Ch. 1 Basic Word Structure Flashcards by Gloria Bonellii

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Root

A

foundation of the term

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Suffix

A

word ending

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Prefix

A

word beginning

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Combining vowel

A

vowel (usually an o) that links the root to the suffix of the root to another root

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Combining form

A

combination of the root and the combining vowel

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aden/o

A

gland

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arthr/o

A

joint

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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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cerebr/o

A

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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cis/o

A

to cut

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crin/o

A

to secrete (to form and give off)

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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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dermat/o

A

skin

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electr/o

A

electricity

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encephal/o

A

brain

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enter/o

A

intestines (usually small)

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erythr/o

A

red

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gastr/o

A

stomach

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glyc/o

A

sugar

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gnos/o

A

knowledge

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gynec/o

A

woman, female

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hemat/o

A

blood

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hem/o

A

blood

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hepat/o

A

liver

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iatr/o

A

treatment, physician

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leuk/o

A

white

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log/o

A

study of

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nephr/o

A

kidney

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neur/o

A

nerve

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onc/o

A

tumor

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ophthalm/o

A

eye

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oste/o

A

bone

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path/o

A

disease

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ped/o

A

child

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psych/o

A

mind

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radi/o

A

x-rays

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ren/o

A

kidney

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rhin/o

A

nose

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sarc/o

A

flesh

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sect/o

A

to cut

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thromb/o

A

clot, clotting

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ur/o

A

urinary tract, urine

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-ac

A

pertaining to

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-al

A

pertaining to

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-algia

A

pain

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-cyte

A

cell

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-ectomy

A

excision, removal

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-genic

A

pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

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-globin

A

protein

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-gram

A

record

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-ic, -ical

A

pertaining to

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-ion

A

process

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-ist

A

specialist

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-logy

A

process of study

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-oma

A

tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

A

process of viewing

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

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-pathy

A

disease condition

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-scope

A

instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

A

process of visually examining

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-sis

A

state of, condition

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-tomy

A

process of cutting, incision

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-y

A

process, condition

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a-, an-

A

no, not, without

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aut-, auto-

A

self, own

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dia-

A

complete, through

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endo-

A

within

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epi-

A

above, upon

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ex-, exo-

A

out, outside, outward

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hyper-

A

excessive, above, more than normal

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hypo-

A

deficient, below, under, less than normal

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in-

A

into, in

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peri-

A

surrounding, around

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pro-

A

before, forward

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re-

A

back, backward, again

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retro-

A

behind

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sub-

A

below, under

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trans-

A

across, through