cell
42
-ectomy
excision, removal
43
-emia
blood condition
44
-genic
Produced by or in
45
-globin
Protein
46
-gram
Record
47
- ic
| - ical
Pertaining to
48
-ion
Process
49
-ist
Specialist
50
-itis
Inflammation
51
-logy
Process of study
52
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
53
-opsy
Process of viewing
54
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal
55
-pathy
Disease condition
56
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
57
-scopy
Process of visually examining
| With a endoscope
58
-sis
State of, condition
59
-tomy
Process of cutting
60
-y
Process, condition
61
a-
| an-
No, not, without
62
aut-
| auto-
Self, own
63
dia-
Through, complete
64
end-
| endo-
Within
65
epi-
Above, upon
66
ex-
Out
67
exo-
Outside of, outward
68
hyper-
Excessive, above, more
69
hypo-
Deficient, below, under, less
70
in-
Into, in
71
peri-
Surrounding, around
72
pro-
Before, forward
73
re-
Back, backward, again
74
retro-
Behind
75
sub-
below, under
76
trans-
across, through
77
abdomin/o
Abdomen
78
adip/o
Fat
79
anter/o
Front
80
bol/o
To cast(throw)
81
cervic/o
Neck ( of body or uterus )
82
chondr/o
Cartilage
83
chrom/o
Color
84
coccyg/o
Coccyx (tailbone)
85
crani/o
Skull
86
Cyt/o
Cell
87
Dist/o
Far, distant
88
Dors/o
Back portion of the body
89
hist/o
Tissue
90
ili/o
ilium ( of the pelvic bone )
91
Inguin/o
Groin
92
Kary/o
Nucleus
93
Later/o
Side
94
Lumb/o
Lower back
95
Medi/o
Middle
96
Nucle/o
Nucleus
97
Pelv/i
Pelvis
98
poster/o
Back, behind
99
proxim/o
Nearest
100
Sacr/o
Sacrum
101
Sarc/o
Flesh
102
Spin/o
Spine, backbone
103
thel/o
Nipple
104
thorac/o
Chest
105
trache/o
Trachea, windpipe
106
Umbilic/o
Navel, umbilicus
107
Ventr/o
Belly side of body
108
vertebr/o
Vertebra(e) , backbone(s)
109
viscer/o
Internal organs
110
Ana-
Up
111
Cata-
Down
112
Epi-
Above
113
Hypo-
Below
114
Inter-
Between
115
Meta-
Change
116
-eal
Pertaining to
117
-iac
Pertaining to
118
-ior
Pertaining to
119
-ism
Process, condition
120
-ose
Pertaining to, full of
121
-plasm
Formation
122
-somes
Bodies
123
-type
Picture, classification
124
abdomin/o
Abdomen
125
acr/o
Extremities, top, extreme point
126
acu/o
Sharp, severe, sudden
127
Aden/o
Gland
128
Adip/o
Fat
129
Amni/o
Amnion
130
Angi/o
Vessel
131
Arteri/o
Artery
132
Arthr/o
Joint
133
Axill/o
Armpit
134
Bi/o
Life
135
Blephar/o
Eyelid
136
Bronch/o
Bronchial tubes
137
Carcin/o
Cancer
138
Cardi/o
Heart
139
Chem/o
Drug, chemical
140
Chondr/o
Cartilage
141
Chron/o
Time
142
Col/o
Colon, (large intestine)
143
Cyst/o
Urinary bladder
144
Encephal/o
Brain
145
Erythr/o
Red
146
Hem/o
Blood
147
Hepat/o
Liver
148
Hydr/o
Water, fluid
149
Inguin/o
Groin
150
Isch/o
To hold back
151
Lapar/o
Abdomen, abdominal wall
152
Laryng/o
Larynx
153
Leuk/o
White
154
Lymph/o
Lymph
155
Mamm/o
Breast
156
Mast/o
Breast
157
Morph/o
Shape, form
158
Muc/o
Mucus
159
My/o
Muscle
160
Myel/o
Spinal cord, bone marrow
161
Necr/o
Death (of cells or whole body)
162
Nephr/o
Kidney
163
Neur/o
Nerve
164
Neutr/o
Neutrophil
165
Nucle/o
Nucleus
166
Ophthalm/o
Eye
167
Oste/o
Bone
168
Ot/o
Ear
169
Path/o
Disease
170
Peritone/o
Peritoneum
171
Phag/o
To eat, swallow
172
Phleb/o
Vein
173
Plas/o
Formation, development
174
Pleur/o
Pleura
175
Pneumon/o
Lungs
176
Pulmon/o
Lungs
177
Radi/o
X-rays
178
Rect/o
Rectum
179
Ren/o
Kidney
180
Rhin/o
Nose
181
Sarc/o
Flesh
182
Splen/o
Spleen
183
Staphyl/o
Clusters
184
Strept/o
Twisted chains
185
Thorac/o
Chest
186
Thromb/o
Clot
187
Tonsill/o
Tonsils
188
Trache/o
Trachea (windpipe)
189
Ven/o
Vein
190
-algia
Pain
191
-cele
Hernia
192
-centesis
Surgical procedure to remove fluid
193
-coccus
| Plural -cocci
Berry-shaped bacterium
194
-cyte
Cell
195
-dynia
Pain
196
-ectomy
Excision, removal, resection
197
-emia
Blood condition
198
-genesis
Condition of producing, forming
199
-gram
Record
200
-graph
Instrument for recording
201
-graphy
Process of recording
202
-itis
Inflammation
203
-logy
Study of
204
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
205
-malacia
Softening
206
-megaly
Enlargement
207
-oma
Tumor, mass,collection of fluid
208
-opsy
To view
209
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal
210
-pathy
Disease condition
211
-penia
Deficiency
212
-phobia
Fear
213
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
214
-plasty
Surgical repair
215
-ptosis
Drooping, falling, prolapse
216
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
217
-sclerosis
Hardening
218
-scope
Instrument for visual examination (with an endoscope)
219
-stasis
Controlling, stopping
220
-stomy
Opening to form a mouth (stoma)
221
-therapy
Treatment
222
-tomy
Incision, cutting into
223
-trophy
Development, nourishment
224
-er
One who
225
-ia
Condition
226
-ist
Specialist
227
-ole
Little, small
228
-ule
Little, small
229
-um
Structure, tissue
230
-ium
Structure, tissue
231
-us
Structure, substance
232
-y
Condition, process
233
- ac
- iac
- al
- ar
- eal
Pertaining to
234
-genic
Pertaining to producing, produced by, or in.
235
- ic
| - ical
Pertaining to
236
-oid
Resembling
237
-ose
Pertaining to, full of
238
-ous
Pertaining to
239
-tic
Pertaining to
240
a-
| an-
No, not, without
241
ab-
Away from
242
ad-
Toward
243
Ana-
Up, apart
244
ante-
Before, forward
245
Anti-
Against
246
Auto-
Self, own
247
Bi-
Two
248
Brady-
Slow
249
Cata-
Down
250
Con-
With, together
251
Contra-
Against, opposite
252
De-
Down, lack of
253
Dia-
Through, complete
254
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult
255
Ec-
Out, outside
256
Ecto-
Out, outside
257
En-
In, within
258
Endo-
In, within
259
Epi-
Upon, on, above
260
Eu-
Good, normal
261
Ex-
Out, away from
262
Hemi-
Half
263
Hyper-
Excessive, above
264
Hypo-
Deficient, under
265
In-
Into, within
266
Infra-
Beneath
267
Inter-
Between
268
Intra-
Into, within
269
Macro-
Large
270
Mal-
Bad
271
Meta-
Beyond, change
272
Micro-
Small
273
Neo-
New
274
Pan-
All
275
Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
276
Per-
Through
277
Peri-
Surrounding
278
Poly-
Many, much
279
Post-
After, behind
280
Pre-
Before, in front of
281
Pro-
Before, forward
282
Pseudo-
False
283
Re-
Back, again
284
Retro-
Behind, backwards
285
Sub-
Under
286
Supra-
Above, upper
287
Syn-
| Sym-
Together, with
288
Tachy-
Fast
289
Trans-
Across, through
290
Ultra-
Beyond, excel
291
Uni-
One
