Ch 4 Components Flashcards
-esis
Abnormal condition, action, process
cry/o
Icy cold
-tic
Pertaining to
-plasty
Surgical repair
-ment
Action, state
de-
Without, away from, take away
bride
Rubbish
kerat/o
Horn, cornea
Bx
Biopsy
sens/o
To feel
-ery
Process of
Carcin/o
Cancer
Path/o
Disease
-osis
Condition
esthet/o
Sensation
-stasis
Control, stay in one place, stop
an-
No, not, without
hypo-
Deficient, below
graft
Transplant
-ism
Condition
seb/o
Sebum
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
anti-
Against
-ion
Action, condition
cellul/o
Small cell
onych/o
Nail
myos/o
Muscle
-al
Pertaining to
-ation
Condition, process
-ose
Full of
allo-
Other
hetero-
Different
macro-
Large
gnosis
Knowledge of an abnormal condition
homo-
Same
scler/o
Hard, white of the eye
diaphor/o
Sweat
-etic
Pertaining to
prurit/o
Itch
-oma
tumor
para-
Near, beside, abnormal
Fung/o
Fungus
Meta-
Beyond, after
phage
To eat, swallow
surg/o
To operate
-logist
Specialty in the study of
Adip/o
Fat
-opsy
To view
-scope
Instrument to view
bi/o
Life
Allerg/o
Allergy
incis/o
Cut into
Cyte
Cell
epi-
Above, upon
-cyte
Cell
pro-
Before
dermis
Skin
-lytic
Pertaining to loosening, dissolving, separation
-ia
Condition
Andr/o
Male
Myc/o
Fungus
ichthy/o
Fish
axill/o
Arm pit
albin/o
White
-ary
Pertaining to
-gen
To create, to produce
scope
Instrument to view
melan/o
Black
necr/o
Death
auto-
Self
Xeno-
Foreign
-Tory
Pertaining to
par-
Near, beside, abnormal
cutane/o
Skin
-esis
Abnormal condition, action, process