Ch. 1 Basic Word Structure Flashcards
1
Q
Root
A
foundation of the term
2
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Suffix
A
word ending
3
Q
Prefix
A
word beginning
4
Q
Combining vowel
A
vowel (usually an o) that links the root to the suffix of the root to another root
5
Q
Combining form
A
combination of the root and the combining vowel
6
Q
aden/o
A
gland
7
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
8
Q
bi/o
A
life
9
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
10
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
11
Q
cephal/o
A
head
12
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
13
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
14
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete (to form and give off)
15
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst
16
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
17
Q
derm/o
A
skin
18
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
19
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
20
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
21
Q
enter/o
A
intestines (usually small)
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
24
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
25
gnos/o
knowledge
26
gynec/o
woman, female
27
hemat/o
blood
28
hem/o
blood
29
hepat/o
liver
30
iatr/o
treatment, physician
31
leuk/o
white
32
log/o
study of
33
nephr/o
kidney
34
neur/o
nerve
35
onc/o
tumor
36
ophthalm/o
eye
37
oste/o
bone
38
path/o
disease
39
ped/o
child
40
psych/o
mind
41
radi/o
x-rays
42
ren/o
kidney
43
rhin/o
nose
44
sarc/o
flesh
45
sect/o
to cut
46
thromb/o
clot, clotting
47
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
48
-ac
pertaining to
49
-al
pertaining to
50
-algia
pain
51
-cyte
cell
52
-ectomy
excision, removal
53
-emia
blood condition
54
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
55
-globin
protein
56
-gram
record
57
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
58
-ion
process
59
-ist
specialist
60
-itis
inflammation
61
-logy
process of study
62
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
63
-opsy
process of viewing
64
-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
65
-pathy
disease condition
66
-scope
instrument to visually examine
67
-scopy
process of visually examining
68
-sis
state of, condition
69
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
70
-y
process, condition
71
a-, an-
no, not, without
72
aut-, auto-
self, own
73
dia-
complete, through
74
endo-
within
75
epi-
above, upon
76
ex-, exo-
out, outside, outward
77
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
78
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
79
in-
into, in
80
peri-
surrounding, around
81
pro-
before, forward
82
re-
back, backward, again
83
retro-
behind
84
sub-
below, under
85
trans-
across, through
