Ch 3 Flashcards
Abdomin/o
Abdomen
Acr/o
Extremities, top, extreme point
Acu/o
Sharp, severe, sudden
Aden/o
Gland
Adip/o
Fat
Amni/o
Amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
Angi/o
Vessel
Arteri/o
Artery
Arthr/o
Joint
Axill/o
Armpit
Bi/o
Life
Blephar/o
Eyelid
Bronch/o
Bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
Carcin/o
Cancer
Cardi/o
Heart
Chem/o
Drug, chemical
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Chron/o
Time
Col/o
Colon (large intestine)
Cyst/o
Urinary bladder
Encephal/o
Brain
Erythr/o
Red
Hem/o
Blood
Hepat/o
Liver
Hydr/o
Water, fluid
Inguin/o
Groin
Isch/o
To hold back
Lapar/o
Abdomen, abdominal wall
Laryng/o
Larynx (voice box)
Leuk/o
White
Lymph/o
Lymph (a clear fluid that bathed tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
Mamm/o
Breast
Mest/o
Breast
Morph/o
Shape, form
Muc/o
Mucus
My/o
Muscle
Myel/o
Spinal cord, bone marrow
Necr/o
Death (of cells or whole body)
Nephr/o
Kidney
Neur/o
Nerve
Neutr/o
Neutrophil (a white blood cell)
Nucle/o
Nucleus
Ophthalm/o
Eye
Oste/o
Bone
Ot/o
Ear
Path/o
Disease
Peritone/o
Peritoneum
Phag/o
To eat, swallow
Phleb/o
Vein
Plas/o
Formation, development
Pleur/o
Pleura
Pneumon/o
Lungs
Pulmon/o
Lungs
Radi/o
X-rays
Rect/o
Rectum
Ren/o
Kidney
Rhin/o
Nose
Sarc/o
Flesh
Splen/o
Spleen
Staphyl/o
Clusters
Strept/o
Twisted chains
Thorac/o
Chest
Thromb/o
Clot
Tonsill/o
Tonsils
Trache/o
Trachea (windpipe)
Ven/o
Vein
-algia
Pain
-cele
Hernia
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (plural-cocci)
Berry-shaped (bacteria)
-cyte
Cell
-dynia
Pain
-ectomy
Excision, removal, resection
-emia
Blood condition
-genesis
Condition of producing, forming
-gram
Record
-graph
Instrument for recording
-graphy
Process of recording
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Study of
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
Softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-oma
Tumor
-opsy
To review
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal
-Pathy
Disease
-penia
Deficiency
-phobia
Fear
-plasia
Development
-plasty
Surgical repair
-ptosis
Falling, dropping
-sclerosis
Hardening
-scope
Instrument for visual examination (with a scope)
-stasis
Stopping, controlling
-stomy
Opening to form a mouth
-Therapy
Treatment
-tomy
Incision, cutting into
-trophy
Development
-we
One who
-ia
Condition
-ist
Specialist
-ole
Little, small
-ule
Little, small
-um, -ium
-us
-y
Condition, process
-ac, -iac
Pertaining to
-al
Pertaining to
-ar
Pertaining to
-ary
Pertaining to
-eal
Pertaining to
-genic
Pertaining to
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
-oid
Resembling
-ose
Pertaining to / full of
-ous
Pertaining to
-tic
Pertaining to