Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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Word Root
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Foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning
2
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Greek Roots:
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describe a disease, condition, treatment, or diagnosis
3
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Latin Roots
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describe anatomical structure
4
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Demat/cutane
A
skin
5
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Nephr/ren
A
kidney
6
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Stomat/or
A
mouth
7
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Combining Form
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created when a word root is combined with a vowel
8
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Combining Vowel
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usually an O but is sometimes I
9
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Erythr/o
A
red
10
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Gastr/o
A
stomach
11
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Hepat/o
A
liver
12
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Immun/o
A
immunity, immune
13
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Nephr/o
A
kidney
14
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Oste/o
A
bone
15
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Suffix
A
word element placed at the end of a word that alters its meaning
16
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-itis
A
inflammation
17
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-megaly
A
enlargement
18
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-oma
A
tumor
19
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-cyte
A
cell
20
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Prefix
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a word element attached to the beginning of a word or word root
21
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Prefix indicates
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number, time, position, direction, negation
22
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An-
A
without not
23
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Hyper-
A
excessive, above the norm
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Intra-
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in, within
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Para-
near, beside, beyond
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Poly-
many, much
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Pre-
before
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Esthes
feeling
29
Therm
heat
30
Muscul
muscle
31
Nas
nasal
32
Ur
urine
33
Nat
birth
34
-ia
condition
35
-ar
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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Chondr
cartilage
38
Arthr
joint
