Ch. 1 Basic Word Structure Flashcards

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1
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Arthr/o

A

Joint

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2
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Bi/o

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Life

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Carcin/o

A

Cancerous, cancer

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4
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Cardi/o

A

Heart

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5
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Cephal/o

A

Head

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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7
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Cis/o

A

To cut

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8
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Crin/o

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To secrete (to form and give off)

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9
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Cyst/o

A

Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)

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10
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Cyt/o

A

Cell

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Derm/o

A

Skin

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12
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Electr/o

A

Electricity

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13
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Dermat/o

A

Skin

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14
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Encephal/o

A

Brain

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15
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Enter/o

A

Intestines (usually the small intestine)

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16
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Erythr/o

A

Red

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17
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Gastr/o

A

Stomach

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18
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Glyc/o

A

Sugar

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19
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Gnos/o

A

Knowledge

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20
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Gynec/o

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Woman, female

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21
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Hemat/o

A

Blood

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22
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Hem/o

A

Blood

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23
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Hepat/o

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Liver

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24
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Iatr/o

A

Treatment, physician

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25
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Leuk/o

A

White

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26
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Log/o

A

Study of

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27
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Nephr/o

A

Kidney

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28
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Neur/o

A

Nerve

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29
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Onc/o

A

Tumor

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30
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Ophthalm/o

A

Eye

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31
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Oste/o

A

Bone

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32
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Path/o

A

Disease

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33
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Ped/o

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Child

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34
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Psych/o

A

Mind

35
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Radi/o

A

X-Rays

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Ren/o

A

Kidney

37
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Rhin/o

A

Nose

38
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Sarc/o

A

Flesh

39
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Sect/o

A

To cut

40
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Thromb/o

A

Clot, clotting

41
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Ur/o

A

Urinary tract, urine

42
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-ac

A

Pertaining to

43
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-al

A

Pertaining to

44
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-algia

A

Pain

45
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-cyte

A

Cell

46
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-ectomy

A

Excision, removal

47
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-emia

A

Blood condition

48
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-genic

A

Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

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-globin

A

Protein

50
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-gram

A

Record

51
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-ic

A

Pertaining to

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-ical

A

Pertaining to

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-ion

A

Process

54
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-ist

A

Specialist

55
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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-logy

A

Process of study

57
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-oma

A

Tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

A

Process of viewing

59
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-osis

A

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

60
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-pathy

A

Disease condition

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-scope

A

Instrument to visually examine

62
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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

65
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-y

A

Process, condition

66
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A-

A

No, not, without

67
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An-

A

No, not, without

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Aut-

A

Self, own

69
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Auto-

A

Self, own

70
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Dia-

A

Complete, through

71
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Endo-

A

Within

72
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Epi-

A

Above, upon

73
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Ex-

A

Out, outside of, outward

74
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Exo-

A

Out, outside of, outward

75
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Hyper-

A

Excessive, above, more than normal

76
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Hypo-

A

Deficient, below, under, less than normal

77
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In-

A

Into, in

78
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Peri-

A

Surrounding, around

79
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Pro-

A

Before, forward

80
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Re-

A

Back, backward, again

81
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Retro-

A

Behind

82
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Sub-

A

Below, under

83
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Trans-

A

Across, through

84
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Aden/o

A

Gland